List of mergers and acquisitions by Meta Platforms
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Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.) is a technology company that has acquired 91 other companies, including WhatsApp . The WhatsApp acquisition closed at a steep $16 billion; more than $40 per user of the platform. Meta also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired intellectual property formerly held by rival Friendster . The majority of the companies acquired by Meta are based in the United States, and in turn, a large percentage of these companies are based in or around the San Francisco Bay Area . Meta has also made investments in LuckyCal and Wildfire Interactive .
Most of Meta's acquisitions have primarily been "talent acquisitions " and acquired products are often shut-down. In 2009, Meta (as Facebook) CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a question on Quora , titled "What startups would be good acquisitions for Facebook?", receiving 79 answers.[ 1] [ 2] He stated in 2010 that "We have not once bought a company for the company. We buy companies to get excellent people... In order to have a really entrepreneurial culture one of the key things is to make sure we're recruiting the best people. One of the ways to do this is to focus on acquiring great companies with great founders."[ 3] The Instagram acquisition, announced on April 9, 2012, appears to have been the first exception to this pattern.[ 4] While continuing with a pattern of primarily talent acquisitions, other notable product focused acquisitions include the $19 billion WhatsApp acquisition and the $2 billion Oculus VR acquisition.
Acquisitions
Number
Company
Location
Acquired on
Acquired for (USD )
Talent acquired
Related to
Used as / integrated with
References
1
facebook.com domain name
USA , Boston , Massachusetts
August 23, 2005
200,000
—
—
name change from Thefacebook.com
[ 5] [ 6]
2
Parakey
USA , Mountain View , California
July 19, 2007
—
Blake Ross , Joe Hewitt
Y Combinator , Sequoia Capital
Facebook Mobile
[ 7]
3
ConnectU
USA , Cambridge , Massachusetts
June 23, 2008
31,000,000
—
i2Hub
(Court settlement)
[ 8] [ 9]
4
FriendFeed
USA , Mountain View , California
August 10, 2009
47,500,000
Paul Buchheit , Bret Taylor , Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, 8 others
Benchmark Capital , ex-Google
—
[ 10]
5
Octazen
Malaysia , Taman Melawati , Kuala Lumpur
February 19, 2010
—
2 engineers (remote workers)
—
Websluths
[ 11]
6
Divvyshot
USA , San Francisco , California
March 2, 2010
—
Sam Odio, Paul Carduner
Y Combinator , AngelList
Facebook Photos
[ 12]
7
Friendster patents
USA , Mountain View , California / Malaysia , Kuala Lumpur
May 13, 2010
40,000,000
—
—
—
[ 13]
8
ShareGrove
USA , San Mateo , California
May 26, 2010
—
Kent Libbey, Adam Wolff
Elm Street Ventures
Facebook Groups
[ 14]
9
Zenbe
USA , New York, NY , New York
July 6, 2010
—
Tom Alison, Will Bailey, Robert Kiefer
—
Facebook Messenger
[ 15]
10
Nextstop
USA , San Francisco , California
July 8, 2010
2,500,000
Charles Lin, Carl Sjogreen, Adrian Graham
ex-Google
—
[ 16]
11
Chai Labs
USA , Mountain View , California
August 15, 2010
10,000,000
Gokul Rajaram, Giri Rajaram, others
Merus Capital, ex-Google
—
[ 17]
12
Hot Potato
USA , Brooklyn , New York
August 20, 2010
~10,000,000
Saadiq Rodgers-King, Justin Shaffer, 6 others
RRE Ventures
Facebook Places
[ 18]
13
Drop.io
USA , Dumbo , Brooklyn , New York
October 29, 2010
~10,000,000
Sam Lessin
RRE Ventures
—
[ 19]
14
FB.com domain name
USA , Washington, D.C.
