M&A Deal Summary

ClearSlide Acquires SlideRocket

On March 5, 2013, ClearSlide acquired internet software and services company SlideRocket from VMware

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ClearSlide’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is ClearSlide’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is ClearSlide’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-03-05
Target SlideRocket
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) ClearSlide
Sellers(s) VMware
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

SlideRocket

San Francisco, California, United States
SlideRocket is a provider of online presentation software and services. SlideRocket was formed in 2006 and is based in San Francisco.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ClearSlide

San Ramon, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2009
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

ClearSlide, Inc. is a sales engagement platform. ClearSlide's products improve customer-facing interactions (web, email, face-to-face) by providing real-time visibility and analytics for both sellers and sales leaders. ClearSlide, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in San Ramon, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

VMware

Palo Alto, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 12.9B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
VMware office in Broomfield, Colorado.
VMware office in Broomfield, Colorado.

VMware is a provider of technologies designed to establish secure and reliable IT environments and address a range of complex IT challenges that include cost reduction, operational inefficiencies, access to cloud computing capacity, business continuity and corporate end-user computing device management. VMware's solutions enable organizations to aggregate multiple servers, storage infrastructure and networks together into shared pools of capacity that can be allocated dynamically, securely and reliably to applications as needed. These internal computing infrastructures can be dynamically extended by customers to the public cloud environment. VMware was formed in 1998 and is based in Palo Alto, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 7
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 1 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 5
Country: United States M&A 1 of 7
Year: 2013 M&A 1 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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