Company | Country | Sector | Major acquisitions and investments |
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3M | United States | Electronics | Attenti [2] |
Amazon | United States | Internet | Annapurna Labs [3] |
Fujitsu | Japan | Information and communications technology | R&D center [4] |
Vimeo | United States | Internet | Magisto [5] |
AOL | United States | Internet | 5min Media [6] |
Mercedes-Benz | Germany | Automobile | R&D Center [7] |
Yandex | Russia | Internet | KitLocate [8] |
Amobee | Singapore | Internet | Kontera Technologies [9] |
Apple | United States | Consumer electronics | Anobit, [10] PrimeSense [11] |
Elastic NV | Netherlands | Internet, Software | R&D Center [12] |
Applied Materials | United States | Semiconductors | Orbot Instruments, Opal Technologies, [13] Oramir Semiconductor [14] |
ARM Holdings | United Kingdom | Semiconductors | Sansa Security [15] |
Bosch | Germany | Electronics | |
PTC | United States | Software, Internet of things, augmented reality | R&D center in the campus of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
AT&T | United States | Telecommunications | Interwise [16] R&D center (cloud solutions) [17] |
Autodesk | United States | Software | R&D Center [18] |
Toshiba | Japan | Electronics, semiconductors, Information technology | OCZ Storage Solutions [19] |
Alphabet | United States | Internet | Waze, [20] Siemplify [21] |
Barclays | United Kingdom | Financial services | R&D Center [22] |
Blackberry | Canada | Telecommunications | WatchDox [23] [24] |
BMC Software | United States | Software | New Dimension Software, [25] Identify Software [26] |
Booking.com | Netherlands | Travel | Evature [27] |
Unilever | Netherlands | Consumer goods | |
Snowflake Inc. | United States | Cloud computing | R&D Center [28] |
Broadcom | United States | Semiconductors | VisionTech, M-Stream, Siliquent Technologies, Dune Networks, Percello, Provigent, SC Square [29] |
ChemChina | China | Chemicals | Makhteshim Agan [30] |
Citigroup | United States | Financial services | R&D Center [31] |
Cisco | United States | Telecommunications | CLASS Data Systems, HyNEX, Seagull Semiconductor, PentaCom, P-Cube, Riverhead Networks, [32] Intucell, [33] Sheer Networks, [34] NDS Group [35] [36] |
ST Engineering | Singapore | Integrated engineering | |
Dassault Systèmes | France | Software | |
Dell | United States | Computer technology | R&D center [37] |
Dropbox | United States | Internet | Cloudon (2015) [38] |
TDK | Japan | Electronics | |
eBay | United States | Internet | Shopping.com, Fraud Sciences, The Gift Project [39] |
EMC | United States | Computer technology | Kashya, nLayers, proActivity, Illuminator, ZettaPoint, Cyota, [40] XtremIO [41] |
Meta Platforms | United States | Internet | Onavo, [42] Pebbles Interfaces [43] |
Gemalto | France | Software | |
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General Electric | United States | Medical technology | Nuclear and MR businesses of Elscint, [44] Diasonics Vingmed [45] |
General Motors | United States | Automotive | |
Harman International Industries | United States | Electronics | Red Bend Software [46] |
HP | United States | Computer technology | Indigo Digital Press, Scitex Vision, Nur Macroprints, Mercury Interactive, Shunra [47] |
IBM | United States | Computer technology | Ubique, [48] I-Logix, [49] XIV, [50] Guardium, [51] Diligent Technologies, [52] Storwize, [53] Worklight, [54] Trusteer [55] Cloudigo [56] |
ICAP | United Kingdom | Financial services | Traiana [57] |
Škoda Auto | Czechia | Automobile | |
Infosys | India | Information technology | Panaya |
Intel | United States | Semiconductors | DSPC [58] Envara, [59] Comsys, [60] InVision Biometrics, [61] Telmap, [62] Mobileye, [63] Habana Labs, [64] Moovit, [65] Tower Semiconductor, [66] Granulate [67] |
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Intercontinental Exchange | United States | Financial services | SuperDerivatives [68] |
Intuit | United States | Software | Check, [69] Porticor [70] |
Jain Irrigation Systems | India | Agricultural technology | NaanDan Irrigation Systems [71] |
John Deere | United States | Agricultural technology | |
Johnson & Johnson | United States | Medical technology | Biosense [72] |
