M&A Deal Summary

Apple Acquires Redmatica Srl

On June 2, 2012, Apple acquired software company Redmatica Srl

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apple’s 18th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Apple’s 1st transaction in Italy.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-06-02
Target Redmatica Srl
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Apple
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Redmatica Srl

Correggio, Italy
Redmatica is a Mac-focused developer, specializing in music-editing software,creator of sample management tools.

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Buyer

Apple

Cupertino, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees164,000
Revenue 391.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Apple is a diversified technology company offering technology hardware, software, and media. Apple sells a line of computers, cell phones, tablets - as well as manages an ecosystem of apps. Apple was founded in 1977 and is based in Cupertino, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 37 of 113
Sector: Software M&A 18 of 39
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 37 of 112
Country: Italy M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-23 Chomp

San Francisco, California, United States

Chomp, Inc. an algorithm that learns the functions and topics of apps, so you can search based on what apps do, not just what they’re called. Given that the fastest way to find something on the App Store currently is to actually know the name of what you’re looking for, this could be a good thing.

Buy $50M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-11 AuthenTec

Melbourne, Florida, United States

AuthenTec is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer that designs and produces placement and swipe sensors for fingerprint biometrics. AuthenTec is based in Melbourne, Florida.

Buy $356M