Articles about M&A – Page 19 of 27

Report: Venture-backed IPOs and M&A deals slow in Q3

The red-hot market for initial public offerings and mergers and acquisitions slowed during the third quarter, perhaps damaged by Facebook’s… Read More

T-Mobile selling rights to 7,200 cell towers for $2.4 billion

Well, here’s one of the first significant moves by newly-appointed T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere. The Bellevue wireless carrier today announced a… Read More

TechStars Seattle grad GoMiles acquired by Traxo

GoMiles, a Seattle startup that allows consumers to better manage frequent flyer miles, has been acquired by Dallas-based Traxo in… Read More

NetMotion Wireless sold to private equity firm

Seattle’s NetMotion Wireless, a maker of wireless network performance management software, has been sold to Clearlake Capital Group in a deal… Read More

Lockerz makes another buy, unlocks deal with Wishpot

Sometimes you run into stories in the strangest places. On an elevator ride in Pioneer Square this morning, I bumped… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Hubspan acquired by Liason Technologies

In a deal of undisclosed size, Seattle-based Hubspan has been acquired by Liaison Technologies. Atlanta-based Liason is a provider of cloud integration… Read More

QuestionPro gobbles up PollBob to bolster mobile offerings

QuestionPro is buying PollBob, a small New Orleans consumer Internet startup that specializes in online and mobile polling technology. Terms of… Read More

Is Coinstar on the auction block, and could Amazon come knocking?

Two months ago, the Corum Group, a boutique Seattle M&A advisory firm, floated an idea that Amazon.com should buy retail kiosk pioneer… Read More

The Carlyle Group gobbles up Getty Images for a cool $3.3B

Getty Images, the Seattle distributor of digital images and video, is transitioning from one private equity firm to another. The… Read More

SEOMoz buys Twitter analytics upstart Followerwonk

Ever want to know how your Twitter standing stacks up against friends, business rivals or celebrities? That’s the idea behind… Read More

Social media agency Ant’s Eye View purchased by PwC

Ant’s Eye View, a three-year-old social media agency with operations in Seattle, Austin and Silicon Valley, has agreed to be… Read More

Google buys Frommer’s travel guides

Google is buying another old-school media property, this time announcing that it has gobbled up the well known Frommer’s travel… Read More

Report: RIM looking to offload NewBay after 10 months

Well, that certainly didn’t last too long. Just 10 months after purchasing NewBay Software for $100 million, Research in Motion… Read More

Tech M&A deals slow, but report predicts upsurge based on $1.1 trillion corporate cash pile

The number of tech-oriented M&A deals during the second quarter declined by 15 percent to 55 transactions, a weakness attributed… Read More

IT automation software firm UC4 sold for $270 million

UC4, a Bellevue maker of IT process automation software, has been purchased by private equity firm EQT for $270 million.… Read More

WebMediaBrands buys Cory Bergman’s Lost Remote blog

Cory Bergman’s Lost Remote blog, which started more than a decade ago to cover changes in the television industry, has… Read More

Banyan Branch expands with take over of Nology Media

Banyan Branch is adding a new tree limb, announcing today that it is taking over Seattle social media upstart Nology… Read More

Apple and Twitter: How would an alliance alter the tech biz?

Well, here’s an interesting one for you to contemplate this weekend. The New York Times is reporting that Apple has… Read More

After the writedown: How Microsoft squandered its $6.3B buy of ad giant aQuantive

It was supposed to change everything for Microsoft, creating a viable rival to Google and establishing the Redmond company as a… Read More

datAvail buys Blue Gecko

Seattle’s Blue Gecko has been acquired by datAvail, creating one of the largest providers of remote database administration services in… Read More

Microsoft buying Perceptive Pixel, technology company behind CNN’s Magic Wall

Microsoft is acquiring Perceptive Pixel, a New York-based company known as a pioneer in multitouch technologies for large displays. Founded… Read More

On the auction block: Getty Images could fetch $4B in private equity bid

Getty Images, the Seattle digital image company led by Jonathan Klein, may be headed from the arms of one private… Read More

Construction software firm WinEstimator finds a buyer

WinEstimator, a 20-year-old maker of cost modeling software for the construction industry, has been acquired in a deal of undisclosed… Read More

Report: Amazon.com buying mobile map startup UpNext

Amazon.com is reportedly buying UpNext, a five-year-old New York City startup that specializes in what they describe as “vibrant, immersive… Read More

Facebook offering chills IPO market as drought hits venture-backed companies

It has been nearly a year since the last tech company in Washington state completed an initial public offering. Zillow… Read More

With founder and VC connections, Spoken buys HyperQuality

In a deal of undisclosed size, Bellevue-based Spoken Communications today announced its acquisition of Seattle’s HyperQuality. These two companies should… Read More

The ‘acquihire’ of the day: TechStars Seattle grad Thinkfuse gobbled up by Salesforce.com

Thinkfuse, one of the original startups to move through the TechStars Seattle program, is being acquired by Salseforce.com in a… Read More

Report: RIM may break itself apart, with Amazon or Facebook picking up some of the pieces

The on-again, off-again rumors swirling around Research in Motion are back on following a report by The Sunday Times that… Read More

Dream of the 90s is alive in Portland: Cvent buys mobile app maker CrowdCompass

CrowdCompass, a Portland startup whose mobile apps are used to power events, including the 2012 Seattle Science Festival and the Lions… Read More

Facebook buys facial recognition startup Face.com

In a deal that was widely anticipated, Facebook announced today that it has acquired facial recognition upstart Face.com. TechCrunch reports… Read More