Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions

Last year turned out to be a busy year for M&A activity in the technology sector. So, we've compiled a comprehensive list of all of the mergers and acquisitions in the web, social networking, technology, internet advertising, hardware, software, mapping, and gaming industries. We've tried to provide an overview of the blog/media/press coverage for each acquisition and we've linked to the official press release where available. Stay tuned for some upcoming posts that take a closer look at some of the acquisitions from an analysis perspective.

An interesting trend that we've noticed, specifically in the web/internet/social networks spaces, is that smaller acquisitions in the $5-20 Million range are happening much more frequently than in the past. This is likely because acquirers are snapping up startups before they raise substantial capital, making the acquisitions much less costly and providing the ability to do more deals.

Finally, thanks to all of the great blogs out there (TechCrunch, GigaOm, Mashable, VentureBeat, ReadWriteWeb, and more) who are tracking acquisitions every day, making this list possible.

If you know of any mergers or acquisitions that we missed, please leave a comment on this post.

Web/Internet Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Feedburner	Google	$100 Million	FeedBurner is a provider of online RSS streaming services. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Treehugger	Discovery	$10 Million	TreeHugger is a very popular blog about green and eco-friendly topics. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| CNET
UGo	Hearst	$100 Million	UGo is a popular new media site that generates around 11 million uniques per month. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| MarketingVox \| Forbes
Fireant	Odeo	$400,000	An online podcast and vodcast directory. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| Mashable
Insider Pages	CitySearch/IAC	$13 Million	InsiderPages is a user generated review site. The acquisition price was not disclosed, but TechCrunch reported that the price was approximately $13M. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| VentureBeat
RedSwoosh	Akamai	$15 Million	Developed peer-to-peer technology for the management and distribution of media files. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| DMW Media
Webdialogs	IBM	$161 Million	Webdialogs is a web conferencing software/service provider. Press Release \| MikeG
Flektor	Fox Interactive	$20 Million	Flektor is an online service that allows users to create slide show mashups. TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable
Sidestep	Kayak	$200 Million	Sidestep is a discount travel search site. TechCrunch \| PaidContent
Mediabistro	Jupiter Media	$23 Million	Mediabistro is a site for finding media jobs and resources. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| VentureBeat
Hitwise	Experian	$240 Million	Hitwise is a service that provides traffic data and analysis for web sites. Press Release \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat \| O’Reilly Radar
HowStuffWorks	Discovery	$250 Million	HowStuffWorks is an online reference tool best known for it’s HowStuffWorks property, which, well, tells you how stuff works. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
PhotoBucket	Fox Interactive	$250 Million	Online service that stores and serves the photos and videos for other websites including MySpace, eBay, and other large sites. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
PRWeb	Vocus	$28 Million	An online public relations distribution software. Press Release \| Holtz Blog \| DMW Media
BuzzTracker	Yahoo	$2-$5 Million	Online news site. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \|Mashable \| VentureBeat \| AllThingsD
WebEx	Cisco	$3.2 Billion	WebEx is a leader in the online web conferencing space. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| VentureBeat
StubHub	eBay	$310 Million	StubHub is an online ticket marketplace. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| SeekingAlpha
Business.com	R.H. Donnelley	$345 Million	Online business search engine. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| ZDNet Between the Lines \| SeekingAlpha
MeziMedia	ValueClick	$352 Million	Online comparison shopping website. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| VentureBeat \| MarketingVox
StumbleUpon	eBay	$45 Million	StumbleUpon is a random web site discovery engine, allowing users to stumble across new web sites. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Wallstrip	CBS	$5 Million	Wallstrip is a financial video blog hosted by Lindsay Campbell. The rumored purchase price of $5M was not confirmed. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Optimost	Interwoven	$52 Million	Optimost provides web optimization software and services. Press Release \| TechCrunch
Mozy	EMC	$76 Million	Devloped online data storage platform. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable
SmartShopper	Zango	$9 Million	An online comparison shopping engine. TechCrunch
