Salesforce has acquired cloud data management firm Informatica in an $8 billion equity deal, marking a…
Tag: M&A
Fivetran acquires Census to become end-to-end data movement platform
After nearly 13 years in business, Fivetran will now be able to offer its customers an…
Flex acquires a16z-backed Maza for $40M as fintech M&A heats up
Flex, a startup that offers personal finance software for business owners, has acquired Maza, a finance…
Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for the fast-growing Windsurf
Anysphere, maker of AI coding assistant Cursor, is growing so quickly, it’s not in the market…
Tariff turmoil may have killed the tech M&A market’s comeback
The tech market doesn’t need to be soaring up and to the right to foster healthy…
OpenAI pursued Cursor maker before entering into talks to buy Windsurf for $3B
When news broke that OpenAI was in talks to acquire AI coding company Windsurf for $3 billion,…
OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Codeium for $3B, with news expected later this week
Codeium, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant tool Windsurf, is in talks to be…
Startup funding hit records in Q1. But the outlook for 2025 is still awful.
Startups attracted $91.5 billion in venture capital funding in Q1, according to the latest report from…
How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer
Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity…
Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation
Google’s parent company Alphabet is again in advanced talks to acquire cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz, a…
Armis buys Otorio for $120M to beef up cybersecurity in physical spaces
More consolidation is playing out in the security industry as platform players scoop up technology to…
Venture debt lenders will play a big role in fire sales and startup shutdown this year, experts say
When accounting startup Bench abruptly failed last month, the shutdown was forced when the company’s lenders…
Healthcare analytics platform H1 has acquired Ribbon, backed by a16Z and General Catalyst
H1, a healthcare data analytics platform serving the pharmaceutical industry with data on over 10 million…
Tech services firm WWT acquires Canadian IT provider Softchoice in all-cash deal
One last mega-deal closed out an eventful 2024. On Tuesday, World Wide Technology (WWT), a tech…