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List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994 as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997 during the midst of the dot-com bubble.[1] The funds gained from the IPO allowed Amazon to grow quickly, making its first three acquisitions on April 27, 1998, less than a year after the company had gone public.[2] After the dot-com bubble burst on March 11, 2000, several companies that Amazon had invested in went bankrupt, with Amazon's stock price itself sinking to record lows.[3] Despite Amazon's survival, the company made very few investments for the next several years, only acquiring two companies between 2000 and 2004. The company returned to making multiple acquisitions per year in 2005, focusing on acquiring digital retailers and media websites. Starting in 2011, Amazon began shifting its focus to buying technology startups to develop and improve Amazon Echo and grow its Amazon Web Services division.

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Amazon has diversified its acquisition portfolio into several market sectors, with its largest acquisition being the purchase of the grocery store chain Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion on June 16, 2017.[4][5]

Contents Acquisitions Stakes Divestitures See also References

Acquisitions

Number

Company

Country United Kingdom

Acquired on

Acquired for (USD)

Used as or integrated with

References

April 27, 1998

—

Amazon UK

[2][6][7]

April 27, 1998

—

Amazon Germany

[2][6][7]

United Kingdom

April 27, 1998

$55,000,000

IMDb

[2][6][7]

Junglee

United States

August 4, 1998

$250,000,000

[8][9][10][11]

5

PlanetAll

United States

August 4, 1998

—

[8][9][10][11]

6

LiveBid.com

United States

April 12, 1999

$300,000,000

[12]

7

Accept.com

United States

April 27, 1999

$101,700,000

[13][14][15]

8

Alexa Internet

United States

April 27, 1999

$250,000,000

9

e-Niche Incorporated

United States

April 27, 1999

—

[13][14][15]

10

Convergence Corporation

United States

October 4, 1999

$23,000,000

[4]

11

Tool Crib of the North (Online and Catalog Sales Division)

United States

November 9, 1999

—

[16][17]

12

Back to Basics Toys

United States

November 30, 1999

—

[18][19][20]

13

Leep Technology Inc.

United States

December 31, 1999

—

[4]

14

MindCorps Incorporated

United States

1999

—

[4][21]

15

Egghead Software

United States

December 5, 2001

$6,100,000

[22][23][24]

16

OurHouse.com

United States

December 2001

—

[4][25]

17

Joyo.com

China

August 19, 2004

$75,000,000

Amazon China

[26][27]

18

BookSurge

United States

April 4, 2005

—

CreateSpace

[28][29][30]

19

Mobipocket

France

April 21, 2005

—

Mobipocket

[31][32]

20

CustomFlix

United States

July 6, 2005

—

CreateSpace

[33][34]

21

smallparts.com

United States

2005

—

Amazon Business

[35][36]

22

Shopbop

United States

February 27, 2006

—

Shopbop

[37][38]

23

TextPayMe

United States

October 1, 2006

$3,000,000

Amazon Payments

[39][40]

1

Bookpages

2

Telebook

3

IMDb

4

Germany

Alexa Internet

[13][14][15]

Digital Photography Review

United Kingdom

25

Brilliance Audio

26

—

United States

May 23, 2007

—

Withoutabox

United States

January 16, 2008

—

27

Audible

United States

January 28, 2008

$300,000,000

Audible

[46][47]

28

Fabric.com

United States

June 25, 2008

—

Fabric.com

[48][49]

29

AbeBooks

August 1, 2008

—

AbeBooks

[50][51][52]

30

Shelfari

United States

August 26, 2008

—

Goodreads

[53]

31

Reflexive Entertainment

United States

October 21, 2008

—

Reflexive Entertainment

[54]

32

Box Office Mojo

United States

December 17, 2008

—

Box Office Mojo

[55][56]

33

Lexcycle

United States

April 27, 2009

—

Amazon Kindle

[57][58][59]

