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Tune acquires IP assets from Optimob to bolster HasOffers performance marketing platform

Seattle-based marketing company Tune today announced that it acquired the intellectual property assets of Optimob, a marketing automation startup based… Read More

Target to buy same-day grocery delivery company Shipt for $550M as it battles Amazon

Target today announced that it plans to acquire Shipt, an Alabama-based same-day delivery platform, for $550 million in cash. The deal will… Read More

Sprout Social acquires Seattle social media analytics startup Simply Measured

Sprout Social has acquired Simply Measured, a Seattle startup that helps brands get deeper insights into their social media marketing… Read More

VitalSource acquires Intrepid Learning, will create combined corporate training platform

VitalSource, a Raleigh, N.C.-based digital learning platform with more than 20 million users worldwide, today announced the acquisition of Intrepid Learning,… Read More

Kentucky Derby operator Churchill Downs selling Big Fish Games for $990M, just three years after initial purchase

Just three years after acquiring Big Fish Games, Churchill Downs Inc. is selling its mobile gaming subsidiary to Australia-based Aristocrat Technologies… Read More

‘Salesforce of pot’ CRM software startup Baker acquires Seattle-based Grassworks Digital

Denver-based Baker, a 3-year-old startup that develops marketing software for marijuana dispensaries, today announced that it has acquired Grassworks Digital,… Read More

Puppet acquires Distelli to bolster cloud computing automation platform

Rahul Singh started with a single focus when he launched Distelli more than two years ago: give developers a way… Read More

Johnson & Johnson acquires subscription-based contact lens startup Sightbox

Only two months after raising a $2.4 million funding round, Sightbox has been acquired. The Portland-based startup just sold to… Read More

Swisslog Healthcare acquires Talyst Systems, will develop pharmacy software at Seattle-area office

Talyst Systems, a provider of software tools for pharmacies, was acquired Tuesday by medical supply management specialist Swisslog Healthcare. Talyst Systems’… Read More

Expedia completes majority stake acquisition of train travel tech company SilverRail

Expedia, the Bellevue, Wash. travel giant with a big appetite for acquisitions, has completed its purchase of the majority stake… Read More

Video streaming marketplace uZoom acquires Creator Republic

One-on-one video streaming platform uZoom has acquired Creator Republic for an undisclosed sum. UZoom is a Seattle startup that connects viewers in remote… Read More

Seattle wellness tracking startup EveryMove acquired by personal health scanning company higi

EveryMove, a Seattle startup that helps employers incentivize employee wellness, has been acquired by health-tracking company higi. Chicago-based higi announced the… Read More

Globant swoops up another Seattle company as it acquires digital agency Ratio

Globant just made another acquisition of a Seattle-based company. The publicly-traded global technology consulting firm today announced that it has acquired… Read More

HR software maker Unitive acquires Seattle startup TalentSonar to help companies remove bias from hiring

Unitive, a San Francisco company that makes hiring and HR software, is acquiring TalentSonar, according to CEO Alvin Loh. The… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on 3D with acquisition of Swedish company Simplygon

At its big press conference in New York last year, Microsoft unveiled its upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update, promising “3D for Everyone.” Now… Read More

Kitchenbowl acquired by Japanese cooking school as founders head to Uber and Instacart

It started with a cold email and ended with an acquisition. Kitchenbowl, a Seattle-based startup that built a social recipe… Read More

Zillow Group grows New York footprint, acquiring Hamptons Real Estate Online

Zillow Group, the Seattle-based real estate tech titan, just bought another New York web property. Hamptons Real Estate Online, a… Read More

Volkswagen acquires PayByPhone, a parking payment app used by 12.5M users in 300 cities

PayByPhone, which powers a parking payment app used by some of the world’s largest cities and private lot operators, has a new owner.… Read More

How data privacy practices could make or break the sale of your company

Yahoo’s sale to Verizon could be in jeopardy or severely discounted due to its recent disclosure about a 2013 data… Read More

L4 Digital tech consulting firm acquired by publicly-traded Globant

Globant S.A., a publicly-traded global technology consulting company, has acquired Seattle-based product agency L4 Digital. Founded in 2008, L4 Digital… Read More

Online diamond seller Blue Nile to be acquired for $500M by private equity firm

Seattle-based online diamond seller Blue Nile announced today that it has agreed to be acquired for $500 million by Bain Capital Private… Read More

Red Ventures acquires Seattle’s Soda.com, operator of The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com

Soda.com, a Seattle media company that operates consumer sites like The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com, has sold to Red Ventures.… Read More

Q&A: Meet the 30-year-old entrepreneur who just sold his profitable e-commerce company for $75M

Etailz is almost a too-perfect-to-be-true startup success story. The company grew out of a college business plan competition at Gonzaga… Read More

Hashtag aggregator Tagboard to acquire Capture, a social media publisher used by newsrooms

Tagboard today announced that it will acquire Capture, a social media publishing platform used by news media based out of… Read More

Bootstrapped success: Profitable online retailer Etailz sells for $75M

Etailz, a digital marketplace consultant and online retailer that operates sites such as Ecomom, EveryCasa and GreenCupboards, was acquired today… Read More

German automotive group Continental acquires majority stake in fleet tracking company Zonar

German automotive giant Continental announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Zonar Systems, a Seattle-area company that provides electronic fleet… Read More

Zillow sells Diverse Solutions to Market Leader, 5 years after acquiring real estate marketing startup

Five years after acquiring online real estate marketing startup Diverse Solutions, Zillow Group today sold the company to Market Leader. Market… Read More

Seattle startup Ranku acquired by education publishing giant John Wiley & Sons

Ranku, a Seattle-based startup that helps online degree programs reach more students, announced today that it has been acquired for an… Read More

Is Twitter courting suitors? Acquisition rumors swirl as board members prepare to meet

It’s no secret that Twitter is struggling. The company continues to post losses each quarter and new user adoption is… Read More

Microsoft acquiring natural language scheduling startup Genee to add ‘intelligent experiences’ to Office 365

Microsoft has agreed to buy Genee, a scheduling service it said uses natural-language processing to automate setting up meetings. The… Read More