Category Archives: M&A

Invoca acquires DialogTech for $100M to expand its conversational intelligence tools

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On the heels of expanding its marketing call analytics platform last year to provide more insights to help those in sales, e-commerce and customer experience, Invoca is making its first acquisition to widen the net of companies that it targets. The company has acquired DialogTech, a startup that builds tools for marketers to analyze inbound […] Continue reading Invoca acquires DialogTech for $100M to expand its conversational intelligence tools→

Netflify snags YC alum FeaturePeek to add design review capabilities

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Netlify, the startup that’s bringing a micro services approach to building websites, announced today that it has acquired YC alum FeaturePeek. The two companies did not share the purchase price. With FeaturePeek, the company gets a major upgrade in its design review capability. While Netlify has had a previewing capability called Deploy Previews in the […] Continue reading Netflify snags YC alum FeaturePeek to add design review capabilities→

Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform

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Unbounce, a Vancouver startup best known for helping marketers create automated landing pages, added a new wrinkle this morning when it announced it has acquired Snazzy.ai, an early stage automated copywriting startup. The two companies did not share the terms. Unbounce Chief Strategy Officer Tamara Grominsky says that her company focuses on helping customers convert […] Continue reading Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform→

Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform

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Unbounce, a Vancouver startup best known for helping marketers create automated landing pages, added a new wrinkle this morning when it announced it has acquired Snazzy.ai, an early stage automated copywriting startup. The two companies did not share the terms. Unbounce Chief Strategy Officer Tamara Grominsky says that her company focuses on helping customers convert […] Continue reading Unbounce snags Snazzy.ai to add automated copywriting to platform→

Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week

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Cisco has been busy on the acquisition front this week, and today the company announced it was buying threat assessment platform Kenna Security, the third company it has purchased this week. The two companies did not disclose the purchase price. With Kenna, Cisco gets a startup that uses machine learning to sort through the massive […] Continue reading Cisco strikes again grabbing threat assessment tool Kenna Security as third acquisition this week→

Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex

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Cisco announced this morning that it intends to acquire Indianapolis-based startup Socio, which helps plan hybrid in-person and virtual events. The two companies did not share the purchase price. Socio provides a missing hybrid event management component for the company to add to its Webex platform. The goal appears to be to combine this with […] Continue reading Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex→

Jamf snags zero trust security startup Wandera for $400M

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Jamf, the enterprise Apple device management company, announced that it was acquiring Wandera, a zero trust security startup, for $400 million at the market close today. Today’s purchase is the largest in the company’s history. Jamf provides IT at large organizations with a set of management services for Apple devices. It is the leader in […] Continue reading Jamf snags zero trust security startup Wandera for $400M→

DataRobot expands platform and announces Zepl acquisition

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DataRobot, the Boston-based automated machine learning startup, had a bushel of announcements this morning as it expanded its platform to give technical and non-technical users alike something new. It also announced it has acquired Zepl, giving it an advanced development environment where data scientists can bring their own code to DataRobot. The two companies did […] Continue reading DataRobot expands platform and announces Zepl acquisition→

ServiceNow leaps into applications performance monitoring with Lightstep acquisition

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This morning ServiceNow announced that it was acquiring Lightstep, an applications performance monitoring startup that has raised over $70 million, according to Crunchbase data. The companies did not share the acquisition price. ServiceNow wants to take advantage of Lightstep’s capabilities to enhance its IT operations offerings. With Lightstep, the company should be able to provide […] Continue reading ServiceNow leaps into applications performance monitoring with Lightstep acquisition→

Dell dumps another big asset moving Boomi to Francisco Partners and TPG for $4B

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It’s widely known that Dell has a debt problem left over from its massive acquisition of EMC in 2016, and it seems to be moving this year to eliminate part of it in multi-billion chunks. The first step was spinning out VMware as a separate company last month, a move expected to net close to […] Continue reading Dell dumps another big asset moving Boomi to Francisco Partners and TPG for $4B→