Articles about M&A – Page 13 of 27

IPO market for venture-backed companies remains strong, but M&A deals slow

It’s still a good time to go public. Twenty-eight venture-backed companies completed initial public offerings during the second quarter, raising… Read More

Report: Sprint lining up $40 billion financing package to make T-Mobile purchase

A Sprint and T-Mobile tie-up is looking even more likely after news this morning from Reuters that Sprint has already… Read More

Google just quietly bought this stealthy Seattle startup led by ex-Clearwire researchers

Sometimes startups attract corporate attention after releasing cutting-edge products, or nailing down key customers. Others get gobbled up before they… Read More

Shares of Move Inc. jump on speculation of Trulia buyout

Trulia Inc. is still digesting Market Leader following last year’s $355 million acquisition of the Bellevue online real estate company.… Read More

Priceline gobbling up OpenTable for $2.6 billion

The Priceline Group has quite the appetite for acquisitions. Two days after buying Seattle hotel marketing startup Buuteeq, the Norwalk,… Read More

Priceline buys Seattle hotel marketing startup Buuteeq

Buuteeq, a Seattle startup that powers the Web sites for hotels around the world, was acquired today by Priceline… Read More

Google buying satellite startup Skybox Imaging for $500M

Google says it will pay $500 million in cash for Skybox Imaging, using the company’s satellites and related technology to… Read More

A T-Mobile and Sprint tie-up will look more pink than yellow

What do you get when you mix the third-and-fourth-largest wireless phone carriers together? You get a combined wireless carrier that… Read More

Double Down Interactive parent IGT reportedly exploring sale

International Game Technology, the Las Vegas-based casino game maker, is looking for a buyer, according to a report today in… Read More

Time Inc. buys family scheduling app Cozi

Seattle startup Cozi, founded in 2005 by former Microsoft manager Robbie Cape, has been acquired by Time Inc. in a… Read More

Microsoft buys Paris startup Capptain to better analyze mobile app usage

Microsoft is buying Capptain, a small Paris-based startup that helps mobile developers get a better sense of how people are using… Read More

What should Microsoft buy? 10 companies for Satya Nadella’s shopping list

The market for tech mergers and acquisitions is strong right now. Facebook is acquiring Oculus. Comcast is buying Time Warner Cable,… Read More

Boeing buys British tech firm to boost fuel efficiency and management

Boeing announced that it reached an agreement to acquire ETS Aviation, a British firm that specializes in fuel efficiency and… Read More

Mike McSherry departs Nuance three years after selling Swype for $100 million

Mike McSherry, a Seattle start-up veteran, has left Nuance Communications nearly three years after the company purchased Swype, GeekWire has learned.… Read More

Microsoft’s Xbox loses Twitch to Google’s YouTube (and why that matters)

Google has reportedly beat out Microsoft and others to reach a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame streaming company.… Read More

Chart: The top 10 spots for tech acquisitions (No one even comes close to Silicon Valley)

Silicon Valley still holds the crown in most aspects of technology, and now here’s another one: It is home to… Read More

Walmart’s shopping spree continues as its online sales grow faster than Amazon’s

Walmart’s technology investments are starting to pay off — at least a little bit. For the first time in a decade, the mega… Read More

T-Mobile adds another 2.4M customers in record quarter, within shouting distance of Sprint

T-Mobile added a net total of 2.4 million customers in the first quarter — the biggest growth in its history — including record… Read More

Fast-growing Avalara buys Zytax line, helping businesses process fuel excise taxes

Avalara is expanding again through an acquisition, announcing today that it has acquired the Zytax line of energy-related tax automation products.… Read More

Online presentation startup 9Slides buys Seattle’s Now Meeting

Two Seattle area startups are joining forces with the goal of helping workers communicate more effectively. 9Slides, the 3-year-old online… Read More

Portland startup and TechStars Seattle grad Glider acquired by FPX

TechStars Seattle grad Glider, a Portland startup developing tools to streamline the sales contract process at organizations, has been acquired in… Read More

Microsoft’s Nokia deal to close Friday, with a few tweaks

After a long road through several regulatory bodies, Microsoft has finally cleared all of the hurdles standing between it and… Read More

Blucora paying $45M to purchase HowStuffWorks, the Internet’s how-to guide with 38 million monthly visitors

Blucora continues to expand through acquisitions. The Bellevue company today announced that it’s buying HowStuffWorks from Discovery Communications, paying $45… Read More

Amazon buys digital comic book purveyor comiXology

Amazon.com is making a big push into the digital comic book arena, announcing today that it has acquired New York-based… Read More

Microsoft’s $7.2B Nokia deal approved in China, clearing last big hurdle

Regulators in China have signed off on Microsoft’s $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services business, setting the stage… Read More

Mobile health app maker Mindbloom acquired

Mindbloom, a Seattle maker of mobile apps designed to help people live healthier lives, has been acquired in a… Read More

Sprint chairman wants to fight rivals, promises ‘price war’ if allowed to buy T-Mobile

Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son wants to buy Bellevue-based T-Mobile, in part so he can launch a “massive price war” against… Read More

Spotify acquires music discovery service The Echo Nest to the dismay of Rhapsody, Xbox Music

This morning the volume got turned up in the streaming music business when Spoitfy announced the acquisition of The Echo… Read More

Teledesic 2.0? Facebook looking to buy solar-powered drone maker Titan to deliver Internet access from the skies

Craig McCaw’s Teledesic raised hundreds of millions of dollars in the 1990s to build low-orbiting satellites that could deliver high-speed… Read More

Chart: Two-thirds of tech companies did not raise any VC money before exit

Venture capital has fueled some pretty important tech companies in recent years — from WhatsApp (backed by Sequoia) to Zulily… Read More