November 15, 2010
8,500,000
—
—
—
[ 20]
15
Rel8tion
USA , Seattle , Washington
January 25, 2011
undisclosed
Peter Wilson
—
—
[ 21]
16
Beluga
USA , Palo Alto , California
March 2, 2011
undisclosed
Jonathan Perlow, Lucy Zhang, Ben Davenport
—
Facebook Messenger
[ 22]
17
Snaptu
Israel , Tel Aviv
March 20, 2011
70,000,000
—
—
—
[ 23]
18
RecRec
USA , San Francisco , California
March 24, 2011
undisclosed
—
Dogpatch Labs
—
[ 24]
19
DayTum
USA , SoHo , New York City
April 27, 2011
undisclosed
Nicholas Felton , Ryan Case
—
—
[ 25]
20
Sofa
Netherlands , Amsterdam
June 9, 2011
undisclosed
Koen Bok, Dirk Stoop, Jasper Hauser, Hugo van Heuven, Jorn van Dijk
—
—
[ 26]
21
MailRank
USA , New York , New York
June 9, 2011
undisclosed
Bryan O’Sullivan and Bethanye McKinney Blount
—
—
[ 27]
22
Push Pop Press
USA , San Francisco , California
August 2, 2011
undisclosed
Co-founders Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris
—
—
[ 28] [ 29] [ 30]
23
Friend.ly
USA , Mountain View, California
October 10, 2011
undisclosed
Co-founder/CEO Ed Baker
—
—
[ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
24
Strobe
USA , San Francisco , California
November 8, 2011
undisclosed
Founder and CEO Charles Jolley, other Strobe employees
—
Mobile engineering team
[ 34] [ 35]
25
Gowalla
USA , Austin , Texas
December 2, 2011
—
—
—
—
[ 36]
26
Caffeinatedmind
USA , California
February 20, 2012
—
—
—
—
—
27
Instagram
USA , San Francisco , California
April 9, 2012
1,000,000,000
—
—
—
—
28
Tagtile
USA , San Francisco , California
April 13, 2012
undisclosed
Tagtile's founders
—
—
[ 37] [ 38]
29
Glancee
USA , San Francisco , California
May 5, 2012
undisclosed
Andrea Vaccari, Alberto Tretti, Gabriel Grisé
—
Facebook Nearby Friends
[ 39] [ 40]
30
Lightbox.com
UK , London , England
May 15, 2012
undisclosed
Thai Tran, Nilesh Patel, Five employees
—
—
[ 41]
31
Karma
USA , San Francisco , California
May 21, 2012
undisclosed
Lee Linden, Ben Lewis
—
Facebook Gifts
[ 42]
32
Face.com
Israel , Tel Aviv
June 18, 2012
100,000,000
—
—
—
[ 43] [ 44]
33
Spool
USA , San Francisco , California
July 14, 2012
undisclosed
Avichal Garg, Curtis Spencer, Six employees
—
Mobile engineering team
[ 45]
34
Acrylic Software
Canada , Vancouver , British Columbia
July 20, 2012
undisclosed
Two employees
—
Facebook's design team
[ 46]
35
Threadsy
USA , San Francisco , California
August 24, 2012
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 47]
36
Atlas Solutions
USA , Seattle , Washington
February 28, 2013
<100,000,000
—
—
—
[ 48]
37
osmeta
USA , Mountain View, CA
March 2013
—
17 engineers
—
—
[ 49]
38
Storylane (Mixtent)
USA , Palo Alto, CA
March 2013
—
Jonathan Gheller, 5 engineers
—
—
[ 50]
39
Hot Studio
USA , New York , New York , San Francisco , California
March 14, 2013
—
—
—
—
[ 51]
40
Spaceport
USA , Burlingame , California
April 23, 2013
—
—
—
—
[ 52]
41
Parse
USA , San Francisco , California
April 25, 2013
85,000,000
—
—
—
[ 53]
42
Monoidics
UK , London , England
July 18, 2013
—
—
—
—
[ 54]
43
Jibbigo
USA , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
August 12, 2013
—
—
—
—
[ 55]
44
Onavo
Israel , Tel Aviv
October 13, 2013
—
Guy Rosen, CEO
—
—
[ 56]
45
SportStream
USA , San Francisco , California
December 17, 2013
—
—
—
—
[ 57]
46
Little Eye Labs
India , Bengaluru , Karnataka
January 8, 2014
15,000,000
—
—
—
[ 58] [ 59]
47
Branch
USA , New York , New York
January 13, 2014
15,000,000
—
—
—
[ 60]
48
WhatsApp
USA , Mountain View , California
February 19, 2014
19,000,000,000
Co-founder and CEO Jan Koum
—
—
[ 61]
49
Oculus VR
USA , Irvine , California
March 25, 2014
2,000,000,000
Co-founders Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe , Engineer Chris Dycus, and CTO John D. Carmack
—
Reality Labs
[ 62] [ 63]
50
Ascenta
UK , Somerset, England
March 27, 2014
20,000,000
—
—
—
[ 64]
51
Salorix
USA , Palo Alto, CA
April 14, 2014
—
Santanu Bhattacharya
—
—
52
ProtoGeo Oy
Finland , Helsinki
April 24, 2014
undisclosed
—
—
Moves mobile app; discontinued in July 2018
[ 65] [ 66] [ 67] [ 68]
53
PrivateCore
USA , Palo Alto , California
August 7, 2014
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 69]
54
LiveRail
USA , San Francisco , California
August 14, 2014
400,000,000 - 500,000,000
—
—
—
[ 70]
55
WaveGroup Sound
USA , Burlingame , California
August 26, 2014
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 71]
56
Wit.ai
USA , Palo Alto, California
January 6, 2015
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 72]
57
Quickfire Networks
USA , San Diego , California
January 8, 2015
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 73]
58
TheFind, Inc.
