FitTech acquires TWC Opto, XQT-Opto
LED probing, testing and sorting equipment maker FitTech has disclosed it has acquired Taiwan-based TWC Opto and China-based XQT-Opto Technology in a bid to strengthen its product lines of laser probing and testing equipment......»»
Sony acquires Evo, the world’s biggest e-sports fighting game tournament
Sony has acquired Evo, the world's biggest e-sports fighting game tournament......»»
Sony acquires world’s largest fighting-game tourney series
Next online event, coincidentally, will only include PlayStation games. Enlarge / Street Fighter V's top-eight world finals tournament at Evo 2017, held at the Mandalay Bay casino arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (credit: Aurich Lawson) When it com.....»»
Snap acquires Fit Analytics, a fitting technology startup, to double down on fashion and e-commerce
“Snap, Inc. is a camera company,” Snap notes on its homepage, and while a lot of its effort up to now have been about using that camera ethos to help people share images of their lives with their social circles on its flagship app Snapcha.....»»
Dija acquires Cambridge-based Genie to expand its 10 minute grocery service across UK
Dija, the London-based grocery delivery startup backed by Blossom Capital, Creandum and Index Ventures, has acquired Cambridge, U.K.-based Genie, in what looks in part like an acqui-hire. The deal, for which terms remain undisclosed, will see Genie f.....»»
Cruise acquires self-driving startup Voyage
Voyage, the autonomous vehicle startup that spun out of Udacity, has been acquired by Cruise, a deal that points to the continued consolidation within the nascent industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed; the majority of Voyage’.....»»
Largan becomes largest shareholder of AOET
Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision has acquired a 15.2% stake in fellow maker Ability Opto-Electronics Technology (AOET) by subscribing to new shares issued for private placement at NT$598.4 million (US$21.3 million), becoming the larg.....»»
BLU shipments to rebound in March
Coretronic and Radiant Opto-Electronics expect their backlight unit (BLU) shipments to rebound significantly in March, as factory operations have returned to normal after the Lunar New Year holidays......»»
Daily Crunch: Dropbox acquires DocSend for $165M
Dropbox acquires a secure document-sharing startup, Sonos announces a new speaker and Google makes hotel listings free. This is your Daily Crunch for March 9, 2021. The big story: Dropbox acquires DocSend for $165M Dropbox already acquired electronic.....»»
SoFi acquires community bank Golden Pacific Bancorp to speed up its national bank charter process
SoFi, more formally known as Social Finance, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Golden Pacific Bancorp (GPB) for about $22.3 million. The dollar amount is not staggering. What is more notable about the acquisition is that it’s giving SoF.....»»
Daily Crunch: PayPal acquires Curv
PayPal acquires a cryptocurrency startup, Apple discontinues the iMac Pro and McAfee sells its enterprise business. This is your Daily Crunch for March 8, 2021. The big story: PayPal acquires Curv This deal will grow PayPal’s cryptocurrency tea.....»»
Medallia Acquires Decibel, Sitecore Acquires a CDP, Hyland Acquires Nuxeo & More News
It was a busy week in acquisitions in the digital marketing and customer experience software space, leading with Medallia's acquisition of Decibel. Continue reading........»»
FitTech has order visibility till 2H21
LED probing, testing and sorting equipment maker FiTech has obtained orders mainly for equipment used in miniLED chip production, with shipments scheduled until second-half 2021, according to the company......»»
Daily Crunch: Square acquires Tidal
Square buys a majority stake in Jay-Z’s Tidal, WhatsApp improves its desktop app and Hopin raises even more funding. This is your Daily Crunch for March 4, 2021. The big story: Square acquires Tidal Square announced this morning that it has pur.....»»
Jungle Scout raises $110M, acquires Downstream Impact to help 3rd parties sell on marketplaces like Amazon
There has been a rapid proliferation of roll-up companies armed with wallets full of money to consolidate promising smaller merchants that sell on Amazon and other marketplaces, the idea being to create economies of scale to help them sell more effec.....»»
Daily Crunch: Google swears off ad-tracking
Google says it’s focusing on privacy-friendly approaches to ad targeting, Okta acquires Auth0 and a flying taxi startup raises $241 million. This is your Daily Crunch for March 3, 2021. The big story: Google swears off ad-tracking While Google.....»»
Okta acquires cloud identity startup Auth0 for $6.5B
As Okta announced earnings today after the bell, it revealed that it’s buying cloud identity startup Auth0 for a hefty $6.5 billion. The company had a valuation of $1.92 billion when it raised $120 million led by Salesforce Ventures last July......»»
Toro acquires robotic tractor/snow blower maker, Left Hand Robotics
Toro this week announced its intentions to acquire Left Hand Robotics. The Colorado-based startup (not to be confused with Righthand Robotics) is a natural fit for the lawn mowing giant, as the producer of the RT-1000, an autonomous system capable of.....»»
Zynga acquires Echtra, maker of Torchlight 3, to double down on RPG games
Games company Zynga has been on an acquisition tear the last several years to beef up its activity in particular in mobile and casual-puzzle games, spending over $3 billion to pick up a range of startups across Europe (specifically Turkey and Finland.....»»
Epic Games acquires parent company of Fall Guys developer Mediatonic
On Tuesday, Mediatonic received word that its runaway hit Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout has been nominated for five BAFTA awards. Coincidentally, the news came at right about the same time that Epic Games announced the completion of a deal to pick up.....»»
Dana acquires electronics and software provider Pi Innovo
The move adds a "strong library" of turnkey EV application software, vehicle level controllers and auxiliary controllers to Dana's business......»»