Private Equity
Investoo Group has acquired financial news portal Invezz.com. No financial terms were disclosed. Investoo's backers include Optimizer Invest and Kinetic Investments.
2 min read · 25 April 2017
BICS has agreed to acquire TeleSign Corp, a communications platform as a service company, for $230 million. TeleSign's backers are Telstra Ventures, March Capital Partners, Summit Partners and Adams Street Partners.
4 min read · 25 April 2017
Optimizely has acquired Austin, Texas-based Experiment Engine, a provider of tools and services for teams to help them manage their experimentation programs. No financial terms were disclosed. Experimental Engine's seed investors included Founder Collective, Mercury Fund, Corsa Ventures and Right Side Capital Management, according to Crunchbase.
3 min read · 21 April 2017
SweetIQ Analytics Corp, a Montréal location-based marketing analytics and automation company, has been acquired by Gannett Co Inc (NYSE: GCI), a U.S. media business and publisher of such journals as USA Today. No financial terms were disclosed. Gannett said the acquisition enhances its digital marketing suite for local businesses and national brands. Founded in 2010 by CEO Mohannad El-Barachi and CRO Michael Mire, SweetIQ was seeded in 2011 in a round led by Real Ventures. The company's other investors include Desjardins-Innovatech, Otimo Retail Group, Plaza Ventures and Rothenberg Ventures. Plaza led its Series A round in 2015.
4 min read · 20 April 2017
Oracle has agreed to acquire Moat, a digital measurement cloud company. No financial terms were disclosed. Moat's backers included Insight Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund and SV Angel, according to Crunchbase.
2 min read · 20 April 2017
SeatGeek said it acquired Israeli ticketing software company TopTix for $56 million.
1 min read · 18 April 2017
VMware Inc is acquiring Palo Alto, California-based Wavefront, a metrics monitoring service for cloud and modern application environments. No financial terms were disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of this year. Wavefront's backers include Sequoia Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Tenaya Capital.
4 min read · 17 April 2017
Market Track LLC has acquired 360pi Corp, an Ottawa-based provider of online product and pricing intelligence. No financial terms were disclosed. Chicago-based Market Track, an advertising, promotion, and e-commerce intelligence solutions business, said the acquisition will enhance its e-commerce offering to brand and retail clients. 360pi, formerly known as Gazaro Inc, was founded in 2007 by CEO Alexander Rink. It was backed by Canadian and U.S. venture capital investors, including MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund and Silverton Partners.
3 min read · 13 April 2017
Benhamou Global Ventures has sold Grid Dynamics to Teamsun via its Hong Kong subsidiary Automated Systems Limited. Also, the early-stage venture firm has sold Zentri to Silicon Labs. No financial terms were disclosed for either transaction. Grid Dynamics is a provider of cloud solutions for the retail, finance and technology sectors while Zentri is a provider of cloud-connected Wi-Fi technologies for the internet of things.
4 min read · 07 April 2017
Petco has acquired PetCoach, a digital service that connects pet owners with veterinarians. No financial terms were disclosed. PetCoach's backers included Comcast Ventures.
3 min read · 04 April 2017
