Facebook, Inc. Mergers and Acquisitions


Facebook, Inc.

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United States
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URL: http://www.facebook.com
Industry:
Online Services
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Facebook, Inc. Deal Timeline


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Acquisitions > 100 M$ 10 to 100 M$ < 10M$ Stakes Divestitures

Facebook, Inc. M&A History


Facebook Inc acquires FriendFeed Inc Facebook Inc acquires  FriendFeed IncAug 10, 2009

US - Facebook Inc acquired the entire share capital of FriendFeed Inc, a Mountain View-based provider of online networking services. Terms were not disclosed.

Digital Sky Technologies acquires a minority stake in Facebook Inc (pending) Digital Sky Technologies acquires a minority stake in Facebook Inc (pending)May 26, 2009

US - Digital Sky Technologies of Russia (Digital) planned to acquire an undisclosed minority stake in Facebook Inc (Facebook), a Palo Alto- based provider of online social networking services, for USD ### mil. Originally, Digital was rumored to be planning to

Saints Capital acquires a minority stake in Facebook Inc Saints Capital acquires a minority stake in Facebook IncJan 13, 2009

US - Saints Capital (SC) acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Facebook Inc, a provider of online networking services. Concurrently, SC acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Zazzle.com Inc.

Facebook Inc is rumored to be planning to acquire Twitter Inc Facebook Inc is rumored to be planning to acquire  Twitter IncNov 25, 2008

US - Facebook Inc was rumored to be in negotiations to acquire Twitter Inc, a provider of Internet micro-blogging services.

Social Gaming Network acquires Facebook Inc-(fluff)Friends from Facebook Inc Social Gaming Network acquires Facebook Inc-(fluff)Friends from Facebook IncSep 16, 2008

US - Social Gaming Network acquired (fluff)Friends of Facebook Inc, a provider of online networking services. Terms were not disclosed.

Samwer Family acquires a minority stake in Facebook Inc Samwer Family acquires a minority stake in Facebook IncJan 16, 2008

US - The Samwer Family of Germany, acquired an undisclosed interest in Facebook Inc, a Palo Alto-based provider of online networking services.

Facebook Inc acquires Tianwang (pending) Facebook Inc acquires Tianwang (pending)Nov 09, 2007

CHINA - Facebook Inc planned to acquire Tianwang, an internet search engine service provider, for an estimated ##.### mil Chinese yuan ($## mil US).

Rumor dispelled that Microsoft Corp was seeking to acquire minority stake in Facebook Inc Rumor dispelled that Microsoft Corp was seeking to acquire minority stake in  Facebook IncSep 25, 2007

US - Microsoft Corp discontinued rumors that it was planning to acquire a #% stake in Facebook, a provider of online networking services.

Facebook Inc acquires Parakey Inc Facebook Inc acquires Parakey IncJul 19, 2007

US - Facebook acquired Parakey Inc, a developer of Internet software. Terms were not disclosed.

Rumor dispelled that Seeking Buyer was planning acquisition of Facebook Inc Rumor dispelled that Seeking Buyer was planning acquisition of  Facebook IncMar 28, 2006

US - Facebook, a provider of online networking services, discontinued rumors that it was seeking a buyer for the company. Yahoo! Inc was named potential bidder.

Facebook, Inc. M&A Summary


Facebook, Inc. has made 2 acquisitions while taking stakes in 0 companies. Facebook, Inc. has 3 divestitures during this period.
YearAcquisitionsStakesDivestitures
2009101
2008002
2007100
Total203

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