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‘Work is broken’: Limeade acquires Sitrion as company aims to boost employee engagement

Limeade continues to march forward on its mission to improve employee engagement at work. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company today announced… Read More

Nintex founder launches firm to invest in golf-related startups, acquires indoor simulator maker

It started with a veteran tech executive trying to improve his golf game. Now Brett Campbell has turned his sports… Read More

Add3 acquires Point It as Seattle digital marketing firms join forces

Seattle digital marketing firm Add3 today announced the acquisition of fellow Seattle marketing agency Point It. Founded in 2003, Add3 specializes in search,… Read More

Proposed T-Mobile merger with Sprint on hold as FCC pauses 180-day shot clock

The Federal Communications Commision needs more time to consider whether to approve a multibillion-dollar merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. The… Read More

Bruce Jaffe

Domain name registry Donuts to be acquired by private equity firm Abry Partners

Donuts, a domain name registry based in Kirkland, Wash., has agreed to be acquired by Abry Partners, a private equity… Read More

Lessons in bootstrapping: Drift acquires marketing automation startup Siftrock, opens Seattle office

The path to profitability and acquisition doesn’t always require hoards of venture capital dollars. That’s what Siftrock just proved. The… Read More

Porch acquires another home services startup as it aims to be ‘one of the next great Seattle companies’

It’s been quite the roller coaster ride for Porch. The Seattle-based home services company grew rapidly and raised $100 million… Read More

File-sharing service WeTransfer acquires Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree

File-sharing company WeTransfer has acquired the Paper and Paste creative apps from FiftyThree. Founded in 2011, New York City-based FiftyThree was known for developing… Read More

Intel acquires Seattle-based deep learning startup Vertex.AI to bolster artificial intelligence efforts

Intel has acquired Vertex.AI, a three-year-old Seattle startup whose tools let developers add deep learning capabilities to their software. Founded in… Read More

Nintex acquires New Zealand process mapping company Promapp

Bellevue, Wash.-based Nintex has acquired Promapp, a New Zealand firm that helps companies identify and automate their business processes. The companies… Read More

Network monitoring giant Gigamon acquires Seattle security startup ICEBRG

Gigamon has acquired Seattle startup ICEBRG to strengthen its networking and security technology. Gigamon, previously a publicly-traded company that was… Read More

Seattle-based cloud telecom company Flowroute to be acquired by West Corporation

In a move to expand its existing service technology, Omaha, Neb.-based telecommunications company West Corporation announced Friday that it agreed… Read More

TLDR: Amazon’s blue crew delivery, Amazon agrees to acquire PillPack, Coinme installs 50th Bitcoin ATM

Today’s featured stories Inside Amazon’s Prime photo op: A secret bus ride, a spectacular Seattle view — but alas, no… Read More

Amazon agrees to acquire online pharmacy PillPack, reports peg deal at nearly $1B

Amazon’s march into healthcare took another big step on Thursday as the tech giant announced its intention to acquire PillPack.… Read More

Rover and DogVacay

Inside Rover’s DogVacay deal: Why the former rivals went with one brand, not two, after acquisition

When Seattle-based online dog-sitting marketplace Rover announced it was acquiring its biggest competitor, Santa Monica, Calif.-based DogVacay, in March 2017,… Read More

Microsoft to acquire machine learning startup Bonsai, fueling AI efforts

Microsoft is adding more firepower to its artificial intelligence arm. The tech giant has agreed to acquire Bonsai, a San… Read More

Nuance buys Voicebox Technologies, scooping up speech-recognition and natural-language pioneer

Nuance Communications has quietly acquired Voicebox Technologies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that was an early leader in speech recognition and natural… Read More

SAP data management startup Winshuttle acquired by Symphony Technology Group

Winshuttle, a Bothell, Wash.-based startup that helps customers manage and automate their data in SAP environments, has been acquired by… Read More

Glassdoor to be acquired for $1.2 billion by Japan-based HR giant Recruit Holdings

Job review site Glassdoor has agreed to be acquired for $1.2 billion by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings Co. The… Read More

Seattle tunnel

Trimble will pay $1.2B to acquire Portland-based Viewpoint Construction Software, including former Dexter + Chaney office in Seattle

Portland, Ore.-based Viewpoint Construction Software has agreed to be acquired by Silicon Valley-based giant Trimble for $1.2 billion in an all-cash… Read More

Unikrn to create ‘first crypto gaming platform’ with acquisition of ChallengeMe

Seattle esports betting startup Unikrn continues to grow and today announced another acquisition. The company has swooped up Berlin-based ChallengeMe.GG,… Read More

Amazon completes Ring acquisition, drops price of original video doorbell under $100

Amazon completed its acquisition of smart-home security company Ring this morning and dropped the price of the Santa Monica, Calif.-company’s… Read More

SCI Solutions acquires DatStat to bolster digital engagement for healthcare patients

Two Seattle-based healthcare companies are teaming up to help improve the way patients use digital tools to engage with care… Read More

Johnson & Johnson acquires C-SATS, a University of Washington spinout that grades surgeons

Johnson & Johnson today announced the acquisition of C-SATS, a Seattle startup that uses technology to facilitate performance reviews for… Read More

Job search platform Randrr acquires anonymous career-matching startup Anthology

Randrr, a Jacksonville, Fla.-based job search platform, today announced the acquisition of Anthology, a Seattle startup that developed an anonymous… Read More

LeaveLogic parental leave management platform acquired by benefits solutions giant Unum

Unum, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of employee benefits solutions, has acquired LeaveLogic, a Seattle-based startup that operates a parental leave management… Read More

Nokia to acquire Unium, will use mesh wireless software to improve in-home WiFi speeds

Nokia today announced that it will acquire Unium, a Seattle-based company that helps improve WiFi speeds via mesh networking technology.… Read More

Blink

Two Seattle UX design companies join forces as Blink acquires Tectonic

The Seattle-based user-experience research and design company Blink has acquired a little help in the design department by purchasing Tectonic,… Read More

Juno Therapeutics acquired by Celgene for $9B in dramatic deal for rising biotech star

Juno Therapeutics, the Seattle-based biotech company making cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy treatments, has reached a deal to be acquired by New Jersey-based… Read More

Smartsheet makes first acquisition, buys Converse.AI to integrate voice assistants and AI into workflow automation

Smartsheet is making its first acquisition ever as the Bellevue, Wash.-based company aims to integrate artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology… Read More

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