2011 Tech Acquisitions Tracker - 34 and counting

Canada's startup ecosystem tends to measure success with financings and acquisitions. Since Angel and VC financings often go unreported, it's easier to track the state of the Canadian Startup space on acquisitions and exits.

Below is a summary of all the acquisitions that Techvibes have covered during 2011.

December 2011

• Toronto's Rypple acquird by Salesforce for $65 Million

• Toronto's Enomaly acquired by Virtustream

• Vancouver's OpenCal acquired by Groupon

November 2011

• Montreal's Trellia acquired by Wyse

• Montreal's Grip acquired by Autodesk

• Toronto's Kobo acquired by Rakuten for $315 Million

• Vancouver's Axia Software acquired by Clevest

• Toronto's AdParlor acquired by Adknowledge

October 2011

• Markham's Platform Computing acquired by IBM

• Vancouver's MetroLyrics acquired by CBS Interactive Music

• Fredericton's Q1 Labs acquired by IBM

• Vancouver's Nitobi acquired by Abode Systems

• Toronto's Sprouter acquired by Postmedia News

September 2011

• Toronto's Algorithmics acquired by IBM for $387 Million

August 2011

• Vancouver's Zite acquired by CNN for $25 Million

July 2011

• Ottawa's DNA Genotekacquired by OraSure for $53 Million

• Toronto's Five Mobile acquired by Zynga

• Toronto's BackType acquired by Twitter

• Vancouver's Veridae acquired by Tektronix

June 2011

• Toronto's DealFrenzy acquired by Intertainment Media for $700,000

• Waterloo's PostRank acquired by Google

May 2011

• Toronto's Conversition acquired by e-Rewards

April 2011

• Montreal's Coradiant acquired by BMC for $150 Million

• Montreal's Tungle acquired by RIM

• Toronto's PushLife acquired by Google for $25 Million

• Waterloo's MKS acquired by Parametric Technology for $292 Million

March 2011

• New Brunswick's Radian6 acquired by Salesforce for $326 Million

• Waterloo's Tiny Hippos acquired by RIM

• Vancouver's Sayvee acquired by Bandzoogle

• Toronto's CoverItLive acquired by Demand Media for $5 Million

• Toronto's WHIR acquired by iNet Interactive

February 2011

• Toronto's MyThum acquired by OLSON

January 2011

• Toronto's Adenyo acquired by Motricity for $100 Million

• Edmonton's Attassa acquired by YouSendIt

• Victoria's Flock acquired by Zynga

This blog post will be updated and republished as new acquisitons are reported to us. If we've missed any (or if you know the price tags on any of these ones), let us know in the comments or by email and we will add them.