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GoDaddy acquires WPCurve, second Aussie startup to be used to strengthen its...
If any Australian-founded company embodies the lean startup mentality it would be WPCurve. It was in June 2013, lamenting over his two previous failed attempts at building a startup, that...
View ArticleSydney-founded Shippingeasy.com acquired by Stamps.com for US$55 million
Although intent for an acquisition was announced last week, in the last 72 hours it was formally announced that Stamps.com (NASDAQ: STMP) will be acquiring Austin, Texas-based shipping software company...
View ArticleCustomer experience startup Flamingo acquired by ASX-listed Cre8tek for...
It was announced yesterday that customer experience focused startup Flamingo (Flamingo Customer Experience Inc), founded by high-profile entrepreneur Dr Catriona Wallace, was acquired by ASX-listed...
View ArticleY Combinator startup Statwing acquired by Qualtrics
Customer experience software company Qualtrics today announced that it would be acquiring Y Combinator-funded startup Statwing for an undisclosed sum. Statwing is a San Francisco-based startup that...
View ArticleThe Onion sells 40 percent stake for $200 million; Meituan-Dianping raises...
It has been another busy week for deals across the global startup landscape. IBM has acquired live streaming platfrom UStream, while the parent company of satirical news site The Onion sold a 40...
View ArticleHouzz acquires GardenWeb; Coursera raises $49.5 million Series C round;...
At the end of another busy week across the startup space, home design community Houzz has acquired GardenWeb, investment management firm BlackRock has acquired online financial advisory startup...
View ArticleFanDuel acquires NumberFire; Palette raises $1 million; BuzzFeed raises $200...
It’s been another busy week around the startup space in terms of acquisitions and funding. A week after sinking $200 million into Vox Media, NBC Universal has invested another $200 million in BuzzFeed,...
View ArticleAlibaba to acquire $4.6 billion stake in Suning; Startups.co acquires...
At the end of another week, Alibaba has signalled its intentions to acquire a 20 percent stake in Chinese electronics chain Suning for $4.6 billion, Startups.co rescued virtual assistant startup...
View ArticleI sold my startup at its highest growth phase and started all over again
I was one of the three co-founders of leading online accounting startup, Nudge Accounting. We successfully sold Nudge in March 2015 when Nudge was only two and a half years old. When we sold, Nudge was...
View ArticleIBM to acquire Merge Healthcare for $1 billion; Microsoft acquires Incent...
After another busy week, a number of Australian startups have raised capital. iSeekplant raised $1 million, while Beat the Q Posse Group raised $5 million and HotDocs secured $2.2 million in a round...
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AOL acquires Kanvas Labs and Millennial Media; letgo raises $100 million;...
It's been a busy week for acquisitions and funding news across the global startup space, with AOL acquiring Kanvas Labs and Millennial Media to boost its mobile offerings, Microsoft acquiring...
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Grindr sells 60 percent stake for $93 million; SkyScanner raises $192...
It's been a busy week across the global startup landscape, with a number of companies raising capital. Scottish travel platform SkyScanner has raised $192 million and become one of the latest startups...
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Microsoft acquires technology from Brisbane company Event Zero to boost Skype...
Microsoft has acquired technology assets from Brisbane startup Event Zero in order to boost the capabilities of its Skype for Business product. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The tech acquired...
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Activision Blizzard acquires Major League Gaming; Silvercar raises $28...
Despite it being only the first week of January, it has been a busy week around the startup world. Intel has acquired Ascending Technologies, while Activision Blizzard has acquired Major League Gaming...
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Digital Guardian raises $66 million; Housejoy raises $23 million Series B...
In today's funding and acquisitions round up, the last of 2015, Buffer has acquired Respondly, Yahoo Japan has launched a bid to buy travel website Ikyu for $828 million, Digital Guardian has raised...
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IBM acquires Clearleap; Airbnb confirms $1.5 billion raise; Booodl raises...
It's been a very busy week for Australian startups - Shoes of Prey raised a US$15.5 million Series B round, Booodl raised $2.85 million, Sherpa raised $1.2 million, PlanDo raised $916,000, InHouse...
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Perion acquires Undertone for $180 million; AppDynamics raises $158 million;...
One of the biggest stories in a busy week across the startup space came from Australia, with fintech startup Tyro Payments announcing that it had raised $100 million in funding from Tiger Global, TDM...
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Pandora to acquire Rdio for $75 million; Ola raises $500 million; ShopandBox...
It has been another busy week across the global startup space, with Pandora announcing that it is to acquire Rdio for $75 million, India's Uber rival Ola raising $500 million, and US fintech startup...
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Bluethumb raises $500,000; Udacity raises $105 million Series D round;...
It has been another busy week around the global startup space. In Europe, Rocket Internet's home interiors marketplace Home24 has acquired German competitor Fashion For Home, while Udacity has raised...
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Activision Blizzard to acquire King Digital Entertainment for $5.9 billion;...
Another busy week across the global startup world has seen gaming giant Activision Blizzard announce that it is set to acquire King Digital Entertainment, the makers of Candy Crush, for $5.9 billion,...
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