Timeline of #DesignInTech M&A Activity | Version2.0 2004 – 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 ■ FLEXTRONICS ■ FACEBOOK ■ FACEBOOK ■ AIRBNB ■ PIVOTAL ■ OCULUS / FACEBOOK +acq. Frog Design 2004 +acq. Hot Studio 2013 +acq. Carbon Design 2014 +acq. Teehan+Lax 2015 +acq. lapka 2015 +acq. Slice of Lime 2016 ■ MONITOR ■ ACCENTURE ■ GOOGLE ■ BBVA ■ COOPER *consolidation ■ IBM +acq. DOBLIN 2007 +acq. Fjord 2013 +acq. Gecko Design 2014 +acq. Spring Studio 2015 +acq. Catalyst 2015 +acq. Resource/Ammirati 2016 ■ RIM ■ SHOPIFY ■ CAPITAL ONE ■ MCKINSEY +acq. ecx.io 2016 +acq. TAT 2010 +acq. Jet Cooper 2013 +acq. Adaptive Path 2014 +acq. Lunar Design 2015 ■ SALESFORCE +acq. Aperto 2016 ■ FACEBOOK ■ DELOITTE ■ ACCENTURE ■ CAPITAL ONE +acq. Akta 2015 ■ KYU COLLECTIVE *minority +acq. Sofa 2011 +acq. Banyan Branch 2013 +acq. Reactive 2014 +acq. Monsoon 2015 ■ ACCENTURE +min. IDEO 2016 ■ GLOBALLOGIC ■ INFOR ■ DELOITTE ■ WIPRO +acq. Chaotic Moon 2015 ■ CAPGEMINI +acq. Method 2011 +acq. Hook & Loop 2013 +acq. Flow Interactive 2014 +acq. DesignIt 2015 +acq. PacificLink 2015 +acq. Fahrenheit 212 2016 ■ ONE KING’S LANE ■ GOOGLE ■ PWC ■ ERNST & YOUNG ■ DELOITTE +acq. Helicopter 2011 +acq. 17FEET 2013 +acq. Optimal Experience 2014 +acq. Seren 2015 ■ FLEX *medical design +acq. Heat 2016 ■ DELOITTE +acq. Farm Design 2015 ■ GOOGLE ■ GOOGLE ■ KPMG +acq. Mobiento 2015 +acq. Mike & Maaike 2012 +acq. Hattery 2013 +acq. Cynergy Systems 2014 ■ FACEBOOK ■ BCG +acq. Bolt Peters 2012 +acq. S&C 2014 ■ SQUARE +acq. 80/20 2012 ■ GOOGLE +acq. Cuban Council 2012 A total of 42 design firms have been acquired since 2004. ~50% of which have been acquired within the last year with Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, Google, and Facebook as the most acquisitive. Source // @kpcb #DesignInTech @johnmaeda @mbuzzard 8