Acquisition History / Google / Polar
Google Acquires Polar
Announced September 11, 2014
What happened
Polar was a social polling business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google+.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Polar
- Announced
- September 11, 2014
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- Social polling
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Polar?
Google acquired Polar on September 11, 2014. This was Google's 167th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Polar?
The price Google paid for Polar was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Polar do?
Polar was a social polling business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google+.
What other Social polling companies has Google acquired?
Polar is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Social polling so far.
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