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Monsanto Co. Acquires The Climate

On October 2, 2013, Monsanto Co. acquired information technology company The Climate for 930M USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is Monsanto Co.’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Monsanto Co.’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Monsanto Co.’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Monsanto Co.’s 2nd transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary
Date October 2, 2013
Target The Climate
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Monsanto Co.
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 930M USD

Target Company

The Climate

San Francisco, California, United States
The Climate Corp. aims to help farmers around the world protect and improve their farming operations with uniquely powerful software and insurance products. The company's proprietary technology platform combines hyper-local weather monitoring, agronomic data modeling, and high-resolution weather simulations to deliver climate.com, a SaaS solution that helps farmers improve their profits by making better informed operating and financing decisions, and Total Weather Insurance, an insurance offering that pays farmers automatically for bad weather that may impact their profits.
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Buyer

Monsanto Co.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Agriculture
Employees22,500
Revenue 15.0B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Monsanto's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
Entrance to Monsanto's corporate headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.

Monsanto Co. is a chemical and agricultural biotechnology company offering farmers a wide range of corn, soybean, cotton, wheat, canola, sorghum and sugar cane seeds. Monsanto was formed in 2000 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 11 of 11
Sector: Information Technology 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition 10 of 10
State: California 2 of 2
Country: United States 9 of 9
Year: 2013 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 5
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2013-01-30 Agradis

La Jolla, California, United States

Agradis is focused on developing and commercializing products to improve crop production using new scientific and technology advances in genomics.

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