Articles about M&A – Page 16 of 28

Bootstrapped employee recognition startup MeritShare acquired after 17 months

MeritShare, a Seattle startup founded just 17 months ago by former WhitePages execs Kevin Nakao and Travis Pearl, has been acquired… Read More

Apple buys Ignition-backed Topsy to boost its social cred

The Apple acquisition train keeps on rolling. This week, the Cupertino-based company scooped up Topsy Labs, a startup that specializes… Read More

Sports network Scout.com finds a home in Seattle … again

Ten days after getting word that entrepreneur Jim Heckman was back at the helm of online sports network Scout.com, more… Read More

CenturyLink buys Tier 3, creates Cloud Development Center in Seattle area

Tier 3, a Bellevue cloud computing startup backed with $18.5 from Ignition, Madrona and Intel Ventures, has been sold to… Read More

Former Cheezburger and Garden.com exec launches firm to gobble up emerging digital media properties

Seattle Internet executive Cliff Sharples is currently on an around-the-world adventure with his wife and five kids — writing about… Read More

Ignition scores big return as cloud startup ServiceMesh sells to CSC for $158M

Bellevue venture capital firm Ignition is celebrating today after enterprise cloud management startup ServiceMesh of Santa Monica, Calif. was sold to… Read More

RealNetworks buys European ringback tone firm Muzicall

RealNetworks has acquired Muzicall, a 9-year-old London company that specializes in ringback tones. The company will be integrated with Real’s… Read More

Deloitte Digital takes root in Seattle, buys social media agency Banyan Branch

Deloitte Digital is taking a deeper interest in Seattle, buying social media consultancy Banyan Branch for an undisclosed sum. The… Read More

Nuance to buy Varolii to bolster automated customer support calls

You’ve probably received the call or text from an airline, sports team or bank — an automated message informing you… Read More

Shares of Redbox parent jump after hedge fund discloses large stake, encourages sale

Shares of Outerwall, the Bellevue company best known for its Coinstar coin counting machines and Redbox movie rental kiosks, jumped… Read More

TaxAct bolsters personal finance tools with Balance Financial buy

Balance Financial, a 9-year-old Bellevue company that specializes in personal finance tools and services, has been acquired by Blucora’s TaxAct… Read More

Monsanto paying $930M to buy The Climate Corp. to help farmers harvest data

It’s sunny skies today for The Climate Corp., a 7-year-old San Francisco company that sells insurance to farmers and uses… Read More

A good showing: 26 venture-backed IPOs completed in Q3

The market for initial public offerings continued to accelerate in the third quarter as 26 venture-backed companies started trading on… Read More

AdReady finds a buyer, sells to digital media holding company CPXi

AdReady is getting a new home. The Seattle online advertising startup — founded seven years ago by Aaron Finn and bankrolled… Read More

F5 looks to wipe out cybercrime with acquisition of Versafe

F5 Networks is strengthening its Internet security offerings, announcing today that it is buying Tel Aviv-based Versafe in a deal… Read More

eBay acquires Decide.com, shopping research site will shut down Sept. 30

eBay is buying Seattle startup Decide.com, gobbling up the online shopping research service that predicted whether prices were going up… Read More

Microsoft: Economics make Nokia a ‘smart acquisition’

Microsoft’s gross margin from royalties on Windows Phones sold by Nokia is less than $10 per unit, but the margin… Read More

Zillow paying $50M to buy New York’s StreetEasy, files to raise more cash

Zillow is taking a big bite out of the Big Apple. The Seattle online real estate company today announced that… Read More

Affiliate marketing startup PopShops acquired by Rakuten

Seattle-based PopShops, which describes itself as a coupon and product feed platform, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed… Read More

Blucora to buy Monoprice for $180M, marking big move into electronics accessories

Bellevue-based Blucora is expanding its diverse set of product offerings today with the announcement that it plans to acquire Rancho… Read More

OpenTable gobbles up online reservation service Rezbook, partners with Urbanspoon

We heard a few months ago that Urbanspoon was shopping its online restaurant reservation system Rezbook. Now, we’ve learned where… Read More

Tech M&A slows in Q2, volumes now at 4-year low

Technology companies aren’t buying up other companies with as much vigor as they once did, but things may change in… Read More

Jive CEO declares that Yammer is ‘dead,’ says Microsoft is where ‘innovation goes to die’

Yammer may have received a $1.2 billion price tag from Microsoft last year. But, as far as Jive CEO Tony… Read More

Concur continues to bet on the cloud, buys TRX and GDSX

Bellevue-based Concur is making some new buys, announcing today that the maker of travel and expense management has acquired technology… Read More

Paul Allen’s latest bet: Sonic-powered toothbrushes and water flossers

Paul Allen’s Vulcan Inc. has joined an investment group that has acquired Water Pik, the Fort Collins, Colorado maker of… Read More

The wait is over: Sprint consumes Clearwire after long bidding war

After more than six months of back and forth, Clearwire is officially a part of Sprint. Sprint closed its acquisition… Read More

FCC gives go-ahead to Sprint deals with Clearwire, Softbank

The U.S. wireless industry is one step closer to being reshaped. The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously approved Sprint’s transactions… Read More

Report: FCC set to greenlight Sprint’s deals with Clearwire and Softbank

After a long and drawn out bidding war, Clearwire’s fate appears to be nearly certain. The Federal Communications Commission is set… Read More

Clearwire board changes tune, snubs Sprint and now favors Dish’s $4.40 per share offer

The Clearwire saga continues. And the latest development came Wednesday afternoon as Clearwire’s board of directors recommended that shareholders accept… Read More

Report: SoftBank may bid for T-Mobile USA if $20B Sprint deal collapses

Now, this could get very interesting. Reuters reports today that SoftBank, which is looking to buy Sprint for $20.1 billion,… Read More