developer tools M&A
411 developer tools acquisitions by 77 buyers in our database. Microsoft is the most active, with 69 deals. Dev tooling, cloud infrastructure, databases, DevOps and APIs.
Deals per year
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Dated deals we can source. Earlier years may be incomplete.
Most active acquirers
- #1MicrosoftStrategic · 69 deals · last Jan 2023
- #2IBMStrategic · 58 deals · last Oct 2025
- #3CiscoStrategic · 43 deals · last Nov 2020
- #4Alphabet (Google)Strategic · 35 deals · last Nov 2024
- #5OracleStrategic · 26 deals · last Nov 2018
72 more acquirers buy developer tools companies. Full access shows the complete ranking with each buyer's contacts and deal playbook.
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