Acquisition History / Google / Red Hot Labs
Google Acquires Red Hot Labs
Announced February 24, 2015
What happened
Red Hot Labs was a app advertising and discovery business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Play.
- Acquirer
- Target
- Red Hot Labs
- Announced
- February 24, 2015
- Price
- Undisclosed
- Industry
- App advertising and discovery
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Google acquire Red Hot Labs?
Google acquired Red Hot Labs on February 24, 2015. This was Google's 176th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.
How much did Google pay for Red Hot Labs?
The price Google paid for Red Hot Labs was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.
What does Red Hot Labs do?
Red Hot Labs was a app advertising and discovery business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Play.
What other App advertising and discovery companies has Google acquired?
Red Hot Labs is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in App advertising and discovery so far.
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