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0
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4
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10
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
ACQUISITION TIMING
NOTABLE ACQUISITIONS
2007 Parakey
ConnectU
2009 FriendFeed
2010 Drop.io
2011 Snaptu
2013 Atlas
2014 WhatsApp
LOCATION OF ACQUIRED COMPANIES
2008
80%
UNITED STATES
47%
CALIFORNIA, USA
6%
ISRAEL
14%
REST OF WORLD
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REPORTED SALE RANGE
COMPANY NAMES
1-Word
Names
2-Word
Names
3-Word
Names
82%
14%
4%
71%
Undisclosed:
6%
More than $1B
10%
$16MM to $1B:
12%
$2.5MM to $15MM:
ACQUIRED CATEGORY / TEAM EXPERTISE
( Note: These are not mutually exclusive – Multiple companies are included in more than one category )
HARDWARE: 2%
GAMING: 4%
SOCIAL: 39%
MOBILE: 45%
MESSAGING: 10%
ANALYTICS: 10%
UTILITY / BACK-END: 35%
GIFTING: 2%
PHOTOS: 6%
LOYALTY: 2%
LOCATION: 6%
DESIGN: 8%
ADVERTISING: 4%
2% 2%
2%10%
18%
22%
16%
27%
( As of April 10, 2014 )
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1
1
8
11
9
5
13
6%
10%
16%
12%
10%
8% 8%
6%
0%
4%
6%
NOTABLE ACQUIHIRED TALENT
Sam Lessin
Drop.io
Bret Taylor
FriendFeed
Justin Shaffer
Hot Potato
Ben Davenport
Beluga
Josh Williams
Gowalla
Kevin Systrom
Instagram
Jan Koum
WhatsApp
Palmer Luckey
Oculus VR
No longer at Facebook Still at Facebook
2012 Glancee
12%
( Note: 47% of all FB acquisitions were located in California – That is approx 59% of U.S. acquisitions )
( Note: All groupings include compound words – i.e. “WhatsApp” is counted as a 1-word name )
( Rest of World: Canada, UK, Finland, Malaysia, India, Netherlands )
Andrea Vaccari
Glancee
Sampo Karjalainen
ProtoGeo Oy
FITNESS: 2%
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014