List of acquisitions by Adobe

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Adobe Inc. is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California. In 1982, John Warnock and Charles Geschke left Xerox PARC and established Adobe to develop and sell the PostScript page description language.[1] Apple Computer licensed PostScript in 1985 for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution.[2] The company has acquired 25 companies, purchased stakes in five, and divested six, most of which were software companies. Of the companies that Adobe has acquired, 18 were based in the United States. Adobe has not released the financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions.

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Adobe headquarters in San Jose

Adobe's first acquisition was Emerald City Software in March 1990. In August 1994, the company acquired Aldus Corporation, a Seattle-based software company credited with creating the desktop publishing industry with its PageMaker software.[3] The company's products were integrated into Adobe's product line later in the year, and re-branded as Adobe PageMaker and Adobe After Effects;[4] Aldus also owned the TIFF file format, transferring ownership to Adobe.[5] In October 1995, Adobe acquired the desktop publishing software company Frame Technology for US$566 million, and re-branded its FrameMaker software to Adobe FrameMaker.[6] Adobe acquired GoLive Systems in January 1999 and obtained its CyberStudio HTML editor software, releasing it as Adobe GoLive.[7] In May 2003, Adobe acquired Syntrillium Software and its digital audio editor software Cool Edit Pro, and merged it into its product line, re-releasing it as Adobe Audition.[8]

In the 1990s, Adobe purchased a minority stake in four companies, and it purchased a stake in one company in the 2000s. Adobe has also divested six companies, in which parts of the company are sold to another company. All of its divestments were made in the 1990s, with its most recent divestment made in August 1999 when it sold Macromedia Pathware to Lotus Software.

Acquisitions

Number Company Country Acquired on Acquired for (USD) References
1 Emerald City Software Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [9]
2 BluePoint Technologies Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [10]
3 LaserTools-Language Tech[note 1] Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [11]
4 OCR Systems Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [12]
5 Nonlinear Technologies Script error: No such module "flag". 1992 — [13]
6 After Hours Software Script error: No such module "flag". 1993 — [13]
7 Compumation Script error: No such module "flag". 1994 — [13]
8 Aldus Corporation Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [14]
9 LaserTools Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [15]
10 Photoshop Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [16]
11 Frame Technology Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [17]
12 Ares Software Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [18]
13 Sandcastle Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [19]
14 HyWay Ferranti Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [20]
15 DigiDox Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [21]
16 GoLive Systems Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [22]
17 Fotiva Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [23]
18 Accelio[note 2] Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [24]
19 Syntrillium Software Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [25]
20 Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[note 3] Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [26]
21 Q-Link Technologies, Inc. Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [27]
22 OKYZ Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [28]
23 Macromedia Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [29]
24 Navisware Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [30]
25 Trade and Technologies France Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [31]
26 Pixmantec Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [32]
27 InterAKT Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [33]
28 Serious Magic Inc. Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [34]
29 Scene7 Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [35]
30 Virtual Ubiquity Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [36]
31 YaWah Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [37]
32 Business Catalyst Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [38]
33 Omniture Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [39]
34 Day Software Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [40]
35 Demdex Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [41]
36 EchoSign Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [42]
37 Iridas Technology Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [43]
38 Nitobi Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [44]
39 Typekit Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [45]
40 Auditude Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [46]
41 Efficient Frontier Technology Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [47]
42 Behance Inc. Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [48]
43 Neolane Template:FR Template:Dts $Template:Nts [49][50]
44 Satellite Script error: No such module "flag". July 31, 2013 —
45 Aviary Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [51]
46 Fotolia Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Template:Nts [52]
47 Mixamo Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [53]
48 Livefyre Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [54]
49 TubeMogul Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [55]
50 Sayspring Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [56]
51 Uru Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [57]
52 Magento Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [58]
53 Marketo Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [59]
54 Allegorithmic Template:FR Template:Dts — [60]
55 Workfront Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [61]
56 Frame.io Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts $Script error: No such module "val". [62]
57 ContentCal Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [63]
58 Abstract Notebooks Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [64]
59 rephrase.ai Script error: No such module "flag". Template:Dts — [65]

Indirect acquisitions

Adobe also owns the assets of numerous companies, through less direct means, through the mergers or acquisitions of companies later acquired by Adobe.

Failed acquisitions

  • Figma - After 15 months of regulatory review, the acquisition of Figma for $20 billion was abandoned after no longer seeing a path toward regulatory approval.[66][67]

Stakes

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
Template:Dts Verity Computer consulting Script error: No such module "flag". — [68]
Template:Dts Crosswise Applications software Script error: No such module "flag". — [69]
Template:Dts Siebel Systems Application services provider Script error: No such module "flag". — [70]
Template:Dts Fractal Design Graphics software Script error: No such module "flag". $Template:Nts [71]
Template:Dts Skysoft Online digital music services Script error: No such module "flag". $Template:Nts [72]

Divestitures

Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country Value (USD) References
Template:Dts Paracomp MacroMind Software Script error: No such module "flag". — [73]
Template:Dts — Luminous[note 4] Graphics software Script error: No such module "flag". — [74]
Template:Dts INSO MasterSoft Publishing software Script error: No such module "flag". $Template:Nts [75]
Template:Dts Creative Internet Solutions ChangeMedia Internet service provider Script error: No such module "flag". — [76]
Template:Dts Calian Technologies Ltd. Why Interactive Multi-media company Script error: No such module "flag". $Template:Nts [77]
Template:Dts Lotus Development Macromedia Pathware Internet software Script error: No such module "flag". — [78]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Acquired from LaserTools
  2. ↑ Acquired from Adobe Systems Canada
  3. ↑ Acquired from Yellow Dragon Software
  4. ↑ Adobe retained a 19.9% stake in Luminous

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See also

References

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External links

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