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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. Apple Computer licensed PostScript in 1985 for use in its LaserWriter printers, which helped spark the desktop publishing revolution. 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.

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. 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; Aldus also owned the TIFF file format, transferring ownership to Adobe. 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. Adobe acquired GoLive Systems in January 1999 and obtained its CyberStudio HTML editor software, releasing it as Adobe GoLive. 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.

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

NumberCompanyCountryAcquired onAcquired for (USD)References
1Emerald City Software United StatesMarch 19, 1990—9
2BluePoint Technologies United StatesJune 20, 1990—10
3LaserTools-Language Tech11 United StatesJune 1, 1992—12
4OCR Systems United StatesJune 29, 1992—13
5Nonlinear Technologies United States1992—14
6After Hours Software United States1993—15
7Compumation United States1994—16
8Aldus Corporation United StatesAugust 31, 1994$437,676,00017
9LaserTools United StatesSeptember 9, 1994—18
10Photoshop United States1995—19
11Frame Technology United StatesOctober 30, 1995$566,567,00020
12Ares Software United StatesMay 20, 1996—21
13Sandcastle United StatesMarch 14, 1997$3,500,00022
14HyWay Ferranti United KingdomSeptember 5, 1997—23
15DigiDox United StatesSeptember 16, 1997—24
16GoLive Systems United StatesJanuary 4, 1999—25
17Fotiva United StatesDecember 5, 2001—26
18Accelio27 CanadaApril 15, 2002$72,000,00028
19Syntrillium Software United StatesMay 2003—29
20Yellow Dragon Software-Tech30 United StatesNovember 10, 2003—31
21Q-Link Technologies, Inc. United StatesMay 3, 2004—32
22OKYZ FranceDecember 7, 2004—33
23Macromedia United StatesDecember 3, 2005$3,573,000,00034
24Navisware United StatesDecember 16, 2005—35
25Trade and Technologies France FranceApril 21, 2006—36
26Pixmantec DenmarkJune 26, 2006—37
27InterAKT RomaniaSeptember 5, 2006—38
28Serious Magic Inc. United StatesOctober 19, 2006—39
29Scene7 United StatesMay 31, 2007—40
30Virtual Ubiquity United StatesOctober 1, 2007—41
31YaWah DenmarkSeptember 15, 2008—42
32Business Catalyst AustraliaAugust 31, 2009—43
33Omniture United StatesSeptember 15, 2009$1,800,000,00044
34Day Software SwitzerlandJuly 28, 2010$240,000,00045
35Demdex United StatesJanuary 18, 2011—46
36EchoSign United StatesJuly 18, 2011—47
37Iridas Technology GermanySeptember 8, 2011—48
38Nitobi CanadaOctober 3, 2011—49
39Typekit United StatesOctober 3, 2011—50
40Auditude United StatesNovember 1, 2011$120,000,00051
41Efficient Frontier Technology United StatesNovember 30, 2011—52
42Behance Inc. United StatesDecember 21, 2012—53
43Neolane FranceJuly 23, 2013$600,000,0005455
44Satellite United StatesJuly 31, 2013—
45Aviary United StatesSeptember 22, 2014—56
46Fotolia United StatesJanuary 28, 2015$800,000,00057
47Mixamo United StatesJune 1, 2015—58
48Livefyre United StatesMay 10, 2016—59
49TubeMogul United StatesNovember 10, 2016$540,000,00060
50Sayspring United StatesApril 16, 2018—61
51Uru United StatesApril 29, 2018—62
52Magento United StatesMay 21, 2018$1,680,000,00063
53Marketo United StatesSeptember 20, 2018$4,750,000,00064
54Allegorithmic FranceJanuary 23, 2019—65
55Workfront United StatesNovember 9, 2020$1,500,000,00066
56Frame.io United StatesOctober 7, 2021$1,275,000,00067
57ContentCal United KingdomDecember 8, 2021—68
58Abstract Notebooks United StatesDecember 23, 2021—69
59rephrase.ai India2023—70

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.7172

Stakes

DateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)References
September 21, 1992VerityComputer consulting United States—73
March 1, 1994CrosswiseApplications software United States—74
April 19, 1995Siebel SystemsApplication services provider United States—75
August 8, 1995Fractal DesignGraphics software United States$2,000,00076
March 23, 2007SkysoftOnline digital music services Republic of China$1,000,00077

Divestitures

DateAcquirerTarget companyTarget businessAcquirer countryValue (USD)References
November 1, 1991ParacompMacroMindSoftware United States—78
March 28, 1996—Luminous79Graphics software United States—80
February 5, 1997INSOMasterSoftPublishing software United States$3,000,00081
March 24, 1999Creative Internet SolutionsChangeMediaInternet service provider United States—82
May 20, 1999Calian Technologies Ltd.Why InteractiveMulti-media company Canada$4,360,00083
August 30, 1999Lotus DevelopmentMacromedia PathwareInternet software United States—84

Notes

See also

References

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