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M&A Deal Summary

Adobe Acquires Behance

On December 20, 2012, Adobe acquired internet software and services company Behance for 150M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Adobe’s 7th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Adobe’s 14th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Adobe’s 25th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Adobe’s 2nd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-12-20
Target Behance
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Adobe
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 150M USD

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Behance

New York, New York, United States
Behance, is an online social media platform that enables creatives to showcase and share their work.

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Adobe

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Software
Employees30,709
Revenue 21.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Adobe's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Adobe's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Adobe is a diversified software company that offers a line of products and services used by creative professionals, marketers, knowledge workers, application developers, enterprises, and consumers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing, and engaging with content and experiences across multiple operating systems, devices, and media. Adobe was incorporated in 1982 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 34 of 53
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 7 of 19
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 33 of 50
State: New York M&A 2 of 6
Country: United States M&A 25 of 41
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 14 of 16
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-16 Efficient Frontier

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Efficient Frontier optimizes multi-channel and auction-based digital advertising across search, display and social media.

Buy $400M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-05-22 Thumb Labs

New York, New York, United States

Thumb Labs is a mobile app design and development agency.

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