34

SnapTell

United States

June 18, 2009

—

35

Zappos

United States

November 2, 2009

$1,200,000,000

Zappos

[62][63]

36

Touchco

United States

February 3, 2010

—

Amazon Kindle

[64][65][66]

37

Woot

United States

July 2, 2010

$110,000,000

Woot

[67][68]

38

Amie Street

United States

September 8, 2010

—

Songza

[69][70][71][72]

39

BuyVIP

October 4, 2010

$100,000,000

BuyVIP

[73][74]

40

Quidsi

United States

November 8, 2010

$545,000,000

[75][76]

41

Toby Press

United States

November 18, 2010

—

[77]

42

LoveFilm

United Kingdom

January 20, 2011

$312,000,000

Prime Video

[78][79][80]

43

The Book Depository

United Kingdom

July 4, 2011

—

Book Depository

[81][82][83]

44

Pushbutton

United Kingdom

July 28, 2011

—

45

Yap

United States

September 2011

—

Amazon Echo

[85][86][87]

46

Double Helix Games

United States

September 5, 2011

—

Double Helix Games

[88][89]

47

Teachstreet

United States

February 2, 2012

—

48

Kiva Systems

United States

March 19, 2012

$775,000,000

Canada

Spain

Digital Photography Review

[41]

May 14, 2007

24

Brilliance Audio

[42][43]

[44][45]

[60][61]

[84]

[90]

Amazon Robotics

[91][92][93][94]

April 17, 2012

$26,000,000

Amazon Echo

[95][96]

United States

April 17, 2012

—

Amazon Publishing

[97][98][99][100]

UpNext

United States

July 2, 2012

$2,500,000

UpNext

[101][102][103]

52

IVONA Software

United States

January 24, 2013

—

Amazon Echo

[104][105][106]

53

Goodreads

United States

March 28, 2013

$1,000,000,000

Goodreads

[107][108][109]

54

Liquavista

May 13, 2013

—

Amazon Kindle

[110]

55

TenMarks Education, Inc.

United States

October 10, 2013

—

TenMarks Education, Inc.

[111][112]

56

ComiXology

United States

April 10, 2014

—

ComiXology

[113][114]

57

Amiato

United States

May 2014

—

Amazon Web Services

[115][116][117]

58

Twitch Interactive

United States

August 25, 2014

$970,000,000

Twitch Interactive

[118][119][120][121]

59

Rooftop Media

United States

August 25, 2014

—

Audible

[122][123][124]

60

GoodGame

United States

December 9, 2014

—

Twitch Interactive

[125][126][127]

61

Annapurna Labs

January 22, 2015

$350,000,000

Annapurna Labs

[128][129][130]

62

2lemetry

United States

March 12, 2015

—

Amazon Web Services

[131][132][133]

63

Shoefitr

United States

April 10, 2015

—

64

ClusterK

United States

April 29, 2015

$35,000,000

Amazon Web Services

[136][137]

65

AppThwack

United States

July 14, 2015

—

Amazon Web Services

[138][139][140]

66

Elemental Technologies

United States

September 3, 2015

$500,000,000

AWS Elemental

[141][142]

67

Safaba Translation Systems

United States

September 25, 2015

—

Amazon Web Services

[143]

68

Biba Systems

United States

September 2015

—

69

Orbeus

United States

December 1, 2015

—

70

Colis Privé

France

January 11, 2016

—

71

NICE

Italy

February 12, 2016

—

Amazon Web Services

[152][153][154]

72

Emvantage Payments

India

February 16, 2016

—

Amazon Web Services

[155][156][157]

73

Cloud9 IDE

July 14, 2016

—

Amazon Web Services

[158][159]

49

Evi

50

Avalon Books

51

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Israel

United States

[134][135]

[144][145]

Amazon Web Services

[146][147][148] [149][150][151]

August 16, 2016

—

Curse LLC

[160][161][162]

October 28, 2016

—

Westland

[163]

