Acquisition History / Meta / Parse
Meta Acquires Parse
Announced April 25, 2013 — $85M
What happened
Parse was a mobile backend-as-a-service platform that helped developers build and manage app backends.
- Acquirer
- Meta
- Target
- Parse
- Announced
- April 25, 2013
- Price
- $85M
- Industry
- Mobile backend as a service
By the numbers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition
When did Meta acquire Parse?
Meta acquired Parse on April 25, 2013. This was Meta's 41st publicly tracked acquisition out of 109 we have on record.
How much did Meta pay for Parse?
Meta paid $85M for Parse.
What does Parse do?
Parse was a mobile backend-as-a-service platform that helped developers build and manage app backends.
What other Mobile backend as a service companies has Meta acquired?
Parse is Meta's only publicly tracked acquisition in Mobile backend as a service so far.
More Meta acquisitions
Assured Robot Intelligence
Undisclosed · 2026
Moltbook
Undisclosed · 2026
Manus AI
>$2 billion · 2025
Limitless
Undisclosed · 2025
Rivos
Undisclosed · 2025
More Mobile backend as a service acquisitions
PayPal acquires StackMob
Undisclosed · 2013