List of mergers and acquisitions by BlackBerry explained

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

Acquisitions

	Date	Company	Business	Country	Value (USD)	References
1	16 November 2001	Plazmic Inc.	Software		Undisclosed	^[1]
2	7 August 2002	TeamOn Systems Inc.	Software provider		Undisclosed	^[2]
3	22 February 2005	Nextair Inc.	Mobile app design studio and apps		Undisclosed	^[3]
4	10 March 2006	Ascendent Systems	Enterprise voice mobility solutions		Undisclosed	^[4]
5		Slipstream Data Inc.	Data compression		Undisclosed	^[5]
6	22 November 2006	Epoch Integration	Wireless network firm		Undisclosed	^[6]
7		Certicom	Cryptography		Undisclosed	^[7]
8		Chalk Media	Software		$23,125,000^[8]	^[9]
9	13 February 2009	Alt-N Technologies	Mail transfer agent		Undisclosed	^[10]
10		Dash Navigation	Car navigation systems		Undisclosed	^[11]
11		Torch Mobile	WebKit mobile browser		Undisclosed	^[12]
12		Viigo	News / data aggregation		Undisclosed	^[13]
13		QNX Software Systems	Unix-like OS		$200 million^[14]	^[15] ^[16]
14		Cellmania	App store software maker		Undisclosed	^[17]
15		Documents To Go and other assets	Office suite		$50 million	^[18]
16		The Astonishing Tribe	Interface wizards		$150 million	^[19]
17		Gist	Professional contact manager		Undisclosed	^[20]
18		tinyHippos	Mobile web development		Undisclosed	^[21]
19		Tungle.me	Social calendaring		Undisclosed	^[22]
20		Scoreloop	Social gaming		$71 million	^[23]
21		Ubitexx	Mobile device management		Undisclosed	^[24]
22		Jaycut	Video editing		Undisclosed	^[25]
23		NewBay	Content provider		$100 million	^[26]
24		Paratek	RF multi-band handsets		Undisclosed	^[27]
25	May 2013	Scroon	Social marketing company		Undisclosed	^[28]
26		Secusmart GmbH	Voice and data encryption		Undisclosed	^[29]
27		Movirtu	Virtual SIM solutions		Undisclosed	^[30]
28		WatchDox Ltd.	Enterprise data sync and share		Undisclosed	^[31]
29		AtHoc, Inc.	Networked crisis communications		Undisclosed	^[32]
30		Good Technology	Mobile security provider		$425 million	^[33]
31	19 February 2016	Encription Ltd.	Cybersecurity services		Undisclosed	^[34]
32	16 November 2018	Cylance Inc.	Security firm		$1.4 billion	^[35]

References

General

• Web site: 2011-02-19 . Research in Motion Ltd. Mergers and Acquisitions . .
• Web site: 2011-02-19 . FT.com – Research in Motion Ltd. markets data . .

