M&A Deal Summary

WalmartLabs Acquires Kosmix

On September 13, 2011, WalmartLabs acquired internet software and services company Kosmix for 300M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is WalmartLabs’ 1st transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is WalmartLabs’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is WalmartLabs’ 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is WalmartLabs’ 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-09-13
Target Kosmix
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) WalmartLabs
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 300M USD
Advisor(s) Qatalyst Partners LP (Financial)

Target

Kosmix

Mountain View, California, United States
website
Kosmix Corp., is an e-commerce focused social media company. Kosmix filters and aggregates various topics from websites, Twitter messages and other sources in real time.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

WalmartLabs

San Bruno, California, United States

website

Category Company
Founded 2004
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

WalmartLabs, Inc., creates platforms and products around social and mobile commerce to meet the needs of our customers shopping in a store, browsing our web site, or out and about with their mobile devices.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 16
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 1 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 16
State (California) 2 of 8
Country (United States) 4 of 15
Year (2011) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-09-13 OneRiot

Boulder, Colorado, United States

OneRiot, Inc., a social advertising company. A technology that analyzes social media signals from popular networks like Twitter and Facebook with their deep expertise in Big Data and machine learning.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-10 Grabble Pty.

Wollongong, Australia

Grabble an eReceipts solution that gives in store shoppers instant access to a digital, picture perfect version of their receipts.

Buy -
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