Microsoft reportedly buying to-do app Wunderlist
Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire 6Wunderkinder GmbH, a Berlin-based startup behind the Wunderlist to-do list app, for between $100 million and $200 million, according to a person familiar with the deal.
Wunderlist is my to-do app of choice. I’ve bounced between so many productivity apps but always end up going back to the service I started using since they were featured on the App Store many years ago.
Seems like Microsoft is continuing their acquisition spree of awesome mobile apps, and Wunderlist is no different, and very much fit the portfolio of their recent buys in Accompli (branded to Outlook for mobile) and Sunrise.
I’ve been very bullish on Microsoft’s resurgence since last year, and am excited on how they will integrate these services to provide value to the overall Microsoft ecosystem. Hopefully they won’t shut down the product, as millions of people and teams rely on it daily.
UPDATE: Microsoft confirms acquisition:
The addition of Wunderlist to the Microsoft product portfolio fits squarely with our ambition to reinvent productivity for a mobile-first, cloud-first world. Building on momentum for Microsoft Office, OneNote and Skype for Business, as well as the recent Sunrise and Acompli acquisitions, it further demonstrates Microsoft’s commitment to delivering market leading mobile apps across the platforms and devices our customers use – for mail, calendaring, messaging, notes and now tasks.
Microsoft and Satya Nadella’s company-wide strategy of mobile-first, cloud-first has re-invigorated the company and its brand. I’m looking forward to how Wunderlist improves as a product and its future integrations now that they have the resources of a huge corporation.
ps. Here’s the history of 6Wunderkinder as shared by one of their early investors. Really awesome story of focus and perseverance. They made the decision to kill off their project management tool Wunderkit and instead double-down on their task management tool Wunderlist that was gaining traction. Hard decision but it eventually paid off (literally).