Adobe wordmark Adobe Inc. is an Americancomputer software company headquartered inSan Jose ,California . In 1982,John Warnock andCharles Geschke leftXerox PARC and established Adobe to develop and sell thePostScript page description language .[ 1] Apple Computer licensed PostScript in 1985 for use in itsLaserWriter printers , which helped spark thedesktop publishing revolution.[ 2] 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 headquarters inSan Jose Adobe's first acquisition was Emerald City Software in March 1990. In August 1994, the company acquiredAldus Corporation , aSeattle -based software company credited with creating thedesktop publishing industry with itsPageMaker software.[ 3] Adobe After Effects ;[ 4] TIFF file format, transferring ownership to Adobe.[ 5] US$ 566 million, and re-branded its FrameMaker software toAdobe FrameMaker .[ 6] HTML editor software, releasing it asAdobe GoLive .[ 7] digital audio editor software Cool Edit Pro, and merged it into its product line, re-releasing it asAdobe 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 alsodivested 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 toLotus Software .
Number Company Country Acquired on Acquired for (USD ) References 1 Emerald City Software United States March 19, 1990 — [ 9] 2 BluePoint Technologies United States June 20, 1990 — [ 10] 3 LaserTools-Language Tech[ note 1] United States June 1, 1992 — [ 11] 4 OCR Systems United States June 29, 1992 — [ 12] 5 Nonlinear Technologies United States 1992 — [ 13] 6 After Hours Software United States 1993 — [ 13] 7 Compumation United States 1994 — [ 13] 8 Aldus Corporation United States August 31, 1994 $437,676,000 [ 14] 9 LaserTools United States September 9, 1994 — [ 15] 10 Photoshop United States 1995 — [ 16] 11 Frame Technology United States October 30, 1995 $566,567,000 [ 17] 12 Ares Software United States May 20, 1996 — [ 18] 13 Sandcastle United States March 14, 1997 $3,500,000 [ 19] 14 HyWay Ferranti United Kingdom September 5, 1997 — [ 20] 15 DigiDox United States September 16, 1997 — [ 21] 16 GoLive SystemsUnited States January 4, 1999 — [ 22] 17 Fotiva United States December 5, 2001 — [ 23] 18 Accelio[ note 2] Canada April 15, 2002 $72,000,000 [ 24] 19 Syntrillium Software United States May 2003 — [ 25] 20 Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[ note 3] United States November 10, 2003 — [ 26] 21 Q-Link Technologies, Inc. United States May 3, 2004 — [ 27] 22 OKYZ France December 7, 2004 — [ 28] 23 Macromedia United States December 3, 2005 $ [ 29] 24 Navisware United States December 16, 2005 — [ 30] 25 Trade and Technologies France France April 21, 2006 — [ 31] 26 Pixmantec Denmark June 26, 2006 — [ 32] 27 InterAKT Romania September 5, 2006 — [ 33] 28 Serious Magic Inc. United States October 19, 2006 — [ 34] 29 Scene7 United States May 31, 2007 — [ 35] 30 Virtual Ubiquity United States October 1, 2007 — [ 36] 31 YaWah Denmark September 15, 2008 — [ 37] 32 Business Catalyst Australia August 31, 2009 — [ 38] 33 Omniture United States September 15, 2009 $ [ 39] 34 Day Software Switzerland July 28, 2010 $240,000,000 [ 40] 35 Demdex United States January 18, 2011 — [ 41] 36 EchoSign United States July 18, 2011 — [ 42] 37 Iridas Technology Germany September 8, 2011 — [ 43] 38 Nitobi Canada October 3, 2011 — [ 44] 39 Typekit United States October 3, 2011 — [ 45] 40 Auditude United States November 1, 2011 $120,000,000 [ 46] 41 Efficient Frontier Technology United States November 30, 2011 — [ 47] 42 Behance Inc. United States December 21, 2012 — [ 48] 43 Neolane France July 23, 2013 $600,000,000 [ 49] [ 50] 44 Satellite United States July 31, 2013 — 45 Aviary United States September 22, 2014 — [ 51] 46 Fotolia United States January 28, 2015 $800,000,000 [ 52] 47 Mixamo United States June 1, 2015 — [ 53] 48 Livefyre United States May 10, 2016 — [ 54] 49 TubeMogul United States November 10, 2016 $ [ 55] 50 Sayspring United States April 16, 2018 — [ 56] 51 Uru United States April 29, 2018 — [ 57] 52 Magento United States May 21, 2018 $ [ 58] 53 Marketo United States September 20, 2018 $ [ 59] 54 Allegorithmic France January 23, 2019 — [ 60] 55 Workfront United States November 9, 2020 $ [ 61] 56 Frame.io United States October 7, 2021 $ [ 62] 57 ContentCal United Kingdom December 8, 2021 — [ 63] 58 Abstract Notebooks United States December 23, 2021 — [ 64] 59 rephrase.ai India 2023 — [ 65]
Indirect acquisitions [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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.[ 66] [ 67] Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country Value (USD ) References November 1, 1991 Paracomp MacroMind Software United States — [ 73] March 28, 1996 — Luminous[ note 4] Graphics software United States — [ 74] February 5, 1997 INSO MasterSoft Publishing software United States $3,000,000 [ 75] March 24, 1999 Creative Internet Solutions ChangeMedia Internet service provider United States — [ 76] May 20, 1999 Calian Technologies Ltd. Why Interactive Multi-media company Canada $4,360,000 [ 77] August 30, 1999 Lotus Development Macromedia Pathware Internet software United States — [ 78]
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