SpecificIn 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/

External links

• Research In Motion Ltd.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Research In Motion Ltd acquires Plazmic Inc – Nov 16, 2001 – Deal Snapshot – AlacraStore.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20090602081422/http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Research_In_Motion_Ltd_acquires_Plazmic_Inc-314446. dead. 2 June 2009. 2009-06-02. 2018-08-24.
2. Web site: Research In Motion Ltd acquires TeamOn Sytems [sic] Inc – Aug 07, 2002 – Deal Snapshot – AlacraStore.com]. https://web.archive.org/web/20090602081427/http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Research_In_Motion_Ltd_acquires_TeamOn_Sytems_Inc-342873. dead. 2 June 2009. 2009-06-02. 2018-08-24.
3. Web site: An Interview with Tim Neil, Former Employee of BlackBerry. https://web.archive.org/web/20160602083732/https://www.blackberrycentral.com/news/article/interview-tim-neil/. dead. 2016-06-02. 2016-06-02. 2018-08-24.
4. Web site: RIM Acquires Ascendent Systems – Press Releases. press.blackberry.com. 2015-10-21.
5. Web site: Lysecki. Sarah. RIM quietly buys Slipstream Data for compression technology. 12 July 2006 . ITbusiness.ca. 25 August 2013.
6. Web site: RIM buys Epoch Integration. Telecoms.com. telecoms.com. 2015-10-21. en. James. Middleton.
7. Web site: Gingras. Marc. Certicom Corp. Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). Certicom blog. 23 January 2009.
8. Web site: RIM to Acquire Chalk Media Corp. . 11 December 2008 . Research in Motion Limited . Waterloo, ON and Vancouver, BC . 7 October 2013 . Research in Motion Limited ("RIM") (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and Chalk Media Corp. ("Chalk") (TSXV: CKM) today announced that the two companies have entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") for RIM to acquire Chalk, a publicly held company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, in an all-cash transaction at a price per share of CDN $0.142, or CDN $23,125,000. .
9. Web site: Research in Motion Ltd acquires Chalk Media Corp.
10. Web site: Alt-N No Longer a Subsidiary of RIM but MDaemon BES Support to Continue – BerryReview . BerryReview . google.com. 2015-10-21 . en . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20150913065850/http://www.berryreview.com/2012/02/09/alt-n-no-longer-a-subsidiary-of-rim-but-mdaemon-bes-support-to-continue/ . 13 September 2015 .
11. Web site: Gingras. Marc. Dash Navigation Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). Dash Navigation blog. 5 June 2009. 13 January 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070113001459/http://www.dashnavigation.com/. dead.
12. Web site: Gingras. Marc. Torch Mobile Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). Torch Mobile blog. 24 August 2009.
13. Web site: Duryee. Tricia. RIM Acquires BlackBerry-App Maker Viigo. gigaom. 11 February 2014.
14. Web site: Update 2: RIM to Acquire QNX – Terms of the Deal . 15 April 2010 . VDC Research Group, Inc. . 1 March 2011 . The Ottawa Citizen reported today that RIM will be paying $200M (USD) cash, based on a Harman Industries International regulatory filing, to acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International. To read the complete Form 8-K filing by Harman International. .
15. Web site: Staff writer . Research in Motion to Acquire QNX Software Systems from Harman International . QNX Software Systems . 9 April 2010.
16. Web site: RIM Buys QNX to Tie Phones to Cars . Mark . Hachman . 9 April 2010 . . 1 March 2011 . Research in Motion said Friday that it had signed a deal with Harman International to acquire its QNX Software Systems unit to help tie its BlackBerry smartphones to car navigation systems. Terms of the deal were not announced. It is expected to close within 30 to 45 days if it passes regulatory approvals. .
17. Web site: Gingras. Marc. Cellmania Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). Cellmania blog. 10 June 2011.
18. Web site: Bradley. Tony. RIM Buys "Documents To Go", But Microsoft Missed Out. PC world. 8 September 2010. 23 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123015419/https://www.pcworld.com/article/205025/rim_buys_documents_to_go_it_should_have_been_microsoft.html. dead.
19. Web site: Blomdahl. Paul. TAT JOINS A LARGER TRIBE. The TAT Blog. 10 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110610062518/http://www.tat.se/blog/tat-to-join-a-larger-tribe/. 10 June 2011. dead.
20. Web site: Gingras. Marc. Gist Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). Gist blog. 10 June 2011.
21. Web site: Gingras. Marc. tinyHippos Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). TinyHippos blog. 10 June 2011. 13 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140713121352/http://tinyhippos.com/2011/03/25/tinyhippos-is-now-part-of-research-in-motion-rim-2/. dead.
22. Web site: Gingras. Marc. RIM Acquires Tungle.me. Tungle.me Blog. 10 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110618093235/http://www.tungle.me/Home/rim-acquires-tungle/. 18 June 2011. dead.
23. Web site: Lessard. Tyler. RIM Welcomes Scoreloop. Inside BlackBerry – The Official BlackBerry Blog. 10 June 2011. 18 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130118023115/http://blogs.blackberry.com/2011/06//07/rim-scoreloop/. dead.
24. Web site: RIM Announces Multi-Platform BlackBerry Enterprise Solution for Smartphones and Tablets. Research in Motion. 8 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111028165350/http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=5017. 28 October 2011. dead.
25. Web site: RIM Acquires JayCut. BB4Life Blog. 10 June 2011.
26. Web site: Newbay Is Now Part of Research in Motion (RIM). BB4Life Blog. 2011-10-07.
27. Web site: RIM Acquires Paratek. BB4Life Blog. 8 March 2012.
28. News: BlackBerry Bought Small Social-Media Company in May. The Wall Street Journal. 2015-10-21. 0099-9660. Will. Connors.
29. Web site: RIM Acquires Secusmart.
30. Web site: BlackBerry Acquires Movirtu to Improve Adoption of BYOD and COPE.
31. Web site: BlackBerry Acquiring WatchDox to Bolster Mobile Content Security and Enterprise Collaboration.
32. Web site: BlackBerry to Buy Crisis-Communications Software Firm AtHoc.
33. Web site: BlackBerry to Buy Good Technology Firm .
34. Web site: BLACKBERRY LAUNCHES NEW PROFESSIONAL CYBERSECURITY SERVICES PRACTICE TO EXPAND PORTFOLIO -. press.blackberry.com. 2016-03-01.
35. Web site: BlackBerry to Acquire Cylance for $1.4 Billion in Cash SecurityWeek.Com. securityweek.com. 16 November 2018 . en. 2018-11-17.