Ingenio	AT&T	Not Disclosed	Ingenio, Inc. was the leader in live-search commerce and worked by connecting millions of buyers and sellers around the world. Ingenio live-search commerce applications included: Pay Per Call(R), Ether(R) and Live Advice. Press Release \| TechCrunch \|VentureBeat \| DMW Media
Yedda	AOL	Not Disclosed	Yedda’s question answering technology works by comparing and matching questions to other questions and/or related topics, and finds users of the site that would most likely be able to answer the questions. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable
dpreview.com	Amazon	Not Disclosed	The site offered information and customer reviews of digital cameras. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| SeekingAlpha
Virtual Ubiquity	Adobe	Not Disclosed	Developer of the online word processor called Buzzword which allows people to collaborate while creating documents. This enables users to create high quality documents without the hassle of having any specific browser or software. Press Release \| ReadWriteWeb \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Jumpcut	Yahoo	Not Disclosed	An online video editing service. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
WhereOnEarth	Yahoo	Not Disclosed	Developed a location-based service that allows users search for products in a specific location without entering a zip code. Official Blog Post
Grub	Wikia	Not Disclosed	Developed a distributed web-crawling technology. TechCrunch \| ReadWriteWeb \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Blogniscient	TopTenSources	Not Disclosed	An online service that displays blogs and news from other sites. TechCrunch
InviteShare	TechCrunch	Not Disclosed	An online site that allows startup websites or web services to send out invitations to join their beta sites prior to launch. Official TechCrunch Blog Post
Odeo	SonicMountain	Not Disclosed	An online aggregator of pod casts. Press Release \| TechCrunch
Cuts	RiffTrax	Not Disclosed	An online video editor. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| VentureBeat
JobLoft.com	onTargetjobs	Not Disclosed	An online hospitality and retail job board. Press Release
Billmonk	Obopay	Not Disclosed	An online social payment service. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| DMW Media
BarelyPolitical.com	NextNewNetworks	Not Disclosed	Online site showing political music videos. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch
MedStory	Microsoft	Not Disclosed	MedStory is a healthcare search engine. Press Release \| VentureBeat \| ReadWriteWeb
Feed Crier	IMified	Not Disclosed	Feedcrier is an IM-based RSS feed alert system. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm
Tabblo	HP	Not Disclosed	Tabblo is a Massachusetts startup that makes it easy for users to upload and print their documents via the web. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Logoworks	HP	Not Disclosed	LogoWorks is a provider of logo and other design services to small business. Press Release
Trendalyzer	Google	Not Disclosed	Trendalyzer specializes in the visual display of data, such as charts and graphs. Official Blog Post \| Mashable
Tonic Systems	Google	Not Disclosed	Tonic Systems makes online presentation software. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable
Panoramio	Google	Not Disclosed	Panaramio is a photo-sharing service with a geographic element. Official Blog Post \| GigaOm\| Mashable
Strategic Data Corp	Fox Interactive	Not Disclosed	SDC is a provider of online ad optimization technology. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable
Parakey	Facebook	Not Disclosed	Parakey is a web operating system created by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Cricinfo	ESPN	Not Disclosed	Cricinfo is a leading cricket (the sport) portal. Press Release \| TechCrunch
Afterbuy.com	eBay	Not Disclosed	Afterbuy is a German maker of auction management software, used on eBay and other marketplaces. Press Release \| TechRepublic \| SeekingAlpha
metaStories	Brightcove	Not disclosed	Meta stories developed tools for creating interactive flash content, including it’s flagship StoryMaker product. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| DMW Media
Movielink	Blockbuster	$50 Million	Movielink is a video-on-demand service, which was formerly owned by 5 of the top 6 movie studios. There were rumors circluating that the price was around $50 Million, although the terms of the deal were not disclosed. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Gravatar	Automattic	Not disclosed	Gravatar offers a globally recognizable avatar image that appears next to a users name in blog comments. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
FotoLog	Hi-Media	$90 Million	Fotolog is a photo-sharing site similar in many respects to webshots or flickr. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Max Preps	CBS	$43 Million	Max Preps is a high school sports site generating most of its revenue off of local advertising. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| DMW Media

