Mergers & Acquisitions Archives

Apple (AAPL) Is Buying Virtual Reality Event Company NextVR

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 15, 2020

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed it is buying NextVR, which is a company that provides sports and event content for virtual reality headsets.

Why Goldman Sachs (GS) Is Buying Folio

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 15, 2020

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS) announced it is buying wealth management company Folio Financial. These are the details about the deal.

Why VMware (VMW) Is Buying Octarine

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 15, 2020

VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) recently announced its intent to buy Octarine in order to extend VMware’s intrinsic security capabilities for containers and Kubernetes.

Kustomer Buying Reply.ai: Details About The Deal

By Dan Anderson ● May 15, 2020

Omnichannel SaaS platform company Kustomer announced it signed an agreement to buy Reply.ai. These are the details about the deal.

Why Microsoft (MSFT) Is Buying Metaswitch Networks

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 15, 2020

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced a definitive agreement to buy Metaswitch Networks. These are the details about the deal.

Twitter (TWTR) Buying CrossInstall: Details About The Deal You Should Know

By Dan Anderson ● May 13, 2020

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) recently announced it is buying mobile ad company CrossInstall. These are the details about the deal.

Atlassian (TEAM) Buying Halp: Details About The Deal You Should Know

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 13, 2020

Atlassian Corporation PLC (NASDAQ:TEAM) recently announced it was buying a company called Halp. These are the details about the deal.

Why Target (TGT) Is Buying Technology From Deliv

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 9, 2020

Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) recently announced it is planning to acquire technology from Deliv. These are the details about the deal.

Why Zoom Video (ZM) Is Buying Keybase

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 8, 2020

Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) recently announced it is buying Keybase, which is a startup known for its end-to-end encryption expertise.

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying Callisto Integration And Kates Kesler

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 7, 2020

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) recently announced it was buying both Callisto Integration and Kates Kesler. These are the details about both deals.

Why Cognizant (CTSH) Is Buying Collaborative Solutions

By Dan Anderson ● May 6, 2020

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: CTSH) recently announced that it is buying Collaborative Solutions.

Sinch AB Buying SAP Digital Interconnect For About $250 Million

By Noah Long ● May 6, 2020

Cloud communications leader Sinch AB (publ) (OTCMKTS: CLCMF) announced it is buying SAP Digital Interconnect from SAP SE (NYSE: SAP).

Intel Corporation (INTC) Buys Moovit For About $900 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 4, 2020

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) announced it has acquired Moovit, which is a mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) solutions company for approximately $900 million.

Why Namogoo Is Buying Personali

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 4, 2020

Customer Journey Hijacking Prevention company Namogoo announced it is acquiring Personali. These are the details about the acquisition.

Tencent Buys 5% Stake In Afterpay

By Annie Baker ● May 3, 2020

Tencent Holdings has acquired a 5% stake in Afterpay Ltd, which is an Australian shop-now-pay-later company.

Vector Capital Officially Sells Saba Software For $1.295 Billion To Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 23, 2020

Leading private equity firm Vector Capital has announced the successful sale of cloud-based talent management software company Saba Software to Cornerstone OnDemand.

Why Medallia (MDLA) Is Buying Voci Technologies For About $59 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2020

Medallia, Inc. (NYSE: MDLA), a global leader in experience management, announced it entered into a definitive agreement to buy real-time speech to text platform Voci Technologies.

Atos Buys Data And Science Company Miner & Kasch

By Noah Long ● Apr 22, 2020

Digital transformation leader Atos announced it has acquired Miner & Kasch -- which is an artificial intelligence and data science consulting firm based in Elkridge, Maryland.

Expedia Group (EXPE) Reportedly In Talks To Sell Stake To Private Equity Firms

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2020

Online travel booking service Expedia Group Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE) is in advanced talks to sell a stake to private equity firms Silver Lake and Apollo Global.

Facebook Is Investing $5.7 Billion In India-Based Jio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 22, 2020

Facebook has become Jio's largest minority shareholder by spending $5.7 billion for a 9.99% stake in the company.

Why Morningstar Is Buying Sustainalytics

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 21, 2020

Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN) -- a leading provider of independent investment research -- announced it has reached an agreement to buy Sustainalytics.

Walmart Selling Vudu To Fandango

By Annie Baker ● Apr 21, 2020

Retail giant Walmart announced it is selling on-demand streaming service Vudu to Fandango.

Why Accenture Is Buying Gekko

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 20, 2020

Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) recently announced it is buying Gekko, a leading France-based Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services company.

Why Verizon Is Buying BlueJeans Network

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 16, 2020

Verizon Business recently announced it entered a definitive agreement to buy BlueJeans Network. These are the details.

Sony Buying $400 Million Stake In Bilibili At $8 Billion Valuation

By Noah Long ● Apr 12, 2020

Sony Corp is spending $400 million to buy a minority stake in the Chinese online entertainment platform Bilibili.

Why Cisco Is Buying Fluidmesh

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 12, 2020

Cisco is buying a company called Fluidmesh, which is. hardware and software company that builds point-to-point networks and wireless mesh networks.

Why CNN Is Buying Canopy

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 9, 2020

WarnerMedia-owned CNN recently announced it has acquired Canopy, a personalized content recommendation engine.

Why SoFi Is Buying Galileo Financial Technologies For $1.2 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Apr 9, 2020

Online personal finance company SoFi announced it is acquiring financial services API and payments platform company Galileo.

Foursquare Is Merging With Factual

By Dan Anderson ● Apr 7, 2020

Location platform company Foursquare announced it is merging with Factual. These are the details.

Report: Apple Might Be Buying NextVR For About $100 Million

By Noah Long ● Apr 7, 2020

Apple is reportedly planning to buy virtual reality streaming service NextVR for a price of about $100 million