M&A Deal Summary

Facebook Acquires Threadsy

On August 24, 2012, Facebook acquired internet software and services company Threadsy

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Facebook’s 19th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Facebook’s 27th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Facebook’s 18th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-08-24
Target Threadsy
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Facebook
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Threadsy

San Francisco, California, United States
Threadsy allows people to see all of their social feeds and communication from different networks like Facebook and Twitter in one place.

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Buyer

Facebook

Menlo Park, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees74,067
Revenue 164.5B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook is a social utility company that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family, and coworkers. Facebook develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections. Facebook was founded in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 88
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 19 of 42
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 32 of 84
State: California M&A 18 of 41
Country: United States M&A 27 of 65
Year: 2012 M&A 11 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-20 Acrylic Software

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Acrylic Software is an independent software design studio.We specialize in creating fun, useful, and beautiful apps for Mac and iOS.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-04 Instagram

San Francisco, California, United States

Instagram is a photo sharing application that allows users to take photos, apply a filter, and share it on social networking services.

Buy $1.0B