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As AmEx scoops up Resy, a look at its history of acquisitions

05/20/2019| 2:24:07 PM| 中文

In five of the last eleven years AmEx bought zero known companies, but it has picked up three companies according to Crunchbase data this year.

American Express (also commonly known as AmEx), a popular credit and banking company, recently announced that it purchased a company called Resy. Resy helps people get seats at restaurants, or as AmEx describes it, provides “a digital restaurant reservation booking and management platform.”

The deal might not be as big a surprise as it feels, given that the two have worked together since at least the start of 2018.

As a private company, five-year-old Resy raised a total of $45 million in its lifetime, according to its Crunchbase profile. Its investors include Lerer Hippeau, Airbnb, and Slow Ventures. Resy was co-founded by Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater, which produces food news and dining guides. The startup is primarily focused on the United States, but it also has a presence in the United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and Australia.

In a press release, AmEx said the goal of the acquisition was to enhance its ability to help cardmembers have access to “new, notable and hard to get into restaurants across the globe, as well as help restaurants’ businesses grow and thrive.” It also noted that it’s the latest buy in a string of recent purchases “in the dining, travel and lifestyle space.”

AmEx has been on a buying spree as of late. In March, we reported on its purchase of  LoungeBuddy, a former partner which helped travelers with reviews of various airport lounge areas. Also this year AmEx picked up Pocket Concierge, a firm that we wrote “helps book in-demand restaurants and is similar to OpenTable” at the time.

The following chart details American Express’s known acquisitions over the past decade, as reported by Crunchbase:

AmEx is not a company with a history of buying lots of companies. For a firm of its value ($98.3 billion as of market close today), buying a few companies a year is more than manageable. And, often, American Express hasn’t even done that. Indeed, in five of the last eleven years AmEx bought zero known companies.

AmEx has picked up three companies according to Crunchbase data this year. That’s a record, and it’s only May.

American Express Ventures has made 54 known investments, according to Crunchbase, including 13 led rounds. Unsurprisingly, the firm’s most popular startup categories to invest in are fintech, financial services, and e-commerce. AmEx puts money to work where it also plays.

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