Acquisition

An asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.

(source: merriam-webster.com)

Rakuten Mobile To Acquire InnoEye To Expand Cloud Network Services
Rakuten Mobile To Acquire InnoEye To Expand Cloud Network Services
May 13, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Rakuten Mobile Inc., a Tokyo internet services provider, plans to acquire InnoEye, an engineering technology company based in Virginia, per a company statement. Terms of...

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Uber, Grubhub Combo Would Create Restaurant Delivery Giant
Uber, Grubhub Combo Would Create Restaurant Delivery Giant
May 12, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The competition in the food delivery space had already started heating up before the global health pandemic turned the vast majority of restaurants into digitally...

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Amazon Reportedly Eyeing Beleaguered AMC Theatres
Amazon Reportedly Eyeing Beleaguered AMC Theatres
May 11, 2020  |  Amazon Entertainment

Said to be on the brink of bankruptcy, the country’s biggest movie theater chain, AMC Entertainment, could have an alternate ending if rumors pan out...

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WEX Tries To Back Out Of Optal, eNett Deal Due To Pandemic
WEX Tries To Back Out Of Optal, eNett Deal Due To Pandemic
May 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

After inking a definitive agreement in January to acquire B2B optimization firm Optal and B2B travel payments company eNett, WEX Inc. said in its Q1...

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Lime Reportedly Gets a $170 Million Lifeline From Uber
Lime Reportedly Gets a $170 Million Lifeline From Uber
May 05, 2020  |  Investments

Uber is considering upping its investment in a different kind of transportation. TheInformation.com reports that the ridesharing company is in talks to invest $170 million...

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Intel Eyes Purchase Of Traffic Data Firm Moovit For $1B
Intel Eyes Purchase Of Traffic Data Firm Moovit For $1B
May 03, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

American technology giant Intel has acquired Israel’s public transit app Moovit for $1 billion. Some 10 percent of the purchase price is anticipated to retain...

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Indonesia’s Gojek Closes $130M Deal For POS Startup Moka
Indonesia’s Gojek Closes $130M Deal For POS Startup Moka
April 23, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

On-demand ride-hailing startup Gojek – Indonesia’s most successful unicorn – has purchased the point-of-sale (POS) and payments aggregator Moka for about $130 million. The acquisition...

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Fandango To Buy Vudu Video Streaming Service From Walmart
Fandango To Buy Vudu Video Streaming Service From Walmart
April 20, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Fandango Media LLC, the California-based company that sells movie tickets online, has agreed to buy the on-demand video streaming service Vudu Inc. from Walmart. Terms of...

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Verizon To Purchase Video Conferencing Firm BlueJeans
Verizon To Purchase Video Conferencing Firm BlueJeans
April 16, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Verizon has announced it is set to acquire BlueJeans, a video-conferencing company catering to business customers. The move comes as the COVID-19 crisis has changed...

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