Salesforce Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Internet Software And Services Company

Salesforce has acquired 59 companies, including 24 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Salesforce’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired Slack Technologies for $27.7B. Salesforce has acquired in 12 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (55%) and software (36%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity59
    • M&A Buy Activity59
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 4
  • M&A Advisors 3

Salesforce

Salesforce.com, Inc.

Salesforce Tower 3rd Floor 415 Mission Street,
San Francisco, California 94105
United States,
(415) 901-7000
www.salesforce.com

Salesforce is a provider of enterprise cloud computing solutions. The Company's four core services include Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and the Salesforce Platform. Salesforce delivers solutions as a service via all the major Internet browsers and on most major mobile device operating systems. Salesforce sells to businesses of all sizes and in almost every industry worldwide on a subscription basis, primarily through direct sales efforts and also indirectly through partners. Salesforce was formed in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California. Salesforce.com was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 T
Buy (2.8/yr) # 45 1 4 5 4 - 59
vol $9.1B $6.5B $17.2B $29.0B $61.7B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  59

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Slack Technologies, Inc. 2020-12-01 27.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.slack.com
Acumen Solutions 2020-12-01 - Add-on Acquisition
McLean, Virginia · www.acumensolutions.com
Vlocity Inc. 2020-02-25 1.3B USD Add-on Acquisition
San Francisco, California · www.vlocity.com
Evergage, Inc. 2020-02-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Somerville, Massachusetts · www.evergage.com
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. 2019-08-07 1.4B USD Add-on Acquisition
Petah Tikva, Israel · www.clicksoftware.com
Tableau Software, Inc. 2019-06-10 15.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
Seattle, Washington · www.tableau.com
Bonobo AI 2019-05-06 50M USD Add-on Acquisition
Tel Aviv, Israel · www.bonobo.ai
MapAnything, Inc. 2019-04-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Charlotte, North Carolina · www.mapanything.com
roundCorner 2019-01-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Villanova, Pennsylvania · www.roundcorner.com
Datorama, Inc. 2018-07-16 - Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.datorama.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
ExactTarget, Inc. 2013-06-04 Pardot, Inc. 2013-07-12 1
Indianapolis, Indiana · www.exacttarget.com Atlanta, Georgia · www.pardot.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 32 (54%) 36.5B (59%) - -
Software 21 (36%) 23.8B (39%) - -
Information Technology 4 (7%) 1.4B (2%) - -
Business Services 1 (2%) - - -
Marketing 1 (2%) - - -
Total 59 $61.7B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 50 59.9B - -
  California 30 38.2B - -
  Illinois 5 32M - -
  Massachusetts 3 2.8B - -
  Washington 3 15.7B - -
  New York 2 689M - -
  Virginia 1 - - -
  Texas 1 - - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
  Michigan 1 - - -
  Indiana 1 2.5B - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
Israel 4 1.5B - -
Canada 2 326M - -
  Nova Scotia 1 - - -
France 2 - - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 50 (85%) 59.9B (97%) - -
Cross-border 9 (15%) 1.8B (3%) - -
Total 59 $61.7B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Securities)
 5
Legal Deals
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
 2
Morrison & Foerster LLP
 1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 7 $57.9B
$100M to $1B 8 $3.6B
< $100M 6 $208M
TOTAL $61.7B
Largest Slack Technologies, Inc.
$27.7B (2020-12-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
5%
3 (5%)
Strategic(s)
2%
1 (2%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Internet Software and Services

Revenue

21,252   25% 2021
17,098   29% 2020
13,282   27% 2019
10,480   25% 2018
8,392   26% 2017
6,667   25% 2016
5,374   33% 2015
4,071   34% 2014
3,050   2013
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Employees

56,606

Established

1999

Public

NYSE: CRM

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