List of mergers and acquisitions by Microsoft
Acquisitions
Table:
Number

Date

Company

Business

Country

Value (USD)

References

1

July 30, 1987

Forethought, Inc.

Computer software

United States

14,000,000

[22]

2

March 31, 1991

Consumers Software

Software

Canada

—

[23]

3

June 29, 1992

Fox Software

PC database software

United States

—

[24]

4

February 28, 1994

Softimage

Wholesale 3-D visualization software

Canada

—

[25]

5

September 27, 1994

Altamira Software

Software

United States

—

[26]

6

November 1, 1994

NextBase

Software

United Kingdom

—

[27]

7

November 15, 1994

One Tree Software

Software

United States

—

[28]

8

February 23, 1995

RenderMorphics

3D graphics hardware

United States

—

[29]

9

July 10, 1995

Network Managers

Systems design

United Kingdom

—

[30]

10

October 17, 1995

The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks

Software

United States

—

[31]

11

November 6, 1995

Netwise

Computer software

United States

—

[32]

12

December 12, 1995

Bruce Artwick Organization

Programming

United States

—

[33]

13

January 16, 1996

Vermeer Technologies

Software

United States

133,000,000

[34]

14

March 6, 1996

VGA-Animation Software Div[note 1]

Software

Germany

—

[35]

15

March 12, 1996

Colusa Software

Software

United States

—

[36]

16

April 16, 1996

Exos

Video game controllers

United States

—

[37]

17

April 23, 1996

Aspect Software Engineering

Computer software

United States

14,150,000

[38]

18

June 11, 1996

eShop Inc.

Software

United States

—

[39]

19

June 17, 1996

Electric Gravity

Electronic games

United States

—

[40]

20

November 1, 1996

Panorama Software Sys-On-Line[note 2]

Software

Canada

—

[41]

21

February 3, 1997

NetCarta

Internet software

United States

20,000,000

[42]

22

March 3, 1997

Interse

Internet software

United States

—

[43]

23

April 30, 1997

WebTV Networks

Internet service provider

United States

425,000,000

[44]

24

May 7, 1997

Dimension X

Java-based platforms

United States

—

[45]

25

June 13, 1997

Cooper & Peters

Programming

United States

—

[46]

26

June 30, 1997

LinkAge Software

Internet software development

Canada

—

[47]

27

August 5, 1997

VXtreme

Internet video software

United States

—

[48]

28

December 31, 1997

Hotmail

Internet software

United States

500,000,000

[49]

29

February 23, 1998

Flash Communications

Enterprise instant messaging software

United States

—

[50][51]

30

April 15, 1998

Firefly

Relationship management software

United States

40,000,000

[52]

31

April 28, 1998

MESA Group

Data sharing software

United States

—

[53]

32

August 25, 1998

Valence Research

Internet software

United States

—

[54]

33

November 6, 1998

LinkExchange

Internet advertising network

United States

265,000,000

[55]

34

January 11, 1999

FASA Interactive

Computer game software

United States

—

[56]

35

March 4, 1999

CompareNet

Shopping online

United States

—

[57]

36

March 26, 1999

Numinous Technologies

Software

United States

—

[58]

37

April 27, 1999

Interactive Objects-Digital

Web music software

United States

—

[59]

38

April 30, 1999

Jump Networks

Internet service provider

United States

—

[60]

39

June 7, 1999

ShadowFactor Software

Wholesale computer software

United States

—

[61]

40

June 15, 1999

Omnibrowse

Internet software

United States

—

[62]

41

June 28, 1999

Intrinsa

Defect detection software

United States

58,900,000

[63]

42

July 1, 1999

Sendit

Application software

Sweden

125,420,000

[64]

43

July 7, 1999

Zoomit

Encryption software

Canada

—

[65]

44

July 21, 1999

STNC

Community software

United Kingdom

—

[66]

45

September 19, 1999

Softway Systems

Computer programming

United States

—

[67]

46

October 29, 1999

Entropic

Software

United States

—

[68]

