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Amazon spent just $103M on acquisitions last year, down sharply amid broader tech M&A slowdown

Amazon has made some blockbuster acquisitions over the years — including the Zappos online retailer, Kiva Systems robotics company, Twitch game… Read More

Seattle’s Spiral Genetics acquired by Bay-Area bioinformatics company Omicia

Spiral Genetics — a bioinformatics startup focused on sequencing genomic data — announced today that it has been acquired by San Francisco… 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

Julep to be acquired in big roll-up of cosmetics brands by newly-formed Glansaol

You’ve probably never heard of the beauty brand Glansaol, but you may very well in the near future. The newly-formed… 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

Amazon reportedly eyeing $1B acquisition of Middle Eastern e-commerce giant Souq.com

Souq.com, an 11-year-old e-commerce marketplace based in the Middle East, is considering a $1 billion buyout offer from Amazon.com, reports… Read More

AT&T and Time Warner to merge in massive $85B media-telecom tie-up

In a massive merger that brings together top telecom and media assets, AT&T today announced its plans to acquire Time… Read More

Tableau Software reportedly explored sale

Tableau Software, one of the largest software companies in Seattle and a pioneer in the field of data visualization software,… Read More

Leaked Colin Powell email shows Salesforce’s interest in buying Tableau Software, 13 other tech companies

What companies are on the wish list of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff? Leaked emails from former Secretary of State Colin… 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

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

Morningstar agrees to buy remaining stake in venture capital data provider PitchBook for $180 million

PitchBook specializes in compiling venture capital, IPO and M&A data on tens of thousands of companies, offering investors, journalists and… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager merges 5-year-old startup with Bluewater Digital, forms new digital marketing agency Zahalo

DNA Response, a 5-year-old Seattle company that helps consumer brands expand their offerings on online marketplaces such as Amazon.com and… Read More

Concur buys travel search engine Hipmunk, a leader in AI-powered travel bots

Looking to expand its footprint in the online travel business, Bellevue-based Concur today announced that it has acquired Hipmunk, a… Read More

Palantir buys data visualization startup Silk, product to be phased out

The secretive CIA-backed enterprise data powerhouse Palantir has acquired Silk, the maker of a data publishing platform that allows individuals… Read More

End of an era: Blucora completes $45M sale of InfoSpace search business

Financial services technology company Blucora completed the sale of its InfoSpace search business for $45 million in cash to email marketing… Read More

Exclusive: Apple acquires Turi in major exit for Seattle-based machine learning and AI startup

Machine learning and artificial intelligence startup Turi has been acquired by Apple in a deal characterized as a blockbuster exit for… Read More

EY acquires Society Consulting, adding 150 people in Seattle to boost its data and analytics services

Financial services giant Ernst & Young LLP, also known as EY, has acquired Bellevue, Wash., based Society Consulting, a consulting services… Read More

Zillow Group buys Atlanta real estate startup that helps brokers manage listings

Zillow Group continues to gobble up real estate tech companies. The Seattle-based online real estate juggernaut today announced that it… Read More

Oracle buys NetSuite for $9.3 billion, bolstering cloud efforts amid increasing competition

Database giant Oracle has agreed to buy cloud company NetSuite for about $9.3 billion in cash, furthering its efforts in… Read More

Redbox

Redbox and Coinstar maker Outerwall agrees to $1.6B buyout from private equity firm

Outerwall, the Bellevue-based operator of Redbox movie rental kiosks and Coinstar coin counting machines, today announced that it has entered… Read More

Acquisition-hungry Expedia gobbles up Rich Barton’s travel photography startup Trover

It’s kind of a homecoming, of sorts, for Seattle entrepreneur Rich Barton. Expedia has acquired Trover, the photo app for… Read More

Amazon Web Services buys Cloud9, a maker of online development tools

Public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services has bought Cloud9, a privately held company that sells an online, collaborative integrated development… Read More

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says competition is ‘dying’ in the U.S., cites growing power of Amazon, Apple and Google

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been in the news a lot in recent days, most notably hitting the campaign trail with… Read More

Donuts offers $70M for Rightside’s domain business, making bold public bid for rival registry

Updated below with Rightside statement. Donuts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based owner of new domain name extensions, is offering to acquire Kirkland-based Rightside… Read More

WatchGuard Technologies buys threat-detection software for $3M plus stock

Network-security hardware vendor WatchGuard Technologies, based in Seattle, has acquired the HawkEye G threat-detection and response technology from Hexis Cyber Solutions, of Hanover,… Read More

Will the LinkedIn deal really be different? Microsoft looks to recover from difficult acquisition history

Microsoft is in the process of almost completely unraveling its $7 billion acquisition of Nokia’s smartphone business, and before that… Read More

Full text: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s memo to employees on LinkedIn deal

Here is the email sent by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to the company’s employees this morning, as published by Microsoft, providing… Read More

Microsoft’s planned acquisition of LinkedIn is one of biggest ever in the tech industry

Microsoft’s planned $26.2 billion cash acquisition of LinkedIn is a whopper in an industry known for mega transactions. The deal,… Read More

By the numbers: How LinkedIn will fit into Microsoft after $26.2B acquisition

Microsoft says LinkedIn will “retain its distinct brand, culture and independence” under the surprise $26.2 billion acquisition announced this morning… Read More

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