The five most valuable American technology companies have enough money to buy any startup at virtually any price. But although they have the means, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook have not been especially acquisitive this year.Â
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Among them, the companies have made just 12 disclosed purchases of private, venture-backed companies this year, according to an analysis of Crunchbase M&A data.* Of those deals, only two had reported purchase prices, adding up to just $515 million. Most of that came from a single transaction: Microsoft’s $500 million purchase of security provider RiskIQ.
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