- notes
- {"status": "Acquired", "acquirer": "Google Inc.", "announcement_date": "2015-02-04", "deal_terms_disclosed": false, "deal_value_usd": null, "classification": "Acqui-hire (per Tracxn)", "immediate_post_deal_actions": ["Launchpad Toys digital toys and tools made free", "Toontastic previously paid app made free; in-app playsets made free", "ToonTube community shut down; parents asked to download children's videos by 2015-03-04"], "post_acquisition_products": [{"product": "Toontastic 3D", "owner": "Google", "initial_release": "2017-01-11", "notes": "Successor app developed after acquisition; removed from iOS App Store in 2022 per Wikipedia.", "source_urls": ["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toontastic_3D"]}], "legal_entity_status": "San Francisco business registration for Launchpad Toys Inc ended 2019-06-30.", "source_urls": ["https://venturebeat.com/mobile/google-buys-launchpad-toys-a-startup-with-an-augmented-reality-app-for-kids/", "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-04/google-acquires-launchpad-toys-amid-push-into-kids-technology", "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-acquires-toontastic-for-tike-friendly-tinkering/", "https://9to5google.com/2015/02/04/google-launchpad-toys-toontastic/", "http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/05/google-launchpad-toys-youtube-for-kids", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/launchpadtoys/__1apyWjVKADIErNsZvLf7eRfaJWIcBhQIM4uA3zxIlAc", "https://opengovus.com/san-francisco-business/0452492-01-002"]}
- source urls
- ["http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/05/google-launchpad-toys-youtube-for-kids", "https://9to5google.com/2015/02/04/google-launchpad-toys-toontastic/", "https://opengovus.com/san-francisco-business/0452492-01-002", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/launchpadtoys/__1apyWjVKADIErNsZvLf7eRfaJWIcBhQIM4uA3zxIlAc", "https://venturebeat.com/mobile/google-buys-launchpad-toys-a-startup-with-an-augmented-reality-app-for-kids/", "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-04/google-acquires-launchpad-toys-amid-push-into-kids-technology", "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/google-acquires-toontastic-for-tike-friendly-tinkering/"]