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BERJAYA
Adobe wordmark

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.

BERJAYA
Adobe headquarters in San Jose

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 Development.

Acquisitions

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Number Company Country Acquired on Acquired for (USD) Adjusted for Inflation (USD$) References
1 Emerald City Software BERJAYA United States March 19, 1990 — — [9]
2 BluePoint Technologies BERJAYA United States June 20, 1990 — — [10]
3 LaserTools-Language Tech[note 1] BERJAYA United States June 1, 1992 — — [11]
4 OCR Systems BERJAYA United States June 29, 1992 — — [12]
5 Nonlinear Technologies BERJAYA United States 1992 — — [13]
6 After Hours Software BERJAYA United States 1993 — — [13]
7 Compumation BERJAYA United States 1994 — — [13]
8 Aldus Corporation BERJAYA United States August 31, 1994 $437,676,000 $951,000,000 [14]
9 LaserTools BERJAYA United States September 9, 1994 — — [15]
10 Photoshop BERJAYA United States 1995 — — [16]
11 Frame Technology BERJAYA United States October 30, 1995 $566,567,000 $1,197,000,000 [17]
12 Ares Software BERJAYA United States May 20, 1996 — — [18]
13 Sandcastle BERJAYA United States March 14, 1997 $3,500,000 $7,000,000 [19]
14 HyWay Ferranti BERJAYA United Kingdom September 5, 1997 — — [20]
15 DigiDox BERJAYA United States September 16, 1997 — — [21]
16 GoLive Systems BERJAYA United States January 4, 1999 — — [22]
17 Fotiva BERJAYA United States December 5, 2001 — — [23]
18 Accelio[note 2] BERJAYA Canada April 15, 2002 $72,000,000 $129,000,000 [24]
19 Syntrillium Software BERJAYA United States May 2003 — — [25]
20 Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[note 3] BERJAYA United States November 10, 2003 — — [26]
21 Q-Link Technologies, Inc. BERJAYA United States May 3, 2004 — — [27]
22 OKYZ BERJAYA France December 7, 2004 — — [28]
23 Macromedia BERJAYA United States December 3, 2005 $3,573,000,000 $5,890,000,000 [29]
24 Navisware BERJAYA United States December 16, 2005 — — [30]
25 Trade and Technologies France BERJAYA France April 21, 2006 — — [31]
26 Pixmantec BERJAYA Denmark June 26, 2006 — — [32]
27 InterAKT BERJAYA Romania September 5, 2006 — — [33]
28 Serious Magic Inc. BERJAYA United States October 19, 2006 — — [34]
29 Scene7 BERJAYA United States May 31, 2007 — — [35]
30 Virtual Ubiquity BERJAYA United States October 1, 2007 — — [36]
31 YaWah BERJAYA Denmark September 15, 2008 — — [37]
32 Business Catalyst BERJAYA Australia August 31, 2009 — — [38]
33 Omniture BERJAYA United States September 15, 2009 $1,800,000,000 $2,701,000,000 [39]
34 Day Software BERJAYA Switzerland July 28, 2010 $240,000,000 $354,000,000 [40]
35 Demdex BERJAYA United States January 18, 2011 — — [41]
36 EchoSign BERJAYA United States July 18, 2011 — — [42]
37 Iridas Technology BERJAYA Germany September 8, 2011 — — [43]
38 Nitobi BERJAYA Canada October 3, 2011 — — [44]
39 Typekit BERJAYA United States October 3, 2011 — — [45]
40 Auditude BERJAYA United States November 1, 2011 $120,000,000 $172,000,000 [46]
41 Efficient Frontier Technology BERJAYA United States November 30, 2011 — — [47]
42 Behance Inc. BERJAYA United States December 21, 2012 — — [48]
43 Neolane BERJAYA France July 23, 2013 $600,000,000 $829,000,000 [49][50]
44 Satellite BERJAYA United States July 31, 2013 — —
45 Aviary BERJAYA United States September 22, 2014 — — [51]
46 Fotolia BERJAYA United States January 28, 2015 $800,000,000 $1,087,000,000 [52]
47 Mixamo BERJAYA United States June 1, 2015 — — [53]
48 Livefyre BERJAYA United States May 10, 2016 — — [54]
49 TubeMogul BERJAYA United States November 10, 2016 $540,000,000 $724,000,000 [55]
50 Sayspring BERJAYA United States April 16, 2018 — — [56]
51 Uru BERJAYA United States April 29, 2018 — — [57]
52 Magento BERJAYA United States May 21, 2018 $1,680,000,000 $2,154,000,000 [58]
53 Marketo BERJAYA United States September 20, 2018 $4,750,000,000 $6,090,000,000 [59]
54 Allegorithmic BERJAYA France January 23, 2019 — — [60]
55 Workfront BERJAYA United States November 9, 2020 $1,500,000,000 $1,866,000,000 [61]
56 Frame.io BERJAYA United States October 7, 2021 $1,275,000,000 $1,515,000,000 [62]
57 ContentCal BERJAYA United Kingdom December 8, 2021 — — [63]
58 Abstract Notebooks BERJAYA United States December 23, 2021 — — [64]
59 rephrase.ai BERJAYA India 2023 — — [65]
60 Film Impact BERJAYA Netherlands September 2025 — — [66]
61 Semrush BERJAYA United States November 19, 2025 $1,900,000,000 $1,900,000,000 [67]

Indirect acquisitions

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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

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  • 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.[68][69]