47

January 7, 2000

Visio Corporation

Wholesale drawing software

United States

1.375×10^9

[69]

48

February 29, 2000

Peach Networks

Digital TV services

Israel

—

[70]

49

March 17, 2000

Travelscape

Internet service provider

United States

89,750,000

[71]

50

April 12, 2000

Titus Communications

Cable television

United States

944,800,000

[72]

51

June 19, 2000

Bungie

Computer software

United States

—

[73]

52

July 12, 2000

NetGames

Software

United States

—

[74]

53

September 13, 2000

MongoMusic

Online music search engine

United States

65,000,000

[75]

54

September 27, 2000

Pacific Microsonics

Digital audio technology

United States

—

[76]

55

March 17, 2001

Vacationspot

Internet service provider

United States

70,850,000

[77]

56

April 5, 2001

Great Plains Software

Business management software

United States

939,884,000

[78]

57

May 2, 2001

Intellisol International

Software

Canada

—

[79]

58

May 31, 2001

NCompass Labs

Internet software

Canada

36,000,000

[80]

59

June 21, 2001

Maximal Innovative Intelligence

Software

Israel

20,000,000

[81]

60

July 1, 2001

Yupi

Online Spanish Portal

United States

—

[82]

61

March 11, 2002

Classic Custom Vacations

Travel agency

United States

78,000,000

[83]

62

May 22, 2002

Sales Management Systems

Software

United States

—

[84]

63

July 12, 2002

Navision

Software programming

Denmark

1.33×10^9

[85]

64

July 29, 2002

Mobilocity

Computer consulting

United States

—

[86]

65

September 10, 2002

XDegrees

Security software

United States

—

[87]

66

September 24, 2002

Rare

Video games

United Kingdom

375,000,000

[88]

67

December 13, 2002

Vicinity

Online enterprise location

United States

95,849,000

[89]

68

February 25, 2003

Connectix

Software

United States

—

[90]

69

March 3, 2003

DCG

Internet software

Australia

—

[91]

70

April 30, 2003

PlaceWare

Web conferencing

United States

200,000,000

[92]

71

May 27, 2003

G.A. Sullivan

Information technology

United States

—

[93]

72

June 10, 2003

GeCAD Software

Antivirus technology

Romania

—

[94]

73

August 29, 2003

3DO Co-High Heat Baseball

Software

United States

450,000

[95]

74

April 22, 2004

Encore Bus Solutions-IP Asts

IP assets

United States

—

[96]

75

April 26, 2004

ActiveViews

Reporting systems

United States

—

[97]

76

July 16, 2004

Lookout Software

Personal search tool

United States

—

[98]

77

December 16, 2004

GIANT Company Software

Anti-spyware

United States

—

[99]

78

March 2, 2005

en'tegrate

Software

United States

—

[100]

79

April 9, 2005

Groove Networks

Community software

United States

—

[101]

80

May 11, 2005

MessageCast

Messaging

United States

7,000,000

[102]

81

May 31, 2005

Tsinghua-Shenxun-Cert Asts

Certain assets

China

15,000,000

[103]

82

June 21, 2005

Sybari Software

Software

United States

—

[104]

83

August 29, 2005

Teleo

VoIP

United States

—

[105]

84

August 31, 2005

FrontBridge Technologies

Email protection

United States

—

[106]

85

September 19, 2005

Alacris

Certificate management software

United States

—

[107]

86

November 3, 2005

media-streams.com

Software

Switzerland

—

[108]

87

November 17, 2005

5th Finger

Mobile

Australia

3,153,000

[109]

88

January 19, 2006

UMT-Software and IP Assets

Software

United States

—

[110]

89

February 13, 2006

MotionBridge

Search

France

17,858,000

[111]

90

February 13, 2006

Seadragon Software

Software

United States

—

[112]

91

March 7, 2006

Apptimum

Software

United States

—

[113]

92

March 7, 2006

Onfolio

Internet software

United States

—

[114]

