Provided as a non-comprehensive overview of over 100 key and publicly announced eDiscovery related mergers, acquisitions and investments since 2002, the following listing highlights key industry activities through the lens of announcement date, acquired company, acquiring or investing company and acquisition amount (if known).
Updated 6/11//13
| Date | Acquired | Acquirer (Investor) | Amount |
| 6/11/13 | Modus eDiscovery (Investment) | Herbert Management Corporation and Azalea Capital (Investment) | $10M |
| 5/16/13 | UBIC Inc. (Investment) | Initial Public Offering – NASDAQ (Investment) | $104.5M (Estimate) |
| 4/4/13 | Taylor Woodings | FTI Consulting | |
| 3/18/13 | Altep, Inc. (Merger) | eLitigation Solutions (Merger) | |
| 3/15/13 | AccessData (Investment) | Sorensen Capital | $20M (Equity Trade) |
| 3/15/13 | AccessData (Investment) | Silicon Valley Bank | $20M (Structured Debt) |
| 3/14/13 | Wolters Kluwer (25% Minority Interest in AccessData) | AccessData | Divestiture |
| 3/6/13 | Resonate KT | OpenText | |
| 3/4/13 | eDirect Impact LLC (Merger) | Elijah Ltd. (Merger) | |
| 2/19/13 | First to File | CPA Global (Cinven) | |
| 2/6/13 | Preferred Imaging | Quantum Discovery | |
| 12/19/12 | StoredIQ | IBM | |
| 11/29/12 | Fios, Inc. | DTI | |
| 11/28/12 | IdeaPlan Ltd. | Workshare (SkyDox Ltd.) | |
| 11/1/12 | Peritia Data Discovery | Elite Document Technology | |
| 10/19/12 | Flash Discovery | Xact Data Discovery | |
| 10/9/12 | iEnvision Technology | Duff & Phelps | |
| 10/5/12 | Digital Reef | TransPerfect | |
| 9/18/12 | Providus | DTI | |
| 9/17/12 | Arkovi Backups | RegEd | |
| 9/13/12 | Market Counsel (MailBanc Messaging Unit) | Global Relay | |
| 9/11/12 | Workshare | SkyDox Ltd. | |
| 8/6/12 | StoredIQ (Investment) | Private (12 Investors) | |
| 8/2/12 | On Target Litigation Solutions | D4, LLC | |
| 8/1/12 | K&B Document Technologies | XACT Data Discovery | |
| 7/19/12 | OrcaTec (Investment) | Mark Hawn | |
| 7/2/12 | Lateral Data | Xerox | $30M |
| 6/26/12 | AdamsGrayson | Huron Consulting Group | $31.5M |
| 6/25/12 | IE Discovery | Deloitte Financial Services | |
| 6/13/12 | Black Letter Discovery | Trustpoint International | |
| 6/13/12 | Data Forte | Document Technologies, Inc. | |
| 6/12/12 | Ascertus | Huron Legal | |
| 6/6/12 | Landmark Legal Solutions | Flex Discovery | |
| 6/4/12 | Sanction Solutions | LexisNexis | |
| 5/29/12 | Sight, Sound & Selection | SuperiorGlacier | |
| 5/23/12 | Intelligent Discovery Management (IDM) | SuperiorGlacier | |
| 5/16/12 | Equivalent Data (Investment) | Trinity Hunt | |
| 5/15/12 | N-Tier Discovery | RVM Enterprises, Inc. | |
| 5/10/12 | Excelerate (Merger) | TrustPoint International (Merger) | |
| 5/1/12 | EasyLink | OpenText | $310M |
| 4/18/12 | Omega Legal Technologies | Aderant | |
| 4/10/12 | Catalyst Repository Systems (Investment) | FTV Capital | $37M |
