IBM Acquires Mainspring

Announced June 7, 2001 — $80M

What happened

Mainspring was a company based in USA providing business strategy consulting, acquired by IBM.

IBM's acquisition history

1st of 170 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

37 of 170 IBM deals

IBM's average disclosed price

$1.89B

IBM's largest disclosed deal

Tracked acquisitions in 2001

42 across all acquirers

IBM in Business strategy consulting

1 acquisition

When did IBM acquire Mainspring?

IBM acquired Mainspring on June 7, 2001. This was IBM's 1st publicly tracked acquisition out of 170 we have on record.

How much did IBM pay for Mainspring?

IBM paid $80M for Mainspring.

What does Mainspring do?

Mainspring was a company based in USA providing business strategy consulting, acquired by IBM.

What other Business strategy consulting companies has IBM acquired?

Mainspring is IBM's only publicly tracked acquisition in Business strategy consulting so far.