Twitter Bought As Many Companies As Cisco In 2012

2012 was the biggest year for private tech company acquisitions since 2009.

And Twitter was totally up in it.

A new report from research firm PrivCo reveals the details.

VentureBeat got a sneak peek of the 400-page report on mergers and acquisitions of private tech companies that PrivCo will be releasing on February 14.

Here’s the gist: in 2012, 2,357 private technology companies were bought for a combined total of $84 billion, which is up 22% from 2011.

But even more surprising is who is doing the buying.

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