US-listed software provider Microsoft has agreed to buy Perceptive Pixel, a local developer of multi-touch database interfaces backed by US-based industrial conglomerate 3M’s corporate venturing unit.
In October 2010, 3M New Ventures provided an undisclosed amount to acquire 38% of Perceptive. The groups is understood to have reaped $100m from the sale of its stake to Microsoft, according to an insider on the deal.
Jeff Han founded Perceptive Pixel in 2006.