https://brandtree.org/company/meta-platformsAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Meta.https://brandtree.org/deal/shutterstock-acquires-giphy-2023https://brandtree.org/deal/shutterstock-acquires-giphy-2023Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTMeta sold Giphy to Shutterstock for a reported $53 million, about a sixth of what it had paid three years earlier, to comply with the divestiture ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority.https://brandtree.org/deal/meta-acquires-giphy-2020https://brandtree.org/deal/meta-acquires-giphy-2020Fri, 15 May 2020 00:00:00 GMTMeta acquired Giphy for a reported $315 million without notifying the British competition regulator in advance, which it was not required to do. The Competition and Markets Authority opened an inquiry after the fact and ultimately ordered the acquisition unwound.https://brandtree.org/deal/facebook-acquires-whatsapp-2014https://brandtree.org/deal/facebook-acquires-whatsapp-2014Mon, 06 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMTFacebook acquired WhatsApp for approximately $19 billion in cash and stock, the largest sum ever paid for a venture-backed company at the time. The European Commission cleared the deal in October 2014.https://brandtree.org/deal/facebook-acquires-instagram-2012https://brandtree.org/deal/facebook-acquires-instagram-2012Thu, 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00 GMTFacebook acquired Instagram, then a thirteen-person company with no revenue, for about $1 billion in cash and stock. The final consideration fell as Facebook shares declined between announcement and closing.