20 12 it is reported that Ali group intends to buy dried shrimps, but Ali has never officially confirmed this. Ali said that the group's acquisition of Xiami.com has been completed, but the company will not comment on the purpose and amount of the transaction.
20 13, 13 In June, Ali Group made structural adjustment and set up 25 business divisions, among which the music division includes the Xiami.com team ... It is understood that Taobao and Shrimp will launch special digital music categories in the future, and the cooperation of mobile terminals is also among them. Taobao's search is not only a simple commodity and shop search function, but also cooperates with shrimp. Search for songs or artists and audition. 20 13 On April 29th, Alibaba announced that it would acquire 0/8% shares of Sina Weibo/kloc-0 for US$ 586 million, and carry out in-depth cooperation in the fields of user account interoperability, data exchange, online payment and online marketing. Based on this calculation, Sina Weibo is valued at $3.256 billion.
Sina also granted Alibaba an option to increase its fully diluted shares in Weibo company to 30% according to the pre-agreed pricing method in the future. 2013May 10, Gaode Software announced that Alibaba acquired 28% of the company's shares for US$ 294 million and became the largest shareholder. After the investment is completed, Cai Chongxin, Executive Vice Chairman of Alibaba's Board of Directors, and Wu Yongming, President of Wireless Division, serve as directors of Gaode Company.
Alibaba's investment in Gaode was interpreted by the outside world as a key move for Ali to lay out the O2O field. In fact, Ali has been plotting in the field of maps. Prior to this, Ali invested in Tintin Network, which started its map business.
Alibaba has e-commerce data, and Gao De is good at basic map data. In the words of Gao De CEO Cheng Congwu, the combination of the two is to "build a production integration service system for big data and build a basic database for the future of big data." 2065438+On June, 2004 1 1 day, Alibaba Group and UC Vision jointly announced that UC Vision was merged into Alibaba Group as a whole and established Ali UC Mobile Business Group.
UC-based Alibaba UC mobile business group will be Alibaba's new business group after Ali e-commerce business group and cloud computing big data business group. In addition to the existing UC Group business team, the business group will also integrate other related businesses and teams of Ali Group in the future, and be responsible for the construction and development of browser business, search business, LBS business, Jiuyou mobile game platform business, PP mobile application distribution business and Aishuqi mobile reading business.
According to public information, before the merger, Ali had absolute control over UC, with a holding ratio as high as 66%, and this time Ali will acquire the remaining one-third of UC. After the merger with Ali, the valuation of UC is expected to reach 5 billion US dollars. 2065438+August 15, Alibaba Group and Suning Shangyun Group Co., Ltd. announced a comprehensive strategic cooperation. Alibaba Group will invest about RMB 28 billion to participate in the non-public offering of Suning Shangyun, accounting for 65,438+09.99% of the total share capital after the offering, becoming the second largest shareholder of Suning Shangyun.
As a result, the electric business leader and the third one formally merged, and the two sides will cooperate in an all-round way in the future to provide more perfect business services for consumers in China and even the world, and lead the reform and efficiency improvement of the retail industry in China. In June 2006, Baidu acquired Qian Qian Jingting, a music client, in an attempt to create a client+online MP3 search and download mode. Unfortunately, at that time, Baidu did not effectively integrate Qian Qian Jingting with MP3 business, and the market share of Qian Qian Jingting was still being carved up by competitors. This excellent software is almost hidden in the snow.
With the rapid rise of the mobile Internet, the "veterans" of the PC market have been pulled down again. Finally, in this era of mobile Internet craze, Qian Qian Jingting has not escaped the fate of being annexed. 20 13 on may 7th, Baidu announced that it would acquire PPS video service for $370 million. According to the acquisition plan, PPS video service merged with Baidu's existing video service iQiyi. Gong Yu, founder and CEO of Aiqiyi, announced the news. The merged new Aiqiyi "will become the largest online video company in China". "We will surpass our competitors in terms of the number of users, the duration of use and the coverage, and become the absolute boss of the industry."
As for the efficiency of the integration between the two parties, iQiyi is very confident, and the timetable given is only 30 days, "opening up the advertising system and user system within 30 days".
Regarding the synergy after the merger, iQiyi seems to think very clearly. Gong Yu explained that the driving factors are mainly in three aspects: First, the market share after the merger is large enough; Secondly, the two sides are complementary. The advantages of PPS focus on B2C client and mobile client software, which can further develop mobile video. The final consideration comes from the growth of revenue.
No one will refuse the temptation of China's huge Internet market, and international giants are unwilling to act as spectators. However, it is obviously too expensive and risky to directly explore the market, and the most direct and effective means is naturally mergers and acquisitions. At this time, the objects worthy of acquisition already have a mature business model and stable income, and the acquisition behavior has become more rational. 20 13 On August 4th, Baidu announced that it had completed the acquisition of 9 1 wireless for18.5 billion dollars. 9 1 Wireless will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baidu and operate as an independent company.
9 1 Wireless is one of the main mobile application download channels in China, which is mainly engaged in the development and operation of the leading domestic smartphone application distribution platform 9 1 Assistant and Android market. In 20 12 years, the number of applications downloaded wirelessly through 9 1 exceeded 10 billion. The acquisition of 9 1 wireless is also Baidu's latest move to further strengthen the wireless Internet field, aiming to further strengthen Baidu's entry role in mobile application distribution.
Baidu's acquisition of 9 1 wireless has been interpreted countless times. 9 1 Wireless, as the largest distribution platform of app store in China, has made the app store model a hit, and pea pods, which is similar to it, has also been a hit for a while, and the price has also risen. The trend of this acquisition is that in the era of mobile Internet, the giants should hold their throats at all costs, and the entrance is life, and the application distribution platform is one of the most important entrances. After the completion of this acquisition, Baidu has already held a new ticket in the era of mobile Internet, and this acquisition has also allowed the Big Three to finally rebuild the Big Three in the field of mobile Internet, and the dispute over entry has come to an end. 2065438+On August 23rd, 2003, Baidu and Nuomi.com jointly announced that Baidu would make a strategic investment of US$ 65438+600 million in Nuomi.com, a subsidiary of Renren Company, thus completing 59% control of Mino.
According to industry insiders, the further wholly-owned acquisition after Baidu's strategic investment in glutinous rice network indicates that the glutinous rice group buying business and Baidu's core business can produce synergy. After the wholly-owned acquisition, the glutinous rice group buying business will be more deeply integrated with Baidu, including search, maps and other products and offline sales channels, or further affect the domestic group buying market structure.