Social Networking Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Club Penguin	Disney	$700 Million	ClubPenguin is a social network/virtual world surrounding a penguins theme. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| VentureBeat
AdultFriendFinder	Penthouse Media Group	$500M	An online adult dating site. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Jellyfish	Microsoft	$50 Million	Jellyfish.com is an online social shopping site. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| Mashable
WebShots	American Greetings	$45 Million	Online photo and video sharing website. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable
Kaboodle	Hearst	$30 Million	Kaboodle is a social shopping site. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Last.fm	CBS	$280 Million	Last.fm is a social networking/community surrounding music information. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Fandango	Comcast	$200 Million	Fandango is an online movie site and recently launched FanCast. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| VentureBeat
MyBlogLog	Yahoo	$10 Million	Social networking functionality for bloggers. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Rivals.com	Yahoo	$100 Million	A social network for fans of college and high school sports teams where users can track scores of games and keep up on the happenings of their favorite teams. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| VentureBeat
BOOMj.com	Time Lending California	Not Disclosed	An online social network for the aging population and baby-boomers. Press Release \| TechCrunch
Glimpse	TheFind.com	Not Disclosed	An online site focused on fashion shopping. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| DMW Media
TripUp	SideStep	Not Disclosed	An online social network for travelers where travelers can share photos, experiences, travel reviews, destinations, and videos. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| VentureBeat
mbuzzy.com	SendMe Mobile	Not Disclosed	A mobile social network. Press Release \| DMW Media
Pickle.com	Scripps Networks	$4.1 Million	An online photo sharing site. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable
Zingfu.com	Profile Builder	Not Disclosed	An online social networking resource website. Press Release \| TechCrunch
Newsvine	MSNBC	Not Disclosed	An online social news site that allows users to participate in adding news to the site. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
WebFives	Microsoft	Not Disclosed	WebFives is a photo sharing site. TechCrunch \| Mashable
Jaiku	Google	Not Disclosed	Jaiku is a Twitter competitor that allows you to keep in touch with friends via the web or sms. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Clipmarks	Forbes Media	$30 Million	Clipmarks is a social bookmarking service. Although the terms of the deal were not disclosed, the rumored purchase price has been between $15M - $30M. Press Release \| Mashable \| VentureBeat \| DMW Media
SingShot	EA	Not Disclosed	SingShot is an online karaoke community. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| VentureBeat \| DMW Media
BuddyTV	Comcast	Not disclosed	BuddyTV is an online community built around pop culture TV. TechCrunch \| Mashable
Five Across Inc.	Cisco	Not disclosed	Five across is a social networking site that was founded in 2004 and raised around $2M in venture financing. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Tribe	Cisco	Not disclosed	Tribe is a social networking site that is rumored to have raised around $10M in venture capital. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Twango	Nokia	$96.8 Million	Online social networking and media-sharing website. Press Release \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb \| VentureBeat

Internet Advertising Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Doubleclick	Google	$3.1 Billion	DoubleClick is one of the leading online advertising firms. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| GigaOm \| ReadWriteWeb
aQuantive	Microsoft	$6 Billion	aQuantive is one of the largest online ad networks. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| GigaOm \| ReadWriteWeb
BlueLithium	Yahoo	$300 Million	BlueLithium is an online global ad network and performance marketing company. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable
Quigo	AOL	$340 Million	Quigo is a site and content targeted advertising company. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb \| Wired
24/7 Real Media	WPP	$649 Million	24/7 Real Media specializes in global digital marketing solutions. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| NY Times
Tacoda	AOL	$275 Million	Tacoda is a behavioral advertising targeting firm. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb \| CNET
RightMedia	Yahoo	$680 Million	RightMedia is an open media exchange for interactive advertising (ad network). Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm \| Mashable \| Marketing Pilgrim
AdTech	AOL	Not Disclosed	AdTech is a german-based online ad-serving company. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Marketing Pilgrim
Enpocket	Nokia	Not Disclosed	Enpocket is a mobile advertising technology and service provider.. Press Release \| TechCrunch
ScreenTonic	Microsoft	Not Disclosed	ScreenTonic is an ad delivery platform for mobile device advertising. Press Release \| Microsoft StartupZone

