M&A Deal Summary

Riverbed Acquires Aptimize

On July 19, 2011, Riverbed acquired internet software and services company Aptimize

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Riverbed’s 3rd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Riverbed’s 1st transaction in New Zealand.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-07-19
Target Aptimize
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Riverbed
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Aptimize

Wellington, New Zealand
Aptimize Ltd.develops and sells Aptimize Website Accelerator (WAX), a software product that accelerates Websites and intranets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Riverbed

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Software
Employees2,555
Revenue 1.0B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Riverbed is a provider of software for mobile computing applications services. Riverbed delivers application performance for the globally connected enterprise. It helps clients in implementing strategic initiatives such as virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, and disaster recovery. Riverbed was founded in 2002 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 10
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 9
Country: New Zealand M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2011 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-19 Zeus Technology

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Zeus Technology, a privately-owned company that delivers high-performance software-based load balancing and traffic management solutions for virtual and cloud environments.

Buy $140M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-18 OPNET Technologies

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

OPNET Technologies, Inc. provides software tools for planning, modeling, and simulating communication networks and distribution systems.

Buy $993M