List of acquisitions by Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems headquarters in San Jose, California

Adobe Systems is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California. In 1982, John Warnock and Charles Geschke left Xerox PARC and established Adobe Systems 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 5 companies, and divested 6 companies, most of which were software companies. Of the companies that Adobe Systems has acquired, 18 were based in the United States. Adobe Systems has not released the financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions.

Adobe Systems' first acquisition was Emerald City Software in March 1990. In August 1994, the company acquired Aldus, 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 Systems' 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. Adobe Systems' largest acquisition was San Francisco-based Macromedia in December 2005 for $3.57 billion.

Acquisitions

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
March 19, 1990 Emerald City Software Software  United States — [9]
June 20, 1990 BluePoint Technologies Computer chips  United States — [10]
June 1, 1992 LaserTools-Language Tech[note 1] Software  United States — [11]
June 29, 1992 OCR Systems Software  United States — [12]
August 31, 1994 Aldus Publishing software  United States $437,676,000 [13]
September 9, 1994 LaserTools Software  United States — [14]
1995 Photoshop Software  United States — [15]
October 30, 1995 Frame Technology Publishing software  United States $566,567,000 [16]
May 20, 1996 Ares Software Font management software  United States — [17]
March 14, 1997 Sandcastle Internet latency software  United States $3,500,000 [18]
September 5, 1997 HyWay Ferranti Computer software  United States — [19]
September 16, 1997 DigiDox Electronic catalog  United States — [20]
January 4, 1999 GoLive Systems Internet service provider  United States — [21]
December 5, 2001 Fotiva Digital photo software  United States — [22]
April 15, 2002 Accelio[note 2] Software  Canada $72,000,000 [23]
May 2003 Syntrillium Software Software  United States — [24]
November 10, 2003 Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[note 3] Tech assets  United States — [25]
May 3, 2004 Q-Link Technologies, Inc. Business process management software  United States — [26]
December 7, 2004 OKYZ 3D collaboration software  France — [27]
December 3, 2005 Macromedia Internet software  United States $3,573,000,000 [28]
December 16, 2005 Navisware Enterprise software  United States — [29]
April 21, 2006 Trade and Technologies France Wholesale software  France — [30]
June 26, 2006 Pixmantec Software  Denmark — [31]
September 5, 2006 InterAKT Software  Romania — [32]
October 19, 2006 Serious Magic Inc. Video software  United States — [33]
May 31, 2007 Scene7 Multimedia software  United States — [34]
October 1, 2007 Virtual Ubiquity Buzzword Collaborative Editing  United States — [35]
September 15, 2008 YaWah Prepackaged software  Denmark — [36]
August 31, 2009 Business Catalyst Hosting and eCommerce  Australia — [37]
September 15, 2009 Omniture Web Analytics  United States $1,800,000,000 [38]
July 28, 2010 Day Software Web Content Management software   Switzerland — [39]
January 18, 2011 Demdex Audience optimization solution  United States — [40]
July 18, 2011 EchoSign Web-based signature solution  United States — [41]
September 8, 2011 Iridas Technology Video enhancement software  Germany — [42]
October 3, 2011 Nitobi Mobile Development Software  United States — [43]
October 3, 2011 Typekit Web fonts  United States — [44]
November 1, 2011 Auditude Video advertising platform  United States $120,000,000 [45]
November 30, 2011 Efficient Frontier Technology Online Search/Social Advertising Campaign Management Platform  United States — [46]
December 21, 2012 Behance Inc. Portfolio network for creative professionals  United States — [47]
July 23, 2013 Neolane Cross-Channel Campaign Management  France $600,000,000 [48][49]
September 22, 2014 Aviary Photo editing platform  United States — [50]
January 28, 2015 Fotolia Microstock photography agency  United States $800,000,000 [51]
June 1, 2015 Mixamo 3D Character Pipeline  United States — [52]
May 10, 2016 Livefyre Community Engagement  United States — [53]
Nov 10, 2016 TubeMogul AdTech  United States $540,000,000 [54]

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.

Stakes

Date Company Business Country Value (USD) References
September 21, 1992 Verity Computer consulting  United States — [55]
March 1, 1994 Crosswise Applications software  United States — [56]
April 19, 1995 Siebel Systems Application services provider  United States — [57]
August 8, 1995 Fractal Design Graphics software  United States $2,000,000 [58]
March 23, 2007 Skysoft Online digital music services  Republic of China $1,000,000 [59]

Divestitures

Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country Value (USD) References
November 1, 1991 Paracomp MacroMind Software  United States — [60]
March 28, 1996 — Luminous[note 4] Graphics software  United States — [61]
February 5, 1997 INSO MasterSoft Publishing software  United States $3,000,000 [62]
March 24, 1999 Creative Internet Solutions ChangeMedia Internet service provider  United States — [63]
May 20, 1999 Calian Technologies Ltd. Why Interactive Multi-media company  Canada $4,360,000 [64]
August 30, 1999 Lotus Development Macromedia Pathware Internet software  United States — [65]

Notes

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

References

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  38. ↑ "Adobe To Acquire Omniture For Approximately $1.8 Billion". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
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  42. ↑ "Adobe Acquires IRIDAS Technology Company Extends Leadership in Professional Video with the Acquisition of Premium Tools for Digital Color Grading and Enhancement". Adobe. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
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  46. ↑ "Adobe Acquires Efficient Frontier".
  47. ↑ "Adobe Acquired Portfolio Service Behance For More Than $150 Million In Cash And Stock".
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  52. ↑ "Unlocking The Power of 3D for The Creative Community – Adobe Acquires Mixamo". Adobe Systems.
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