Top 20 Acquisitions for 2012
February 29, 2012 
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| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,900,000,000 | Taleo | Oracle | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 2 | $500,000,000 | Double Down | International Game Technology | Games | Acquisition |
| 3 | $494,000,000 | Gennum Corporation | Semtech | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 4 | $479,800,000 | Bol.com | Royal Ahold | Ecommerce | Acquisition |
| 5 | $287,500,000 | TaxACT | InfoSpace | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 6 | $275,000,000 | Convio | Blackbaud | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 7 | $271,000,000 | Lightwire | Cisco | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 8 | $230,000,000 | Vividwireless | Optus | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 9 | $179,000,000 | iContact | Vocus | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 10 | $175,000,000 | Allrecipes.com | Meredith Corp. | Media | Acquisition |
| 11 | $160,000,000 | ADAPTIX | Acacia Research | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 12 | $146,300,000 | M5 Networks | ShoreTel | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 13 | $125,000,000 | InfiniBand | Intel | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 14 | $115,000,000 | LiveOffice | Symantec | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 15 | $96,000,000 | Ntreev Soft | NCsoft | Games | Acquisition |
| 16 | $80,000,000 | Mykonos Software | Juniper Networks | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 17 | $59,000,000 | Miyowa | Synchronoss | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 18 | $51,800,000 | Picochip | Mindspeed Technologies | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 19 | $35,000,000 | Unity Semiconductor | Rambus | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 20 | $35,000,000 | Voxel | Internap | Software & Services | Acquisition |
More information
- Oracle Buys Talent Management Solutions Company Taleo For $1.9 Billion (Techcrunch)
- Double Down Interactive SoldTo IGT For $500M (Northwest Innovation)
- Semtech To Pay $494M For Data Communications Firm Gennum (SoCal Tech)
- Royal Ahold acquires Bol.com (The Deal Pipiline)
- InfoSpace Buys Online Tax Solutions Company TaxACT For $287.5M In Cash (Techcrunch)
- Convio Acquired By Blackbaud For $275M (Texas Tech Pulse)
- Cisco Buys Lightwire (Silicon Tap)
- Optus buys Vividwireless for $230m (Delimeter)
- Vocus Buys Email Marketing Company iContact For $169 Million (Techcrunch)
- Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions (Reuters)
- Patent Troll Buys ADAPTIX (And Its 4G Technology Patents) For $160M (Techcrunch)
- ShoreTel Picks Up M5 Networks (FinSMEs)
- Intel Acquires Fabric Technology InfiniBand From Qlogic For $125M (Techcrunch)
- Symantec Buys Cloud-Based Email Archiving Company LiveOffice For $115M (Techcrunch)
- League of Legends and NCsoft’s Ntreev acquisition, this week in Korean news (Gamasutra)
- Juniper Networks Buys Mykonos Software (Silicon Tap)
- Synchronoss Buys Mobile Social Network Maker Miyowa For Up To $59M In Cash (Techcrunch)
- Mindspeed Completes Picochip Buy (SoCal Tech)
- Rambus Buys Unity Semiconductor (Silicon Tap)
- Internap Buys Hosting, Cloud Services Company Voxel For Up To $35 Million (Techcrunch)
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