Software Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Cognos	IBM	$4.9 Billion	Cognos is a maker of business software. Press Release \| TechCrunch
Zimbra	Yahoo	$350M	Open source online and offline office software. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| ReadWriteWeb
Opsware	HP	$1.6 Billion	Opsware is an IT/data center automation company. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable
EqualLogic	Dell	$1.4 Billion	EqualLogic makes data storage software. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| VentureBeat
Koral	SalesForce.com	Not Disclosed	Content management service. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| VentureBeat \| ReadWriteWeb
devBiz	Microsoft	Not Disclosed	devBiz specializes in cross-browser software development. Press Release
Global Care Solutions	Microsoft	Not Disclosed	Global Care Solutions is a maker of health care software. Press Release \| VentureBeat
GreenBorder Technologies	Google	Not Disclosed	Greenborder Technologies specializes in enterprise security for the desktop. TechCrunch \| Mashable
PeakStream	Google	Not Disclosed	PeakStream is a parallel processing startup. Mashable \| VentureBeat
Latigent	Cisco	Not disclosed	Latigent makes call center reporting software. Press Release
TellMe Networks	Microsoft	$800 Million	TellMe Networks is a voice services company specializing in speech recognition. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| VentureBeat
Postini	Google	$625 Million	Postini is an e-mail and communications security company. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| VentureBeat

Voice Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
GrandCentral	Google	$45 Million	GrandCentral is a unified communications / VOIP aggregation company. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| ReadWriteWeb \| CNET
VoiceStar	Marchex	$28 Million	VoiceStar is one of the pioneers in the pay-per-call and phone-to-web markets. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Redeye VC \| Screenwerk \| DMNews

Hardware Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Avaya	Silver Lake & TPG	$8.2 Billion	U.S. based company that produces phone equipment and Internet-based communications for corporations. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| GigaOm\| Collaborative Thinking \| WSJ
3Com	Bain Capital Partners	$2.2B	Computer networking company. Acqusition not yet completed, but announced in 2007. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| NY Times

Gaming Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Gaming Everywhere	Ujogo	Not Disclosed	Developed games for web browsers and mobile devices. TechCrunch \| DMW Media
Adscape	Google	$23 Million	Adscape is service that provides in-game video game ads. Press Announcement \| TechCrunch \| Mashable\| CNET
Havok	Intel	$110 Million	Havok is a video game software provider. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Engadget\| TMCNET

Mapping/Geo Companies Acquired in 2007

Acquired	Acquirer	Acquisition cost	Details
Vexcel	Microsoft	Not Disclosed	Vexcel specializes in photogrammetry. Press Release \| ArsTechnica
ImageAmerica	Google	Not Disclosed	ImageAmerica specializes in equipment for high resolution aerial imagery. Official Blog Post \| TechCrunch \| Mashable\| MarketingVox \| CNET
Keyhole	Google	Not Disclosed	Keyhole is a satellite imaging firm. The acquisition is believed to be part of Google’s mapping strategy. Press Release \| TechCrunch \| Geeking with Greg \| CNET
NavTeq	Nokia	$8.1 Billion	Develops and provides advanced map data platform to the navigation industry. Press Release \| GigaOm\| Mashable \| TechRepublic

A brief disclaimer: We’ve tried hard to ensure that all of the information above is accurate, but it is very likely that we’ve made a few typos and mistakes. If you catch an error, please post a comment and we’ll do our best to research and correct it. We’re not responsible for the accuracy of the above information and it should not be relied upon.

Nick says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm

Wow… This list is huge! Thanks for taking the time to put all of this together.

noelle says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 pm

this is a fantastic list. thanks for creating and publishing it!

Venkat says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm

What about all the Enterprise Software companies that Oracle acquired in 2007? Was expecting to see them in your “Software Companies Acquired in 2007″ section.

reader says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 am

Missed a big one: Cisco buying IronPort

http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/2007/01/ironportciscoha.html

bayareaguy says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 am

You missed this one: Citrix Completes Acquisition of XenSource

http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=683171

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