Private Equity
Netsertive has acquired Seattle-based Mixpo, a provider of video advertising solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Netsertive is backed by RRE Ventures, Harbert Venture Partners, River Cities Capital Funds and Greycroft Partners while Mixpo's investors were GrowthWorks Capital, Madrona Venture Group and Yaletown Partners.
4 min read · 15 August 2017
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co said it would buy privately held IFM Therapeutics for an upfront payment of $300 million, as the drugmaker looks to bolster its cancer portfolio after losing ground to Merck & Co's rival treatment Keytruda.
1 min read · 04 August 2017
Anaqua, a provider of intellectual property management software to corporations and law firms, is merging with Lecorpio, a maker of IP management software. No financial terms were disclosed. The newly combined company will focus on providing tools to law firms to streamline operations and maximize its IP assets. Marks Baughan Securities LLC served as financial adviser to Lecorpio on this transaction. Anaqua is backed by Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.
3 min read · 03 August 2017
Wyndham Worldwide's RCI has acquired London-based Love Home Swap, a home exchange program. No financial terms were disclosed. Love Home Swap was backed by MMC Ventures, according to Crunchbase.
2 min read · 02 August 2017
LogMein Inc has agreed to acquire Israel-based Nanorep, a provider of self service, virtual assistants and smart bot solutions for customer service and ecommerce, for about $45 million. According to Crunchbase, Nanorep's backers included iAngels, JAL Ventures, Oryzn Capital and OurCrowd.
4 min read · 02 August 2017
Nomura Holdings Inc said on Thursday it would tender to sell its shares in Jafco Co through a share buyback with the venture capital firm, as the brokerage looks to deploy its capital more efficiently, Reuters reported.
1 min read · 27 July 2017
The board of Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal has agreed to a deal with bigger rival Flipkart for up to $950 million, two sources said on Wednesday, bringing the two a step closer to forming a combine to challenge Amazon.com's (AMZN.O) domestic growth.
3 min read · 26 July 2017
Zeta Global acquired San Francisco-based Boomtrain, an artificial intelligence powered marketing platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Boomtrain's backers included Cota Capital, Crosslink Capital, Lerer Ventures, Sierra Ventures and Streamlined Ventures.
3 min read · 19 July 2017
University Ventures has acquired Minneapolis-based GradStaff, a recruiting firm focused on placing recent college graduates into entry-level positions. No financial terms were disclosed. As a result of the transaction, GradStaff has now rebranded as Avenica.
4 min read · 19 July 2017
Uber and Yandex, the "Google of Russia," have agreed to combine their Russian ride-sharing businesses, with Yandex becoming the leading partner in a deal that extends to five neighboring markets, Reuters reported.
3 min read · 13 July 2017
