Add-on Acquisition • Internet Software and Services

AOL Acquires Quigo Technologies

On December 20, 2007, AOL acquired internet software and services company Quigo Technologies for 363M USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is AOL’s 22nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is AOL’s 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is AOL’s 31st transaction in the United States.
  • This is AOL’s 5th transaction in New York.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date December 20, 2007
Target Quigo Technologies
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) AOL
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 363M USD

Target Company

Quigo Technologies

New York, New York, United States
Quigo Technologies LLC provides a search engines and has also developed the AdSonar system, which can characterize the online user's preferences and match it with the proper marketing content.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

AOL

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 2.3B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
AOL office in Palo Alto, California.
AOL office in Palo Alto, California.

AOL is a media technology company that produces, distributes, and monetizes by connecting publishers with advertisers on its global, programmatic content and advertising platforms. AOL was formed in 1985 and is based in New York, New York.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 34 of 64
Sector: Internet Software and Services 22 of 38
Type: Add-on Acquisition 29 of 58
State: New York 5 of 9
Country: United States 31 of 58
Year: 2007 6 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-07 Yedda

Ramot Hashavim, Israel

Yedda specialized in developing semantic search engines base on user input.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-02 Goowy Media

San Diego, California, United States

Goowy began in 2004 as a Flash-based web desktop but switched its focus to widget platform YourMinis, which aims to serve widget discovery and development.

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