Top 20 Deals for 2011
December 31, 2011 
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| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,300,000,000 | Autonomy | Hewlett-Packard | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 2 | $8,500,000,000 | Skype | Microsoft | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 3 | $7,680,000,000 | McAfee | Intel | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 4 | $3,700,000,000 | Netlogic | Broadcom | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 5 | $3,400,000,000 | SuccessFactors | SAP | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 6 | $3,100,000,000 | Atheros Communications | Qualcomm | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 7 | $2,500,000,000 | Savvis | CenturyLink | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 8 | $2,400,000,000 | GSI Commerce | Ebay | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 9 | $2,250,000,000 | Godaddy | Consortium | Marketing | Acquisition |
| 10 | $1,841,000,000 | Lawson Software | Infor | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 11 | $1,640,000,000 | Blackboard | Providence Equity Partners | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 12 | $1,500,000,000 | 360buy.com | Consortium | Ecommerce | Investment |
| 13 | $1,500,000,000 | Consortium | Media | Investment | |
| 14 | $1,500,000,000 | RightNow | Oracle | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 15 | $1,400,000,000 | Terremark Worldwide | Verizon Communications | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 16 | $1,375,000,000 | Seagate | Samsung | Hardware & Infrastructure | Investment |
| 17 | $1,300,000,000 | Blue Coat | Thoma Bravo, Teachers’ Private Capital | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 18 | $1,220,000,000 | Patni Computer Systems | iGATE | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 19 | $990,000,000 | BNA | Bloomberg | Media | Acquisition |
| 20 | $950,000,000 | Groupon | Consortium | Transactions | Investment |
More information
- HP to acquire enterprise player Autonomy for $10.3B (Venturebeat)
- It’s Official: Microsoft Acquires Skype For $8.5 Billion In Cash (Paid Content)
- Intel Closes $7.68 Billion McAfee Acquisition (Techcrunch)
- Broadcom Buys Chipmaking Technology Company Netlogic For $3.7 Billion (Techcrunch)
- SAP Will Buy SuccessFactors For $3.4 Billion (Techcrunch)
- Qualcomm acquires Atheros for 3.1 Billion deal (Silicon India)
- CenturyLink to Acquire Savvis (The Wall Street Journal)
- eBay Acquires GSI Commerce For $2.4 Billion In Cash And Debt (Techcrunch)
- Go Daddy Acquired For $2.25 Billion (IM Grind)
- Infor Acquires Lawson Software for $2 Billion (Industry Week)
- Blackboard to be Acquired by Providence Equity Partners for $45.00 Per Share in Cash or $1.64 Billion (PR Newswire)
- Chinese e-Commerce Site 360buy Grabs $1.5B From DST And Others (Techcrunch)
- Facebook raises $1.5B, at valuation of $50B (Computer World)
- Oracle Buys Cloud-based Customer Service Company RightNow For $1.5 Billion (Techcrunch)
- Verizon to Acquire Terremark, Boosting Cloud Strategy through Powerful Unified Enterprise IT Delivery Platform (Verizon News Center)
- Samsung Inks $1.375 Billion Deal With Seagate On HDD Operations Sale And More (Techcrunch)
- Investor Group Buys Web Security Company Blue Coat For $1.3 Billion In Cash (Techcrunch)
- MWS Tracker Spotlight: iGATE Corporation (Nasdaq: IGTE) acquires Patni Computer Systems Limited (BSE: 532517) (Snow Mass Capital Partners)
- Bloomberg Buys Legal Database Provider BNA For $990 million (Paid Content)
- Groupon Raises $950 Million [CONFIRMED] (Mashable)