M&A Deal Summary

Oracle Acquires Datafox

On October 22, 2018, Oracle acquired information services company Datafox

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oracle’s 1st transaction in the Information Services sector.
  • This is Oracle’s 110th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oracle’s 51st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-10-22
Target Datafox
Sector Information Services
Buyer(s) Oracle
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Datafox

San Francisco, California, United States
DataFox is a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data engine that provides the most current, precise and expansive set of company-level information and insightful data to optimize business decisions. DataFox continuously extracts detailed data on more than 2.8 million public and private businesses while adding 1.2 million businesses annually.

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Buyer

Oracle

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Software
Employees159,000
Revenue 53.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Oracle provides products and services that address corporate information technology (IT) environments including applications, platforms, and infrastructure. Its products and services are available to customers via cloud computing or on-premises deployment models. Products include database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure software and hardware systems (Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, networking and industry specific products), along with support and related services. Oracle was formed in 1977 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 126 of 132
Sector: Information Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 118 of 124
State: California M&A 51 of 52
Country: United States M&A 110 of 114
Year: 2018 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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San Francisco, California, United States

goBalto, Inc. is a provider of cloud solutions to accelerate clinical trials by streamlining and automating the selection and set up of the best performing clinical research sites to conduct trials. goBalto is based in San Francisco, California.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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New York, New York, United States

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