93

April 6, 2006

Lionhead Studios

Video games

United Kingdom

—

[115]

94

April 26, 2006

AssetMetrix

Enterprise software

Canada

—

[116]

95

May 4, 2006

Massive Incorporated

Video game advertising

United States

—

[117]

96

May 4, 2006

Vexcel

Mapping software

United States

—

[118]

97

May 15, 2006

DeepMetrix

Web log analysis

United States

—

[119]

98

June 6, 2006

ProClarity

Analysis software

United States

—

[120]

99

June 27, 2006

iView Multimedia

Digital asset management

United Kingdom

—

[121]

100

July 17, 2006

Softricity

application virtualization software

United States

—

[122]

101

July 18, 2006

Winternals Software

Software

United States

—

[123]

102

July 26, 2006

Whale Communications

Applications

Israel

—

[124]

103

September 26, 2006

Gteko

Applications

Israel

—

[125]

104

October 2, 2006

DesktopStandard

Applications

United States

—

[126]

105

October 12, 2006

Colloquis

Natural language software

United States

—

[127]

106

March 9, 2007

Medstory

Internet search engine

United States

—

[128]

107

March 26, 2007

devBiz Business Solutions

Software tools

United States

—

[129]

108

May 3, 2007

ScreenTonic

Advertising and marketing

France

—

[130]

109

May 3, 2007

Tellme Networks

Mobile phone software

United States

—

[131]

110

May 9, 2007

SoftArtisans

Business Intelligence software

United States

—

[132]

111

June 4, 2007

Engyro

Information technology

United States

—

[133]

112

June 7, 2007

Stratature

Master Data Management

United States

—

[134]

113

June 29, 2007

Savvis Inc-Data Centers

Networking

United States

200,000,000

[135]

114

August 13, 2007

AdECN

Ad Exchange

United States

—

[136]

115

August 13, 2007

aQuantive

Digital marketing

United States

6.333×10^9

[137]

116

October 2, 2007

Jellyfish.com

Search engine

United States

—

[138]

117

October 5, 2007

Parlano

Enterprise messaging software

United States

—

[139]

118

October 29, 2007

Global Care Solutions-Assets

Assets

Thailand

—

[140]

119

November 1, 2007

HOB Business Solutions

Information technology

Denmark

—

[141]

120

November 15, 2007

Musiwave

Mobile music entertainment

France

—

[142]

121

December 12, 2007

Multimap.com

Mapping

United Kingdom

—

[143]

122

January 22, 2008

Calista Technologies

Software

United States

—

[144]

123

February 7, 2008

Caligari Corporation

Software

United States

—

[145]

124

February 27, 2008

YaData

Software

Israel

—

[146]

125

March 14, 2008

Rapt

Advertising yield management software

United States

—

[147]

126

March 19, 2008

Komoku

Rootkit security software

United States

5,000,000

[148]

127

March 31, 2008

90 Degree Software

Business intelligence software

Canada

—

[149]

128

April 14, 2008

Farecast

Online search software

United States

75,000,000

[150]

129

April 15, 2008

Danger

Mobile Internet software

United States

500,000,000

[151]

130

April 25, 2008

Fast Search & Transfer

Enterprise search[clarification needed]

Norway

1.191×10^9

[152]

131

May 26, 2008

Kidaro

Software

United States

—

[153]

132

June 4, 2008

Quadreon

Software

Belgium

—

[154]

133

June 18, 2008

Navic Networks

Management software

United States

—

[155]

134

June 26, 2008

Mobicomp

Mobile applications

Portugal

—

[156]

135

August 11, 2008

Powerset

Semantic Search

United States

—

[157]

136

September 16, 2008

DATAllegro

Data software

United States

—

[158]

137

September 28, 2008

Greenfield Online

Search and e-commerce services

United States

486,000,000

[159]

138

March 1, 2009

3DV Systems

Developer of ZCam, a time-of-flight camera

Israel

35,000,000

[160]

139

May 7, 2009

BigPark

Interactive online gaming

Canada

—

140

June 1, 2009

Rosetta Biosoftware

Bioinformatics solutions for life science research

United States

—

[161]

141

September 22, 2009

Interactive Supercomputing

Software

United States

—

[162]

142

December 10, 2009

Opalis Software

Software

Canada

—

[163]

143

February 2, 2010

Sentillion, Inc.