| 4/6/12 | CRG | TransPerfect Legal Solutions | |
| 3/28/12 | Ediscover-e | RVM | |
| 3/20/12 | DLR Legal | First Advantage Litigation Consulting | |
| 3/19/12 | ISYS Search | Lexmark | $35M |
| 3/19/12 | Nolij | Lexmark | $35M |
| 3/15/12 | Detroit Legal Imaging | D4, LLC | |
| 3/14/12 | Caselawg | Navigant | |
| 3/13/12 | Applied Technology Group LLC | Aderant | |
| 3/6/12 | Ivize (Merger) | Modus, LLC | |
| 3/6/12 | Modus, LLC | Azalea Capital | |
| 2/13/12 | Aptara | iEnergizer Limited | |
| 2/7/12 | CaseCentral | Guidance Software | $17.1M |
| 1/20/12 | NextPage | ProofPoint | |
| 1/18/12 | CPA Global | Cinven | $1.45B |
| 1/16/12 | LiveOffice | Symantec | $115M |
| 1/6/12 | AppliedDiscovery | Sirus Capital | $95M |
| 12/28/11 | De Novo Legal | Epiq Systems | |
| 12/2/11 | Document Technologies, Inc. (Recapitalization) | Harvest Partners | |
| 10/26/11 | e-Docuplus | Flex Discovery | |
| 10/12/11 | RiverGlass | Allen Systems Group (ASG) | $68M |
| 9/30/11 | LDiscovery (Recapitalization) | Westview Capital Parters | |
| 9/8/11 | Firefly Dataworks | iControl ESI | |
| 9/1/11 | CP Document Technologies | Advanced Discovery Services | |
| 9/1/11 | Bridge City Legal | DTI, Inc. | |
| 8/18/11 | Autonomy | HP | $11.7B |
| 7/25/11 | ACT Litigation Services | DiscoverReady | $65M |
| 7/19/11 | Ignited Discovery | Navigant | |
| 6/25/11 | United Lex (Investment) | Sequoia Capital, Helion Venture Partners, Canaan Partners | $17M |
| 6/9/11 | eDiscovery Forensics | McCann Investigations | |
| 6/7/11 | Prodiance | Microsoft | |
| 5/31/11 | Cataphora | E&Y | |
| 5/19/11 | Clearwell Systems | Symantec | $390M |
| 5/17/11 | Nuix (Investment) | Maquarie Capital Group | |
| 5/16/11 | Iron Mountain | Autonomy | $380M |
| 4/4/11 | Encore Discovery Solutions | Epic Systems | $100M |
| 4/1/11 | LECG Legal Technology Practice | Huron Consulting Group | |
| 3/22/11 | Vertica Systems | HP | |
| 1/31/11 | iFramework | Wave Software | |
| 12/23/10 | First Advange | Symphony Technology Group | $265M |
| 12/18/10 | Pangea3 | Thomson Reuters | |
| 12/7/10 | Unlimited Discovery Group | DTI, Inc. | |
| 12/6/10 | Capitol Discovery Services | Iris Data Services | |
| 11/4/10 | Trilantic International | Huron Consulting Group | |
| 10/13/10 | PSS Systems | IBM | $65M |
| 10/5/10 | Serengeti Law | Thomson Reuters | |
| 9/30/10 | Stroz Friedberg (Investment) | New Mountain Capital Group | $115 |
| 9/20/10 | Daticon EED | DTI, Inc. | |
| 7/13/10 | CaseLogistix | Thomson Reuters | |
| 6/29/10 | Daegis | Unify Corporation | $37.5M |
| 6/9/10 | CA (Information Governance) | Autonomy | |
| 6/7/10 | Kroll | Altegrity | $1.13B |
| 5/10/10 | Tableau LLC | Guidance Software | $12.3M |
| 5/9/10 | CT Summation | AccessData | |
| 5/4/10 | American Data Services | Advanced Discovery Services | |
| 4/26/10 | Inference Data | DOAR Litigation Consulting | |
