M&A Deal Summary

LinkedIn Acquires Refresh.io

On April 2, 2015, LinkedIn acquired internet software and services company Refresh.io

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LinkedIn’s 10th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is LinkedIn’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is LinkedIn’s 9th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-04-02
Target Refresh.io
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) LinkedIn
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Refresh.io

Mountain View, California, United States
Refresh.io produces an iOS app that provides insights about people in your networks before you meet them.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

LinkedIn

Mountain View, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees9,732
Revenue 3.0B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

LinkedIn is an online professional social network that offers tools to access business connections. LinkedIn was formed in 2002 and is based in Mountain View, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 20
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 10 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 20
State: California M&A 9 of 16
Country: United States M&A 10 of 18
Year: 2015 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-17 Careerify

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Careerify helps employers connect with the right candidates, both active and passive, using social networking, an incentive based program, and a matching system.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-09 Lynda

Carpinteria, California, United States

Lynda is an online learning company that helps anyone learn software, technology, creative and business skills to achieve their personal and professional goals. Through individual, corporate, academic and government subscriptions, more than two million people have access to the lynda.com video library of engaging, top-quality courses taught by recognized industry experts and filmed at the company’s 12-acre, state-of-the-art campus in Carpinteria, California.

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