Mergers & Acquisitions

SINA To Go Private In $2.59 Billion Deal

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 30, 2020

Leading Chinese social media company SINA Corp (NASDAQ: SINA) recently announced a deal to go private.

Cleveland-Cliffs Buying ArcelorMittal USA In Estimated $3.3 Billion Deal

By Annie Baker ● Sep 29, 2020

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (NYSE: CLF) announced this week that it is buying the U.S. operations of ArcelorMittal (NYSE:AM) in a deal valued at about $3.3 billion.

Devon Energy (DVN) And WPX Energy (WPX) Merging In $12 Billion Deal

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2020

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) and WPX Energy (NYSE: WPX) have announced they have entered into an agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals transaction in a deal valued at approximately $12 billion.

Why Crowdstrike (CRWD) Is Buying Preempt Security For About $96 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2020

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: CRWD) — a leader in cloud-delivered endpoint and cloud workload protection — announced it has agreed to acquire Preempt Security. These are the details.

Ivanti: Strategic Acquisitions Of MobileIron (MOBL) And Pulse Secure

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 28, 2020

Ivanti — a company that automates IT and Security Operations to discover, manage, secure and service from cloud to edge — announced it has signed definitive agreements to acquire MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL) and Pulse Secure.

Why Accenture (ACN) Is Buying N3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 27, 2020

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announced recently that it agreed to buy N3 — which is a tech-driven sales and demand-generation firm.

Why Remedy Health Media Is Buying OBR Oncology

By Annie Baker ● Sep 27, 2020

Digital health platform company Remedy Health Media recently announced the acquisition of Oncology Business Review (OBR). These are the details.

Why Apple (AAPL) Acquired Scout FM Earlier This Year

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 25, 2020

Earlier this year Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) acquired a company that makes listening to podcasts feel like you are tuning into radio stations. These are the details.

KKR Acquires 1-800 Contacts From AEA In A Deal Reported At Over $3.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 24, 2020

Private equity company KKR & Co Inc (NYSE: KKR) announced it is buying contact lens company 1-800 Contacts from AEA Investors.

Why Ericsson Is Buying Cradlepoint For $1.1 Billion

By Annie Baker ● Sep 22, 2020

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) recently announced it agreed to buy Cradlepoint, which is the US-based market leader in Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise solutions. These are the details.

Why PagerDuty (PD) Is Buying Rundeck For $100 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 22, 2020

PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) announced this week that it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy Rundeck for about $100 million. These are the details.

Illumina (ILMN) Buying Grail In A Deal Valued At $8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2020

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN), a company that provides sequencing and array-based solutions for genetic and genomic analysis, announced that it is buying Grail for $8 billion in cash and stock.

Microsoft (MSFT) Buying ZeniMax And Game Publisher Bethesda Softworks For $7.5 Billion In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 21, 2020

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced it is planning to buy ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion in cash.

Oracle (ORCL) And Walmart (WMT) Receive Tentative Government Approval For TikTok

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 20, 2020

Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will invest to acquire 20% of TikTok Global business as President Donald Trump offers tentative approval for an agreement.

Why Infosys (INFY) Is Buying GuideVision

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

Infosys (NYSE: INFY) recently announced a definitive agreement to buy GuideVision, which is one of the largest ServiceNow Elite Partners in Europe

Why GoDaddy Inc (GDDY) Is Buying SkyVerge

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

GoDaddy Inc (NYSE: GDDY) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to buy SkyVerge. These are the details.

Verizon (VZ) Buying Tracfone In A Deal Valued At Over $6 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) announced it entered into an agreement with America Movil to buy Tracfone in a deal valued at over $6 billion. These are the details.

ViacomCBS (VIAC) Selling CNET For $500 Million To Red Ventures

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2020

Red Ventures confirmed today that it is buying CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAC) for $500 million. These are the details.

Oracle (ORCL) Wins Deal To Become TikTok’s U.S. Partner: UPDATE

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 13, 2020

ByteDance has reportedly picked Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) to be its U.S. technology partner for TikTok.

CONFIRMED: NVIDIA (NVDA) Is Buying ARM From SoftBank For $40 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 13, 2020

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) has confirmed to Pulse 2.0 about a deal to buy British chipmaker Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp (OTCMKTS: SFTBY) and the SoftBank Vision Fund in a deal valued at $40 billion.

Gilead Sciences (GILD) Reportedly Planning To Buy Immunomedics (IMMU) For Over $20 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 13, 2020

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) is reportedly planning to buy Immunomedics, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMMU) for over $20 billion, according to sources with The Wall Street Journal.

NVIDIA (NVDA) Near Deal To Buy Arm From SoftBank (SFTBY) For Over $40 Billion: WSJ

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 12, 2020

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) is reportedly nearing a deal to acquire British chipmaker Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp (OTCMKTS: SFTBY) for over $40 billion, according to sources with The Wall Street Journal.

Why Progress (PRGS) Is Buying Chef For $220 Million In Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 10, 2020

Progress recently announced it entered an agreement to buy Chef for $220 million in cash. This is why.

Why BMC Is Buying Alderstone

By Noah Long ● Sep 10, 2020

BMC -- a global leader in IT solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise -- recently announced the signing of a definitive agreement to buy Alderstone

TikTok Parent Company ByteDance Acquires UIPay

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

ByteDance -- the parent company of TikTok -- has acquired third-party payment company UIPay. These are the details.

Why Royal Biologics Is Acquiring FIBRINET

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 9, 2020

Royal Biologics — an ortho-biologics company specializing in the research and advancement of autologous and live cellular solutions — announced recently that is has acquired FIBRINET from Vertical Spine LLC.

Why Dialpad Is Buying Video Conferencing Company Highfive

By Noah Long ● Sep 9, 2020

Dialpad — a cloud-native business communications platform company powered by Voice Intelligence — announced that it has acquired video conferencing company Highfive. These are the details.

Why Salesforce.com (CRM) Is Buying Mobify

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 8, 2020

Salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) has signed a definitive agreement to buy Mobify. These are the details.

Why Infosys (INFY) Is Buying Kaleidoscope Innovation For Up To $42 Million

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 7, 2020

Next-generational digital services and consulting company Infosys (NYSE: INFY) recently announced a definitive agreement to acquire Kaleidoscope Innovation. These are the details.

Why Episerver Is Buying Optimizely

By Dan Anderson ● Sep 7, 2020

Digital experience platform company Episerver announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Optimizely. These are the detail.