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GitHub Acquires Semmle

On September 18, 2019, GitHub acquired software company Semmle

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is GitHub’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is GitHub’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-09-18
Target Semmle
Sector Software
Buyer(s) GitHub
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Semmle

Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Semmle’s semantic code analysis engine allows developers to write queries that identify code patterns in large codebases and search for vulnerabilities and their variants. Security researchers use Semmle to quickly find vulnerabilities in code with simple declarative queries. These teams then share their queries with the Semmle community to improve the safety of code in other codebases.

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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 6 of 6
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 6
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2019 M&A 3 of 3
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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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