M&A Deal Summary

Salesforce Acquires MuleSoft

On March 20, 2018, Salesforce acquired software company MuleSoft for 6.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Salesforce’s 18th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Salesforce’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Salesforce’s 42nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Salesforce’s 28th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-03-20
Target MuleSoft
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Salesforce
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 6.5B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)

Target

MuleSoft

San Francisco, California, United States
MuleSoft is a provider of software that helps organizations connect any application, data service or API, across the cloud and on-premise. MuleSoft was formed in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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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 49 of 63
Sector (Software) 18 of 21
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 48 of 62
State (California) 28 of 30
Country (United States) 42 of 51
Year (2018) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-12 CloudCraze Software

Chicago, Illinois, United States

CloudCraze Software LLC is a developer of enterprise commerce platform that helps businesses to manage their online transactions and customer relationships. CloudCraze Software LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-07-16 Datorama

New York, New York, United States

Datorama, Inc. is cloud-based, AI-powered marketing intelligence and analytics platform for enterprises, agencies and publishers. Datorama, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in New York City.

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