Acacia Research invests in undervalued businesses with a primary focus on mature technology, healthcare, industrial, business services, and certain financial services segments. Acacia Research pursues opportunities for value creation that leverage its significant capital resources as well as its expertise in corporate governance and operational restructuring.
Location: United States, California, Irvine
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $225M
Founded date: 1993
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Baker Capi... | bakercapit... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.02.2012 | - | $225M | - |
Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.12.2021 | Acacia Research Corporation announces an Equity Buyback for $15 million worth of its shares. | Acacia Research Corporation (NasdaqGS:ACTG) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to $15 million worth of its common stock. The stock repurchase program is valid through December 6, 2022. |
| 16.11.2021 | Acacia Research : Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results - Form 8-K | Acacia Research Reports Third Quarter 2021 Financial Results Company Recognizes Substantial Realized and Unrealized Gain from Oxford Nanopore IPO New York, NY, November 15, 2021 - Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) today reported re... |
| 01.11.2021 | Intellectual property tech company Acacia Research reportedly seeks to buy Comtech Telecommunications for $790 million in cash | Acacia Research Corp, a California-based tech company that partners with patent owners including inventors and universities to license patents that are infringed, has made a $790 million cash offer to acquire Comtech Telecommunications Corp... |
| 18.02.2018 | Bitzumi Receives $1M Investment from Acacia Research | Bitzumi, Inc., a Newport Beach, Calif.-based company developing solutions in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries, received an initial $1m equity investment. Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG) made the investment. Co-founded... |
| 14.02.2018 | Acacia Research Makes Move Into Blockchain, Invests In Bitzumi | Newport Beach-based patent licensing firm Acacia Research has made its first move into the blockchain and cryptocurrency market, saying this morning that it has made an investment in New York-based Bitzumi. According to Acacia, it invested ... |
| 11.10.2017 | Robot-enabled pizza startup raises $48m Series B, bucking decline in restaurant tech | Zume Pizza, a pizza delivery company with a robot for a chef, has raised a $48 million Series B round according to a SEC filing. The Mountain View, California company has not released its cast of investors in this round, but previous invest... |
| 11.10.2017 | Robot-Enabled Pizza Startup Raises $48m Series B Bucking Decline in Restaurant Tech | Zume Pizza, a pizza delivery company with a robot for a chef, has raised a $48 million Series B round according to a SEC filing. The Mountain View, CA company has not released its cast of investors in this round, but previous investors incl... |
| 21.04.2017 | Patent-holding company uses ex-Nokia patents to sue Apple, phone carriers | Enlarge / Headquarters of Finnish telecom equipment group Nokia. Getty Images / RONI REKOMAA / Stringer reader comments 52 with 45 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit The largest publicl... |
| 06.10.2016 | Court Agrees with Apple to Delay the Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture Infringement Case until 2017 Categories Search | Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture is suing Apple. The company is under the Acacia Research Corporation's umbrella – a company referred to as the Mother of all Patent Trolls. Another subsidiary of Acacia Research known as Cellular Commun... |
| 20.09.2016 | Patent enforcement company slams Apple with $22M verdict after East Texas trial | Enlarge Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 51 with 39 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Acacia Research Corporation, the largest publicly traded patent-assertion en... |
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