M&A Deal Summary

Meltwater Acquires BuzzGain

On February 24, 2010, Meltwater acquired internet software and services company BuzzGain for 4M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Meltwater’s 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Meltwater’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Meltwater’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Meltwater’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-02-24
Target BuzzGain
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Meltwater
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 4M USD

Target

BuzzGain

Sunnyvale, California, United States
BuzzGain, Inc. is an online service for discovering and engaging with the people who will help your business thrive in today's social economy - where attention is a precious commodity. It empowers businesses to identify the previously hidden communities who are actively defining and shaping its future, including blogs, Flickr, Youtube, Twitter and traditional media.

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Buyer

Meltwater

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Information Technology
Employees2,200
Revenue 411M EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Meltwater is a provider of online intelligence solutions. Meltwater helps companies make better, more informed decisions based on insights from the outside. More than 25,000 companies use the Meltwater media intelligence platform to stay on top of billions of online conversations, extract relevant insights, and use them to strategically manage their brand and stay ahead of their competition. Meltwater was founded in 2001 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 17
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 15
State (California) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 1 of 7
Year (2010) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 6
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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