Kuang-Chi [73] | China | Information technology | Agent Vi, [74] Beyond Verbal, [75] eyeSight Technologies [76] |
Legend [77] | China | Information technology | |
Lenovo [78] | China | Consumer electronics | |
LG | South Korea | Consumer electronics | Cybellum [79] |
Marvell Technology Group | United States | Semiconductors | Galileo Technology [80] |
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McAfee | United States | Software | |
Merck Group | Germany | Pharmaceutical, life sciences, material sciences | R&D Center, [81] Healthcare BioIncubator, [82] ExploreBio Biotech Incubator, [83] PMatX Incubator, [84] QLight Nanotech, [85] Wiliot, [86] Metabomed, [87] ARTSaVIT, [88] Medisafe, [89] Neviah Genomics, [90] ChanBio [91] FeelIt [92] Pantheon Biosciences [93] |
Micro Focus International | United Kingdom | Software | NetManage [94] |
Microsoft | United States | Software | Maximal, [95] Peach Networks, [96] Whale Communications, [97] Gteko, [98] YaData, [99] 3DV Systems [100] |
Monsanto | United States | Agricultural technology | Rosetta Green (2013) [101] |
Motorola | United States | Telecommunications | Terayon, [102] Bitband [103] |
Oracle | United States | Software | R&D Center |
Nestlé | Switzerland | Food processing | Osem [104] |
Nokia | Finland | Telecommunications | LANNET, Chromatis Networks, Mobilitec [105] |
Nvidia | United States | Semiconductors | Mellanox Technologies [106] |
PayPal | United States | Internet | CyActive, [107] Curv [108] |
PepsiCo | United States | Food processing | SodaStream [109] |
Philips | Netherlands | Medical technology | R&D Center |
Polycom | United States | Telecommunications | R&D Center |
Qualcomm | United States | Semiconductors | R&D Center |
Red Hat | United States | Software | Qumranet [110] |
Samsung | South Korea | Consumer electronics | Boxee [111] |
SAP | Germany | Software | OFEK-Tech, TopTier Software, TopManage, A2i, [112] Gigya [113] |
Sears | United States | Retail | R&D Center |
SeaGate | United States | Computer storage | R&D Center |
Siemens | Germany | Electronics | R&D Center |
Software AG | Germany | Software | R&D Center |
Sony | Japan | Electronics | Altair Semiconductor [114] |
Sun Pharmaceutical | India | Pharmaceuticals | Taro Pharmaceuticals [115] |
SingTel [116] | Singapore | Telecommunications | R&D Center |
Syngenta | Switzerland | Agribusiness | Zeraim Gedera [117] |
Tata Group | India | Information technology | Technology Innovation Momentum Fund [118] |
Tech Mahindra | India | Telecommunications | Comverse Technology [119] |
Teradata | United States | Data warehousing | Appoxee [120] |
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Israel/ United States | Pharmaceuticals | R&D Center |
Texas Instruments | United States | Semiconductors | R&D Center |
Western Digital / SanDisk | United States | Semiconductors | M-Systems [121] |
Xiaomi | China | Consumer electronics | R&D Center |
Xerox | United States | Information technology | XMpie [122] |
Yahoo | United States | Internet | ClarityRay, [123] Dapper, [124] RayV [125] |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise | United States | information technology | R&D Center |
Gartner | United States | information technology | R&D Center |
Winbond | Taiwan | Semiconductors | R&D Center |
Mitsubishi Corporation | Japan | International Trade | R&D Center |
Salesforce | United States | Software | R&D Center |
Palantir Technologies | United States | Software | R&D Center |
Pfizer | United States | Pharmaceutical | R&D Center |
Mastercard | United States | Financial services | R&D Center |
kaspersky | Russia | Cybersecurity | R&D Center |
Visa | United States | Financial services | R&D Center |
Atos | France | Electronics, Cybersecurity | R&D Center |
BNP Paribas | France | Banking, financial services | R&D Center |
Thales Group | France | Electronics, aerospace, defence, transportation and security | R&D Center |
Capgemini | France | Electronics, Cybersecurity | R&D Center |
Carl Zeiss AG | Germany | Optoelectronics | R&D Center |
Honda | Japan | Automobile | R&D Center |
Bayer | Germany | Pharmaceutical | R&D Center |
CA Technologies | United States | Business-to-business | R&D Center |
Schneider Electric | France | Electronics | R&D Center |
Ford Motor Company | United States | Automobile | R&D Center |