Explore the top 30 companies with the highest number of startup acquisitions, including giants like Alphabet, Microsoft, and Cisco. Discover which corporations are driving innovation through acquisitions in technology, AI, healthcare, and finance. This list highlights how global leaders strategically acquire startups to stay competitive and expand into new markets.

Ranking of the Companies Leading in Startup Acquisitions Globally:

  • 🇺🇸 Alphabet (Google): 222 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Microsoft: 140 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Cisco Systems: 134 acquisitions
  • 🇮🇪 Accenture: 119 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Apple: 102 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Meta Platforms (Facebook): 98 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 IBM: 93 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Amazon: 76 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Oracle: 76 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Salesforce: 63 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Intel: 57 acquisitions
  • 🇩🇪 Siemens: 40 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Qualcomm: 34 acquisitions
  • 🇨🇭 Roche Group: 32 acquisitions
  • 🇰🇷 Samsung Electronics: 32 acquisitions
  • 🇬🇧 Vodafone Group: 30 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Adobe: 28 acquisitions
  • 🇫🇷 Dassault Systèmes: 26 acquisitions
  • 🇯🇵 SoftBank Group: 25 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Twitter (now X): 23 acquisitions
  • 🇨🇳 Tencent Holdings: 22 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Workday: 21 acquisitions
  • 🇫🇷 Orange S.A.: 20 acquisitions
  • 🇨🇦 Shopify: 18 acquisitions
  • 🇮🇳 Infosys: 17 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 AT&T: 16 acquisitions
  • 🇧🇷 Movile: 15 acquisitions
  • 🇺🇸 Palantir Technologies: 15 acquisitions
  • 🇮🇱 Check Point Software Technologies: 14 acquisitions
  • 🇸🇬 Temasek Holdings: 13 acquisitions

These companies span diverse industries, including technology, telecommunications, finance, and pharmaceuticals, with companies like Alphabet and Microsoft leading in startup acquisitions to stay at the forefront of technology, especially in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. Companies in non-tech sectors, such as Roche and Dassault Systèmes, also actively acquire startups, primarily in biotechnology and engineering.

Sources:

  • Voronoi App, which ranks corporations by startup acquisitions as part of global M&A data.
  • CB Insights, for statistics on tech and AI acquisitions.
  • FounderJar and CRN for trends in tech and startup mergers and acquisitions.