Corsair is acquiring Drop to further expand peripheral business

Corsair has made a number of key acquisitions in recent years, greatly expanding its product portfolio. This week, Corsair announced the acquisition of another company – Drop, a custom peripherals retailer. 

Drop is perhaps best known for its line-up of mechanical keyboards, along with accessories like custom keycaps. However, the company also deals in many other forms of peripherals, including high-end headphones. Most recently, Drop had a big collaboration with Middle-Earth Enterprises to put out new Lord of the Rings-themed keyboards and custom keycaps.

As announced by Drop CEO, Jef Holove, the company is now owned by Corsair. It would seem that Corsair is indeed primarily interested in the custom keyboard business that Drop has developed over the years which could lead to even more personalised peripherals and custom options from Corsair down the line.

One of the big benefits of this acquisition is greater availability. Under Corsair, Drop will now be able to expand to a worldwide footprint, bringing customised tech gear to many more parts of the world.

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KitGuru Says: Since 2018, Corsair has acquired Elgato to break into the live streaming and creator space, Scuf Gaming to offer personalised and high-end game controllers and even Origin PC, which builds custom gaming PCs for the US market. Now, we can add Drop (formerly Massdrop) to that list. 

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