Stratrix
On the Record · Axon Enterprise

Axon Enterprise acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Axon Enterprise bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
not named
Word for word“During the year ended December 31, 2023, we completed an acquisition for total purchase consideration of $ 23.9 million.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionDuring the year ended December 31, 2023$ 23.9 million
Fusus, Inc.
Word for word“In January 2024, we acquired the remaining outstanding stock of Fusus, Inc. (“Fusus”), a global leader in real-time crime center technology, for $ 240.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionJanuary 2024$ 240.0 million
Vievu LLC
Word for word“In January 2020, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) filed an administrative enforcement action regarding our May 2018 acquisition of an insolvent body-worn camera competitor, Vievu LLC (“Vievu”).” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionMay 2018—
Dedrone
Word for word“We have also recently started offering hardware sensors combined with software to detect, identify, track and mitigate drones through our acquisition of Dedrone.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition——
acquisitions that were completed in the year
Word for word“Employee growth was further driven by our acquisitions that were completed in the year.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition——
Fusus and Dedrone
Word for word“Professional and consulting expenses increased $21.5 million, primarily driven by transaction costs related to business acquisitions and strategic investments for Fusus and Dedrone;” 10-K for 2024
acquisition——
acquisition of two previously held strategic investments
Word for word“The net investing cash outflow is driven by $621.8 million related to acquiring two previously held strategic investments, $113.4 million for strategic investments, and $78.8 million for purchases of property and equipment, net of proceeds, partially offset by $1.0 billion of proceeds from calls, maturities and sales of available-for-sale investments, less purchases of $680.0 million.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition—$621.8 million
Business combinations, net of cash acquired
Word for word“Business combinations, net of cash acquired ( 621,817 ) ( 21,090 ) ( 2,104 ) Proceeds from call, maturity, and sale of investments 1,003,394 657,418 72,138 Purchases of property and equipment ( 78,785 ) ( 59,635 ) ( 55,802 ) Other, net 54 ( 537 ) ( 20 ) Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities ( 490,573 ) 12,476 ( 830,967 )” 10-K for 2024
acquisition——
Carbyne Ltd.
Word for word“Subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2025, we acquired Carbyne Ltd., (“Carbyne”) a leading cloud-native emergency communications and response platform for a base purchase price of $625.0 million, subject to customary purchase price and working capital adjustments.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionSubsequent to the year ended December 31, 2025$625.0 million
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$3.5 million$1.6 million
2017-12-31$10.6 million$4.3 million
2018-12-31$5 million$10.3 million
2019-12-31$0—
2021-12-31$22.4 million$18.5 million
2022-12-31$2.1 million$1.7 million
2023-12-31$21.1 million$12.8 million
2024-12-31$621.8 million$701.7 million
2025-12-31$646.9 million$617 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Axon Enterprise’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-25. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.