Google Acquires Sparrow

Announced July 20, 2012 — $25M

What happened

Sparrow was a mobile apps business based in France; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Gmail.

Google's acquisition history

114th 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 2012

90 across all acquirers

Google in Mobile apps

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Sparrow?

Google acquired Sparrow on July 20, 2012. This was Google's 114th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Sparrow?

Google paid $25M for Sparrow.

What does Sparrow do?

Sparrow was a mobile apps business based in France; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Gmail.

What other Mobile apps companies has Google acquired?

Sparrow is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Mobile apps so far.