Four big startup fundraising rounds and one major acquisition in the biotech space make up the finalists in this year’s Deal of the Year category at the 2024 GeekWire Awards.… Read More
Pfizer’s plan to acquire Seagen for $43 billion has cleared the necessary regulatory hurdles, the pharma titan announced Tuesday. The deal will close on Thursday. Seagen is the largest biotech… Read More
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in court Monday to block Microsoft’s acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard. The FTC seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary… Read More
Fifteen months after Microsoft started its journey to join forces with Activision Blizzard, another boss is now standing in its way. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued a… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based Kurvv, which sells AI tools that predict equipment failure, is being acquired by Aizen, an AI-focused fintech startup based in Singapore. “The economic downturn that started during the… Read More
Elon Musk’s plan to purchase Twitter would bring with it massive cuts to the social media company’s workforce, according to a report Thursday by The Washington Post. Citing interviews and… Read More
Amplion, a Bend, Ore,-based life sciences data intelligence company, is being acquired by data and publishing company Science and Medicine Group (SMG). Terms of the sale of Amplion’s assets to… Read More
Elon Musk is attempting to back out of his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. Lawyers for the… Read More
CreativeLive, the Seattle-based company which teaches online classes in photography, video, design, music and more, is acquiring Wildist, another online provider specializing in courses for outdoor and adventure photography. Founded… Read More
OurFamilyWizard, a co-parenting app for families living separately, is acquiring Seattle-based Cozi, a family organizing app founded in 2005, the companies announced Wednesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.… Read More
When Prudential Financial acquired Seattle-area startup Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion in September 2019, the deal was heralded as one of the largest acquisitions in Seattle tech history. Two and a half… Read More
Global investment firm All Blue Capital has offered to buy Zymeworks, a public biotech company based in Vancouver, B.C., with operations in Seattle. All Blue delivered a letter to the… Read More
iSpot, the Seattle-area startup that measures the reach and impact of television advertising, has made its third acquisition in the past 14 months, picking up Tunity, a company that tracks… Read More
Heroclip, a unique gear-holding gadget invented by Seattle entrepreneur Mina Yoo, has been acquired by Gear Aid of Bellingham, Wash. Yoo, a Ph.D. former professor of entrepreneurship at the University of… Read More
New Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that the best-selling video game series Call of Duty will continue to be available on the PlayStation platform, two days after Microsoft… Read More
GoCamp, a Portland-based company whose platform enables camper van owners to rent their vehicles to other adventurous types, has been acquired by Storyteller Overland, a Birmingham, Ala.-based company that builds… Read More
Hootsuite, the Vancouver, B.C.-based social media management platform, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Heyday, a conversational AI platform, for about $48 million USD. The acquisition will enable Hootsuite users… Read More
National telehealth provider Amwell said it will acquire Portland, Ore.-based healthtech startup Conversa and SilverCloud Health. Conversa, founded in 2014, sells platforms tailored to different medical conditions that allow medical… Read More
The news: Seattle-based RealSelf, the cosmetic treatment review platform, has acquired YNS Group, a portfolio of online destinations, including Multiestetica, that serve customers throughout Europe and Latin America. About RealSelf: Founded… Read More
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday blocking all transactions with ByteDance, the China-based company that owns TikTok, in 45 days. Trump cited a “national emergency with respect to… Read More
Microsoft’s plan to acquire TikTok in the U.S. has created a paradox for the federal government as it seeks to crack down on consolidation of power among a handful of… Read More
Amazon is in advanced talks to buy the self-driving vehicle startup Zoox Inc., according to the Wall Street Journal. The deal would value Zoox at less than the $3.2 billion… Read More
BrandVerity, the Seattle-based startup whose paid search and affiliate monitoring tools help protect brands and their online marketing campaigns from such things as trademark infringement, has been acquired by Partnerize.… Read More
Vancouver, Wash.-based marketing software firm ZoomInfo bought Komiko, a 4-year-old Seattle-area startup that improves the customer relationship management (CRM) process with data and machine learning. “Everybody dreams of the unicorn… Read More
Amazon has snapped up small healthcare startup Health Navigator to help power its recently-launched primary care program for employees. The deal is Amazon’s second purchase the healthcare space following the… Read More
Verity Solutions, a Kirkland, Wash.-based startup that sells drug pricing software, was snapped up by Express Scripts, a large pharmacy benefit manager that is part of health insurance giant Cigna.… Read More
NanoSurface Biomedical has snapped up Silene Biotech in a union of two Seattle startups that bets on the growing importance of stem cells in drug development. With the acquisition, NanoSurface… Read More
Danish drugmaker Lundbeck is set to buy Bothell, Wash.-based Alder Biopharmaceuticals in a deal that could be worth up to $1.95 billion, sending Alder’s stock rocketing up 83 percent on… Read More
A small startup from the Pacific Northwest is now part of a global food and beverage behemoth. Nestlé Health Science this month acquired Snoqualmie, Wash.-based Persona Nutrition, a startup that… Read More
In business, some deals go well and others go badly. But that’s never the whole story. Microsoft bought Seattle-based advertising technology firm aQuantive for $6.3 billion in 2007 in what… Read More