Software for the healthcare industry

United States

—

[164]

144

October 6, 2010

AVIcode, Inc.

.Net monitoring technology

United States

—

[165]

145

October 29, 2010

Canesta, Inc.

3-D sensing technology

United States

—

[166]

146

May 10, 2011

Skype Technologies

Telecommunications

Luxembourg

8.5×10^9

[167]

147

June 7, 2011

Prodiance

Software

United States

—

[168][169]

148

November 22, 2011

Videosurf

Video search

United States

100,000,000

[170][171]

149

June 25, 2012

Yammer

Social networking

United States

1.2×10^9

[172]

150

July 9, 2012

Perceptive Pixel

Multi touch hardware

United States

—

[173]

151

October 4, 2012

PhoneFactor

Two-factor authentication system

United States

—

[174]

152

October 16, 2012

StorSimple

Cloud-storage appliance vendor

United States

—

[175]

153

October 17, 2012

MarketingPilot

Marketing automation firm

United States

—

[176]

154

January 3, 2013

id8 Group R2 Studios

Home automation

United States

—

[177]

155

February 2, 2013

Pando Networks

Peer-to-peer (P2P) media distribution

United States

—

[178]

156

March 4, 2013

MetricsHub

Cloud monitoring

United States

—

[179]

157

March 19, 2013

Netbreeze

Social analytics

Switzerland

—

[180]

158

June 3, 2013

InRelease

Release management

Canada

—

[181]

159

September 2, 2013

Nokia mobile phones unit

Mobile phones, smartphones

Finland

7.2×10^9

[182]

160

October 12, 2013

HLW Software

RDP applications

Austria

—

[183]

161

October 25, 2013

Apiphany

API management

United States

—

[184]

162

January 7, 2014

Parature

Customer service software

United States

100,000,000

[185]

163

May 1, 2014

GreenButton

Cloud computing

New Zealand

—

[186]

164

May 1, 2014

Capptain

(Mobile) application development

France

—

[187]

165

July 2, 2014

SyntaxTree

Developer tools

France

—

[188]

166

July 11, 2014

InMage

Disaster recovery solutions

United States

—

[189]

167

August 1, 2014

Inception Mobile Inc.

Software

Canada

—

[190]

168

November 6, 2014

Mojang

Video games

Sweden

2.5×10^9

[191]

169

November 13, 2014

Aorato

Enterprise Security & machine learning

Israel

—

[192]

170

December 2, 2014

Acompli

Mobile Email Apps

United States

—

[193]

171

December 11, 2014

HockeyApp

Mobile Beta Distribution & Crash Analytics

Germany

—

[194]

172

January 20, 2015

Equivio

Text Analytics Service

Israel

—

[195]

173

January 23, 2015

Revolution Analytics

Statistical computing and predictive analytics

United States

—

[196]

174

February 4, 2015

Sunrise Atelier, Inc.

Sunrise Calendar applications

United States

100,000,000

[197]

175

February 12, 2015

N-trig

Styli and pen input hardware and software

Israel

200,000,000

[198]

176

March 26, 2015

LiveLoop

PowerPoint collaboration

United States

—

[199]

177

April 14, 2015

Datazen Software, Inc.

Mobile business intelligence & Data visualization

Canada

—

[200]

178

June 2, 2015

6 Wunderkinder GmbH

Wunderlist to-do list applications

Germany

—

[201]

179

June 10, 2015

BlueStripe Software

Application management

United States

—

[202]

180

July 16, 2015

FieldOne Systems LLC

Enterprise field service

United States

—

[203]

181

July 19, 2015

Adallom

Cloud security

Israel

320,000,000

[204][205]

182

August 3, 2015

Incent Games, LLC

Sales-gamification

United States

—

[206]

183

September 3, 2015

VoloMetrix, Inc.

