ANALYSIS: Google, Apple Focus M&A Activity on Tech Startup Takeovers

What is Silicon Valley buying? Looking at the top five most lucrative Silicon Valley firms, as ranked by the Fenwick – Bloomberg Law SV 150 List, Google’s parent Alphabet, Inc. is the most active in mergers and acquisitions. Apple, Inc. takes second place. For both tech giants, the acquisitions suggest a current strategy to take over a diverse variety of startups and make large strategic purchases of lines of business and intellectual property. Google’s acquisitions are a part of its effort to grow Google Cloud, while Apple seems to be on a path to bringing key components in-house so ...