Ranked: Companies Acquiring the Most Startups

What We’re Showing

This graphic ranks companies by the number of startup acquisitions and includes the corresponding total deal values. Data was compiled by Mind the Bridge with the support of Crunchbase. It includes data about 2,532 corporate-startup M&A transactions completed between 2000 and H1 2024, restricted to Fortune Global 500 companies.

Key Takeaways 

• Alphabet (Google) tops the list with 222 acquisitions, followed by Microsoft and Cisco.
• Siemens (Germany), Roche (Switzerland), and Samsung (South Korea) are the only non-American companies among the top 15.
• In the top 10, Accenture is the only non-tech giant.
• Silicon Valley companies are responsible for about a third of all startup acquisitions.