acquisitions

Yes Lender Buys Edge Funder For AI-Based SMB Loans
Yes Lender Buys Edge Funder For AI-Based SMB Loans
July 06, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Yes Lender says its new acquisition has given it an “edge” in funding small businesses. The alternative finance company announced Tuesday it had acquired the...

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Spain’s TravelPerk Snaps Up UK’s Click Travel
Spain’s TravelPerk Snaps Up UK’s Click Travel
July 06, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

TravelPerk, provider of business travel and expense management, is acquiring Click Travel, a specialist in corporate domestic travel, for an undisclosed amount, Avi Meir, CEO...

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Businesses Spend $1.74T On M&A In First Half Of ’21, Break 40 Year Record
Businesses Spend $1.74T On M&A In First Half Of ’21, Break 40 Year Record
July 05, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Businesses were hungry for mergers and acquisitions involving U.S. companies for the first six months of 2021 — the numbers for that sat at $1.74...

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Rapyd To Acquire Valitor For $100M To Expand Omnichannel Payments
Rapyd To Acquire Valitor For $100M To Expand Omnichannel Payments
July 01, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FinTech-as-a-Service startup Rapyd announced Thursday (July 1) it will spend $100 million to acquire Icelandic payments solution firm Valitor from Arion Bank. “Valitor is a...

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Zebra Plans Fetch Acquisition To Further On-Demand Automation
Zebra Plans Fetch Acquisition To Further On-Demand Automation
July 01, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Front line business firm Zebra Technologies is planning to acquire cloud-driven autonomous mobile robot (AMR) startup Fetch Robotics for an estimated $290 million. “The acquisition of Fetch...

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Southeast Asia’s Tech M&A Deals Reach Record High
Southeast Asia’s Tech M&A Deals Reach Record High
June 30, 2021  |  Markets

Grab, Gojek, and Sea are leading the Southeast Asian surge in technology mergers and acquisitions (M&A), with deals totaling an estimated $19 billion during the...

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Ro Acquires Kit To Expand At-Home Medical Testing
Ro Acquires Kit To Expand At-Home Medical Testing
June 30, 2021  |  Healthcare

Healthcare tech firm Ro has acquired at-home testing company Kit to expand its platform’s lab and diagnostics capabilities, the company announced on Wednesday (June 30)....

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Antitrust Ruling On Facebook’s Kustomer Buy Expected By August
Antitrust Ruling On Facebook’s Kustomer Buy Expected By August
June 29, 2021  |  Facebook

Facebook‘s fate in terms of its acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer will be decided by antitrust officials soon, U.S. News reports. The deal...

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JPMorgan’s FinTech Spree Shows Investing Belongs To The Young
JPMorgan’s FinTech Spree Shows Investing Belongs To The Young
June 29, 2021  |  Investments

The future belongs to the young, goes the saying. And perhaps so, too, does the future of investing. To that end, as reported by CNBC,...

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