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M&A Deal Summary

LinkedIn Acquires SlideShare

On May 3, 2012, LinkedIn acquired internet software and services company SlideShare for 119M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is LinkedIn’s 5th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is LinkedIn’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is LinkedIn’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is LinkedIn’s 4th transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • SlideShare was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2020.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-05-03
Target SlideShare
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) LinkedIn
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 119M USD

Target

SlideShare

San Francisco, California, United States
SlideShare is an online platform for sharing presentations. Individuals or organizations can upload and share PowerPoint, PDF, or OpenOffice presentations. SlideShare was established in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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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 5 of 20
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 5 of 16
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 20
State: California M&A 4 of 16
Country: United States M&A 5 of 18
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 7
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-02-07 Rapportive

San Francisco, California, United States

Rapportive is an email plugin that displays additional info about contacts inside the users’ inbox.

Buy $15M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-04-13 Pulse

San Francisco, California, United States

Pulse is a mobile news reading application for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

Buy $90M
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