List of acquisitions by 1 List of acquisitions by Facebook

Facebook is a social networking company. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between Facebook and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US dollars because Facebook is headquartered in the . If the Facebook service that is derived from the acquired company is known, then is also listed here. Facebook has acquired 10 companies with its largest acquisition being the purchase of FriendFeed. It also purchased the defunct company ConnectU in a court settlement and acquired formerly held by rival . The majority of the companies acquired by Facebook are based in the United States, and in turn, a large percentage of these companies are based in or around the Bay Area. Facebook has also made investments in LuckyCal and Wildfire Interactive. Most of Facebook's acquisitions have been 'talent acquisitions' and acquired products are often shut-down. Facebook CEO has stated 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."[1]

Acquisitions

Number Acquisition Company Business Location Value Related to Used as / Talent References date (USD) Integrated acquired with

1 July 19, Parakey Offline Mountain Y Facebook , [2] 2007 applications/Web OS View, CA Combinator, Mobile

[3] [4] 2 June 23, ConnectU Social networking Cambridge, $31m (Court None 2008 MA settlement)

3 August 10, FriendFeed Social networking Mountain $47.5m Benchmark Paul Buchheit, [5] 2009 aggregator View, CA Capital, , ex- Jim Norris, Sanjeev Singh, 8 others

4 February Octazen Contact importer Taman Friend 2 engineers [6] 19, 2010 Melawati, Finder (remote Kuala workers) Lumpur

5 March 2, Divvyshot Photo management San Y Facebook Sam Odio, 2 [7] 2010 Francisco, Combinator, Photos others CA AngelList

6 May 13, Friendster Intellectual Mountain $40m None [8] 2010 property/Patents View, CA/, Malaysia

7 May 26, ShareGrove Private San Mateo, Elm Street Facebook Kent Libbey, [9] 2010 conversations/Forums CA Ventures Groups Adam Wolff List of acquisitions by Facebook 2

8 July 8, 2010 Nextstop Travel San $2.5m ex-Google Charles Lin, [10] recommendations Francisco, Carl Sjogreen, CA Adrian Graham

9 August 15, Chai Labs applications Mountain $10m Merus Gokul [11] 2010 View, CA Capital, Rajaram, Giri ex-Google Rajaram, others

10 August 20, Hot Potato Check-ins/Status Brooklyn, ~10m RRE Facebook Saadiq [12] 2010 updates NY Ventures Places Rodgers-, Justin Shaffer, 6 others

11 October 29, Drop.io File hosting and DUMBO, ~10m RRE Sam Lessin [13] 2010 sharing Brooklyn, Ventures NY

12 January 25, Rel8tion Mobile Seattle, undisclosed Peter Wilson [14] 2011 Washington

13 March 2, Beluga Group messaging Palo Alto, undisclosed Jonathan [15] 2011 Perlow, Lucy Zhang, Ben Davenport

14 March 20, Snaptu $60–70m Mobile [16] 2011 Developer

15 April 27, DayTum Information graphics SoHo, New Nicholas [17] 2011 York City, Felton, Ryan NY Case

References

[1] "Why Facebook buys startups" (http:/ / www. . com/ watch?v=OlBDyItD0Ak). . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[2] "Facebook buys Parakey" (http:/ / gigaom. com/ 2007/ 07/ 19/ facebook-buys-parakey/ ). Gigaom. 2007-07-19. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[3] "Judge Blocks Rival's Effort to Learn Value of Facebook's Stock" (http:/ / www. law. com/ jsp/ article. jsp?id=1202446331523). New York Law Journal. 2010-03-17. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[4] "The AP Reveals Details of Facebook/ConnectU Settlement With Greatest Hack Ever" (http:/ / . com/ 2009/ 02/ 11/

the-ap-reveals-details-of-facebookconnectu-settlement-with-best-hack-ever/ ). TechCrunch. 2009-02-11. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[5] "Facebook Acquires FriendFeed" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2009/ 08/ 10/ facebook-acquires-/ ). TechCrunch. 2009-08-10. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[6] "Octazen: What The Heck Did Facebook Just Buy Exactly, And Why?" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2010/ 02/ 19/

octazen-what-the-heck-did-facebook-just-buy-exactly-and-why/ ). TechCrunch. 2010-02-19. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[7] "Facebook Buys Up Divvyshot To Make Facebook Photos Even Better" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2010/ 04/ 02/

facebook-buys-up-divvyshot-to-make-facebook-photos-even-better/ ). TechCrunch. 2010-04-02. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[8] "Facebook buys friendster patents for 40m" (http:/ / gigaom. com/ 2010/ 08/ 04/ facebook-buys-friendster-patents-for-40m/ ). GigaOm. 2010-08-04. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[9] "Facebook Acquires ShareGrove" (http:/ / . com/ 2010/ 05/ 26/ facebook-acquires-sharegrove/ ). Mashable. 2010-05-26. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[10] "Facebook acquires social travel-recommendation site Nextstop" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2010/ 07/ 08/

facebook-acquires-social-travel-recommendation-site-nextstop/ ). TechCrunch. 2010-07-08. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[11] "Facebook Acquires Chai Labs, Gains 'Godfather of Google Adsense'" (http:/ / www. . com/ article2/ 0,2817,2367828,00. asp). PCMag. 2010-08-15. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[12] "Facebook acquires Hot Potato" (http:/ / mashable. com/ 2010/ 08/ 20/ facebook-acquires-hotpotato/ ). Mashable. 2010-08-20. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[13] "Facebook Acquires Drop.io, Nabs Sam Lessin" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2010/ 10/ 29/ facebook-acquires-drop-io-nabs-sam-lessin/ ). TechCrunch. 2010-10-29. . Retrieved 2010-10-30.

[14] "Facebook Acquires Mobile Advertising Company Out of Stealth Mode" (http:/ / emoney. allthingsd. com/ 20110125/

facebook-acquires-mobile-advertising-company-out-of-stealth-mode/ ). AllThingsD. 2011-01-25. . Retrieved 2011-01-25. List of acquisitions by Facebook 3

[15] "Facebook Acquires Group Messaging Service Beluga In A Talent AND Technology Deal" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2011/ 03/ 01/

facebook-beluga/ ). TechCrunch. 2011-03-01. . Retrieved 2011-03-01.

[16] "Confirmed: Facebook Acquires Snaptu (For An Estimated $60 – $70 Million)" (http:/ / techcrunch. com/ 2011/ 03/ 20/

facebook-reportedly-acquires-snaptu-for-an-estimated-60-70-million/ ). TechCrunch. 2011-03-20. . Retrieved 2011-03-20.

[17] "Daytum's Dataviz Wizards, Nick Felton and Ryan Case, Join Facebook" (http:/ / www. designtaxi. com/ news/ 34630/

Daytum-s-Dataviz-Wizards-Nick-Felton-and-Ryan-Case-Join-Facebook/ ). DesignTaxi. 2011-04-27. . Retrieved 2011-04-27.

External links

• PrivCo Private Company Financial Report - Facebook, Inc. (http:/ / www. privco. com/ private-company/ facebook-inc)

• Facebook Press Releases (http:/ / www. facebook. com/ press/ releases. )

• Facebook (http:/ / blog. facebook. com) Article Sources and Contributors 4 Article Sources and Contributors

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