Top 11 Giant Tech Purchases of 2012
Here are some of the top startup purchases made by tech giants in the first half of 2012:
Yammer
Purchased by: Microsoft
Price: $1.2 Billion
Buddy Media
Purchased by: Salesforce.com
Price: $689 Million
Meebo
Purchased by: Google
Price: $100 Million
Glancee, Face.com, Instagram
Purchased by: Facebook
Price:
• Instagram: $1 Billion
• Face.com: $100 Million
• Glancee: Undisclosed Amount
Hi5
Purchased by: Tagged
Price: Undisclosed Amount
Slideshare
Purchased by: LinkedIn
Price: $119
Digg
Purchased by: LinkedIn, The Washington Post, and Betaworks
Price: $16 Million
Posterous
Purchased by: Twitter
Price: Undisclosed Amount
Vitrue
Purchased by: Oracle
Price: $300 Million
KIVA Systems
Purchased by: Amazon
Price: $775 Million
OMGPOP
Purchased by: Zynga
Price: $200 Million
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