Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global leader in software solutions, primarily focused on digital media, digital marketing, and document management. The company operates through three main segments: Digital Media, which provides tools for content creation and management, including its flagship Creative Cloud subscription service; Digital Experience, which offers marketing solutions for managing customer interactions; and Publishing, which serves legacy publishing needs. Adobe's products, such as Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat, enable users to create, publish, and optimize digital content across various platforms and devices. The company also supports innovation through Adobe Ventures, its investment arm, which funds emerging companies that leverage Adobe technologies. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe distributes its products directly to enterprise customers and end-users through its website and various retail channels.

Will Allen

VP, Product

Malte Bernholz

Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy

Paul Burnett

Principal APAC Evangelist

Hannah Elaskr

Vice President of Corporate Development, Direct Investing and M&A

Hannah Elsakr

Vice President, Chief of Staff to the CEO and Head of M&A Integration and Board President, Adobe Foundation

Vijay Vachani

Senior Director, Head of Platform, Ecosystem and International

Past deals in Photo Software

Truepic

Series B in 2021
Truepic, Inc. is an image authentication platform based in La Jolla, California, founded in 2014. The company specializes in verifying images and videos, serving various sectors including insurance, property management, beauty, health and wellness, online sales, and journalism. Truepic has developed pioneering "controlled capture" technology that ensures the verifiable origin, contents, and metadata of visual media. This technology enhances the authenticity of photos and videos, addressing the growing concerns around disinformation. Additionally, Truepic employs advanced image forensics to assist clients in assessing the trustworthiness of traditional visual content. The company's mission focuses on promoting the value of authentic media while combating deceptive imagery, thereby fostering trust in visual communications.
Opulence Images specialize in creating organic lifestyle images that tell the story of your brand & Integrates the product seamlessly.

Allegorithmic

Acquisition in 2019
Allegorithmic SAS specializes in the development of technologies for creating 3D content, focusing on solutions for texturing 3D assets. The company offers a suite of products under the Substance brand, which includes Substance Designer for material authoring, Substance Painter for 3D painting, and tools for generating materials from images. Additionally, Allegorithmic provides platforms such as Substance Source and Substance Share for accessing and exchanging PBR materials. Serving a diverse range of industries including video games, animation, visual effects, automotive, architecture, and design, Allegorithmic's tools are designed to enhance efficiency in content production. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France, the company has expanded its presence globally with offices in several countries. Allegorithmic operates as a subsidiary of Adobe Inc. since 2019, continuing to innovate in the realm of digital content creation.

KyleBrush

Acquisition in 2017
KyleBrush is a provider of digital brushes designed for Adobe's Creative Cloud tools, catering to creative professionals, designers, and developers. The company specializes in offering innovative creative tools that enhance the capabilities of users within the Adobe ecosystem. By delivering high-quality brushes, KyleBrush supports various content creation needs across multiple platforms and devices, enabling users to create, manage, and engage with their digital content effectively.

Mixamo

Acquisition in 2015
Mixamo, Inc. is a web-based platform that specializes in 3D character creation, rigging, and animation, aimed at professionals in the 3D design and gaming industries. Founded in Silicon Valley, the company provides a suite of tools that includes Adobe Fuse CC for modular character creation, a searchable store of 3D characters, and an automatic online rigging tool known as Auto-Rigger. Additionally, it offers Control Rig Scripts to streamline animation processes, a range of 3D animations, and a plugin called Face Plus for capturing facial expressions. Mixamo's services cater to a diverse clientele, from individual artists to indie developers and major studios, enabling them to produce high-quality animated characters quickly. The platform has gained significant traction, attracting thousands of paying customers and generating substantial monthly traffic with users downloading numerous assets and rigging a significant number of characters. Mixamo, incorporated in 2008 and based in San Francisco, operates as a subsidiary of Adobe Systems Incorporated since 2015.

Fotolia

Acquisition in 2014
Fotolia is an online marketplace specializing in royalty-free images, vectors, illustrations, and video footage. Founded in 2005 and based in New York City, it operates a crowdsourced library where a community of artists, graphic designers, and agencies contribute content. The platform features an international team of moderators who validate submissions to ensure high quality. Contributing artists earn commissions when their works are purchased, making it a collaborative environment for creators. Fotolia's extensive collection is accessible globally, with services available in 15 languages across 23 regions, allowing users to utilize images without time limits for various design projects or documents.

Aviary

Acquisition in 2014
Aviary is a photo-editing platform headquartered in New York City that aims to foster creative expression through its innovative tools. Founded in 2007, the platform offers a user-friendly editing experience and a diverse collection of creative content, including custom photo filters, frames, graphics, and overlays. Aviary's services are available on multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows, and HTML5, and it powers numerous mobile applications. The company provides a free software development kit (SDK) that allows developers to integrate its customizable photo editor into their applications. With billions of images edited using its tools, Aviary serves both everyday content creators and professional photographers, making high-quality photo editing accessible to a global audience. The company has garnered over $19 million in funding from prominent investors, reflecting its significant impact in the creative software sector.

IRIDAS

Acquisition in 2011
IRIDAS is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 2011.

Day Software

Acquisition in 2010
Day Software, founded in Basel, Switzerland, in 1993, specializes in web experience management and the development of content management solutions for global companies. The company focuses on enabling clients to launch and manage multi-lingual internet initiatives effectively. Day Software's offerings are marketed and delivered through collaborations with system integrators and consultants, alongside its own direct sales efforts. This approach allows the company to cater to diverse client needs while maintaining a strong presence in the digital content management landscape.

