What was the name of the first company acquired by Facebook?

The first company acquired by Facebook was Parakey.

Parakey was founded by Firefox contributors Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. They were developing a web-based operating-system interface designed to make it easier to move photos, videos, and written content onto the web. Facebook bought Parakey on July 20, 2007, for an undisclosed amount, and the developers assisted Facebook afterward.

The acquisition came only a few years after Facebook’s 2004 launch, making it an early glimpse of the company’s strategy of acquiring technology and talent. Parakey is sometimes overlooked because Facebook later made much larger purchases, including Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.

Oculus was also acquired in 2014, but it was not Facebook’s first acquisition. Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus all came years after Parakey.