M&A Deal Summary

Google Acquires Clever Sense

On December 13, 2011, Google acquired software company Clever Sense

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Google’s 44th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Google’s 82nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Google’s 52nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-12-13
Target Clever Sense
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Google
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Clever Sense

Mountain View, California, United States
Clever Sense uses a combination of machine learning and artificial intelligence, it develops solutions for mobile devices.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Google

Mountain View, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees190,234
Revenue 350.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
View of Google's corporate campus in Mountain View, California.
View of Google's corporate campus in Mountain View, California.

Google is a global provider of search and advertising services. In addition to its search engine, Google offers online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Google Apps, Google Maps, and YouTube. Google was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Mountain View, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 106 of 227
Sector: Software M&A 44 of 76
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 102 of 218
State: California M&A 52 of 115
Country: United States M&A 82 of 179
Year: 2011 M&A 25 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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New York, New York, United States

RightsFlow is a mechanical licensing and royalty payment technology platform for online music companies, record labels, distributors, artists, publishers, and songwriters globally.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-16 Milk

San Francisco, California, United States

Milk Inc,provides applications for mobile phones.

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