List of mergers and acquisitions by BlackBerry
BlackBerry Ltd. (formerly Research in Motion (RIM)) is a Canadian multinational communications corporation, founded in 1995. It is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.
Acquisitions
| Date |
Company |
Business |
Country |
Value (USD) |
References |
| 02006-06-10-000010 June 2006 |
Slipstream Data Inc. |
Data Compression |
 Canada |
Undisclosed |
[1] |
| 02009-01-23-000023 January 2009 |
Certicom |
Cryptography |
Canada |
Undisclosed |
[2] |
| 02009-01-30-000030 January 2009 |
Chalk Media |
Software |
Canada |
$23,125,000[3] |
[4] |
| 02009-06-05-00005 June 2009 |
Dash Navigation |
Car Navigation Systems |
 United States |
Undisclosed |
[5] |
| 02009-08-24-000024 August 2009 |
Torch Mobile |
WebKit Mobile Browser |
Canada |
Undisclosed |
[6] |
| 02010-03-26-000026 March 2010 |
Viigo |
News / Data aggregation |
Canada |
Undisclosed |
[7] |
| 02010-04-09-00009 April 2010 |
QNX Software Systems |
Unix like OS |
Canada |
$200 million[8] |
[9][10] |
| 02010-08-24-000024 August 2010 |
Cellmania |
App store software maker |
United States |
Undisclosed |
[11] |
| 02010-09-08-00008 September 2010 |
Documents To Go and other assets |
Office suite |
United States |
$50 million |
[12] |
| 02010-12-02-00002 December 2010 |
The Astonishing Tribe |
Interface wizards |
 Sweden |
$150 million |
[13] |
| 02011-02-14-000014 February 2011 |
Gist |
Professional contact manager |
United States |
Undisclosed |
[14] |
| 02011-03-25-000025 March 2011 |
tinyHippos |
Mobile web development |
Canada |
Undisclosed |
[15] |
| 02011-04-27-000027 April 2011 |
Tungle.me |
Social calendaring |
Canada |
Undisclosed |
[16] |
| 02011-06-07-00007 June 2011 |
Scoreloop |
Social gaming |
 Germany |
$71 Million |
[17] |
| 02011-05-02-00002 May 2011 |
Ubitexx |
Mobile device management |
Germany |
Undisclosed |
[18] |
| 02011-07-22-000022 July 2011 |
Jaycut |
Video editing |
Sweden |
Undisclosed |
[19] |
| 02011-10-07-00007 October 2011 |
NewBay |
Content provider |
 Ireland |
$100 Million |
[20] |
| 02012-03-08-00008 March 2012 |
Paratek |
RF multi-band handsets |
United States |
Undisclosed |
[21] |
| 02014-07-29-000029 July 2014 |
Secusmart GmbH |
Voice and Data Encryption |
Germany |
Undisclosed |
[22] |
| 02014-09-11-000011 September 2014 |
Movirtu |
Virtual SIM solutions |
 United Kingdom |
Undisclosed |
[23] |
| 02015-04-21-000021 April 2015 |
WatchDox Ltd. |
Enterprise data sync and share |
 Israel |
Undisclosed |
[24] |
References
- General
- Specific
- ↑ Lysecki, Sarah. "RIM quietly buys Slipstream Data for compression technology". ITbusiness.ca. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "Certicom Corp. Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". Certicom blog. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ↑ "RIM to Acquire Chalk Media Corp.". Waterloo, ON and Vancouver, BC: Research In Motion Limited. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
Research In Motion Limited (“RIM”) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Chalk Media Corp. (“Chalk”) (TSXV: CKM) today announced that the two companies have entered into an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) for RIM to acquire Chalk, a publicly held company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, in an all-cash transaction at a price per share of CDN $0.142, or CDN $23,125,000.
- ↑ "Research In Motion Ltd acquires Chalk Media Corp".
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "Dash Navigation Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". Dash Navigation blog. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "Torch Mobile Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". Torch Mobile blog. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
- ↑ Duryee, Tricia. "RIM Acquires BlackBerry-App Maker Viigo". gigaom. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ "Update 2: RIM to Acquire QNX – Terms of the Deal". VDC Research Group, Inc. 15 April 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
The Ottawa Citizen reported today that RIM will be paying $200M (USD) cash, based on a Harman Industries International regulatory filing, to acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International. To read the complete Form 8-K filing by Harman International.
- ↑ Staff writer. "Research In Motion to Acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International". QNX Software Systems. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
- ↑ Hachman, Mark (9 April 2010). "RIM Buys QNX to Tie Phones to Cars". PC Magazine. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
Research in Motion said Friday that it had signed a deal with Harman International to acquire its QNX Software Systems unit to help tie its BlackBerry smartphones to car navigation systems.
Terms of the deal were not announced. It is expected to close within 30 to 45 days if it passes regulatory approvals.
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "Cellmania Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". Cellmania blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Bradley, Tony. "RIM Buys "Documents To Go", But Microsoft Missed Out". PC world. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ↑ Blomdahl, Paul. "TAT JOINS A LARGER TRIBE". The TAT Blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "Gist Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". Gist blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "tinyHippos Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". TinyHippos blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Gingras, Marc. "RIM Acquires Tungle.me". Tungle.me Blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ Lessard, Tyler. "RIM Welcomes Scoreloop". Inside BlackBerry - The Official BlackBerry Blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "RIM Announces Multi-Platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for Smartphones and Tablets". Research In Motion. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
- ↑ "RIM Acquires JayCut". BB4Life Blog. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
- ↑ "Newbay Is Now Part Of Research In Motion (RIM)". BB4Life Blog. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ↑ "RIM Acquires Paratek". BB4Life Blog. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "RIM Acquires Paratek".
- ↑ "BlackBerry Acquires Movirtu to Improve Adoption of BYOD and COPE".
- ↑ "BlackBerry Acquiring WatchDox to Bolster Mobile Content Security and Enterprise Collaboration".
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