We see add on acquisitions, particularly in the over the counter market, as the more obvious route for [Reckitt] to pursue.
Over the past 12 months, the group has been involved in the sale of AMC Theatres to Dalian Wanda Group (under contract), the sale of Insight Communications to Time Warner Cable, and the add-on acquisition of MACH by Carlyle portfolio company Syniverse which was announced on July 3 , 2012
Since its inception in 1984, the firm has made private equity investments and add-on acquisitions in more than 300 companies worldwide.
NBC Universal has bought iVillage, Mr. Murdoch has bought several smaller Web businesses beyond MySpace, AOL has quietly beefed up its service with a series of add-on acquisitions and Viacom has made a series of smaller deals.
One of the advantages for ING is that we have additional capital of 9.5 billion euros, or $15 billion dollars, that we can use to invest in our business in organic growth as well as in niche, or bolt-on or add-on, acquisitions.
Tech houses like Microsoft make dozens of add-on acquisitions, because frequently, it's cheaper to buy product primacy than to build it.
But the software M&A frenzy also highlights how smaller tech companies can turbocharge their growth by pursuing highly strategic, add-on acquisitions.
Even huge technology players often grow via add-on acquisitions — particularly as the entire industry shifts to newer cloud-based software.
Here at TechCrunch, and over at CrunchBase, I've been tasked with helping everyone find the signals on where venture capital investment – and technology development – are heading through the noise of daily funding announcements, new product launches, new product updates, add-on acquisitions, new hires, etc. etc. etc.
