About This Deal

Adobe acquired Efficient Frontier for $374.7 million, a transaction completed in January 2012.

Efficient Frontier operates in Digital Marketing / Digital Experience. Efficient Frontier was a multi-channel digital ad buying and optimization company acquired in the first quarter of fiscal 2012. Adobe later rebranded it as Adobe AdLens, part of the Adobe Media Optimizer solution.

Adobe stated that the acquisition of Efficient Frontier in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 helped drive Adobe Marketing Cloud revenue growth during the year, and it was integrated into the Digital Marketing segment and rebranded as Adobe AdLens.

Deal Terms

Acquirer
Adobe
Target
Efficient Frontier
Value
$374.7 million
Date
January 2012
Type
Full acquisition
Status
Ready

Transaction Details

Segment
Digital Marketing / Digital Experience
Closed
January 1, 2012

Advisors

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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