Google Acquires Aardvark

Announced February 12, 2010 — $50M

What happened

Aardvark was a social search business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Aardvark.

Google's acquisition history

57th of 269 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

66 of 269 Google deals

Google's average disclosed price

$1.20B

Google's largest disclosed deal

Wiz ($32B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2010

115 across all acquirers

Google in Social search

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Aardvark?

Google acquired Aardvark on February 12, 2010. This was Google's 57th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Aardvark?

Google paid $50M for Aardvark.

What does Aardvark do?

Aardvark was a social search business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Aardvark.

What other Social search companies has Google acquired?

Aardvark is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Social search so far.