Acquisition History / Google / Akwan Information Technologies
Google Acquires Akwan Information Technologies
Announced July 19, 2005
What happened
Akwan Information Technologies was a search engines business based in Brazil; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Internet backbone.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Akwan Information Technologies
- Announced
- July 19, 2005
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Search engines
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Akwan Information Technologies?
Google acquired Akwan Information Technologies on July 19, 2005. This was Google's 17th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Akwan Information Technologies?
The price Google paid for Akwan Information Technologies was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Akwan Information Technologies do?
Akwan Information Technologies was a search engines business based in Brazil; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Internet backbone.
What other Search engines companies has Google acquired?
Akwan Information Technologies is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Search engines so far.
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