Dropbox announced today that it has purchased HelloSign, a company that provides lightweight document workflow and eSignature services. The company paid a hefty $230 million for the privilege. Dropbox’s SVP of engineering, Quentin Clark, sees this as more than simply bolting on electronic signature functionality to the Dropbox solution. For him, the workflow capabilities that […]
View More Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignatureCategory: M&A
Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignature
Dropbox announced today that it has purchased HelloSign, a company that provides lightweight document workflow and eSignature services. The company paid a hefty $230 million for the privilege. Dropbox’s SVP of engineering, Quentin Clark, sees this as more than simply bolting on electronic signature functionality to the Dropbox solution. For him, the workflow capabilities that […]
View More Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignatureViacom buys the free video streaming service Pluto.tv for $340 million
Viacom is bucking the trend of launching new premium subscription-based entertainment offerings with its bid to acquire Pluto TV for $340 million in cash. It’s a way to distribute the company’s once mighty-with-millennial properties like Cartoon Network, Comedy Central, MTV and BET to an audience that doesn’t pay for cable and boost the audience and reach for […]
View More Viacom buys the free video streaming service Pluto.tv for $340 millionAdjust expands its anti-ad fraud tech by acquiring Unbotify
Adjust, a Berlin-headquartered company focused on mobile ad measurement and fraud prevention, is acquiring bot detection startup Unbotify. Founded in 2012, Adjust has become increasingly focused on ad fraud, and in fact created an industry group called the Coalition Against Ad Fraud a little over a year ago. Co-founder and CTO Paul Müller argued that […]
View More Adjust expands its anti-ad fraud tech by acquiring UnbotifyAWS makes another acquisition grabbing TSO Logic
AWS has been on a mini shopping spree since the first of the year. First it picked off Israeli disaster recovery startup CloudEndure last week. This week, it was TSO Logic, a Vancouver startup that helps companies make the most efficient use of cloud resources. The companies did not share the purchase price. Amazon confirmed […]
View More AWS makes another acquisition grabbing TSO LogicSmartsheet acquires Slope to help creatives collaborate
Smartsheet, the project management and collaboration tool that went public last April, announced the acquisition of Seattle-based TernPro, Inc., makers of Slope, a collaboration tool designed for sharing creative assets. The companies did not share the acquisition price. Bringing Slope into the fold will enable Smartsheet users to share assets like video and photos natively […]
View More Smartsheet acquires Slope to help creatives collaborateAmazon reportedly acquired Israeli disaster recovery service, CloudEndure for around $200M
Amazon has reportedly acquired Israeli disaster recovery startup, CloudEndure. Neither company has responded to our request for confirmation, but we have heard from multiple sources that the deal has happened. While some outlets have been reporting that the deal was worth $250 million, we are hearing that it’s closer to $200 million. The company provides […]
View More Amazon reportedly acquired Israeli disaster recovery service, CloudEndure for around $200MPlaid snags Quovo to build full-service financial API offering
Plaid, a startup that has made a name building APIs for financial services apps aimed at consumers, expanded its horizon today with the purchase of Quovo, a similar company with a focus on the investments side of the financial service business. Bloomberg reported the price tag could be as much as $200 million, but the […]
View More Plaid snags Quovo to build full-service financial API offeringMotorola Solutions acquires VaaS, makers of automated license plate readers, for $445M
Motorola Solutions, which split off from Motorola Mobility back in 2011, has added a new license plate capture tool to it law enforcement suite with the acquisition of VaaS International Holdings today for $445 million in cash and equity. The acquisition should help enhance the company’s set of law enforcement products. “Within the public safety space [Motorola Solutions] […]
View More Motorola Solutions acquires VaaS, makers of automated license plate readers, for $445MTo automate bigger stores than Amazon, Standard Cognition buys Explorer.ai
Standard Cognition helps retail stores stand up to Jeff Bezos’ juggernaut. The $50 million-funded autonomous checkout startup is racing to equip bigger shops with scanless payment technology that lets customers walk out the door without ever stopping at a cashier. While Amazon Go opens its own 2,000 square foot boutiques, Standard Cognition is working on […]
View More To automate bigger stores than Amazon, Standard Cognition buys Explorer.aiCloudera and Hortonworks finalize their merger
Cloudera and Hortonworks, two of the biggest players in the Hadoop big data space, today announced that they have finalized their all-stock merger. The new company will use the Cloudera brand and will continue to trade under the CLDR symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. “Today, we start an exciting new chapter for Cloudera […]
View More Cloudera and Hortonworks finalize their mergerAutodesk adds to construction software biz with acquisition of BuildingConnected for $275M
Autodesk announced this morning that it intends to buy construction software platform, BuildingConnected for $275 million (net of the startup’s cash on hand). It comes on the heels of the company’s PlanGrid purchase for $875 million just last month. With BuildingConnected, the company gets a network of 700,000 construction-related professionals that help real estate companies […]
View More Autodesk adds to construction software biz with acquisition of BuildingConnected for $275M