Acquisition History / Google / Clever Sense
Google Acquires Clever Sense
Announced December 13, 2011
What happened
Clever Sense was a local recommendations app business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Maps.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Clever Sense
- Announced
- December 13, 2011
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Local recommendations app
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Clever Sense?
Google acquired Clever Sense on December 13, 2011. This was Google's 108th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Clever Sense?
The price Google paid for Clever Sense was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Clever Sense do?
Clever Sense was a local recommendations app business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Maps.
What other Local recommendations app companies has Google acquired?
Clever Sense is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Local recommendations app so far.
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