Google Acquires Postini

Announced July 9, 2007 — $625M

What happened

Postini was a communications security business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Gmail.

Google's acquisition history

45th 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 2007

95 across all acquirers

Google in Communications security

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Postini?

Google acquired Postini on July 9, 2007. This was Google's 45th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Postini?

Google paid $625M for Postini.

What does Postini do?

Postini was a communications security business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Gmail.

What other Communications security companies has Google acquired?

Postini is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Communications security so far.