M&A Deal Summary

Google Acquires On2 Technologies

On August 5, 2009, Google acquired internet software and services company On2 Technologies for 107M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Google’s 24th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Google’s 23rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Google’s 38th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Google’s 5th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-08-05
Target On2 Technologies
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Google
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 107M USD
Advisor(s) Covington Associates
Kroll (Financial)
Richards, Layton & Finger
Hogan Lovells (Legal)

Target

On2 Technologies

Clifton Park, New York, United States
On2 Technologies, Inc. creates advanced video compression technologies that power the video in today's leading desktop and mobile applications and 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 307.4B USD (2023)
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 49 of 224
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 24 of 103
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 47 of 216
State (New York) 5 of 15
Country (United States) 38 of 176
Year (2009) 1 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 23 of 56
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-16 reCAPTCHA

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

reCAPTCHA an open source technology that provides CAPTCHAs to prevent spam and fraud. Captchas are those security questions you find on Web sites that require you to decipher and type words or numbers and detects whether the user is a human.

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