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List of acquisitions by Adobe

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.[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 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.[3] 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;[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, 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

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.

  • Company of Science and Art (CoSA)
  • Acquired by Aldus
  • Allaire Corporation
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • Live Software
  • Acquired by Allaire Corporation
  • Authorware Inc
  • Merged to form Macromedia
  • MacroMind
  • Merged to form MacroMind-Paracomp
  • Paracomp
  • Merged to form MacroMind-Paracomp
  • Altsys
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • MacroMind-Paracomp
  • Merged to form Macromedia
  • iBand Software
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • FutureWave Software
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • Andromedia Corporation
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • Presedia
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • eHelp Corporation
  • Acquired by Macromedia
  • nHabit.com
  • Merged with GoodHome.com (Scene7)
  • Engage
  • Assets acquired by Scene7
  • Cascade
  • Acquired by Scene7
  • MidSystems
  • Acquired by Scene7
  • TrueSpectra
  • Acquired by Scene7
  • Touch Clarity
  • Acquired by Omniture
  • Visual Sciences, Inc. (formerly WebSideStory)
  • Acquired by Omniture
  • Offermatica
  • Acquired by Omniture
  • Mercado
  • Acquired by Omniture
  • Context Optional
  • Acquired by Efficient Frontier
  • Wrike***

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.[73][74]

Stakes

Divestitures

See also

External links

References

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  10. Adobe Systems Inc acquires BluePoint Technologies Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  11. Acquired from LaserTools^
  12. Adobe Systems Inc acquires LaserTools-Language Tech from LaserTools Corp Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  13. Adobe Systems Inc acquires OCR Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
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  27. Acquired from Adobe Systems Canada^
  28. Adobe Systems Inc acquires Accelio Corp from Adobe Systems Canada Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
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  30. Acquired from Yellow Dragon Software^
  31. Adobe Systems Inc acquires Yellow Dragon Software-Tech from Yellow Dragon Software Corp Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  32. Adobe Acquires Q-Link Technologies Adobe, retrieved 2004-05-04^
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  37. Adobe Systems Inc acquires Pixmantec ApS Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  38. Adobe Systems Inc acquires InterAKT Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  39. Adobe Systems Inc acquires Serious Magic Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  40. Adobe Systems Inc acquires Scene7 Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
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  42. Adobe Systems Inc acquires YaWah ApS Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
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  46. Adobe Acquires Demdex – Brings Audience Optimization to $109 Billion Global Online Ad Market Omniture, retrieved 2011-01-28^
  47. Adobe Acquires EchoSign – Leading Web-based Signature Solution Joins Document Exchange Services Platform Adobe, retrieved 2011-07-18^
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  50. Adobe acquires Typekit Typekit, retrieved 2012-02-10^
  51. Adobe acquires video ad platform Auditude for $120M (updated) November 2011^
  52. Adobe Acquires Efficient Frontier To Boost Its Digital Marketing Solutions 30 November 2011^
  53. Adobe Acquired Portfolio Service Behance For More Than $150 Million In Cash And Stock 21 December 2012^
  54. Adobe Completes Acquisition of Neolane^
  55. Adobe to Buy Neolane for $600 Million to Add Marketing Tools Bloomberg, June 28, 2013^
  56. Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary Techcrunch, 22 September 2014^
  57. Adobe Completes Acquisition of Fotolia Adobe Systems^
  58. Adobe Systems Systems. Unlocking The Power of 3D for The Creative Community – Adobe Acquires Mixamo Adobe Systems^
  59. Adobe Completes Acquisition of Livefyre Adobe Digital Marketing Blog, 2016-05-10, retrieved 2016-08-10^
  60. Adobe is acquiring ad tech company TubeMogul for $540 million Business Insider, retrieved 2016-11-10^
  61. Adobe Bets on Voice with Sayspring Acquisition retrieved 2018-04-18^
  62. Adobe acquires Uru, an AI startup that embeds ads in videos retrieved 2018-12-22^
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  72. Emma Roth. Adobe to acquire digital marketing platform Semrush for $1.9 billion The Verge, November 19, 2025^
  73. Cara Lombardo. Adobe to Buy Collaboration-Software Company Figma for About $20 Billion The Wall Street Journal, 2022-09-15^
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  75. Adobe Systems Inc acquires a minority stake in Verity Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  76. Adobe Systems Inc acquires a minority stake in Crosswise Corp Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  77. Adobe Ventures acquires a minority stake in Siebel Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  78. Adobe Ventures acquires a minority stake in Fractal Design Corp Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  79. Adobe Sys Software Ireland Ltd acquires a minority stake in Skysoft Co Ltd Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  80. Paracomp Inc acquires Macromind Inc from Adobe Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  81. Adobe retained a 19.9% stake in Luminous^
  82. Investor Group acquires Luminous Corp(Adobe Systems) from Adobe Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  83. INSO Corp acquires Adobe Systems-MasterSoft Prods from Adobe Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  84. Creative Internet Solutions acquires ChangeMedia(Allaire Corp) from Adobe Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  85. Calian Technology Ltd acquires Why Interactive Inc from Adobe Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^
  86. Lotus Development Corp(IBM) acquires Macromedia Inc-Pathware Bus from Adobe Systems Inc Thomson Financial, retrieved 2008-10-03^