Acquisition History / Google / Gecko Design
Google Acquires Gecko Design
Announced August 23, 2014
What happened
Gecko Design was a mechanical design business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as X.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Gecko Design
- Announced
- August 23, 2014
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Mechanical design
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Gecko Design?
Google acquired Gecko Design on August 23, 2014. This was Google's 164th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Gecko Design?
The price Google paid for Gecko Design was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Gecko Design do?
Gecko Design was a mechanical design business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as X.
What other Mechanical design companies has Google acquired?
Gecko Design is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Mechanical design so far.
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