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I don't want to be a negative nancy here, but does anyone have any examples, preferably in the past 10 years, where a company with cool tech was acquired and di

I don't want to be a negative nancy here, but does anyone have any examples, preferably in the past 10 years, where a company with cool tech was acquired and did even better because of the acquisition? A company which really thrived and wouldn't have without being acquired? Things like Nest make me cynical that the vast majority of acquisitions end up destroying all the value created before the acquisition by the acquiree. Edit: Android might be an example acquisition success story.

thenewwazoo 10y ago
Well, the answer is "it depends". Lots of acquisitions become features. Others succeed after a rebranding, so it's hard to tease out what qualifies as "thriving". Off the top of my head examples: * Google Maps (Where 2 Technologies) * Siri (Siri Inc) * Visio (Visio Inc) * Firefox (born of post-acquisition AoL money)
niftich 10y ago
Android, Youtube, DoubleClick, Summize (to Twitter) [1], Instagram, WhatsApp [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/7/twitter-buys-summize-for-about-15m-stock-and-cash http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/7/twitter-buys-summize-f...