| 2/22/10 | Mimosa Systems | Iron Mountain | $112M |
| 1/14/10 | Array Technology Group LLC | U.S. Legal Support | |
| 11/6/09 | DiscoverReady | Dolan Media | |
| 10/1/09 | Anacomp (France) | Techtrek Limited | |
| 9/1/09 | Kazeon Systems | EMC | |
| 8/1/09 | Digital Mandate | RenewData | |
| 5/5/09 | InBoxer | Safecore | |
| 4/16/09 | AXS-One | Unify Corporation | $8M |
| 4/5/09 | Anacomp (UK) | Formscan | |
| 2/10/09 | Black Letter Discovery | Callidus Holdings | |
| 2/5/09 | ONSITE3 | Integreon | |
| 1/22/09 | Interwoven | Autonomy | $775M |
| 1/5/09 | Orchestria | CA | |
| 11/17/08 | MessageLabs | Symantec | |
| 8/29/08 | Access Litigation | Edmond Scientific | |
| 7/24/08 | Discovery Mining | Interwoven | |
| 7/8/08 | Daticon | Electronic Evidence Discovery | |
| 6/24/08 | Fortiva | Proofpoint | |
| 6/10/08 | Attenex (Merger) | FTI Consulting | $88M |
| 6/3/08 | Datum Legal | Integreon | |
| 6/2/08 | Midnight Run | Orange Legal Technologies | |
| 3/31/08 | Tower Software | HP | |
| 1/14/08 | Barrasso Consulting | Deloitte | |
| 12/6/07 | MetaLINCS | Seagate Technology | |
| 12/3/07 | Vontu | Symantec | $350M |
| 10/31/07 | Stratify | Iron Mountain | $158M |
| 9/18/07 | TrialGraphix | Kroll Ontrack | |
| 7/3/07 | ZANTAZ | Autonomy | $375M |
| 5/31/07 | Syngence | Private Investment Group | |
| 5/30/07 | CaseLogistix | Anacomp | |
| 3/1/07 | Lextranet | Merrill Corporation | |
| 11/20/06 | Engenium | Kroll Ontrack | |
| 10/6/06 | CaseData | Oce Business Services | |
| 9/28/06 | LiveNote | Thomson | |
| 9/18/06 | Whitmont Legal Technologies | Techbooks | |
| 8/10/06 | FileNet | IBM | $1.6B |
| 8/1/06 | Document Review Consulting Services | Huron Consulting Group | |
| 8/1/06 | Aaxis Technologies | Huron Consulting Group | |
| 7/24/06 | Dataflight | LexisNexis | |
| 7/24/06 | CaseSoft | LexisNexis | |
| 7/12/06 | D-M Information Systems | Esquire Litigation Solutons | |
| 7/9/06 | MDY Group | CA | |
| 6/14/06 | Amici | Xerox | $174M |
| 5/25/06 | SPI Tech | ePLDT | |
| 4/4/06 | Ibis Consulting | Pitney Bowes | $67M |
| 1/31/06 | Ibas | Kroll Ontrack | $45M |
| 1/24/06 | Bowne | Integreon | |
| 1/18/06 | Daticon | Xiotech | |
| 11/17/05 | nMatrix | Epiq Systems | $125 |
| 10/17/05 | Ilumin | CA | |
| 7/1/05 | RealLegal Litigation Technology Division | LiveNote, Inc. | |
| 6/10/05 | Niku | Computer Associates | $350M |
| 2/23/05 | Ringtail Solutions Group | FTI Consulting | $35M |
| 12/16/04 | VERITAS Software | Symantec | $13.5B |
| 12/1/04 | Summation Legal Technologies | Wolters Kluwer | |
| 5/18/04 | Kroll | Marsh & McLennan | |
| 2/24/04 | KVS | VERITAS Software | $225M |
| 7/11/03 | Applied Discovery | LexisNexis | $95M |
| 4/2/02 | ONTRACK Data International | Kroll | $121M |
| 11/5/01 | CourtLink | LexisNexis |
Source: Publicly Available Research/Press Releases
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