M&A Deal Summary

Amazon Acquires AppThwack

On July 14, 2015, Amazon acquired internet software and services company AppThwack

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amazon’s 15th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Amazon’s 35th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Amazon’s 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-07-14
Target AppThwack
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Amazon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AppThwack

Portland, Oregon, United States
Appthwack develops android application testing platform.

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Buyer

Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States

Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,525,000
Revenue 638.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.

Amazon is an e-commerce retailer and provider of web services. Amazon enables millions of products to be sold through its website and by third parties across a variety of product categories. Customers access Amazon directly and through mobile websites and apps. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 48 of 80
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 15 of 23
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 42 of 70
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 35 of 57
Year: 2015 M&A 5 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-29 ClusterK

Palo Alto, California, United States

ClusterK offers software that enables high availability in the AWS Spot Market, to accelerate and save up to 90% for mission-critical applications. By seamlessly integrating price prediction, multiple markets and offensively rebalancing your application, ClusterK optimizes infrastructure for performance, availability and the lowest cost.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-25 Safaba Translation Systems

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Safaba develops technology that allows clients to automate the translation of digital content including websites, marketing material, software products and customer communications.

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