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Spotify acquires Seed Scientific; PromisePay raises $2 million; Postmates...
It was another busy week for startups around the world, with companies including Spotify and Verizon making acquisitions, and Envoy, Curbside, and Postmates closing investment rounds. Australian...
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PayPal acquires Xoom for $890 million; AffinityLive raises $2 million;...
It's been a busy week for startups around the world, with PayPal acquiring money transfer provider Xoom and Uber acquiring assets from Bing to boost its mapping capabilities. A number of Australian...
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Skyview Capital acquires Syncplicity; Didi Kuaidi raises $2 billion; Babbel...
It's been another busy week for startups around the world. Locally, Sydney recruitment startup The Search Party acquired JobAdvisor, while in China Uber rival Didi Kuaidi has raised $2 billion....
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The Match Group acquires PlentyofFish for $575 million; FanDuel raises $275...
At the end of another busy week, The Match Group has added to its stable of dating platforms through its acquisition of PlentyofFish, while fantasy sports startup FanDuel has raised a $275 million...
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FanDuel acquires Kotikan; Medallia raises $150 million; Booktrack raises $5...
It was another busy week for the global startup scene, with FanDuel acquiring app development startup Kotikan, fresh off closing its $275 million funding round last week, and Australian startups Brosa,...
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Brisbane’s GO1 raises $1 million; Viber acquires Nextpeer; GitHub raises $250...
This week saw some big deals take place around the startup world, with messaging platform Viber acquiring Israeli social gaming startup Nextpeer, GitHub raising $250 million, and Dutch startup Catawiki...
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IBM 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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I 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...
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Alibaba 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...
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FanDuel 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,...
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Houzz 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...
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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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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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