Dec
23
Intellizence has curated mega Merger & Acquisition (M&A) deals announced in 2020. Despite the economic turbulence due to COVID-19, there are many multi-billion dollar M&A deals announced during the year across sectors. Few of the deals are announced but still not completed due to review by the regulators. [table... read more →
Dec
16
Huntington Bancshares Inc., the parent company of The Huntington National Bank, and TCF Financial Corporation, the parent company of TCF National Bank, announced that the companies will combine in an all-stock merger with a total market value of approximately $22 billion. With this merger they will become the top 10... read more →
Dec
16
Pluralsight, a Utah-based startup that sells software development courses to enterprises, has been acquired by Vista, the market leading investment firm for $3.5 billion. With the acquisition of Pluralsight, Vista gains an online training company that helps educate IT professionals, including developers, operations, data and security, with a suite of... read more →
Dec
15
Short-form video is extremely popular on social media and the latest tech company to join the bandwagon is Reddit, which has acquired Dubsmash. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. While Reddit will integrate its video creation tools, Dubsmash will retain its own platform and brand. Dubmash’s leadership team,... read more →
Dec
10
Google’s Google Cloud division has acquired Dataform,a company that helps businesses manage data warehouses. Dataform helps data-rich companies draw insights from the data stored in their data warehouses. It enables analysts and engineers to manage all their data processes within the warehouse, using a single, unified workflow, making it faster... read more →
Dec
10
Security firm G4S has agreed to an acquisition offer from its US rival Allied Universal Security Services, which values the British company at £3.8 Billion (US$5.1 Billion). G4S shareholders would receive 245p a share, which is an improvement on the 210p a share offered earlier by Allied Universal, which G4S... read more →
Dec
09
Uber’s self-driving unit — the Advanced Technologies Group(ATG) — has been acquired by its start-up competitor, Aurora Innovation, a tech company developing and testing autonomous technology. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, values ATG at approximately $4 billion. The acquisition will accelerate the development of... read more →
Dec
08
Uber’s self-driving unit — the Advanced Technologies Group(ATG) — has been acquired by its start-up competitor, Aurora Innovation, a tech company developing and testing autonomous technology. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, values ATG at approximately $4 billion. The acquisition will accelerate the development of... read more →
Dec
08
Tech giant Cisco Systems has acquired two new companies- Slido and ImImobile that will make its Webex and cloud-based contact center platform more insightful. Cisco is investing heavily in its partner ecosystem to make its collaboration portfolio as integrated and seamless as possible for end-users. The two companies being -... read more →
Dec
04
Deloitte Consulting is to acquire HashedIn Technologies Private Limited, a high-end product development and software engineering firm. HashedIn engineers market-leading solutions leverage cloud native technologies and modern pod-based delivery. The collaboration of HashedIn's services and Deloitte's scaled digital, cloud, AI and cyber capabilities will help deliver value to the clients... read more →