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Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables users to send and read "tweets", which are text messages limited to 280 characters. Registered users can read and post tweets but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS, or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City, Boston, Seattle, Boulder, and London.
Acquisitions
Number | Date | Company | Business | Country | Price (USD) | Category | More information about the acquired or merged company | References |
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1 | July 15, 2008 | Summize | Social search | US | [1] | |||
2 | November 24, 2008 | Values of n | Social software development | [2] | ||||
3 | December 23, 2009 | Mixer labs | Location information engine | $5.17 million (in stock)[3] | [4] | |||
4 | April 9, 2010 | Atebits | Tweetie | US | Mobile Twitter app (iOS) | [5] | ||
5 | April 23, 2010 | Cloudhopper | Mobile messaging | [6] | ||||
6 | June 10, 2010 | Smallthought Systems | Databases and analytics | Analytics tools | [7] | |||
7 | December 21, 2010 | Fluther | Q&A service | [8] | ||||
8 | May 25, 2011 | TweetDeck | Web and desktop client | US | $40 million | [9] | ||
9 | June 1, 2011 | AdGrok | Advertising | [10] | ||||
10 | July 5, 2011 | BackType | Social analytics | [11] | ||||
11 | August 8, 2011 | Bagcheck | Social sharing and discovery | [12] | ||||
12 | September 21, 2011 | Julpan | Real-time social search engine | [13] | ||||
13 | November 28, 2011 | Whisper Systems | Mobile privacy and security | [14] | ||||
14 | January 19, 2012 | Summify | Social news | [15] | ||||
15 | January 24, 2012 | Dasient | Internet security | Revenue team | [16] | |||
16 | March 12, 2012 | Posterous | Blogging platform | [17] | ||||
17 | April 16, 2012 | Hotspots.io | Social media intelligence | US | Revenue engineering team | [18] | ||
18 | May 10, 2012 | RestEngine | Personalized email marketing | US | [19] | |||
19 | June 4, 2012 | Nclud | Boutique design agency | [19] | ||||
20 | August 13, 2012 | Clutch.IO | A/B tester | Design | [20] | |||
21 | October 9, 2012 | Vine | Video sharing service | $30 million | [21] | |||
22 | October 16, 2012 | Cabana | Mobile app building software | [22] | ||||
23 | January 28, 2013 | Crashlytics | Crash reporting | $100 million+ | [23] | |||
24 | February 6, 2013 | Bluefin Labs | Social TV analytics | US | $80 million | [23] | ||
25 | November 1, 2012 | We Are Hunted | Music service | Australia | [24][25] | |||
26 | May 9, 2013 | Ubalo | Large-scale computing | [26] | ||||
27 | May 13, 2013 | Lucky Sort | Big Data visualization | [27] | ||||
28 | June 19, 2013 | Spindle Labs | Local discovery | US | [28] | |||
29 | August 2, 2013 | Locomatix | US | [29] | ||||
30 | August 13, 2013 | Marakana | Training services | [30] | ||||
31 | August 28, 2013 | Trendrr | Advertising solutions | [31] | ||||
32 | September 9, 2013 | MoPub | Advertising solutions | $350 million | [32] | |||
33 | March 31, 2014 | Mesagraph | Social TV | France | [33] | |||
34 | March 31, 2014 | SecondSync | Social TV | UK | [33] | |||
35 | April 7, 2014 | Cover | Android lockscreen app | [34] | ||||
36 | April 15, 2014 | Gnip | Data reseller | $134 million | [35][36] | |||
37 | June 5, 2014 | Namo Media | Native mobile advertising | $50 million | MoPub | [37] | ||
38 | June 5, 2014 | TapCommerce | Mobile app install ads | $100 million | [38] | |||
39 | June 19, 2014 | SnappyTV | Live clipping service | [39][40] | ||||
40 | July 29, 2014 | CardSpring | Payment application platform | Commerce | [41][42] | |||
41 | July 17, 2014 | Madbits | Deep learning | US | Twitter Cortex | [43] | ||
42 | August 1, 2014 | Mitro | Password security | [44] | ||||
43 | October 25, 2014 | Twitpic | Photo-sharing website | [45] | ||||
44 | January 20, 2015 | ZipDial | Mobile marketing and analytics | India | [46][47][48][49] | |||
45 | February 11, 2015 | Niche | Advertising and software | [50][51] | ||||
46 | March 9, 2015 | Periscope | Live-video streaming | $50–100 million | [52] | |||
47 | April 2, 2015 | TenXer | Collaboration platform | under $50 million | [53] | |||
48 | April 28, 2015 | TellApart | Advertising | $479 million | [54] | |||
49 | June 17, 2015 | Whetlab | Machine learning | US | Twitter Cortex | [55] | ||
50 | October 21, 2015 | Fastlane | Deployment services | Austria | [56] | |||
51 | October 21, 2015 | ZeroPush | Push notification services | US | [57][58] | |||
52 | April 8, 2016 | Peer | Employee and manager feedback tool | US | [59] | |||
53 | June 20, 2016 | Magic Pony Technology | Advanced video upscaling, compression and enhancement | UK | $150 million | [60] | ||
54 | December 1, 2016 | Yes, Inc | Social apps developer | US | [61] | |||
55 | June 21, 2018 | Smyte | Spam & fraud prevention service | US | $65 million | [62][63] | ||
56 | April 17, 2019 | Highly | Highlight sharing application | [64] | ||||
57 | June 3, 2019 | Fabula AI | Geometric deep learning & fake-news detection | UK | [65] | |||
58 | November 21, 2019 | Aiden.ai | AI-powered digital marketing | UK | [66] | |||
59 | February 19, 2020 | Chroma Labs | Visual Stories App | US | [67] | |||
60 | May 12, 2020 | CrossInstall | Programmatic interactive mobile ads at scale | US | [68] | |||