Organisational analytics

United States

—

[207]

184

September 11, 2015

Double Labs, Inc.

Mobile lock screen software

United States

—

[208]

185

September 28, 2015

Adxstudio Inc.

Web portal and application lifecycle management solutions

Canada

—

[209]

186

October 2, 2015

Havok

Video game physics engine

Ireland

—

[210]

187

November 5, 2015

Mobile Data Labs, Inc.

MileIQ, a mileage tracking application

United States

—

[211]

188

November 9, 2015

Secure Islands Technologies Ltd.

Data protection

Israel

—

[212]

189

December 18, 2015

Metanautix

Big data analytics

United States

—

[213]

190

December 21, 2015

Talko, Inc.

Mobile communications

United States

—

[214]

191

January 19, 2016

Teacher Gaming LLC

Education software

Finland

—

[215]

192

February 3, 2016

TouchType, Ltd.

Virtual keyboard (SwiftKey)

United Kingdom

250,000,000

[216][217][218]

193

February 9, 2016

Groove

Music discovery

Canada

—

[219]

194

February 24, 2016

Xamarin

Mobile application development

United States

—

[220][221][222][223]

195

May 3, 2016

Solair

Internet of Things platform

Italy

—

[224]

196

August 8, 2016

Beam

Video game streaming

United States

—

[225][226]

197

August 20, 2016

Genee

AI-powered scheduling assistant service

United States

—

198

December 8, 2016

LinkedIn

Professional social network

United States

2.62×10^10

[227]

199

January 13, 2017

Maluuba

Artificial intelligence

Canada

—

[228]

200

January 17, 2017

Simplygon

3D graphics optimization

Sweden

—

[229]

201

April 10, 2017

Deis

Container management

United States

—

[230][231]

202

April 18, 2017

Intentional Software

Intentional programming

United States

—

[232]

203

June 8, 2017

Hexadite

Cybersecurity

Israel

100,000,000

[233]

204

June 28, 2017

Cloudyn

Cloud business management

Israel

50,000,000

[234]

205

August 15, 2017

Cycle Computing

Cloud HPC

United States

—

[235]

206

October 3, 2017

AltspaceVR

Virtual reality

United States

—

[236]

207

November 7, 2017

SWNG

Cinemagraphic photo app

United States

—

[237][238]

208

January 29, 2018

Playfab

Gaming backend service

United States

—

[239][240]

209

May 18, 2018

Semantic Machines

Conversational AI

United States

—

[241]

210

June 11, 2018

Ninja Theory

Video games

United Kingdom

—

[242]

211

June 11, 2018

Undead Labs

Video games

United States

—

[243]

212

June 11, 2018

Compulsion Games

Video games

Canada

—

[244]

213

June 11, 2018

Playground Games

Video games

United Kingdom

—

[245]

214

June 18, 2018

Flipgrid

Education, video discussion platform

United States

—

[246]

215

June 20, 2018

Bonsai

Industrial AI platform

United States

—

[247]

216

September 13, 2018

Lobe

Artificial intelligence

United States

—

[248]

217

October 9, 2018

Glint

Employee engagement

United States

400,000,000

[249][250]

218

October 26, 2018

GitHub

Software development and version control platform

United States

7.5×10^9

[251][252][253]

219

November 10, 2018

inXile Entertainment

Video games

United States

—

[254][255]

220

November 10, 2018

Obsidian Entertainment

Video games

United States

—

[254][255]

221

November 14, 2018

XOXCO

Conversational AI

United States

—

[256]

222

November 19, 2018

FSLogix

Application provisioning and virtualization

United States

—

[257]

223

November 30, 2018

Spectrum

Social networks for design and development

United States

—

[258]

224

January 24, 2019

Citus Data

A leader in the PostgreSQL community

United States

—

[259]

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