Mergers and acquisitions

List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon

1998

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• PlanetAll, a reminder service based in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Junglee, an XML-based data mining startup based in Sunnyvale
• Bookpages.co.uk, a UK online book retailer, which became Amazon UK on October 15, 1998
• Telebook (www.telebuch.de) was Germany's leading online bookstore, it became Amazon's German online store
• Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

1999

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• Alexa Internet, a database company
• Accept.com, a financial services company
• Drugstore.com 40% investment in 1999, increased stake in 2000, sold stake to Walgreens in 2011 for a 90% loss
• GeoWorks, a wireless communications company, acquisition of a minority interest
• Pets.com – Amazon purchased a 54 percent stake
• LiveBid.com, which produced Internet-based auction software
• e-Niche Incorporated, comprising Exchange.com, Bibliofind.com (hard-to-find book titles), and
• Musicfile.com (hard to find music titles)
• HomeGrocer.com – Amazon purchased a 35 percent stake in this online grocer
• Gear.com – Amazon purchased a 49 percent stake (the company was purchased by Overstock.com in 2000)
• Tool Crib of the North, Amazon acquired the online and catalog sales division of the company in October1999, selling a very wide variety of tools and home improvement items
• Convergence Corporation, software to connect wireless devices to the Internet
• MindCorps Incorporated, applications for web sites including online chats to web-based databases
• Della.com, gift registry, expert advice, and personalized gift suggestions – Amazon purchased a 20 percent stake (in April 2000, the company merged with WeddingChannel.com)
• Back to Basics Toys, catalog toy store (sold to Scholastic in 2003)
• Ashford.com, retailer of luxury products – Amazon acquired a 16.6 percent stake
• Leep Technology Inc., developer of on-line database query tools and CRM software
  

2002

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• Online music retailer CDNow
• Online software retailer Egghead Software
  

2004

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• Joyo.com, a Chinese e-commerce website
  

2005

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• BookSurge, a print on demand company
• Mobipocket.com, an e-book software company (see also Amazon.com controversies#BookSurge
• CreateSpace.com, formerly CustomFlix, a distributor of on-demand DVDs, since expanded to include print on-demand books, CDs, and videos, based in Scotts Valley, California
• Smallparts.com, an industrial component supplier
  

2006

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• Shopbop, a retailer of designer clothing and accessories for women, based in Madison, Wisconsin
  

2007

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• dpreview.com, a digital photography review website based in London
• Brilliance Audio, the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States
  

2008

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• Audible.com and Fabric.com
• Box Office Mojo
• AbeBooks
• Shelfari (including a 40% stake in LibraryThing and whole ownership of BookFinder.com, Gojaba.com, and FillZ)
• Reflexive Entertainment, a developer of casual video games
  

2009

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• Zappos, an online shoe and apparel retailer
• Lexcycle
• SnapTell, an image matching startup
• Stanza, a rival e-book reader to Amazon's Kindle
  

2010

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• Touchco
• Woot
• Quidsi (formerly Diapers.com)
• BuyVIP
• Amie Street
• Toby Press
  

2011

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• LoveFilm
• The Book Depository
• Pushbutton
• Yap
  

2012

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• Kiva Systems
• Teachstreet
• Evi
• Avalon Books
  

2013

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• IVONA Software
• Goodreads
• Liquavista
• TenMarks Education, Inc.
  

2014

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• Double Helix Games
• comiXology
• Twitch
  

2015

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• Annapurna Labs, a chip designer based in Yokneam, Israel
• 2lemetry, Internet of Things
• ClusterK, Cloud Technology
• Shoefitr, 3D Shoe-fitting Technology
• Safaba Translation Systems, Automated Text Translation Software
• Elemental Technologies, video processing based in Portland, Oregon
• AppThwack, mobile application testing based in Portland, Oregon
  

2016

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• NICE
• Curse, Inc.
• Biba Systems
• Cloud9 IDE
• Emvantage Payments Pvt. Ltd.
  

2017

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• Harvest.ai
• Thinkbox Software
• Do.com
• Souq.com
• Whole Foods Market
• GameSparks
• Graphiq
• Wing.ae
• Body Labs
• Goo Technologies (assets acquired, became Amazon Sumerian)
• Blink Home
  

2018

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• Ring

Source : Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Amazon