USA , Mountain View , California
March 14, 2015
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 74]
59
Surreal Vision
UK , London , England
May 26, 2015
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 75]
60
Endaga
US , Oakland , California
October 3, 2015
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 76]
61
Pebbles
Israel , Kfar Saba
July 16, 2015
60,000,000
—
—
—
[ 77]
62
MSQRD (Masquerade)
Belarus , Minsk
March 9, 2016
undisclosed
CEO, Eugene Nevgen, Sergey Gonchar, Eugene Zatepyakin (co-founders)
—
—
[ 78] [ 79]
63
Two Big Ears
UK , Scotland
May 23, 2016
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 80]
64
Nascent Objects
US , California
Sep 19, 2016
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 81]
65
Infiniled
Ireland , Cork
October 10, 2016
undisclosed
—
—
—
66
CrowdTangle
USA
November 11, 2016
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 82] [ 83]
67
Faciometrics
USA , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania
November 16, 2016
undisclosed
Fernando De la Torre
Carnegie Mellon University
—
[ 84]
68
Zurich Eye
Switzerland
November 2016
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus VR
[ 85]
69
Ozlo
USA , Palo Alto, California
July 31, 2017
undisclosed
—
—
Facebook Messenger
[ 86]
70
Fayteq AG
Germany
August 2017
undisclosed
—
—
Facebook Live
[ 87]
71
tbh
USA , Oakland, California
October 16, 2017
undisclosed
CEO Nikita Bier, CTO Erik Hazzard, Kyle Zaragoza, Nicolas Ducdodon
—
—
[ 88]
72
Confirm
USA , Boston, Massachusetts
January 23, 2018
undisclosed
Bob Geiman, Ralph Rodriguez, Walt Doyle
—
—
[ 89]
73
Bloomsbury AI
UK ,London
July 2018
30,000,000
—
—
—
[ 90]
74
Redkix
Israel , Tel Aviv
July 26, 2018
100,000,000
Oudi Antebi, Roy Antebi
—
Workplace by Facebook
[ 91]
75
Vidpresso
USA , Ogden, Utah
August 13, 2018
undisclosed
Randall Bennett, Justin Carter, Pauli Ojala, Hassan Salahuddin
Y Combinator
—
[ 92]
76
Dreambit
USA , Seattle, Washington
September 2016
undisclosed
Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman, Eli Shlizerman
University of Washington
Reality Labs
[ 93]
77
Chainspace
UK , London
February 2019
—
George Danezis, Shehar Bano, Alberto Sonnino
University College London
Facebook Blockchain
[ 94]
78
GrokStyle
USA , San Francisco , California
February 8, 2019
undisclosed
Kavita Bala, Sean Bell
—
—
[ 95]
79
Servicefriend
Israel , Tel Aviv
September 2019
undisclosed
Ido Arad, Shahar Ben Ami
—
Novi
[ 96]
80
CTRL-labs
USA , New York City , New York
September 2019
undisclosed, but reportedly between $500 million and $1 billion
Thomas Reardon , Patrick Kaifosh
—
Reality Labs
[ 97]
81
Packagd
USA , San Francisco , California
September 2019
undisclosed
—
—
Facebook Marketplace
[ 98]
82
Beat Games
Czech Republic , Prague
November 2019
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 99]
83
PlayGiga
Spain , Madrid
December 2019
70,000,000
—
—
—
[ 100] [ 101]
84
Sanzaru Games
USA , Foster City , California
February 2020
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 102]
85
Scape Technologies
UK , London
February 2020
~40,000,000
—
—
Reality Labs
[ 103]
86
Giphy
USA , San Francisco , New York
May 15, 2020
400,000,000
—
—
Instagram
[ 104] [ 105]
87
Mapillary
Sweden , Malmö
June 18, 2020
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 106]
88
Ready at Dawn
USA , Irvine , California
June 22, 2020
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 102]
89
Lemnis Technologies
Singapore , Singapore
September 18, 2020
undisclosed
Pierre-Yves Laffont
—
Reality Labs
[ 107]
90
Kustomer
USA , New York , New York
November 30, 2020
1,000,000,000
—
—
—
[ 108]
91
Downpour Interactive
USA , San Francisco , California
April 30, 2021
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 109]
92
Unit 2 Games
UK , Leamington Spa
June 4, 2021
undisclosed
—
—
Facebook Gaming
[ 110]
93
BigBox VR
USA , Seattle , Washington
June 11, 2021
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 111]
94
AI.Reverie
USA , New York, NY , New York
October 11, 2021
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 112]
95
Within
USA , Los Angeles, California
October 29, 2021
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 113]
96
Twisted Pixel Games
USA
November 1, 2021
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 114]
97
Presize
Germany , Munich
April 8, 2022
~100,000,000
Leon Szeli , Tomislav Tomov
Technical University Munich
Facebook Shops, Instagram Shopping
[ 115]
98
Lofelt
Germany , Berlin
September 2022
undisclosed
—
—
—
[ 116]
99
Armature Studio
USA
October 11, 2022
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 114]
100
Camouflaj
USA
October 11, 2022
undisclosed
—
—
Oculus Studio
[ 114]
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