Sinch acquires Inteliquent for $1.14B to take on Twilio in the US
After raising $690 million from SoftBank in December to make acquisitions, the Sweden-based cloud communications company Sinch has followed through on its strategy in that department. Today the company announced that it is acquiring Inteliquent, an i.....»»
MediaLab Acquires Imgur
In a blog post, Imgur announced that it has been acquired by a company called MediaLab. "It's the beginning of a new chapter, and we're excited to share the news with you," writes the Imgur team. From the post: We've been acquired by MediaLab! MediaL.....»»
Alan acquires Jour and launches mental health service Alan Mind
French startup Alan is better known for its health insurance products — they now insure 200,000 people. But it has been slowly building a superapp for your health and expanding with new services. Today, the company announced its first acquisition e.....»»
Fivetran hauls in $565M on $5.6B valuation, acquires competitor HVR for $700M
Fivetran, the data connectivity startup, had a big day today. For starters it announced a $565 million investment on a $5.6 billion valuation, but it didn’t stop there. It also announced its second acquisition this year, snagging HVR, a data in.....»»
Byju’s acquires coding platform Tynker for $200 million in US expansion push
Byju’s said on Thursday it has acquired California-headquartered Tynker, a leading coding platform for K-12 students, the latest in a series of major purchases as the Indian edtech giant attempts to aggressively expand to international markets. The.....»»
SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize
Last year at this time, SpotOn was on the brink of announcing a $60 million Series C funding round at a $625 million valuation. Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Today, SpotOn.....»»
BitSight raises $250M from Moody’s and acquires cyber risk startup VisibleRisk
BitSight, a startup that assesses the likelihood that an organization will be breached, has received a $250 million investment from credit rating giant Moody’s, and acquired Israeli cyber risk assessment startup VisibleRisk for an undisclosed sum......»»
Compal acquires Indiana factory from Cal-Comp for car electronics
Compal Electronics has announced that it is acquiring 100% Cal-Comp USA (Indiana)'s shares. Cal-Comp Indiana is the sub-subsidiary of Cal-Comp Thailand. Now Compal and Cal-Comp belong to the same parent group......»»
NortonLifeLock to acquire Avast for $8 billion
Once Norton acquires the Czech antivirus developer, the new firm will be dually headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, USA, and Prague, Czech Republic. NortonLifeLock CEO Vincent Pilette and CFO Natalie Derse will remain CEO and CFO respectively. Avast CEO.....»»
Hootsuite Acquires Heyday, HubSpot Names New CEO and More CX News
Hootsuite made a big $48 million acquisition, HubSpot has a new CEO, FullStory raises $400 million and more CX news. Continue reading........»»
EV charging network ChargePoint acquires ViriCiti for $87.9 million
Amsterdam-based ViriCiti is ChargePoint's second acquisition in the European market......»»
Game engine, meet game streaming: Unity acquires Parsec for $320M
Follows Parsec's explosion during the pandemic as a remote game-development tool. Enlarge / Unity unites with Parsec in a $320 million deal. (credit: Aurich Lawson) The parent company of Unity, one of the most popular game development engines.....»»
Japan’s TechnoPro acquires India’s Robosoft for $108 million
Japan’s TechnoPro acquires India’s Robosoft for $108 million.....»»
How Twilio is moving beyond a diversity numbers game toward becoming an anti-racist company
When George Floyd was murdered in May 2020, it set off a firestorm of protests and shed a bright hot spotlight on the issues of racism in America and elsewhere. As a response, many companies gave messages of support to people of color, yet have faile.....»»
How Twilio is moving beyond a diversity numbers game toward becoming an antiracist company
When George Floyd was murdered in May 2020, it set off a firestorm of protests and shed a bright hot spotlight on the issues of racism in America and elsewhere. As a response, many companies gave messages of support to people of color, yet have faile.....»»
Cybersecurity trainer HackerU acquires Cybint for $50M, say sources
Florida-based HackerU, which creates cybersecurity and other digital skills programs, is acquiring Cybint, a SaaS-based cyber education company. TechCrunch sources understand this to be a $50M acquisition, though both companies declined to comment on.....»»
E-scooter company Fenix acquires Palm for $5M, gains entry to Turkish market
Abu Dhabi-based micromobility company Fenix has acquired Palm, a shared e-scooter company in Turkey, for $5 million – the exact amount the company raised last November and this past February during its seed round. Despite having not even raised a S.....»»
Contentful raises $175M at a $3B valuation from Tiger for its content delivery service
TechCrunch caught up with Contentful's CEO, Steve Sloan (previously of Twilio and Bessemer), and its comms connect, Brian Spittler (previously of Podium), to dig more into its products. Contentful this morning announced a $175 million Serie.....»»
Kaseya acquires decryption key "from trusted third party" after ransomware attack
Kaseya, the Miami-based software company at the centre of a ransomware attack which affected thousands of other businesses, says it has "obtained a decryptor" to unlock the victims' systems......»»
Zoom Acquires Five9, Qualtrics Acquires Usermind and More CX News
In this edition of the CX and marketing Newsbyte, Zoom acquires Five9, Qualtrics acquires Usermind, DemandScience acquires the Airborne app and news. Continue reading........»»
After going public via a SPAC, Taboola acquires e-commerce marketing network Connexity for $800M
Taboola, the company that operates a popular grid-based advertising and content recommendation network across media properties, today announced an acquisition to expand its reach further into e-commerce, its first big move since going public in June.....»»