M&A Deal Summary

Monsanto Acquires The Climate

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

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-10-02
Target The Climate
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Monsanto
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 930M USD

Target

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

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 STATS #
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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La Jolla, California, United States

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