Every Acquisition Announced in 2000

All 1,526 M&A deals announced during 2000, sorted by deal value. Compare buyers, payment types, and prices across the full year.

1,526
Deals announced
$536.0B
Total value
$1.4B
Avg deal
$162.0B
Largest deal
# Acquirer Acquired Date Type Price
101
B
Best Software SB, Inc.
Best Software SB, Inc. provides accounting solutions to the small business marke…
2000-01-12 Acquisition $445.0M Deal →
102
A
Anesta
Anesta is the creator of pharmaceutical products designed for oral transmucosal …
2000-07-18 Acquisition $444.0M Deal →
103
The NutraSweet Company
NutraSweet brand sweetener was discovered in 1965 at G.D. Searle and Company by …
2000-03-28 Acquisition $440.0M Deal →
104
Tetley
Tetley is a beverage manufacturing company that offers products such as green te…
2000-01-01 Acquisition $437.9M Deal →
105
eGroups
eGroups is an online community that enables its users to send and receive emails…
2000-06-28 Acquisition $432.0M Deal →
106
Adsmart
Adsmart is a full service marketing company.
2000-01-20 Acquisition $427.0M Deal →
107
IPmobile
IPmobile is a new, wireless communications software maker that connect wireless …
2000-08-01 Acquisition $425.0M Deal →
108
E
Extreme Packet Devices
Extreme Packet Devices is a manufacturing company that provides packet processin…
2000-03-03 Acquisition $415.0M Deal →
109
Agere Systems
Agere Systems is a manufacturer of integrated circuit components company.
2000-01-20 Acquisition $415.0M Deal →
110
S
Southnews plc
Southnews plc operates as a newspaper publisher.
2000-10-27 Acquisition $411.5M Deal →
111
uBid
Shop for trusted brands at the lowest price on the web.
2000-02-10 Merge $407.0M Deal →
112
Catapulse
Catapulse is leveraging the Internet to provide an unprecedented range of resour…
2000-11-28 Acquisition $405.0M Deal →
113
Rondor Music
The world's greatest song catalog from the No.
2000-08-02 Acquisition $400.0M Deal →
114
G
Grolier Incorporated
Grolier is the print and on-line publisher of children’s reference and non-ficti…
2000-06-22 Acquisition $400.0M Deal →
115
A
ArtX
ArtX designs and manufactures multimedia and 3D based components for appliances …
2000-02-17 Acquisition $400.0M Deal →
116
HotRail
HotRail an Internet infrastructure IC company developing high-speed interconnect…
2000-06-30 Acquisition $394.0M Deal →
117
Nichols Research Corp.
Nichols Research supplies engineering and technical information and services to …
2000-07-28 Merge $391.0M Deal →
118
L
Laserlink.net
LaserLink.net designed its business with the belief that the Internet will revol…
2000-03-09 Acquisition $387.0M Deal →
119
Legerity
Legerity is a supplier of analog voice technologies for carrier, enterprise and …
2000-08-07 Lbo $375.0M Deal →
120
NextVenue
NextVenue is a global turnkey pioneer in video and audio streaming media.
2000-07-25 Acquisition $375.0M Deal →
121
PowerBar
PowerBar was created by athletes, for athletes.
2000-02-23 Acquisition $375.0M Deal →
122
IPCell Technologies
IPCell Technologies provides software that enables telecommunications and data s…
2000-09-28 Acquisition $369.0M Deal →
123
Vovida Networks
Vovida Networks develops a Linux based communications infrastructure company and…
2000-09-28 $369.0M Deal →
124
PixStream
PixStream a developer of video networking solutions.
2000-08-31 Acquisition $369.0M Deal →
125
H
Hazlewood Foods Ltd
Hazlewood Foods Ltd manufactures ready meals and convenience foods.
2000-11-10 Acquisition $368.9M Deal →
126
Z
Z-Spanish Media Corp
Z-Spanish Media Corporation owns and operates radio stations and television chan…
2000-08-09 Acquisition $366.3M Deal →
127
C
Commercial Intertech
Commercial Intertech Corp. manufactured hydraulics, building systems, and metal …
2000-01-17 Acquisition $366.0M Deal →
128
S
SAGA Systems, Inc.
Software AG Systems, Inc. is an enterprise solutions company that provides robus…
2000-11-01 Acquisition $360.0M Deal →
129
Growth Networks
Growth Networks is to become the leading provider of Internet Switching Fabric I…
2000-02-16 Acquisition $355.0M Deal →
130
Half.com
Half.com is a person-to-person online marketplace.
2000-06-13 Acquisition $350.0M Deal →
131
N
Network Alchemy
Network Alchemy develops and markets non-stop infrastructure solution.
2000-02-01 $335.0M Deal →
132
L
Lariat Petroleum
Lariat Petroleum is an exploration and production company.
2000-12-29 Acquisition $333.0M Deal →
133
Post Communications
Post Communications is a provider of customized email marketing services.
2000-02-15 Acquisition $333.0M Deal →
134
T
Total eMed
Total eMed is a provider of remote transcription services over the Internet for …
2000-05-11 Acquisition $317.9M Deal →
135
SWALEC
Provides energy in a reliable and sustainable way.
2000-08-07 Acquisition $316.7M Deal →
136
Dayton Superior
Dayton Superior is the leading, American-owned provider of concrete accessories,…
2000-01-19 Lbo $315.0M Deal →
137
G
Grupo Cressida
Grupo Cressida is a family-owned laundry, soaps, foods and beverages company.
2000-03-02 Acquisition $314.0M Deal →
138
JURA Materials
JURA Materials specializes in the production of building materials and provides …
2000-11-10 Acquisition $311.3M Deal →
139
OneMain.com
OneMain.com provides Internet access and related services.
2000-06-09 $308.0M Deal →
140
InfoGear Technology
InfoGear produces software and ASICs for the low-cost Internet Appliance market.…
2000-03-17 Acquisition $301.0M Deal →
141
Active Voice Corporation
Active Voice is a social networking voice application with a variety of function…
2000-11-10 Acquisition $300.0M Deal →
142
Solution42
BSS solutions for telecommunications network operators, billing, rating, mediati…
2000-11-04 Acquisition $300.0M Deal →
143
C
CrosStor Software
CrosStor Software is a Provider of software for networked storage systems.
2000-11-01 $300.0M Deal →
144
A
Applied Science and Technology
Applied Science and Technology is a supplier of sputtering equipment and other p…
2000-02-10 Acquisition $300.0M Deal →
145
Radiata
Radiata is a developer of high-speed wireless networking products for the home, …
2000-11-13 Acquisition $295.0M Deal →
146
Q-Up Systems
Q UP Systems is a B2B software company engaged in financial interactive web-base…
2000-03-06 Acquisition $286.0M Deal →
147
C
Convergent Group
A provider of professional services that enable utility and local government cli…
2000-12-28 Acquisition $276.0M Deal →
148
A
Allayer Technologies
Allayer Technologies is a developer of optical networking communications chips.
2000-10-17 Acquisition $276.0M Deal →
149
Servicesoft Technologies
Servicesoft Technologies is a provider of Internet Customer Service softwar.
2000-12-18 Acquisition $268.0M Deal →
150
NetZip
NetZip engages in the development and provision of Internet download management …
2000-01-26 $268.0M Deal →