The following is a perpetual-work-in-progress. Once you start to compile a list of mergers and acquisitions, you realize why it’s nearly impossible to have a complete list. We are quite confident that the following is a very good, comprehensive list of the largest, more notable deals… but it is not - and no list will be - fully complete because there are too many countries around the world and too many industries to report (it is highly possible that the Wall Street Journal or Financial Post, for example, has such a list… but it would be thick and unwieldy).
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Editor’s note: I knew we were speaking too soon. One more deal to add to the list: Time Warner to buy Quigo. Added to the bottom of the list, under ad networks.
According to The Jordan Edmiston Group Inc.’s October 2007 Client Briefing report, the number of deals through the first three quarters of 2007 exceeded full year 2006 figures: 637 transactions with $95B in value thus far. Do the math and that is $150M per deal, quite rich. continue reading...
Michael Arrington has a fantastic story on Parakey and how its investors - including powerhouse VC Sequoia - got fleeced in the sale to Facebook.
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Inside Facebook is reporting that Facebook has made its first acquisition: Parakey.
Parakey is developed by the same duo who built Mozilla Firefox, Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. Parakey’s main page suggests that it’s an online document manager of sorts, leading me to think that Facebook is thinking of adding bells and whistles to further strengthen what it offers its users, which right now is nothing too tangible, frankly. continue reading...
