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mergers and acquisitions

Whatnot acquires Madrona-backed AI startup Shaped to boost live shopping recommendations

Last year, Whatnot announced plans to significantly expand its Seattle engineering hub after leasing new downtown office space following a $225 million funding round. Read More

Zoom snaps up Seattle startup Common Room to bolster AI-powered sales tools

Common Room emerged from stealth in 2021 with $52 million in funding and was the 2022 GeekWire Awards Startup of the Year. Read More

Seattle-area tech company sues New York acquisition advisor, alleging botched $5.2M deal

SmarTek21 has sued TGP GP Management, accusing the New York-based advisor of flawed due diligence in a $5.2 million acquisition that has since required repeated cash infusions. Read More

Rocket Companies completes Redfin acquisition; new pricing program is first perk of partnership

Rocket Companies completed its acquisition of Redfin on Tuesday, bringing together the nation’s largest mortgage lender with the tech-enabled Seattle… Read More

Nearly two years later, FTC drops final challenge to Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard deal

Like a seasoned gamer navigating a tricky boss fight, Microsoft has completed one of the most high-stakes regulatory campaigns in… Read More

Portland cybersecurity risk assessment startup DeepSurface acquired

Portland cybersecurity startup DeepSurface was acquired this week by AttackIQ, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that helps customers evaluate security… Read More

John Legere

3 years after Sprint merger, T-Mobile employs 9k fewer people, insists it upheld pledge on jobs

John Legere was adamant, bordering on indignant. “This merger is all about creating new, high-quality, high-paying jobs, and the New… Read More

KPMG acquires Seattle consultancy firm The Arnold Group

U.S. tax, audit and advisory firm KPMG has acquired The Arnold Group, a Seattle-based strategy consultancy that works with B2B… Read More

Silverback Therapeutics to merge with San Diego biotech company developing EpiPen alternative

Less than two years after its IPO and months after shutting down its once-promising oncology program, Seattle-based Silverback Therapeutics will… Read More

Surprise: Amazon spent less than $500M on M&A in 2021, one of its lowest totals in recent years

Amazon joined other tech companies in a huge corporate buying spree last year, right? Well, it depends on how you… Read More

EU approves Microsoft’s $19.7B Nuance deal, clearing last major hurdle for big acquisition

The European Commission gave unconditional approval to Microsoft’s pending acquisition of speech technology company Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion in… Read More

Online learning company CreativeLive acquired by Israel-based Fiverr, a marketplace for freelancers

CreativeLive, the Seattle-based online learning company founded in 2010, has been acquired by Fiverr, a platform that connects businesses with… Read More

Microsoft acquires Australia-based video creation platform Clipchamp, a startup with Seattle backing

Microsoft is acquiring Clipchamp, a Brisbane, Australia-based startup that makes a video creation and editing platform, the companies announced Tuesday.… Read More

Okta to pay $6.5B to acquire Seattle’s Auth0; identity tech startup was valued at $1.9B last year

Auth0, the billion-dollar Seattle-area startup that is a leader in identity authentication software, is being acquired by Okta, another leader… Read More

Seattle-based MicaSense, makers of sensor equipment for drones, acquired for $23M

MicaSense, the Seattle-based makers of sensor equipment for drones used by the agriculture industry, has been acquired by Wichita, Kan.-based… Read More

Portland online banking service Simple shutting down ahead of parent company’s acquisition

Simple, the Portland-based online banking company with a presence in Seattle, is shutting down due to the sale of banking… Read More

India tech heavyweight Wipro acquires Seattle digital marketing company for $52M

Rational Interaction, a Seattle-area digital marketing firm, sold to India technology company Wipro in a $52 million deal. The acquisition… Read More

Seattle healthcare tech company SCI Solutions acquired for $190M

SCI Solutions, a Seattle company that operates an online marketplace for patients and healthcare providers, just got acquired for $190… Read More

Coupa Software acquiring Seattle startup Yapta to help businesses cut travel costs

Coupa Software, a publicly traded company that helps businesses track their spending, has acquired Seattle corporate travel pricing startup Yapta.… Read More

Cloudflare establishes Seattle-area office with purchase of browser security startup S2 Systems

Cloud security giant Cloudflare is entering the Seattle market by acquiring S2 Systems, a Kirkland, Wash., startup that aims to… Read More

Logic20/20 acquires Primitive Logic to expand tech consulting business in California

Logic20/20, a Seattle based tech consulting firm, has acquired fellow consultancy Primitive Logic to expand its California footprint. Terms of… Read More

Google to acquire Fitbit for $2.1B, doubling down on digital health and wearables

Google is buying Fitbit, bolstering the tech giant’s quiet push into digital health and setting up wearables as its next… Read More

Revel Consulting digital firm acquired by product engineering company Infogain

Revel Consulting, a Seattle firm that helps companies with their digital presence, has been acquired by platform and product engineering… Read More

Microsoft’s 2019 acquisition spree: 20 deals totaling $9.1B, led by blockbuster GitHub buy

Microsoft’s 2019 fiscal year was one of its busiest ever for acquisitions, led by its $7.5 billion GitHub deal. The… Read More

Church technology startup Subsplash acquires top competitor Custom Church Apps

Subsplash, a Seattle startup that builds software and apps for churches, acquired one of its top competitors: Austin-based Custom Church… Read More

Stem cell startup Silene Biotech acquired by NanoSurface Biomedical in all-Seattle deal

NanoSurface Biomedical has snapped up Silene Biotech in a union of two Seattle startups that bets on the growing importance… Read More

Amazon acquires INLT to help sellers import goods to the U.S.

Amazon has acquired INLT, a startup that helps merchants deal with cross-border shipping. As first reported by Reuters, the deal… Read More

Microsoft-owned GitHub acquires code analysis startup Semmle to bolster security

GitHub has acquired Semmle, the San Francisco-based maker of a code analysis platform, to bump up security for the coding… Read More

Migraine drugmaker Alder Biopharmaceuticals to be acquired for nearly $2B by Lundbeck

Danish drugmaker Lundbeck is set to buy Bothell, Wash.-based Alder Biopharmaceuticals in a deal that could be worth up to… Read More

How a stealthy insurance tech startup bootstrapped its way to a $2.35B acquisition in less than 4 years

It started as conversations between two friends about how to improve the insurance and financial services industries for consumers. That… Read More

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