M&A Deal Summary

Salesforce Acquires GoInstant

On July 9, 2012, Salesforce acquired internet software and services company GoInstant

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Salesforce’s 11th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Salesforce’s 2nd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Salesforce’s 1st transaction in Nova Scotia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-07-09
Target GoInstant
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Salesforce
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

GoInstant

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
GoInstant is a provider of software to help companies connect with customers through shared web experiences.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Salesforce

San Francisco, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1999
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees56,606
Revenue 34.9B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Salesforce office in downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Salesforce office in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

Salesforce is a provider of enterprise cloud computing solutions. The Company's four core services include Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud and the Salesforce Platform. Salesforce delivers solutions as a service via all the major Internet browsers and on most major mobile device operating systems. Salesforce was founded in 1999 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 63
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 11 of 33
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 21 of 62
State (Nova Scotia) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 2 of 4
Year (2012) 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-26 Thinkfuse

Seattle, Washington, United States

Thinkfuse is a software-as-a-service provider that allows organizations to turn business communications into useful planning and scheduling tools.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-11 BlueTail

Israel

BlueTail is a Israeli data-mining start-up company.

Buy -
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