YaWah

Acquisition in 2008
YaWah is an Adobe Group Company and its products are now part of the Adobe Scene7 product family. YaWah provided imaging software.

Scene7

Acquisition in 2007
Adobe [acquired](http://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/8df47bafeccc8db6c9830dc69df1e5a3) Scene7 in May 2007 and now offers Scene7 as one of its products. Scene7 – provider of the leading on-demand rich media platform – enables companies to grow revenues, enhance customer experience and cut production costs. With Scene7, businesses can improve the entire selling and marketing cycle – from attracting customers, to guiding them to the right products and services, to successfully converting them into loyal buyers. The company offers rich media solutions built on a robust, integrated technology platform – for unrivaled breadth, depth, scalability and ease of ongoing rich media use. Adobe acquired Scene7 in May 2007.

scanR

Series B in 2007
scanR, Inc. develops handset applications that allow camera phone or digital camera to scan, copy, and fax documents. The company provides scanR service, which produces copies of documents, whiteboards, and business cards; extracts text information; and creates a PDF file, electronic contact, or fax. scanR also offers Office Files (beta) product that allows to upload office files through the uploader in its Web site and enable to read those files on mobile phones, as well as supports Excel, Word, Powerpoint, pdf, WordPerfect, rtf, and csv file formats. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Serious Magic

Acquisition in 2006
Developer of video and communication software. The company's products provide functionalities like - improving the quality of footage on location while capturing directly to a PC; creating realistic background composites; bringing broadcast quality effects and transitions to PowerPoint presentations; creating video blogs and assisting in video production.

Pixmantec

Acquisition in 2006
Pixmantec develops digital imaging software.

Macromedia

Acquisition in 2005
Macromedia was a North American graphics and Web development software house headquartered in San Francisco, California producing such products as Macromedia Flash. The line of Macromedia products is now controlled by its former rival, Adobe Systems, which acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005.

Above All Software

Series B in 2004
Above All Software (formerly BAM Software) is pioneering point-and-click software that enables the rapid assembly of composite applications that are based on existing information resources such as enterprise applications, legacy systems and database procedures. With no programming and no changes to existing systems, both business and technical users can assemble solutions that integrate critical business functions like sales, finance and manufacturing.

Syntrillium Software

Acquisition in 2003
Syntrillium Software Corporation, founded in 1995 and based in Scottsdale, Arizona, specializes in designing and developing software products for sound and visual effects. The company is known for its digital audio workstation, which includes features such as multitrack, waveform, and spectral display, allowing users to create, mix, edit, and restore audio content. Notable products include Cool Edit 2000 and Cool Edit Pro, which are used for recording, editing, and mixing music, as well as Loop CD Sets and Red Rover. Syntrillium aims to provide tools that enhance the audio production process for its customers.

Above All Software

Series A in 2002
Above All Software (formerly BAM Software) is pioneering point-and-click software that enables the rapid assembly of composite applications that are based on existing information resources such as enterprise applications, legacy systems and database procedures. With no programming and no changes to existing systems, both business and technical users can assemble solutions that integrate critical business functions like sales, finance and manufacturing.

Fotiva

Acquisition in 2001
Fotiva provides software and information that enables consumers to use digital cameras.

Shutterfly

Series B in 2000
Shutterfly is a company that specializes in manufacturing and retailing personalized products, primarily serving customers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It operates through three main segments: Shutterfly Consumer, Lifetouch, and Shutterfly Business Solutions. The Shutterfly Consumer segment offers a variety of customized items, including photo books, greeting cards, stationery, personalized gifts, and home décor products. It also provides services for renting photographic and video equipment. The Lifetouch segment focuses on photography services for educational institutions, retail stores, and community organizations, operating around 400 retail studios. Meanwhile, Shutterfly Business Solutions delivers direct marketing services and inventory-free printing solutions. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Shutterfly aims to help individuals preserve and share their life events and everyday moments through its diverse range of products and services.

DigiDox

Acquisition in 1997
DigiDox is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1997.

HyWay Ferranti

Acquisition in 1997
HyWay Ferranti is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1997.

Photoshop

Acquisition in 1995
Photoshop.com is the online complement to Adobe's family of Photoshop software. Photoshop is the world’s best imaging and design app is at the core of almost every creative project. Work across desktop and mobile devices to create and enhance your photographs, web and mobile app designs, 3D artwork, videos, and more.

Aldus Corp

Acquisition in 1994
Aldus Corporation, named after the 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius, was the inventor of the groundbreaking PageMaker software, a program that is generally credited with creating the desktop publishing (DTP) field. The company was founded by Jeremy Jaech, Mark Sundstrom, Mike Templeman, Dave Walter, and chairman Paul Brainerd.[1] Aldus Corporation was based in Seattle, Washington.

OCR Systems

Acquisition in 1992
OCR Systems is a company that was acquired by Adobe Systems in 1992.

Emerald City Software

Acquisition in 1990
Emerald City Software develops and publishes PostScript language typographic products and development tools, among them the TypeAlign type styling program, the Smart Art collection of four volumes of PostScript typographic and graphic effects, and the Displaytalk, NeXT, Lasertalk Mac and Lasertalk PC PostScript development products.
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