61 | December 14, 2020 | Squad | Real-time social video | US | Squad was a technology startup providing live group video calling with cowatching. It was acquired by Twitter in December 2020.[69][70]It was founded by Esther Crawford, Ethan Sutin, who raised $7.2 million in seed funding from investors that included Y Combinator, First Round Capital, and Betaworks.[71] Squad's technology allowed users to view synchronized content during group video calls. Squad's core features will be integrated into the Twitter app. | [72][73] | ||
62 | January 2021 | Breaker | Social podcasting | US | Twitter Spaces | [74][75][76] | ||
63 | January 6, 2021 | Ueno | Creative agency | [77] | ||||
64 | January 25, 2021 | DriveScale | Storage Technology | US | [78] | |||
65 | January 26, 2021 | Revue | Newsletter platform | Netherlands | [79][80] |
See also
- List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet
- List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple
- List of mergers and acquisitions by Facebook
- List of mergers and acquisitions by IBM
- List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft
- List of mergers and acquisitions by Yahoo!
- Mergers and acquisitions
References
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- ^ "Twitter Buys Start-up's Assets; Hires Founder Rael Dornfest". The Washington Post. November 24, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ Gannes, Liz. "Looks Like Twitter Paid Mixer Labs $5.17M in Stock". Giga Om. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Buys Startup To Help With Geolocation". Business Insider. December 23, 2009. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Tweetie". TechCrunch. April 9, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ Thau, Kevin (April 23, 2010). "Cloudhopping". Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
- ^ Van, Jennifer (June 10, 2010). "Twitter Acquires Smallthought Systems to Integrate Analytics Tools". Mashable.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Fluther Flocks to Twitter". December 21, 2010. Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
- ^ Costolo, Dick (May 25, 2011). "All Decked Out". Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Twitter buys AdGrok to build its monetization platform | VentureBeat | Social | by Tom Cheredar". VentureBeat. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Social Analytics Platform BackType". TechCrunch. July 5, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Down forever". BagCheck. September 24, 2013. Archived from the original on September 14, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Julpan, The Startup By The Guy Who Helped Perfect Google Search". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
- ^ McCarty, Brad (November 28, 2011). "Twitter Acquires Whisper Systems". TheNextWeb.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires, Shuts Down Social News Startup Summify". TechCrunch. January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ Panzarino, Matthew (January 24, 2012). "Twitter Acquires Internet Security Company Dasient". Thenextweb.com. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Welcoming the Posterous team to the flock". March 12, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
- ^ Rowley, Jason (April 16, 2012). "Twitter Acquires Hotspots.io". Techli. Archived from the original on January 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Twitter Buys Personalized Email Marketer RestEngine To Deliver Best Tweet Digests". TechCrunch. May 10, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Nclud for International Facelift". WebProNews. June 4, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ Ingrid Lunden (October 16, 2012). "Twitter Acqui-Hires Mobile App Development Platform Cabana, Shuts It Down". TechCrunch. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
- ^ Peter Kafka and Mike Isaac (October 9, 2012). "Twitter Buys Vine, a Video Clip Company That Never Launched". AllThingsD. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ a b "Twitter's Boston Acquisitions: Crashlytics Tops $100M, Bluefin Labs Close Behind". Xconomy. February 5, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Makes Big Acquisition, Buys Social TV Analytics Company Bluefin Labs". Business Insider. February 4, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ Rowghani, Ali (February 5, 2013). "Welcoming Bluefin Labs to the Flock". Retrieved January 8, 2014 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Palo Alto-Based Scalable Computing Startup Ubalo". TechCrunch. May 9, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Data-Mining Startup Lucky Sort". DowJones.com. May 13, 2013. Archived from the original on January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter to Acquire U.W.-Madison Start-Up Locomatix". Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter buys Boston startup, Spindle Labs, its third local acquisition this year". The Boston Globe. June 19, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Buys Open Source Training Company Marakana To Power New "Twitter University" For Engineers". TechCrunch. August 13, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "With Trendrr Acquisition, Twitter Continues To Beef Up Its Social TV Efforts". TechCrunch. August 28, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Buys MoPub For $350M To Up The Ante In Mobile Advertising". TechCrunch. September 9, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
