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.....»»
Twilio to become minority owner in Syniverse Technologies with $750M investment
Syniverse Technologies, a company that helps mobile providers move communications across public and private networks, announced an extensive partnership with Twilio this morning. Under the agreement, Twilio is investing up to $750 million to become a.....»»
Terminus Raises $90M, Jellyfish Acquires Five Companies & More CX News
This week, leading our customer experience and digital marketing news byte, Terminus raises $90M for its ABM platform, Blueshift Raises $30M and more. Continue reading........»»
Daily Crunch: Facebook launches rap app
Facebook unveils another experimental app, Atlassian acquires a data visualization startup and Newsela becomes a unicorn. This is your Daily Crunch for February 26, 2021. The big story: Facebook launches rap app The new BARS app was created by NPE Te.....»»
Aurora acquires a second lidar company in push to bring self-driving trucks to the road
Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company that recently closed its acquisition of Uber’s self-driving subsidiary, has snapped up another startup. This time, Aurora is buying OURS Technology, the second lidar startup it has acquired in less than two.....»»
Canva acquires background removal specialists Kaleido
Kaleido, makers of a drag-and-drop background removal service for images and video, have been acquired by up and coming digital design platform Canva. While the price and terms are not disclosed, it is speculated that this young company may have fetc.....»»
IronSource acquires video and playable ad platform Luna Labs
Mobile advertising company ironSource is announcing its second acquisition of the year — Luna Labs, a startup that that’s built a platform allowing app developers to create and manage video and playable ads. When I first wrote about the start.....»»
Rokk3r acquires AdMobilize and Matrix Labs for $19.5M
Miami-based AdMobilize and its spin-off, Matrix Labs, announced this morning that they are being acquired for $19.5 million. The buyer is Rokk3r, a Miami-based holding company that invests in creating, acquiring and integrating companies. AdMobilize.....»»
Sinch AB Acquires Inteliquent, WebFindYou Debuts Marketing Solution & More News
Leading our CX news roundup this week, Sinch AB, a cloud communications provider, has acquire Inteliquent, WebFindYou Debuts a new marketing solution & more. Continue reading........»»
Acast acquires podcasting startup RadioPublic
Podcast advertising company Acast is announcing that it has acquired RadioPublic, the startup that spun out of public radio marketplace PRX in 2016. At first, RadioPublic’s main product was a mobile app for podcast listening, and it still suppo.....»»
Twilio Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Twilio Inc. (“Twilio”) (NYSE: TWLO), the leading cloud communications platform, today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $1,000,000,000 of shares of its Class A common stoc.....»»
Dixa acquires Elevio, the ‘knowledge management’ platform helping brands improve customer support
Dixa, the Danish customer support platform promising more personalised customer support, has acquired Melbourne-based “knowledge management” SaaS Elevio to bolster its product and technology offerings. The deal is said to be worth around.....»»
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.....»»
Ad Practitioners acquires Knoq to move the startup’s door-to-door marketing approach online
Knoq (formerly known as Polis) was a startup that recruited representatives to go door-to-door in their neighborhoods, talking up client products and services. So for obvious reasons, it faced challenges in 2020. “We stopped knocking on doors i.....»»
Adobe Adds Headless Content Management, WPVIP Acquires Parse.ly and More News
This week's CX and marketing newsbytes includes a content management update from Adobe, Oracle's CX move, Terminus adds new capabilities and more. Continue reading........»»
Daily Crunch: Jack Dorsey and Jay Z invest in bitcoin development
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z create a bitcoin endowment, Datadog acquires a Startup Battlefield company and BuzzFeed experiments with AI-generated quizzes. This is your Daily Crunch for February 12, 2021. Oh, and before we get started: Consider applying to.....»»
Adobe Adds Headless Content Management, WPVIP Acquires Parse.ly & More News
This week's CX and marketing newsbytes includes a content management update from Adobe, Oracle's CX move, Terminus adds new capabilities and more. Continue reading........»»
Apple TV+ acquires a “sci-fi courtroom drama” about a murderous robot doll
Sci-fi is looking like a cornerstone of Apple TV+'s slowly growing library. Enlarge / A shot from For All Mankind's second season. (credit: Apple+) More science fiction is headed to Apple TV+, according to a new video and report. Apple has pub.....»»
Hilliary Communications Acquires Prairieburg Telephone Co.
Hilliary Communications Acquires Prairieburg Telephone Co. LAWTON, Okla. (Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021) — Hilliary Communications LLC announced Tuesday that it has acquired Prairieburg Telephone Co., a rural telephone company providing service to residen.....»»
Netflix acquires the rights to all 22 Redwall books, plans film and series
The film will be written by Over the Garden Wall's Patrick McHale. Enlarge / The book cover for the first book in the series, Redwall. (credit: Penguin Random House) Netflix has acquired the rights to all 22 books in Brian Jacques' fantasy ser.....»»
Daily Crunch: DoorDash acquires Chowbotics
DoorDash acquires a salad-making robotics startup, Twitter confirms subscription plans and Tesla makes a big bet on bitcoin. This is your Daily Crunch for February 8, 2021. The big story: DoorDash acquires Chowbotics DoorDash has acquired the Bay Are.....»»