United States

November 2, 2016

—

harvest.ai

United States

January 9, 2017

$20,000,000

Amazon Web Services

[166][167]

78

Thinkbox Software

United States

March 6, 2017

—

Amazon Web Services

[168][169][170]

79

Do.com

United States

March 8, 2017

—

Amazon Web Services

[171][172]

80

Whole Foods Market

United States

June 16, 2017

$13,700,000,000

Whole Foods Market

[5][173][174]

81

Souq.com

United Arab Emirates

July 3, 2017

$580,000,000

Souq.com

[175][176]

82

Graphiq

United States

July 20, 2017

$50,000,000

Amazon Web Services

[177][178][179]

83

GameSparks

United Kingdom

July 28, 2017

$10,000,000

GameSparks

[180][181][182]

84

Wing.ae

United Arab Emirates

September 6, 2017

—

Souq.com

[183][184]

85

Body Labs

United States

October 3, 2017

$60,000,000

Body Labs

[185][186][187]

86

Goo Technologies

United States

November 28, 2017

—

Amazon Sumerian

[188]

87

Dispatch

United States

November 2017

—

Amazon Scout

[189]

88

Blink Home

United States

December 2017

$90,000,000

Blink Home

[190][191][192]

89

Sqrrl

United States

January 23, 2018

$40,000,000

Amazon Web Services

[193][194]

90

Ring

United States

February 27, 2018

$839,000,000

Ring

[195][196][197]

91

PillPack

United States

June 28, 2018

$753,000,000

PillPack

[197][198][199]

92

Tapzo

India

August 28, 2018

$40,000,000

Amazon Pay

[200][201][202]

93

CloudEndure

Israel

January 10, 2019

$250,000,000

CloudEndure

[203][204]

94

TSO Logic

January 14, 2019

—

TSOLogic

[205][206]

95

Eero

United States

February 11, 2019

$97,000,000

Eero

[207][208][209][210]

96

Canvas Technology

United States

April 10, 2019

—

Amazon Robotics

[211][212][213]

97

Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek Dynamic Creative Optimization

United States

May 31, 2019

—

74

Curse, Inc.

75

Westland

76

Partpic

77

United States India

Canada

[164][165]

[214][215][216]

98

Bebo

99

E8 Storage

100

IGDB

101

INLT

Stakes

United States Israel

Sweden United States

Twitch Interactive

[217][218]

—

Amazon Web Services

[219][220][221]

September 17, 2019

—

Twitch Interactive

[222]

September 24, 2019

—

INLT (https://i nlt.com/)

[223]

June 18, 2019

$25,000,000

July 31, 2019

Date

Company

Business

Country

% Stake

Value (USD)

Refs

February 18, 1999

GeoWorks

Technology

United States

7%

$5,000,000

[224]

February 24, 1999

Drugstore.com

E-Commerce

United States

40%

—

[225][226][227]

May 19, 1999

Homegrocer.com

Grocery Delivery

United States

35%

$42,500,000

[228]

July 15, 1999

Gear.com

Retail

United States

49%

—

[229]

December 1, 1999

Ashford.com

Retail

United States

16.6%

$10,000,000

[230][18]

1999

Della.com

Gift registry

United States

20%

—

[231]

1999

Kozmo.com

Delivery

United States

21.7%

—

[232]

1999

Naxon Corporation

United States

61%

—

[232]

March 29, 1999

Pets.com

Retail

United States

54%

—

[4]

February 3, 2000

Greg Manning Auctions, Inc.

Auctioneering

United States

—

$5,000,000

[233]

March 28, 2000

Eziba.com

Retail

United States

20%

$17,500,000

[234][235]

2000

Basis Technology

Technology

United States

11%

—

[234][236]

2000

Greenlight.com

Car Retailer

United States

5%

—

[234][237]

2001

Altura International

United States

20%

$5,000,000

[238]

2001

Daksh.com

United States

11%

—

[238]

August 7, 2007

Amie Street

Music streaming

United Sta...