About This Deal

Microsoft Corporation acquired SyntaxTree, a transaction announced in July 2014.

SyntaxTree operates in Developer Division (Visual Studio / game development). SyntaxTree created UnityVS, a plugin that let developers using the Unity cross-platform game engine author, browse, and debug their code inside Visual Studio. Microsoft acquired it to integrate Unity support more deeply into Visual Studio and strengthen the tooling for game developers (later shipped as Visual Studio Tools for Unity).

Deepen Visual Studio's support for Unity game developers and offer the UnityVS plugin capability broadly.

Deal Terms

Acquirer
Microsoft Corporation
Target
SyntaxTree
Value
Not disclosed
Date
July 2014
Type
Acquisition
Status
Official-source — no SEC filing

Transaction Details

Segment
Developer Division (Visual Studio / game development)
Announced
July 2, 2014

Advisors

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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