Google Acquires Directr

Announced August 6, 2014

What happened

Directr was a mobile video business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as YouTube.

Google's acquisition history

161st 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 2014

130 across all acquirers

Google in Mobile video

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Directr?

Google acquired Directr on August 6, 2014. This was Google's 161st publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Directr?

The price Google paid for Directr was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Directr do?

Directr was a mobile video business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as YouTube.

What other Mobile video companies has Google acquired?

Directr is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Mobile video so far.