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Yahoo! Acquires Konfabulator

On July 25, 2005, Yahoo! acquired software company Konfabulator

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Yahoo!’s 9th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Yahoo!’s 29th transaction in the United States.
Investment Fate
  • Konfabulator was sold to a strategic buyer in 2012.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-07-25
Target Konfabulator
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Yahoo!
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Konfabulator

United States
Yahoo Widgets (formerly Konfabulator) is an application software for Windows and iOS for widget applications to run. As of March 2, 2012 Yahoo closed down support of Yahoo Widget.

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Buyer

Yahoo!

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees9,400
Revenue 5.0B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Yahoo's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Yahoo's corporate campus in Sunnyvale, California.

Yahoo! is a provider of internet search tools, content, and communication services. Yahoo! was formed in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 117
Sector: Software M&A 9 of 43
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 32 of 111
Country: United States M&A 29 of 101
Year: 2005 M&A 5 of 8
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Milpitas, California, United States

Dialpad is a provider of Internet phone services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-10-04 Upcoming

United States

Upcoming provides social event calendar webiste on intenet.

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