M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2011-05-10 |
| Target | Skype |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Buyer(s) | Microsoft |
| Sellers(s) |
Silver Lake
eBay |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Deal Value | 8.5B USD |
| Advisor(s) | Goldman Sachs J.P. Morgan Securities (Financial) |
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Microsoft is a global technology company that offers a broad spectrum of software products, services, and devices designed to help individuals and organizations across various sectors. Its extensive portfolio includes the Windows operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite for productivity, and the Azure cloud computing platform, providing solutions for computing, analytics, storage, and networking. Microsoft also delves into enterprise applications with Dynamics 365, connects professionals via LinkedIn, and engages gamers through its Xbox brand and related services. Additionally, it offers internet services such as Bing for web search, Outlook.com for email, and Skype for communication. Microsoft was formed in 1975 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 114 of 213 |
| Sector (Internet Software and Services) | 25 of 57 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 110 of 199 |
| Country (Luxembourg) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2011) | 1 of 3 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 4 of 33 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-10-30 |
Canesta
Sunnyvale, California, United States Canesta, Inc. provides 'electronic perception' technology that sight-enables machines. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-12 |
Twisted Pixel Games
Austin, Texas, United States Twisted Pixel will now bring its talented team of developers to Microsoft Studios to help incubate and develop the future of game and entertainment offerings on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 platform. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| PE ASSETS | 104.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Silver Lake is a mega-sized private equity firm focused on a broad range of growth investments in and acquisitions of technology companies. Silver Lake is subdivided into several investing groups including Silver Lake Partners, Silver Lake Sumeru, Silver Lake Waterman, Silver Lake Alpine, and Silver Lake Kraftwerk. Silver Lake Partners pursues large-scale private investments in companies within the technology, tech-enabled and related growth industries. Silver Lake Sumeru invests in middle market technology companies with established business models and attractive growth prospects where there is an opportunity to create value through operational transformation. Silver Lake Waterman provides growth capital to later-stage companies in the technology and technology-enabled industries, offering flexible solutions to finance expansion and acquisitions. Silver Lake Alpine is Silver Lake's debt and credit investing arm. Silver Lake Kraftwerk provides growth capital to technology and tech-enabled businesses driving efficiency across the operations, energy, and resources industries. Silver Lake Partners was formed in 1999 is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 12 of 64 |
| Sector (Internet Software and Services) | 1 of 10 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 4 of 18 |
| Country (Luxembourg) | 1 of 1 |
| Year (2011) | 3 of 6 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 3 of 17 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-26 |
Smart Modular Technologies
Newark, California, United States Smart Modular Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of DRAM and Flash-based modules and subsystems for computing, communications, embedded, and defense applications. Smart Modular Technologies was founded in 1988 and is based in Newark, California. |
Buy | $645M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-05-31 |
Virtu Financial
New York, New York, United States Virtu Financial is an active market maker across all major financial centers including equities, fixed income, currencies, futures, energy products and other commodities. Virtu Financial was founded in 2008 and is based in New York, New York. |
Buy | - |
| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Sector | Internet Software and Services |
| Employees | 12,300 |
| Revenue | 10.1B USD (2023) |
eBay is an online retailer and provider of auction tools and services. eBay enables global commerce and payments on behalf of users, merchants, retailers and brands of all sizes. The technologies and services eBay provides are designed to enable users and merchants worldwide to organize and offer their inventory for sale and buyers to find, buy and pay for it virtually anytime and anywhere. eBay was incorporated in 1995 and is based in San Jose, California.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 2 of 14 |
| Sector (Internet Software and Services) | 2 of 10 |
| Type (Add-on Acquisition) | 1 of 2 |
| Country (Luxembourg) | 2 of 2 |
| Year (2011) | 1 of 1 |
| Size (of disclosed) | 2 of 6 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-20 |
Where.com
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Where is a location media company and local discovery mobile application. The Company was formed in 2004 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. |
Buy | $135M |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-06-23 |
Magento
Campbell, California, United States Magento, Inc. is a provider of cloud commerce innovation to merchants and brands across B2C and B2B industries. Magento, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is based in Campbell, California. |
Buy | $180M |