- ^ a b Lunden, Ingrid (March 31, 2014). "Twitter Buys France's Mesagraph And UK's SecondSync To Ramp Up Social TV Efforts In Europe". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (April 17, 2014). "Twitter Acquires Android Lockscreen App Cover, Moves Deeper Into Mobile Services". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ Wagner, Kurt (August 11, 2014). "Twitter Paid $134 Million for Gnip". Recode. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ Etherington, Darrell (April 15, 2014). "Twitter Acquires Longtime Partner And Social Data Provider Gnip". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Twitter Buys Mobile Native Ad Startup Namo Media For Around $50M". TechCrunch. June 5, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires TapCommerce as It Rolls Out Mobile-App Install Ads". The Wall Street Journal. June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
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- ^ "SnappyTV is joining the flock". June 19, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Payment Startup CardSpring For Real-Time Commerce". Business Insider. July 17, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
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- ^ "Twitter acquires deep learning startup Madbits". Gigaom. July 29, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ "Mitro is joining Twitter and is now open source". Mitro Labs. August 1, 2014. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
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- ^ "Twitter acquires Indian mobile platform startup ZipDial". The Next Web. January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
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- ^ Ha, Anthony (February 11, 2015). "Twitter Acquires Niche, A Startup That Helps Advertisers Work With Social Media Celebrities". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Welcoming Niche to the Twitter team". February 11, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ Shontell, Alyson (March 9, 2015). "Twitter quietly bought a video startup that hasn't launched yet, Periscope". Business Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (April 2, 2015). "Confirmed: Twitter Buys TenXer For Under $50M To Improve Its Tools For Engineers". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid. "Twitter Ended Up Paying $479M For Ad Tech Startup TellApart, 10-K Reveals". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Machine Learning Startup Whetlab". TechCrunch. June 17, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ Weinberger, Matt (October 21, 2015). "Twitter buys Fastlane, a popular tool for building iPhone apps, and adds Android support". Business Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "ZeroPush has joined Twitter!". ZeroPush. October 21, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ "Developer tool ZeroPush gets acquired by Twitter". Technically Philly. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ Weber, Harrison (April 8, 2016). "Twitter acquires employee feedback tool Peer". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (June 20, 2016). "Twitter pays up to $150M for Magic Pony Technology, which uses neural networks to improve images". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Twitter buys startup Yes, Inc. and scores a new VP of product in the process".
- ^ Perez, Sarah. "Twitter acquires anti-abuse technology provider Smyte". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ^ "Smyte acquired by Twitter". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
- ^ Constine, Josh (April 17, 2019). "Twitter acquihires highlight sharing app Highly". TechCrunch. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Twitter acquires Fabula AI to strengthen its machine learning expertise". Retrieved June 3, 2019 – via Twitter.
- ^ "London Martech Firm Aiden.ai Acquired by Twitter". Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- ^ "Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma Labs". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Twitter acquires mobile adtech firm CrossInstall". Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ "Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Twitter bought a startup that lets you virtually hang out with your friends". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Squad, the 'anti-bro startup,' is creating a safe space for teenage girls online". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Twitter acquires screen-sharing social app Squad". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Twitter bought a startup that lets you virtually hang out with your friends". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces". Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Twitter acquires Breaker podcast app, will integrate its team to Spaces". Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Twitter Acquires Podcast App 'Breaker' To Improve Its New Chatroom Platform Called Spaces". Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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- ^ "Twitter Consumes DriveScale". Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ "Making Twitter a better home for writers". Retrieved January 26, 2021.
- ^ "Twitter acquires newsletter platform Revue". Retrieved January 26, 2021.