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Seattle startup Ranku acquired by education publishing giant John Wiley & Sons

Ranku, a Seattle-based startup that helps online degree programs reach more students, announced today that it has been acquired for an… Read More

Is Twitter courting suitors? Acquisition rumors swirl as board members prepare to meet

It’s no secret that Twitter is struggling. The company continues to post losses each quarter and new user adoption is… Read More

Microsoft acquiring natural language scheduling startup Genee to add ‘intelligent experiences’ to Office 365

Microsoft has agreed to buy Genee, a scheduling service it said uses natural-language processing to automate setting up meetings. The… Read More

EY acquires Society Consulting, adding 150 people in Seattle to boost its data and analytics services

Financial services giant Ernst & Young LLP, also known as EY, has acquired Bellevue, Wash., based Society Consulting, a consulting services… Read More

Acquisition-hungry Expedia gobbles up Rich Barton’s travel photography startup Trover

It’s kind of a homecoming, of sorts, for Seattle entrepreneur Rich Barton. Expedia has acquired Trover, the photo app for… Read More

Bounce Exchange acquires Techstars Seattle grad GoChime

Bounce Exchange, a New York-based marketing software company, has acquired direct marketing startup GoChime for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition was… Read More

Social media display platform Tagboard acquires Ziibra to bolster e-commerce integration

Tagboard is making an acquisition to leverage its social media aggregation technology for online commerce. The Redmond-based company today announced that it… Read More

WiFi security startup Cloak acquired by StackPath, will expand beyond Apple to Android and Windows

Stealthy Dallas-based startup StackPath has acquired Cloak, the Seattle VPN provider that focuses on no-hassle secure WiFi connections for Mac and iOS… Read More

Report: Amazon acquired the artificial intelligence image analysis startup Orbeus

Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions are growing, with rumors surfacing today that it purchased an AI startup focusing on image processing. Amazon… Read More

Rovi in talks to acquire TiVo, the pioneer DVR and ‘time-shifting’ company, report says

Rovi, the provider of entertainment metadata, is in talks to acquire TiVo, a service that introduced DVRs and time-shifting but… Read More

Tableau makes another acquisition, swoops up HyPer to improve database computing

This past December, Tableau CEO Christian Chabot told GeekWire that he expected his company to make some acquisitions over the… Read More

Physio-Control acquired for $1.3 billion by medical device maker Stryker Corp

Physio-Control Inc. is getting a new corporate parent — again. The Redmond-based maker of defibrillators will be purchased by publicly-traded medical device… Read More

Chinese consortium bids $1.2 billion for Norway’s Opera Software

A group of Chinese companies have offered $1.2 billion in cash for Opera Software, the Norway-based company known for its… Read More

Infoblox pays $45M to acquire Tacoma-based cybersecurity company IID

Publicly-traded network services company Infoblox today announced a $45 million acquisition of Tacoma-based cybersecurity company IID. The deal will help… Read More

SwiftKey deal gives Microsoft new inroads to 300M Android and iPhone users

Microsoft this morning confirmed its acquisition of SwiftKey, the company behind the popular software keyboard for Android and iOS devices.… Read More

Twitter shares spike briefly on ‘false’ takeover rumors

Rupert Murdoch, who appears to be a big Twitter fan, wanted to own the service, or so the rumors went. On… Read More

Microsoft acquires Skype for Business management tech from Event Zero

IT teams currently have to turn to third-party solutions for advanced Skype for Business diagnostics and analytics, but Microsoft has acquired… Read More

Microsoft to acquire Israeli cyber security firm Secure Islands for reported $77M

Microsoft confirmed rumors on Monday that it is acquiring Secure Islands, a 9-year-old cyber security firm based in Israel. The… Read More

Microsoft buys MileIQ developer, adding another popular app to its lineup

Microsoft announced today that it is acquiring San Francisco-based Mobile Data Labs, maker of popular mileage-tracking app MileIQ. The team will… Read More

Redbox-owner Outerwall pays $18M to acquire gadget trade-in site Gazelle

Outerwall, the Bellevue-based parent company of kiosk businesses including DVD rental service Redbox and change counter Coinstar, has acquired Boston-based gadget… Read More

Chef acquires German security startup VulcanoSec, launches new compliance product

Chef today announced its second acquisition ever. The Seattle-based IT automation provider has acquired VulcanoSec, a small German startup founded this… Read More

Simply Measured

SimplyMeasured makes its second acquisition, swoops up social intelligence platform DataRank

Simply Measured has acquired its second company in less than two months. The Seattle social media analytics startup today announced… Read More

Boeing acquires German software startup to train more pilots in Europe

Boeing announced on Monday it has acquired Peters Software, a 20-person German company that builds applications to train commercial and… Read More

Business Insider sells to German publisher at $442M valuation; Jeff Bezos retains 3% ownership

Business Insider has been acquired by German digital media publisher Axel Springer in a deal that values the news website… Read More

Amazon to acquire video processing startup Elemental Technologies

Amazon has agreed to acquire Portland-based video processing startup Elemental Technologies. Founded in 2006, Elemental helps big media entities like HBO and ESPN… Read More

Tableau makes first acquisition ever, swoops up startup that turns data into infographics

For the first time in its 13-year history, Tableau Software is acquiring another company. The Seattle-based maker of data visualization software today… Read More

Microsoft’s latest acquisition lets sales teams operate like fantasy sports leagues

Microsoft has acquired the startup behind sales gamifaction platform FantasySalesTeam as it looks to bring fantasy sports-like competition to its Dynamics… Read More

Cloud computing startup Cloudability buys RipFog in all-Portland deal

Cloud computing management startup Cloudability today announced the acquisition of stealthy data transfer startup RipFog in an all-Portland deal. Founded last year… Read More

IoT data startup Buddy set for IPO after reverse takeover deal with Australian mining company

Seattle-based startup Buddy is going public, but not in the way you might expect. In one of the more unique acquisition… Read More

Portland mobile transit ticketing startup GlobeSherpa acquired by RideScout

RideScout and GlobeSherpa are teaming up to solve the “last mile” transportation problem and help people move around cities. RideScout, an… Read More

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