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Rock Holdings Acquires Dictionary.com

On November 15, 2018, Rock Holdings acquired internet software and services company Dictionary.com from Answers

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Rock Holdings’ 4th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Rock Holdings’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Rock Holdings’ 3rd transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • Dictionary.com was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2024.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-11-15
Target Dictionary.com
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Rock Holdings
Sellers(s) Answers
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Dictionary.com

Oakland, California, United States
Dictionary.com is an online source for English definitions, synonyms, word origins, audio pronunciations, example sentences, slang phrases, idioms, word games, legal and medical terms, Word of the Day and more. The Company helps millions of people improve their use of the English language with its free digital services. Dictionary.com was formed in 1995 and is based in Oakland, California.

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Buyer

Rock Holdings

Livonia, Michigan, United States
Category Company
Founded 2002
Sector Financial Services
DESCRIPTION

Rock Holdings, Inc. is a provider of financial services in US.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 4 of 4
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: California M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-11-15 Thesaurus.com

United States

Thesaurus.com is the world’s largest and most trusted free online thesaurus brought to you by Dictionary.com. For over 20 years, Thesaurus.com has been helping millions of people improve their mastery of the English language and find the precise word with over 3 million synonyms and antonyms and the ability to filter search results by relevance, word length, and complexity

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2024-04-01 Dictionary.com

Oakland, California, United States

Dictionary.com is an online source for English definitions, synonyms, word origins, audio pronunciations, example sentences, slang phrases, idioms, word games, legal and medical terms, Word of the Day and more. The Company helps millions of people improve their use of the English language with its free digital services. Dictionary.com was formed in 1995 and is based in Oakland, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Answers

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Internet Software and Services
DESCRIPTION

Answers Corp. is an operator of online Q&A site that is a community-generated social knowledge Q&A platform, leveraging wiki-based technologies. Through the contributions of its large and growing community, answers are improved and updated over time. Answers was founded in 1999 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 2
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 2 of 2
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-15 Webcollage

New York, New York, United States

Webcollage, Inc. is a cloud-based platform for the publishing of rich product content and syndication across retail sites globally. Webcollage was founded in 1999 and is based in New York, New York.

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