Adobe Inc. is a diversified software company headquartered in San Jose, California, that offers a comprehensive suite of digital media and marketing solutions. Its primary business segments include Digital Media, which provides tools like Creative Cloud for content creation and collaboration, and Digital Experience, which delivers solutions for managing and optimizing customer interactions across various channels. Adobe's products serve a wide range of users, including creative professionals, marketers, and enterprises, enabling them to create, publish, and measure digital content effectively. The company’s offerings encompass popular software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, as well as comprehensive marketing solutions. Additionally, Adobe’s Publishing segment addresses specific publishing needs, contributing a small portion to its revenue. As a global leader in digital marketing and media, Adobe caters to both enterprise clients and individual users through direct sales, app stores, and a network of partners. Founded in 1982, Adobe has established itself as a key player in the digital landscape, continuously evolving its services to meet the needs of its diverse customer base.
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
David Wadhwani
Chief Business Officer, Executive Vice President and President, Digital Media Business
Brett Wilson
VP and General Manager, Advertising
Past deals in Publishing
ContentCal
Acquisition in 2021
ContentCal allows users to collaborate, share, plan and publish content to drive engagement on social media. Features include tracking performance, creating reports, and getting insight into what works on various channels.
Gigya
Series F in 2014
Gigya, Inc. offers a customer identity management platform that assists businesses in transforming unknown site visitors into engaged, loyal customers. The platform allows brands to collect and manage customer identities at scale, enabling the creation of personalized experiences that fuel growth and enhance customer relationships. By providing tools for driving registrations and managing customer data, Gigya improves cross-channel user experiences. Additionally, it supplies developers with APIs for secure registration, authentication, profile management, data analytics, and third-party integrations. The platform is designed to accommodate social identities, mobile devices, and modern marketing needs. Gigya serves a diverse clientele across industries such as e-commerce, media, publishing, and travel, with more than 700 leading organizations relying on its technology to foster identity-driven relationships. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Gigya operates as a subsidiary of hybris AG since November 2017.
Frame Technology
Acquisition in 1995
Frame Technology Corporation is engaged in the development, marketing, and support of writing and publishing software for the creation and distribution of critical business and technical documents.
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.
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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