Mergers and Acquisitions

TechCrunch reports on the latest mergers and acquisitions in the tech ecosystem—software, hardware, and more. From tech giants acquiring innovative startups to consolidation in the AI industry, TechCrunch provides in-depth analysis and insights into the transactions.

On Thursday, Box filled in a missing piece on its AI platform when it bought automated metadata extracting startup, Alphamoon.

Box adds crucial piece to its AI platform with Alphamoon acquisition

SoundHound, an AI company that makes voice interface tech used by car companies, restaurants and tech firms, is doubling down on enterprise services by playing consolidator in a crowded market.…

SoundHound acquires Amelia AI for $80M after it raised $189M+

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) planned $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks is one step closer to completion — the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has confirmed that the deal…

After EU approval, UK clears HPE’s $14B Juniper Networks acquisition

New York-based fintech Payoneer has acquired Skuad, a Singapore-based global HR and payroll startup, for $61 million in cash, the company exclusively told TechCrunch.  Payoneer said it could also pay…

Fintech Payoneer is buying 5-year-old global payroll startup Skuad for $61M in cash

Sources with knowledge of the deal said it was an all-stock transaction that valued Good Eggs slightly above its previous valuation of $22 million.

GrubMarket has acquired Good Eggs

We spoke to Harness CEO and founder Jyoti Bansal about his previous company, which Cisco bought for $3.7 billion in 2017.

When a big company comes after a hot startup, it’s not a slam dunk decision to sell

The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead to HPE’s planned megabucks acquisition of Juniper Networks.

EU greenlights HPE’s $14B Juniper Networks acquisition

Sennder is acquiring the European ground transportation assets of logistics giant C.H. Robinson.

Sennder buys CH Robinson’s European business

Canva has acquired Leonardo.ai, a generative AI content and research startup, as the company looks to broaden the scope of its AI tech stack. The financial terms of the deal…

Canva acquires Leonardo.ai to boost its generative AI efforts

Cybersecurity startup Wiz has turned down a $23 billion acquisition offer from Alphabet, Google’s parent company, according to a source familiar with discussions. Despite the offer representing a substantial premium…

Wiz walks away from Google’s $23B acquisition offer: Read the CEO’s note to employees

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. TechCrunch’s sources heard similar and…

Unpacking how Alphabet’s rumored Wiz acquisition could affect VC

This week, Google is in discussions to pay $23 billion for cloud security startup Wiz, SoftBank acquires Graphcore, and more.

M&A activity heats up with Wiz, Graphcore, etc.

Canadian private equity firm PartnerOne paid $28.2 million for HeadSpin, a mobile app testing startup whose founder was sentenced for fraud earlier this year, according to documents viewed by TechCrunch.…

PE firm PartnerOne paid $28M for HeadSpin, a fraction of its $1.1B valuation set by ICONIQ and Dell Technologies Capital

The Korean tech giant is acquiring Oxford Semantic Technologies, a U.K.-based knowledge graph startup that has built an AI reasoning engine.

Samsung to acquire UK-based knowledge graph startup Oxford Semantic Technologies

Both of Hofy’s co-founders, Sami Bouremoum and Michael Ginzo, along with the rest of the startup’s leadership team and 120 employees, are joining Deel to build Deel IT.

Deel acquires Hofy to build its own IT device management service

Tricentis, the well-funded test automation platform that helps developers find bugs in their code (now with the help of AI, of course), today announced that it has acquired SeaLights, a…

Test automation platform Tricentis acquires SeaLights

U.K. authorities have until early September to decide whether the hiring is tantamount to a merger.

Microsoft faces UK antitrust probe after hiring Inflection AI founders and employees

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz for $23 billion, a person close to the company told TechCrunch. The deal discussions were previously reported by The…

Google’s Kurian approached Wiz, $23B deal could take a week to land, source says

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SoftBank acquires UK AI chipmaker Graphcore

While the figure of $500 million has been bandied around in various reports for months, in a press briefing early Thursday morning, Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon remained coy on the details.

SoftBank acquires UK AI chipmaker Graphcore

What this means for the future of the Fuse line remains unclear, though the companies confirmed with TechCrunch that the Micronics branding is going away.

Formlabs acquires 3D printing startup Micronics mid-Kickstarter campaign

Design and animation are core to the Duolingo experience, which makes learning a new language or skill more like a game rather than a task to be dreaded.

Duolingo acquires Detroit-based design studio Hobbes

Seae Ventures is acquiring Unseen Capital after the death of founder Kayode Owens in 2021. The combined firm will continue to invest in healthcare for minorities and underserved populations. Owens,…

Seae Ventures acquires Unseen Capital after founder death

The news brings closure to more than two years of volleying back and forth between some of the biggest names in additive manufacturing.

Nano Dimension is buying Desktop Metal

CoinDCX, India’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, is expanding internationally through the acquisition of BitOasis, a digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa, the companies said Wednesday. The Bengaluru-based…

CoinDCX acquires BitOasis in international expansion push

Investment app Robinhood is adding more AI features for investors with its acquisition of AI-powered research platform Pluto Capital, Inc. Announced on Monday, the company says that Pluto will allow…

Robinhood snaps up Pluto to add AI tools to its investing app

Hyperplane focused on allowing banks to train their own models to power tools across their risk, collections and marketing departments.

Nubank acquires AI-for-banks startup Hyperplane

Wisk Aero, a subsidiary of Boeing, has acquired Verocel, a software verification and validation company that’s served the aerospace industry for 25 years. 

Boeing’s Wisk Aero buys Verocel to boost software safety for its self-flying eVTOL

The Rockset buy fits into OpenAI’s broader recent strategy of investing heavily in its enterprise sales and tech orgs.

OpenAI buys Rockset to bolster its enterprise AI

Website building platform Squarespace is selling Tock, its restaurant reservation service, to American Express in a deal worth $400 million — the exact figure that Squarespace paid for the service…

Squarespace sells restaurant reservation system Tock to American Express for $400M

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General Catalyst merges with Venture Highway in India push

General Catalyst is linking up with Venture Highway to make a deeper push into India, where it plans to invest over $500 million in coming years.

General Catalyst merges with Venture Highway in India push