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M&A Deal Summary

GitHub Acquires Dependabot

On May 23, 2019, GitHub acquired internet software and services company Dependabot

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GitHub’s 4th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is GitHub’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-05-23
Target Dependabot
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) GitHub
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Dependabot

London, United Kingdom
Dependabot helps keep Ruby, JavaScript, Python and PHP dependencies up to date. Every day, it checks your dependency files for outdated requirements and opens individual pull requests for any it finds. Clients review the PRs, merge them, and get to work on the latest, most secure releases.

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GitHub

San Francisco, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2008
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

GitHub a provider of code hosting services. GitHub makes it easier for developers to work together and solve challenging problems. GitHub was formed in 2008 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 4 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 3
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-30 Spectrum

San Francisco, California, United States

Spectrum is a web-based collaborative community and chat program designed for developers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-17 Pull Panda

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pull Panda helps teams create more efficient and effective code review workflows on GitHub. Pull Panda helps thousands of teams work together on code and improve their process along the way by combining three features: Pull Reminders, Pull Analytics, and Pull Assigner.

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