List of mergers and acquisitions by BlackBerry

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BlackBerry Limited , formerly Research in Motion (RIM), is a Canadian multinational communications corporation, founded in 1995. It is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.

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Acquisitions

DateCompanyBusinessCountryValue (USD)References
116 November 2001Plazmic Inc.SoftwareFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [1]
27 August 2002TeamOn Systes Inc.Software providerFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [2]
322 February 2005Nextair Inc.Mobile app design studio and appsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [3]
410 March 2006Ascendent SystemsEnterprise voice mobility solutionsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [4]
510 June 2006Slipstream Data Inc.Data compressionFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [5]
622 November 2006Epoch IntegrationWireless network firmFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [6]
723 January 2009 Certicom CryptographyFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [7]
830 January 2009Chalk MediaSoftwareFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada $23,125,000 [8] [9]
913 February 2009Alt-N Technologies Mail transfer agent Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [10]
105 June 2009 Dash Navigation Car navigation systemsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [11]
1124 August 2009 Torch Mobile WebKit mobile browserFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [12]
1226 March 2010ViigoNews / data aggregationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [13]
139 April 2010 QNX Software Systems Unix-like OSFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada $200 million [14] [15] [16]
1424 August 2010CellmaniaApp store software makerFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [17]
158 September 2010 Documents To Go and other assetsOffice suiteFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $50 million [18]
162 December 2010 The Astonishing Tribe Interface wizardsFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden $150 million [19]
1714 February 2011 Gist Professional contact managerFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [20]
1825 March 2011tinyHipposMobile web developmentFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [21]
1927 April 2011 Tungle.me Social calendaringFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Undisclosed [22]
207 June 2011 Scoreloop Social gamingFlag of Germany.svg  Germany $71 million [23]
212 May 2011UbitexxMobile device managementFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Undisclosed [24]
2222 July 2011 Jaycut Video editingFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Undisclosed [25]
237 October 2011NewBayContent providerFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland $100 million [26]
248 March 2012ParatekRF multi-band handsetsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [27]
25May 2013ScroonSocial marketing companyFlag of France.svg  France Undisclosed [28]
2629 July 2014Secusmart GmbHVoice and data encryptionFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Undisclosed [29]
2711 September 2014MovirtuVirtual SIM solutionsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Undisclosed [30]
2821 April 2015WatchDox Ltd.Enterprise data sync and shareFlag of Israel.svg  Israel Undisclosed [31]
2922 July 2015AtHoc, Inc.Networked crisis communicationsFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States Undisclosed [32]
304 August 2015 Good Technology Mobile security providerFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $425 million [33]
3119 February 2016 Encription Ltd. Cybersecurity servicesFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Undisclosed [34]
3216 November 2018 Cylance Inc. Security firmFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States $1.4 billion [35]

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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/

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  29. ↑ "RIM Acquires Secusmart".
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  31. ↑ "BlackBerry Acquiring WatchDox to Bolster Mobile Content Security and Enterprise Collaboration".
  32. ↑ "BlackBerry to Buy Crisis-Communications Software Firm AtHoc".
  33. ↑ "BlackBerry to Buy Good Technology Firm".
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  35. ↑ "BlackBerry to Acquire Cylance for $1.4 Billion in Cash | SecurityWeek.Com". securityweek.com. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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