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M&A

With founder and VC connections, Spoken buys HyperQuality

In a deal of undisclosed size, Bellevue-based Spoken Communications today announced its acquisition of Seattle’s HyperQuality. These two companies should… Read More

The ‘acquihire’ of the day: TechStars Seattle grad Thinkfuse gobbled up by Salesforce.com

Thinkfuse, one of the original startups to move through the TechStars Seattle program, is being acquired by Salseforce.com in a… Read More

Report: RIM may break itself apart, with Amazon or Facebook picking up some of the pieces

The on-again, off-again rumors swirling around Research in Motion are back on following a report by The Sunday Times that… Read More

Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland: Cvent buys mobile app maker CrowdCompass

CrowdCompass, a Portland startup whose mobile apps are used to power events, including the 2012 Seattle Science Festival and the Lions… Read More

Facebook buys facial recognition startup Face.com

In a deal that was widely anticipated, Facebook announced today that it has acquired facial recognition upstart Face.com. TechCrunch reports… Read More

Seattle private equity firm buys Thermal Dynamics

Evergreen Pacific Partners, a Seattle private equity firm with $700 million under management, has acquired Thermal Dynamics in a deal… Read More

Amazon.com should buy Coinstar: A tech prediction that makes a ton of sense

A few months ago, the tech blogosphere exploded after rumors emerged that Amazon.com was considering opening physical retail stores. Since… Read More

United Online buys fast-growing Facebook app SchoolFeed

SchoolFeed, a popular Facebook app that connects high school classmates, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed size by… Read More

Fast-growing AuctionEdge makes another buy in auto auction arena

Another day, another acquisition by AuctionEdge. The fast-growing Seattle company, led by entrepreneur David Weld, today announced that it has… Read More

Amazon.com buys rights to 3,000 romance, mystery and western book titles

Amazon.com continues to gobble up book titles, this time sealing deal for some 3,000 backlist titles from Avalon Books in… Read More

Buster Benson to sell Health Month, unveils Hipster Habit App

Health Month is on the auction block. The online game, created by Seattle developer Buster Benson to help people motivate… Read More

Lockerz buys online fashion site Chick Approved

Lockerz continues to bolster its ranks through acquisitions, with the fast-growing Seattle social shopping company announcing that it has acquired… Read More

Summify to shut down June 22 amid Twitter integration

I’ve been a huge fan of Summify since its launch last year, but the the online news and information aggregation… Read More

Facebook frenzy: What does the IPO mean for tech M&A?

Brokers at Morgan Stanley and the other underwriters of the Facebook IPO didn’t realize how many Facebook friends they had… Read More

Auction Edge makes another buy in bid to upend used car business

A couple days ago we told you about Auction Edge, the stealthy Seattle startup which is looking to transform the… Read More

Medical social network Alliance Health buys Seattle’s Medify

Medify, a Seattle startup that helps people find detailed medical information about diseases, has been acquired in a deal of… Read More

Startup vet David Weld looks to transform used car business with Auction Edge

Seattle entrepreneur David Weld is fast at work on a new company called Auction Edge that’s coming on the scene in a… Read More

Eyeing hospitality, UIEvolution buys assets of Splat Interactive

UIEvolution is buying the assets of Splat Interactive, using the acquisition of the content management platform to expand its video… Read More

Facebook sets IPO range: Social networking giant to be valued at more than $75 billion

Facebook is getting one step closer to becoming a publicly-traded company, with the social networking powerhouse today disclosing in a… Read More

Zillow to buy RentJuice for $40M in cash, posts record revenue and profits

Zillow is using some of its new-found cash to gobble up San Francisco’s RentJuice, adding a new set of technologies… Read More

This M&A expert predicted Microsoft’s tie-up with Barnes & Noble 4 months ago

So often in the tech industry, industry pundits make predictions and get things dead wrong. But Nat Burgess, president of… Read More

Why Facebook’s purchase of Instagram won’t be its last

With Facebook’s IPO pending, the social media mammoth has been bolstering user offerings and analytics capabilities with major acquisitions, most… Read More

Boeing to acquire software company Inmedius to boost ‘digital airline’ strategy

Boeing has reached a deal to buy Inmedius, a software company based in Pittsburgh that makes software for managing and distributing… Read More

Update: Big Fish pays up to $15M for casino game maker

Seattle casual games powerhouse Big Fish Games is paying up to $15 million to purchase an undisclosed privately-held corporation. An… Read More

With Picnik set to shut down, former Picnik engineers scratch itch with PicMonkey

Google’s decision earlier this year to pull the plug on Picnik caught many by surprise, causing anger, frustration and sadness… Read More

Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion [Updated]

[Updated below with more details and background.]  Facebook just announced a deal to buy Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service with… Read More

Exclusive: Visible Technologies buys Cymfony to bolster social media offerings

Visible Technologies is buying Cymfony in a deal that brings together two long-time players in the social media monitoring and analytics… Read More

Direct Impact buys Crowdverb to bolster ‘grassroots’ campaigns

Crowdverb, a Seattle social media monitoring startup led by Todd Herman, Sally Poliak and Cyrus Krohn, has been acquired in… Read More

Charts: IPOs on the upswing, but M&A deals take a fall

It’s a bit hard to judge the state of the venture-backed exit market these days. And two reports out today… Read More

Cash-rich tech giants have $300 billion to spend: Is a new wave of tech M&A coming?

Could we see a new wave of technology-related mergers and acquisitions? Well, that’s one possible scenario given that the top… Read More

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