Articles about acquisition – Page 7 of 12

Microsoft acquires BlueTalon to bolster its Azure Data Governance group

Microsoft has acquired BlueTalon, a Redwood City, Calif.-based startup that builds data governance and compliance software for Fortune 100 companies.… Read More

Months after significant layoffs, Joule cooking device maker ChefSteps acquired by Breville

Less than three months after cutting a significant portion of its staff, Seattle startup ChefSteps was acquired Tuesday by kitchen… Read More

Canadian software company Corel acquired by KKR, less than a year after buying Parallels

Corel, the Canadian software company that acquired Seattle-area Parallels this past December, has a new owner. New York-based global investment… Read More

Uber acquires Seattle startup Mighty AI to fuel its push into self-driving cars

Uber just made its first acquisition of a Seattle startup, swooping up Mighty AI, which develops training data for computer… Read More

Acumatica acquired by global private equity firm in bid to take on Oracle, Microsoft and other business software giants

In what it calls an attempt to take on global enterprise software giants including Microsoft, Oracle and Sage, Bellevue, Wash.-based… Read More

Vacasa to acquire Seattle-based vacation rental company Sea to Sky Rentals

Vacasa today announced that it will acquire Sea to Sky Rentals, a Seattle-based vacation rental operator. Founded in 2003 by… Read More

New Seattle firm Pike Street Capital takes majority ownership of Boulder adventure equipment maker

Pike Street Capital Partners, a new Seattle-based private equity firm, today announced that it took a majority ownership stake in… Read More

Reach Now acquires Validated, a Seattle startup providing transportation incentives

Reach Now is bringing Seattle startup Validated under its roof as the joint mobility venture between BMW and Daimler continues… Read More

Just Biotherapeutics, backed by Gates Foundation, snapped up by German biotech firm for up to $90M

Just Biotherapeutics, a Seattle-based company that aims to reduce the cost of protein drug development, announced an agreement Monday to… Read More

After raising cash, Seattle cybersecurity startup Cyemptive acquires Adaptive Technology Group

Seattle-area cybersecurity startup Cyemptive today announced the acquisition of Adaptive Technology Group (ATG), a 14-year-old IT consulting service company also… Read More

Automotive giant Lear will pay $320M to acquire Seattle-area connected car startup Xevo

Global automotive giant Lear today announced that it will acquire Seattle-area connected car startup Xevo for $320 million. Xevo, originally… Read More

New networking company XCOM, led by former Qualcomm CEO, acquires Seattle-area startup M87

M87, a Seattle-area networking startup led by former T-Mobile executive Cole Brodman, was acquired last month by XCOM, a new… Read More

DiscoverOrg makes another acquisition, buys email verification service NeverBounce

Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing and sales intelligence startup DiscoverOrg made its second acquisition in two months, announcing Tuesday the purchase of… Read More

Silicon Valley investment firm Alpine SG acquires 6 startups, forms new Seattle-area marketing company

Alpine SG, a Silicon Valley investment firm that acquires and then operates software-as-a-service companies, is swooping up six startups and… Read More

Digital rewards startup Tango Card raises another $10M, acquires GiftCertificates.com

The GiftCertificates.com startup journey is making a return to Seattle. Founded back in 1997, GiftCertificates.com was one of the earliest… Read More

Tax automation company Avalara acquires Seattle startup Indix to boost product description database

Seattle-based tax compliance company Avalara has acquired Indix, a Seattle startup that had accumulated vast amounts of data on product… Read More

Building energy monitoring company Buddy to acquire smart light startup LIFX

Buddy, a Seattle-based company that manages building energy, today announced its intention to acquire LIFX, a smart light maker based… Read More

DiscoverOrg acquires ZoomInfo to strengthen sales and marketing contact database offering

DiscoverOrg, a Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing and sales intelligence startup, has acquired Boston area startup Zoominfo to strengthen its B2B offerings.… Read More

Q&A: The bootstrapping CEO of Killer Infographics on celebrating mistakes and why she sold her firm

When Killer Infographics began exploring a sale of the company last year, the Seattle-based visual communication agency got creative —… Read More

Seattle startup GarageHop acquired by fellow parking marketplace company WhereiPark

GarageHop, a Seattle startup that helps people find parking spaces in residential buildings, has been acquired by Toronto-based WhereiPark. Founded… Read More

Urban Airship acquires Accengage to expand mobile marketing footprint in Europe

Portland, Ore.-based mobile marketing startup Urban Airship has acquired Accengage to form what it calls the “world’s largest mobile customer… Read More

Smartsheet makes its 2nd acquisition, swooping up Seattle-based creative production platform Slope

Smartsheet didn’t have to go far to make its second acquisition. The Bellevue, Wash.-based publicly-traded work collaboration software company has… Read More

Predictive hiring startup Koru sells business to two separate companies in unusual exit

Seattle startup Koru launched in 2014 as a “bootcamp” platform that helped both employers find top entry level talent and graduates land jobs.… Read More

After roller coaster startup journey, presentation app Haiku Deck sold to edtech company BookRags

Haiku Deck’s roller coaster startup journey — which included a mobile game featuring Sir Mix-A-Lot and an award-winning presentation app… Read More

AI-focused tech studio Hypergiant acquires Seattle-based app developer Black Pixel

Black Pixel, a Seattle-based creative agency that develops apps for ESPN, Twitter, Starbucks, and other top brands, has been acquired… Read More

CopperTree Analytics acquires BuildPulse, a competing building energy management startup

Surrey, B.C.-based CopperTree Analytics has acquired Seattle-based startup BuildPulse in a deal that brings together two building energy management competitors.… Read More

Battery Ventures to acquire Portland-based audio tech and measurement company Audio Precision

Boston-based venture capital firm Battery Ventures today announced that it will acquire Audio Precision, a Portland, Ore.-area company founded in… Read More

Moz takes aim at ‘golden age of search’ with acquisition of STAT Search Analytics

Moz is making its largest acquisition to date as the Seattle search engine optimization company aims to tackle what CEO… Read More

Podcast

Inside the Amazon-Ring deal: How a doorbell maker got on the tech giant’s radar before $1B acquisition

Jamie Siminoff knows what it takes to be acquired by Amazon. The Ring founder appeared on stage at the GeekWire… Read More

Nortal acquires cloud modernization startup Dev9, will expand Seattle-area footprint

Nortal, an Estonia-based multinational end-to-end technology services provider, today announced the acquisition of Seattle-area cloud services startup Dev9 as it expands its… Read More