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Microsoft acquires Adallom; BlaBlaCar raises $160 million; Better Caring...
It has been another busy week for the global startup space, with IBM acquiring StrongLoop and Microsoft acquiring cloud security provider Adallom, while Okta raised $75 million and French ridesharing...
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News Corp to acquire Unruly; Crowd Mobile to acquire Track Holdings; ipsy...
It's been yet another big week for the global startup space, with News Corp set to acquire Unruly, Snapchat acquiring Looksery, and makeup subscription box service ipsy raising $100 million. Closer to...
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HR startup Reffind acquires Pollenizer’s employee recognition startup WooBoard
Two months after making its ASX debut, Sydney-based HR startup Reffind, whose app helps companies better engage with and train employees, has acquired employee recognition platform WooBoard. The deal...
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CloudFlare raises $110 million; CliniCloud raises $5 million seed round;...
It's been another big week for the global startup space, with Credit Mututel Arkéa acquiring French FinTech startup Leetchi, CloudFlare raising $110 million, and Blue Jean Networks raising $76.5...
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Axel Springer acquires Business Insider for $343 million; Kreditech raises...
It has been another busy week, with German media giant Axel Springer acquiring an 88 percent stake in Business Insider for $343 million and Google acquiring Jibe Mobile. A number of FinTech startups...
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Pandora acquires TicketFly for $450 million; Canva raises $15 million Series...
Another busy week in the startup space has seen music discovery service Pandora acquire TicketFly, Apple acquire artificial intelligence startup Perceptio, and Impossible Foods raise $108 million to...
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Dell to acquire EMC for $67 billion; 8i raises $13.5 million Series A;...
It has been another busy week for the startup space. Dell made the headlines when it announced its intention to acquire EMC for $67 billion, the biggest deal in tech history, while Condé Nast acquired...
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Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19 billion; Collective Health raises...
Another busy week has seen Western Digital make moves to acquire SanDisk for $19 billion, while Trend Micro is set to acquire HP Tipping Point. In funding news, Indian startup Collective Health has...
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LawPath raises $1.3 million; Cisco to acquire Lancope for $452.5 million;...
Another big week has seen Cisco announce its intents to acquire Lancope for $452.5 million, and IBM announce that it will be acquiring The Weather Company's tech and product business. Advanced...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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 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 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 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 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...
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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...
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