M&A Deal Summary

Atlassian Acquires Trello

On January 9, 2017, Atlassian acquired internet software and services company Trello for 425M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atlassian’s 8th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Atlassian’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Atlassian’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Atlassian’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-01-09
Target Trello
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Atlassian
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 425M USD

Target

Trello

New York, New York, United States
Trello is an online tool that offers a visual, flexible, and collaborative way to manage projects and get organized. Trello provides perspective and structure to users’ lives by giving them a broad overview and understanding of how and what needs to be done.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Atlassian

Sydney, Australia
Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees5,752
Revenue 3.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Atlassian is a software company specializing in providing a suite of collaboration and productivity tools tailored for teams across various industries. Their flagship products include Jira, a project management tool facilitating issue tracking and agile methodologies, Confluence, a collaborative platform enabling teams to create, share, and coordinate on documents and projects seamlessly, Bitbucket, a Git-based version control system facilitating code collaboration and management, Trello, a visual project management tool utilizing boards and cards for streamlined task organization, and Jira Service Management, empowering IT and customer service teams to deliver support experiences. Atlassian was formed in 2002 and is based in Sydney, New South Wales.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 14
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 8 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 14
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 6 of 9
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-14 StatusPage

Denver, Colorado, United States

StatusPage is a provider of status page for web infrastructure, developer API and SaaS companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-13 Capture for Jira

Sydney, Australia

Capture for Jira is a testing tool that allows software teams to collaborate with visual feedback. The tool has a deep integration with Jira Software, a project management tool for software developers, allowing users to capture screenshots within browsers, create annotations, and prioritize testing initiatives within the Jira platform.

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