BlackBerry Limited, formerly Research in Motion (RIM), is a Canadian multinational communications corporation, founded in 1995. It is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.
Acquisitions
Date Company Business Country Value (USD) Adjusted (USD) References1 Plazmic Inc. Software UndisclosedUndisclosed2 TeamOn Systems Inc. Software provider UndisclosedUndisclosed3 Nextair Inc. Mobile app design studio and apps UndisclosedUndisclosed4 Ascendent Systems Enterprise voice mobility solutions UndisclosedUndisclosed5 Slipstream Data Inc. Data compression Undisclosed Undisclosed6 Epoch Integration Wireless network firm UndisclosedUndisclosed7 Certicom Cryptography Undisclosed Undisclosed8 Chalk Media Software $23,125,000 $9 Alt-N Technologies Mail transfer agent UndisclosedUndisclosed10 Dash Navigation Car navigation systems Undisclosed Undisclosed11 Torch Mobile WebKit mobile browser Undisclosed Undisclosed12 Viigo News / data aggregation Undisclosed Undisclosed13 QNX Software Systems Unix-like OS $200 million 14 Cellmania App store software maker Undisclosed Undisclosed15 Documents To Go and other assets Office suite $50 million 16 The Astonishing Tribe Interface wizards $150 million 17 Gist Professional contact manager Undisclosed Undisclosed18 tinyHippos Mobile web development Undisclosed Undisclosed19 Tungle.me Social calendaring Undisclosed Undisclosed20 Scoreloop Social gaming $71 million 21 Ubitexx Mobile device management Undisclosed Undisclosed22 Jaycut Video editing Undisclosed Undisclosed23 NewBay Content provider $100 million 24 Paratek RF multi-band handsets Undisclosed Undisclosed25 Scroon Social marketing company UndisclosedUndisclosed26 Secusmart GmbH Voice and data encryption Undisclosed Undisclosed27 Movirtu Virtual SIM solutions Undisclosed Undisclosed28 WatchDox Ltd. Enterprise data sync and share Undisclosed Undisclosed29 AtHoc, Inc. Networked crisis communications Undisclosed Undisclosed30 Good Technology Mobile security provider $425 million 31 Encription Ltd. Cybersecurity services UndisclosedUndisclosed32 Cylance Inc. Security firm $1.4 billion
References General
Specific In February 2005, RIM secretly acquired a software company in order to ensure that a new technology on how to author and then how to distribute mobile applications could be brought to market without encroaching on Nextair's solid patents. The company signs a deal with Nextair's CEO to keep them confidential, and RIM convinces Nextair to accept. Proof of Acquisition https://www.blackberrycentral.com/news/article/interview-tim-neil/
External links Research In Motion Ltd.