Rigado, a nine-year-old Portland, Ore. startup that builds commercial IoT products and services, sold a portion of its business to Swiss wireless company u-blox. Rigado sold off its Bluetooth Module… Read More
Seattle startup Porch has acquired San Diego-based moving marketplace HireAHelper. It’s the second moving services company that fast-growing home improvement marketplace Porch has acquired in the past three months. HireAHelper… Read More
Salesforce’s $15.7 billion acquisition of Tableau Software came together after nearly six months of back-and-forth negotiations, and the companies didn’t agree on major details — including how much Tableau was… Read More
The $74 billion merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene has been delayed as FTC pushback spurred Celgene to divest a major psoriasis drug. The news rattled investors’ confidence and sent… Read More
Uber is reportedly eyeing Seattle startup Mighty AI as an acquisition target. Three anonymous sources tell The Information that Uber held “recent talks” to buy Mighty AI, which develops training… Read More
One of the chief concerns of the mega-merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is that it would reduce the number of major U.S. wireless carriers in the U.S. from four to… Read More
WaveDivision Capital, an investment company operated by the founder of Wave Broadband and several former executives, has teamed up with Searchlight Capital Partners to acquire the Northwest operations of internet… Read More
LinkedIn has acquired Drawbridge, a well-funded San Francisco-area startup that uses artificial intelligence to learn more about customers and target audiences. In a blog post, the Microsoft-owned company said it… Read More
Streem, a Portland-based company that aims to use augmented reality to help people and companies communicate better, has acquired a computer vision startup and brought in some new funding. Streem… Read More
Work collaboration software company Smartsheet acquired 10,000ft, a Seattle startup that helps companies plan and manage how they use their resources. The deal will help Smartsheet customers improve planning and… Read More
Video conferencing company Zoom is set to go public this week, but its future could have been a lot different, according to a new report. Recode reported that Microsoft has… Read More
Amazon has acquired Canvas Technology, a Boulder, Colo., robotics company that powers autonomous vehicles in industrial settings. Amazon for years now has pushed to automate parts of its warehouses, deploying… Read More
Porch is making another acquisition, its second after the home improvement startup came out of a self-imposed quiet period almost a year ago following a challenging time that included significant… Read More
F5 Networks says it is acquiring NGINX, one of the most popular web servers on the internet today, for $670 million. The deal is a huge one for F5, which… Read More
Funko, the maker of the popular Pop! figurines and other pop culture items, has acquired Seattle board game studio Forrest-Pruzan Creative. The deal brings Funko into the board game world.… Read More
Amazon’s M&A team has gotten off to a busy start in 2019. This week’s announcement that the tech giant plans to acquire mesh WiFi startup eero makes three buys so… Read More
Amazon says it will acquire eero, the San Francisco-based maker of mesh home WiFi routers. The deal strengthens Amazon in the smart home arena, an area Amazon has been very… Read More
Microsoft is acquiring the DataSense data analytics platform from San Francisco-based education tech company BrightBytes, aiming to bring data analytics tools to schools around the country. DataSense is a platform… Read More
Amazon spent $1.65 billion on acquisitions in 2018, according to a new regulatory filing from the company. That makes it the second most acquisitive year in the company’s history by… Read More
Dropbox is jumping into the e-signature market with a major acquisition. Dropbox said Monday it is acquiring HelloSign, a document signing and workflow company for $230 million. Dropbox is mostly… Read More
Avalara has acquired the “operational assets” of Compli, a California-based company that helps makers of alcoholic beverages comply with government rules and regulations. Compli’s 45 employees will move over to… Read More
Microsoft has acquired FSLogix, an Atlanta-based company that cuts down on the effort of setting up virtual desktops for large organizations. In a blog post, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft 365… Read More
Microsoft has acquired XOXCO, an Austin-based company that builds bots and conversational artificial intelligence tools, the latest in a series of deals to boost the tech giant’s AI bonafides. XOXCO… Read More
T-Mobile has cleared another hurdle in its pursuit of merging with Sprint to create the “New T-Mobile.” The self-proclaimed Un-carrier said it has gotten shareholder approval to combine with Sprint.… Read More
Pet-sitting powerhouse Rover has made an acquisition that will help the Seattle company build on its European expansion, first disclosed earlier this year. Rover said it has acquired DogBuddy, a dog… Read More
Just four months into Microsoft’s fiscal year, the company has spent more on acquisitions than it has in many entire years in the past. According to a GeekWire analysis, Microsoft’s… Read More
Expedia Group acquired a pair of companies that make it easier to list apartments on short-term rental sites like Airbnb or the travel giant’s subsidiary HomeAway. Expedia said Thursday it… Read More
Microsoft’s deal to buy GitHub for $7.5 billion cleared a major regulatory hurdle Friday. The European Commission, the regulatory arm of the EU, approved the acquisition without conditions, finding that the… Read More
LinkedIn has acquired Glint, a Redwood City, Calif. company that helps organizations get feedback from employees. LinkedIn did not disclose terms of the deal in a blog post announcing the… Read More
Insurance comparison marketplace QuoteWizard has been acquired by LendingTree for $300 million, and the price tag could rise even more should the bootstrapped Seattle startup continue its recent record-setting growth. The deal… Read More