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Akamai Technologies Acquires Red Swoosh

On April 12, 2007, Akamai Technologies acquired information technology company Red Swoosh for 19M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Akamai Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Akamai Technologies’ 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Akamai Technologies’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Akamai Technologies’ 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-04-12
Target Red Swoosh
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Akamai Technologies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 19M USD

Target

Red Swoosh

San Francisco, California, United States
Red Swoosh's technology is designed to empower content publishers and distributors to manage and monetize large-file distribution to edge devices, such as set top boxes and personal computers. Red Swoosh, Inc.,has developed innovative client-side technology for supporting the management and distribution of media files in a controlled fashion, respecting the rights restrictions and copyrights of all publishers. By providing a controlled environment with effective business rules.

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Buyer

Akamai Technologies

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Information Technology
Employees10,700
Revenue 4.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Akamai's corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Akamai's corporate headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Akamai Technologies is a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications. Akamai was formed in 1998 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 35
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 20
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 32
State: California M&A 4 of 13
Country: United States M&A 4 of 26
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-03-14 Netli

Mountain View, California, United States

Netli is the first service provider to deliver a business-quality Internet. Netli addresses the limitations of the Internet and enables customers to transparently extend the reach of their Web-enabled enterprises without distributing complex applications or paying for costly additional infrastructure

Buy $178M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-03 Acerno

New York, New York, United States

Acerno, Inc. is a co-operative of shopping and purchase data for enabling more relevant online advertising. Acerno provides consumer shopping data from product manufacturers and multi-channel retailers, acerno's powerful analytics predict who these consumers are and what products or services they are interested in buying.

Buy $95M
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