IBM
Investments
15Portfolio Exits
28Partners & Customers
10Service Providers
3About IBM
IBM (NYSE: IBM) manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
IBM Headquarter Location
1 New Orchard Road
Armonk, New York, 10504,
United States
914-499-1900
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IBM Investments
15 Investments
IBM has made 15 investments. Their latest investment was in Harris-Stowe State University as part of their Grant on January 1, 2021.
IBM Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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1/5/2021 | Grant | Harris-Stowe State University | $2M | Yes | 7 | |
5/21/2020 | Corporate Minority | we.trade | Yes | 3 | ||
3/9/2020 | Series D | Lightbend | $19M | No | 2 | |
2/13/2020 | Corporate Minority - II | |||||
10/14/2019 | Grant - VI |
Date | 1/5/2021 | 5/21/2020 | 3/9/2020 | 2/13/2020 | 10/14/2019 |
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Round | Grant | Corporate Minority | Series D | Corporate Minority - II | Grant - VI |
Company | Harris-Stowe State University | we.trade | Lightbend | ||
Amount | $2M | $19M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 7 | 3 | 2 |
IBM Portfolio Exits
28 Portfolio Exits
IBM has 28 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was IBM - Watson Health Healthcare Data and Analytics on January 21, 2022.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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1/21/2022 | Divestiture | IBM - Watson Health Healthcare Data and Analytics | 1 | ||
1/21/2022 | Divestiture | 5 | |||
1/4/2022 | Divestiture | 1 | |||
Date | 1/21/2022 | 1/21/2022 | 1/4/2022 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Divestiture | Divestiture | Divestiture | ||
Companies | IBM - Watson Health Healthcare Data and Analytics | ||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 1 | 5 | 1 |
IBM Acquisitions
201 Acquisitions
IBM acquired 201 companies. Their latest acquisition was Neudesic on February 15, 2022.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/15/2022 | Acquired | 7 | ||||
2/1/2022 | Acquired | 13 | ||||
1/11/2022 | Acquired | 25 | ||||
11/30/2021 | ||||||
11/2/2021 | Series A |
IBM Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
IBM has 10 strategic partners and customers. IBM recently partnered with Amazon Web Services on May 5, 2022.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/11/2022 | Partner | United States | IBM (IBM) Signs Strategic Deal With Amazon (AMZN) Web Services IBM announced that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with the Amazon Web Services operations of Amazon.com , Inc. with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalog as Software-as-a-Service on AWS . | 2 | |
5/11/2022 | Partner | United States | FalconStor Software , Inc. , the trusted data protection software leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup operations for the hybrid cloud world , today announced a new strategic relationship with IBM to provide jointly-validated solutions for IBM , designed to help enterprise customers and managed services providers with their cloud migration and cloud-enabled backup needs . | 3 | |
5/11/2022 | Partner | United States | ARMONK , N.Y. , May 11 , 2022 / PRNewswire / -- IBM today announced that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services , Inc. , with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalog as Software-as-a-Service on Amazon Web Services , Inc. . | 2 | |
5/10/2022 | Partner | ||||
5/9/2022 | Client |
Date | 5/11/2022 | 5/11/2022 | 5/11/2022 | 5/10/2022 | 5/9/2022 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Partner | Client |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | United States | United States | United States | ||
News Snippet | IBM (IBM) Signs Strategic Deal With Amazon (AMZN) Web Services IBM announced that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with the Amazon Web Services operations of Amazon.com , Inc. with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalog as Software-as-a-Service on AWS . | FalconStor Software , Inc. , the trusted data protection software leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup operations for the hybrid cloud world , today announced a new strategic relationship with IBM to provide jointly-validated solutions for IBM , designed to help enterprise customers and managed services providers with their cloud migration and cloud-enabled backup needs . | ARMONK , N.Y. , May 11 , 2022 / PRNewswire / -- IBM today announced that it has signed a Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services , Inc. , with plans to offer a broad array of its software catalog as Software-as-a-Service on Amazon Web Services , Inc. . | ||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 2 |
IBM Service Providers
6 Service Providers
IBM has 6 service provider relationships
Service Provider | Associated Rounds | Provider Type | Service Type |
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Acq - P2P, Acquired Unit, and Acquired | Investment Bank | Financial Advisor | |
Service Provider | |||
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Associated Rounds | Acq - P2P, Acquired Unit, and Acquired | ||
Provider Type | Investment Bank | ||
Service Type | Financial Advisor |
Partnership data by VentureSource
IBM Team
362 Team Members
IBM has 362 team members, including current Chief Technology Officer, Samuel Antoun.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
---|---|---|---|
M. J. Aravind | Artiman Ventures, Compaq, Xerox, and DCM Shriram | Founder | Current |
Keith Bear | Founder | Current | |
Robert Howe | Founder | Current | |
Venkat Tadanki | Secova eServices, PepsiCo, and ITC | Founder | Current |
Samuel Antoun | IBM - Watson Health, PwC, and KeyCorp | Chief Technology Officer | Current |
Name | M. J. Aravind | Keith Bear | Robert Howe | Venkat Tadanki | Samuel Antoun |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Work History | Artiman Ventures, Compaq, Xerox, and DCM Shriram | Secova eServices, PepsiCo, and ITC | IBM - Watson Health, PwC, and KeyCorp | ||
Title | Founder | Founder | Founder | Founder | Chief Technology Officer |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
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