# Teradyne acquires Universal Robots: acquisition

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Teradyne acquired Danish collaborative-robot maker Universal Robots for ~$285M net of cash plus up to $65M earnout (2015), the start of Teradyne's robotics roll-up.

- **Structure:** full acquisition
- **Status:** completed
- **Valuation:** $285.0M (reported, approximate)
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties

- **Acquirer:** [Teradyne](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/teradyne.md)
- **Acquired:** [Universal Robots](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/universal-robots.md)

## Timeline

- **Closed:** 2015-06-01

## Sources (1)

1. https://www.universal-robots.com/news-and-media/news-center/teradyne-inc-acquires-universal-robots/


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