M&A Deal Summary

Apple Acquires SensoMotoric Instruments

On June 26, 2017, Apple acquired technology hardware company SensoMotoric Instruments

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apple’s 10th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Apple’s 4th transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-06-26
Target SensoMotoric Instruments
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Apple
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SensoMotoric Instruments

Teltow, Germany
SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH is a provider of computer vision applications, developing and marketing eye & gaze tracking systems, OEM and medical solutions for a wide range of applications. SensoMotoric Instruments GmbH was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Teltow, Germany.

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Buyer

Apple

Cupertino, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees164,000
Revenue 383.3B USD (2023)
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 82 of 112
Sector (Technology Hardware) 10 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 82 of 111
Country (Germany) 4 of 4
Year (2017) 5 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-15 Lattice Data

Menlo Park, California, United States

Lattice Data, Inc. is a specialist in turning unstructured “dark data” such as text and images into structured data. Lattice was founded in 2015 as the commercialisation of DeepDive, a system created at Stanford to “extract value from dark data”.

Buy $200M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-09-29 Regaind SAS

Paris, France

Regaind SAS is a provider of AI-based solutions to check aesthetics, sharpness, exposure, colors and other properties of photos. Regaind SAS was established in 2015 and is based in Paris, France.

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