Stakes

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Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Adjusted (USD) References
September 21, 1992 Verity Computer consulting BERJAYA United States — — [70]
March 1, 1994 Crosswise Applications software BERJAYA United States — — [71]
April 19, 1995 Siebel Systems Application services provider BERJAYA United States — — [72]
August 8, 1995 Fractal Design Graphics software BERJAYA United States $2,000,000 $4,000,000 [73]
March 23, 2007 Skysoft Online digital music services BERJAYA Republic of China $1,000,000 $2,000,000 [74]

Divestitures

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Date Acquirer Target company Target business Acquirer country Value (USD) Adjusted (USD) References
November 1, 1991 Paracomp MacroMind Software BERJAYA United States — — [75]
March 28, 1996 — Luminous[note 4] Graphics software BERJAYA United States — — [76]
February 5, 1997 INSO MasterSoft Publishing software BERJAYA United States $3,000,000 $6,000,000 [77]
March 24, 1999 Creative Internet Solutions ChangeMedia Internet service provider BERJAYA United States — — [78]
May 20, 1999 Calian Technologies Ltd. Why Interactive Multi-media company BERJAYA Canada $4,360,000 $8,000,000 [79]
August 30, 1999 Lotus Development Macromedia Pathware Internet software BERJAYA United States — — [80]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Acquired from LaserTools
  2. ↑ Acquired from Adobe Systems Canada
  3. ↑ Acquired from Yellow Dragon Software
  4. ↑ Adobe retained a 19.9% stake in Luminous

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Blitstein, Ryan (2006-10-30). "How Adobe launched a revolution". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  2. ↑ LePage, Rick (2007-09-11). "Opinion: Adobe's DNA is part of Apple". Macworld. Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Peter H. (1994-03-16). "Adobe and Aldus Plan a $500 Million Merger". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Jay B. (1998-04-13). "Adobe Makes a Move for the Future Fremont Site". Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
  5. ↑ "Inside Adobe's New Digital Negative Format". Macworld. 2004-09-30. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  6. ↑ "Adobe Systems Announces Adobe FrameMaker for Windows 95 and NT". PR Newswire. 1996-06-03.
  7. ↑ Cohen, Peter (2008-04-28). "Adobe Discontinues GoLive". PC World. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  8. ↑ "Adobe Audition 1.0 sounds like a new program, but this multitrack recorder/editor is the offspring of Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro 2.1". PC Magazine. 2003-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Emerald City Software". Thomson Financial. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  10. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires BluePoint Technologies". Thomson Financial. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  11. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires LaserTools-Language Tech from LaserTools Corp". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  12. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires OCR Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  13. 1 2 3 "Adobe Annual Report 1994" (PDF). Adobe. Retrieved 2023-12-06. p. 36.
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  16. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Photoshop". CNET. Retrieved 2010-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  18. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Ares Software Corp". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  19. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Sandcastle Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  20. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires HyWay Ferranti". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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  23. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Fotiva Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  24. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Accelio Corp from Adobe Systems Canada Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
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  29. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Macromedia Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  30. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Navisware". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  31. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Trade and Technologies France". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  32. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Pixmantec ApS". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  33. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires InterAKT". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  34. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Serious Magic Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  35. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires Scene7 Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  36. ↑ "Adobe to Acquire Virtual Ubiquity". Archived from the original on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  37. ↑ "Adobe Systems Inc acquires YaWah ApS". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  38. ↑ "Adobe Buys Business Catalyst / GoodBarry". TechCrunch. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  39. ↑ "Adobe To Acquire Omniture For Approximately $1.8 Billion". TechCrunch. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-16.
  40. ↑ "Adobe Adds Leading Web Content Management Software to its Portfolio of Solutions to Create, Deliver and Optimize Customer Experiences". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  41. ↑ "Adobe Acquires Demdex – Brings Audience Optimization to $109 Billion Global Online Ad Market". Omniture. Retrieved 2011-01-28.
  42. ↑ "Adobe Acquires EchoSign – Leading Web-based Signature Solution Joins Document Exchange Services Platform". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
  43. ↑ "Adobe Acquires IRIDAS Technology Company Extends Leadership in Professional Video with the Acquisition of Premium Tools for Digital Color Grading and Enhancement". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  44. ↑ "Nitobi Enters Into Acquisition Agreement with Adobe". Adobe. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  45. ↑ "Adobe acquires Typekit". Typekit. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  46. ↑ "Adobe acquires video ad platform Auditude for $120M (updated)". November 2011.
  47. ↑ "Adobe Acquires Efficient Frontier To Boost Its Digital Marketing Solutions". 30 November 2011.
  48. ↑ "Adobe Acquired Portfolio Service Behance For More Than $150 Million In Cash And Stock". 21 December 2012.
  49. ↑ "Adobe Completes Acquisition of Neolane".
  50. ↑ "Adobe to Buy Neolane for $600 Million to Add Marketing Tools". Bloomberg. June 28, 2013 – via www.bloomberg.com.
  51. ↑ "Adobe Acquires Photo-Editing Platform Aviary". Techcrunch. 22 September 2014.
  52. ↑ "Adobe Completes Acquisition of Fotolia". Adobe Systems.
  53. ↑ Systems, Adobe Systems. "Unlocking The Power of 3D for The Creative Community – Adobe Acquires Mixamo". Adobe Systems.
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  76. ↑ "Investor Group acquires Luminous Corp(Adobe Systems) from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  77. ↑ "INSO Corp acquires Adobe Systems-MasterSoft Prods from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  78. ↑ "Creative Internet Solutions acquires ChangeMedia(Allaire Corp) from Adobe Systems Inc". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
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