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AstraZeneca will pay up to $1.1B to acquire Icosavax, a Univ. of Washington biotech spinout

Seattle-based Icosavax, a spin-out from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design, will be acquired by biotech giant AstraZeneca for… Read More

Inrix to acquire Portland startup Ride Report, which helps cities manage mobility programs

Transportation software company Inrix acquired Ride Report, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that helps city governments manage shared mobility fleets. Founded… Read More

Gut microbiome startup Viome buys digital wellness startup Naring Health

Viome Life Sciences, the Seattle-area health tech startup that sells gut microbiome tests, acquired Naring Health, another company developing “personalized… Read More

Zillow Group acquiring Follow Up Boss for up to $500M in quest for ‘housing super app’

[This story originally appeared on Real Estate News.] Zillow Group is adding to its arsenal of agent tools with the acquisition… Read More

Construction software company Procore acquires Seattle mapping startup Unearth

Unearth Technologies, a Seattle startup that develops mapping software for the construction industry, announced Friday it was acquired by Procore… Read More

Seattle startup APImetrics merges with Contxt, combining API monitoring and security companies

API security and monitoring software companies APImetrics and Contxt are merging. The deal combines products for “end-to-end” API visibility, covering… Read More

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes to acquire assets from ‘buy before you sell’ company

Seattle-based real estate startup Flyhomes this week announced it plans to acquire certain assets from Home Sale Assured, a Chicago-area company… Read More

iSpot makes another acquisition, buying New York company 605, boosting its TV ad measurement tech

TV advertising tech company iSpot.tv acquired New York-based 605, marking its fourth acquisition in less than three years. Founded in… Read More

Real estate startup acquisition: EasyKnock buys home maintenance company Onder

New York-based home-buying company EasyKnock acquired Seattle home maintenance startup Onder, combining two residential real estate-focused tech businesses. Terms of… Read More

Seattle-area edtech company DreamBox Learning acquired by Discovery Education

DreamBox Learning, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that sells education technology software to K-12 schools, announced Tuesday it was acquired by… Read More

Boundless acquires Bridge, combining two immigration-focused tech startups

Boundless Immigration, a Seattle startup that helps immigrants receive visas and citizenships in the U.S., acquired San Francisco-based immigration consulting… Read More

Amazon and iRobot reduce acquisition price as struggling Roomba maker takes on new debt

Amazon and iRobot have agreed to a 15% reduction in Amazon’s acquisition price to offset a new $200 million loan… Read More

Analysis: Legal battle is only the first step to success in Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision

Microsoft on Tuesday cleared a significant hurdle to its $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, as a federal judge sided… Read More

Forced exit: Startup founders seek M&A deals amid funding slowdown

When Rebekah Bastian set out to raise funding for her startup in April, she had less than two months of… Read More

Teal acquires OwnTrail, a life-and-career social platform launched in Seattle in 2020

OwnTrail, a Seattle-based life-and-career social startup, is being acquired by Miami-based job search-and-apply platform Teal. Terms of the deal, announced… Read More

Novartis to buy Seattle biotech firm Chinook Therapeutics in $3.2B deal

Swiss biopharma giant Novartis announced Monday it plans to buy Seattle-based Chinook Therapeutics for $3.2 billion, marking another blockbuster acquisition… Read More

WebMD will pay $75M to acquire employee experience company Limeade

Limeade, the employee experience software company based in Bellevue, Wash., agreed to be acquired by WebMD Health Services, part of… Read More

Auction hosting site Auction.io acquires home-bidding platform Doorsey

— Dallas, Texas-based auction software company Auction.io acquired real estate tech platform Doorsey. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Cannabis company POSaBIT calls off plans to acquire three compliance software firms

POSaBIT announced Friday plans to abandon its acquisition of three cannabis compliance software firms after a third-party proposal resulted in… Read More

Tempo acquires LiquidPlanner, a project management startup founded in 2006

Boston-based Tempo Software is acquiring LiquidPlanner, the 17-year-old Seattle-based startup that sells a suite of productivity software tools to businesses.… Read More

Database giant Snowflake closes deal to acquire tools from Mobilize.net

Snowflake closed its deal to acquire a suite of migration tools called SnowConvert from Bellevue, Wash.-based software maker Mobilize.net. Mobilize’s… Read More

Scoop: Flyhomes acquires Loftium, combining two Seattle real estate tech companies

Flyhomes is broadening its suite of home-buying tools by acquiring the host-to-own platform Loftium in a Seattle startup real estate… Read More

Exit comeback: After big slowdown in IPO and M&A activity, analysts optimistic for a rebound

After startup exit activity took a nose dive in 2022 amid inflation, rising interest rates, and other macroeconomic forces, some… Read More

Publicly traded cannabis fintech POSaBIT acquires three compliance software firms

POSaBIT has reached a deal with Akerna to acquire three cannabis compliance companies in an all-cash deal, broadening the suite… Read More

Exterro acquires Zapproved, combining two Oregon-based legal tech companies

Beaverton, Ore.-based legal tech company Exterro said it has acquired Zapproved, a Portland, Ore.-based software platform that helps corporate lawyers… Read More

Market insights platform Klue acquires DoubleCheck Research

Klue, the Vancouver, B.C.-based startup that uses AI to aggregate and analyze company data, acquired DoubleCheck Research, a Massachusetts-based company… Read More

KKR-backed customer feedback company Alchemer acquires Seattle startup Apptentive

Alchemer, a Louisville, Colo.-based survey software platform, acquired Apptentive, a Seattle startup that helps mobile app-makers gather customer feedback. Terms of… Read More

Seattle-area software services firm AFour Technologies acquired by ACL Digital

AFour Technologies, a Redmond, Wash.-based software engineering services company founded in 2007, was acquired by ACL Digital, another software services… Read More

Payscale acquires competitor Agora as states push for pay transparency

Seattle compensation data startup Payscale announced Tuesday that it is purchasing San Francisco-based competitor Agora Solutions amid a tailwind of lawmakers… Read More

Portland healthcare startup GrowthPlug acquired amid slowdown in exit activity

PracticeTek, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based investment firm that targets healthcare software companies, has acquired Beaverton, Ore.-based healthcare software startup GrowthPlug. The… Read More

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