Goal
You would like to use Amazon's acquisitions within the last five years to determine its long-term business strategy. For each acquisition, you want the name of the target company, industry, date of acquisition, and the value of the transaction, if publicly disclosed.
Early findings
- According to its Security Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, Amazon spent $1.65 billion on acquisitions in 2018.
- Some of the companies Amazon acquired in 2017 include Harvest.ai for approximately $19 million, Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion, and GameSparks for $10 million.
- In 2017, Amazon acquired ten startups, including Graphiq, Body Labs, and Blink Home.
- According to SEC filings, Amazon spent $690 million on acquisitions in 2015. Some of the companies it acquired include Annapurna Labs, Elemental Technologies, and Amiato.
- In 2014, Amazon spent $862 million on acquisitions.
Proposed next steps
There’s a lot more publicly available information on Amazon's acquisitions within the last five years (May 2014-May 2019). We recommend continuing with this project by completing this acquisition profile on Amazon. This project will be split into two requests, one covering May 2014 to December 2016, and the other covering January 2017 to May 2019. (6 hours, $150)