by Ron Miller | Nov 30, 2020 | Business Enhancements, M&A, Marketing, Startups
Vista Equity Partners hasn’t been shy about scooping up enterprise companies over the years, and today it added to a growing portfolio with its purchase of Gainsight. The company’s software helps clients with customer success, meaning it helps create a...
by Ingrid Lunden | Nov 24, 2020 | Business Enhancements, M&A
After raising $215 million from SoftBank to double down on the surge of interest in online learning, Kahoot has made an acquisition to expand the scope of subjects that it covers. The popular startup, which lets people build and share educational games, has picked up...
by Ron Miller | Nov 20, 2020 | Business Enhancements, M&A, Startups
Onit, a workflow software company based in Houston with a legal component, announced this week that it has acquired 2018 TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield alum McCarthyFinch. Onit intends to use the startup’s AI skills to beef up its legal workflow software...
by Ron Miller | Nov 19, 2020 | Business Enhancements, M&A, Startups
The security sector is ever frothy and acquisitive. Just last week Palo Alto Networks grabbed Expanse for $800 million. Today it was FireEye’s turn snagging Respond Software, a company that helps customers investigate and understand security incidents, while...
by Ron Miller | Nov 18, 2020 | Business Enhancements, M&A, Startups
As IBM transitions from software and services to a company fully focussed on hybrid cloud management, it announced its intention to buy Instana, an applications performance management startup with a cloud native approach that fits firmly within that strategy. The...
by Steve O'Hear | Nov 17, 2020 | Business Enhancements, M&A, Startups
Autodesk, the U.S. publicly listed software and services company that targets engineering and design industries, has acquired Norway’s Spacemaker, a startup that has developed AI-supported software for urban development. The price of the acquisition is $240...
