Mergers & Acquisitions

Why Apple (AAPL) Is Buying Fleetsmith

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2020

Enterprise security software company Fleetsmith announced that it has been acquired by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). These are the details about the deal.

Why Mastercard Inc (MA) Is Buying Finicity For About $825 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2020

Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Finicity. These are the details.

Why ServiceNow (NOW) Is Buying Configuration Data Management Company Sweagle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2020

ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) announced it has signed an agreement to buy configuration data management company Sweagle.

Facebook’s Oculus Buys Ready at Dawn Game Studio

By Annie Baker ● Jun 23, 2020

This week, Facebook’s Oculus virtual reality headset subsidiary announced it has acquired a gaming studio called Ready At Dawn.

Why Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Is Buying CyberX

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 23, 2020

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has confirmed that it is buying CyberX in order to accelerate and secure Internet of Things deployment.

Why Facebook Is Buying Mapillary (FB)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 20, 2020

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has acquired a Sweden-based street-level mapping company called Mapillary this past week. These are the details about the deal.

Accenture (ACN): Sentelis Acquisition And $341 Million Commerce Department Contract

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2020

Accenture Plc (NYSE: ACN) has announced it has acquired Sentelis and Accenture Federal Services (AFS) unveiled it won a $341 million Department of Commerce contract.

Why Square (SQ) Is Buying Verse

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 17, 2020

Financial services company Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) announced that it is buying Verse, which is a Spanish peer-to-peer payments app.

Why Coupa Software (COUP) Is Buying Treasury Management Company BELLIN Group

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 16, 2020

Business spend management giant Coupa Software Inc (NASDAQ: COUP) recently announced it is buying BELLIN Group. These are the details..

Net Element Inc (NETE) Enters Into LOI To Merge With Mullen Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 15, 2020

Net Element Inc (NASDAQ: NETE) announced today that it has entered into a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to merge with privately-held Mullen Technologies.

Why Synopsys (SNPS) Is Buying Semiconductor Analytics Company Qualtera

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2020

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) announced recently that it is buying Qualtera, which is a fast-growing provider of collaborative high-performance big data analytics for semiconductor test and manufacturing. These are the details.

Just Eat Takeaway Is Buying GrubHub Inc (GRUB) For $7.3 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 10, 2020

Amsterdam-based Just Eat Takeaway announced it is buying U.S. based GrubHub Inc (NYSE: GRUB) for $7.3 billion. These are the details.

Freight Tech Companies Sennder And Everoad Merging

By Annie Baker ● Jun 9, 2020

Launched in 2015, German freight technology Sennder will be merging with France-based Everoad in a stock-based deal.

AstraZeneca (AZN): Gilead Sciences (GILD) Merger Talks, Oxford University Vaccine Plans, Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2020

AstraZeneca plc (NYSE: AZN) announced it has started manufacturing experimental coronavirus vaccines developed by Oxford University and the company is reportedly in talks with Gilead about a merger

Why Chegg (CHGG) Is Buying Mathway For About $100 Million In All-Cash

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 7, 2020

Chegg Inc (NYSE: CHGG) recently announced it has acquired math solver Mathway. These are the details about the deal.

Why Hippo Is Buying Spinnaker Insurance Company

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 4, 2020

Hippo, a company that is transforming home insurance and ownership, announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to buy Spinnaker Insurance Company.

Shamrock Capital Buys Adweek

By Noah Long ● Jun 2, 2020

Los Angeles-based investment firm Shamrock Capital announced that it has acquired Adweek. These are the details.

Masmovil Ibercom SA (MAS) To Be Taken Private In $3.3 Billion Deal

By Annie Baker ● Jun 1, 2020

Spanish phone company Masmovil Ibercom SA (BME: MAS) will be taken private by three buyout funds as part of a 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) deal.

Zynga (ZNGA) Is Buying Turkish Mobile Gaming Company Peak For $1.8 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 1, 2020

Zynga Inc (NASDAQ: ZNGA) announced it is buying Turkish mobile-game company Peak for $1.8 billion as part of a cash and stock deal.

Cisco Systems (CSCO) Announces Plan To Buy ThousandEyes

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 29, 2020

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced its plan to buy Internet and Cloud intelligence platform company ThousandEyes. These are the details.

Apple (AAPL) Reportedly Acquired Machine Learning Company Inductiv

By Amit Chowdhry ● May 28, 2020

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has reportedly acquired machine-learning company Inductiv, which utilizes artificial intelligence to correct errors in data.

Why Merck Is Buying Themis

By Dan Anderson ● May 27, 2020

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) and Themis -- which is a company focused on vaccines and immune-modulation therapies for infectious diseases and cancer -- announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Merck will buy Themis.