Location-based Ad Firm Adcentricity Acquired by Bee Media
Toronto-based Bee Media announced the acquisition of location-based media startup Adcentricity today for an undisclosed sum.…
Acquisitions
madvertise Acquires Turkey’s Mobilike, Sets Sights on Middle East
Berlin-based mobile advertising company madvertise announced its acquisition of Turkey’s largest mobile ad firm Mobilike…
Condé Nast Acquires Online Recipe Box ZipList
Media giant Condé Nast announced this week that they have acquired online recipe box and shopping list tool ZipList for an…
Intuit Acquires Mobile Payments Startup AisleBuyer
AisleBuyer, a mobile payments solution provider that focuses on making in-store shopping on mobile devices easy for retailers…
Citrix Acquires Podio As it Maps the Future of Work
Enterprise cloud service provider Citrix announced today that it has acquired Podio, the cloud-based project management, collaboration,…
Facebook Acquires Instagram for $1B: One Step Closer to Owning All Your Memories
Facebook interrupted a relatively slow Easter Monday news day by dropping a huge bomb: it has acquired social photo sharing…
Zynga Acquires OMGPOP for a Reported $200 Million
After speculation this week from industry insiders, gaming giant Zynga confirmed today that it has acquired competitor OMGPOP…
Twitter Acquires Simplified Blogging Platform Posterous
Posterous co-founder and CEO Sachin Agarwal announced today on the official Posterous blog that the company has been acquired…
Loopt Acquired as Green Dot Prepares for Mobile Payment Battle
Today, Green Dot announced that it had acquired location-based recommendation app Loopt for $43.4 million. Loopt’s Mountain…
Online Food Ordering Battle Heats Up as Delivery Hero Acquires Lieferheld
This week online food ordering site Delivery Hero announced its acquisition of Lieferheld (as first reported by Gerstartup.com), the…
Why Groupon Acquired Uptake: Deal Targeting
Groupon confirmed its acquisition of social travel startup Uptake on Tuesday, though the terms were not disclosed. It’s…
Groupon Acquisitions All About Getting Past the One-Night Stand
Groupon announced its acquisition of NYC-based Hyperpublic over the weekend, a startup focused on layering data on top of maps…
OZON’s Acquisition of Sapato Shows That Good Startup Ideas Translate Well
Russia’s largest online retail site OZON announced today that it bought Sapato, a startup launched 18 months ago that…
LinkedIn Continues on Post-IPO Acquisition Tear with Rapportive
When big corporations acquire startups there’s often feeling of trepidation among current users. Will the service remain…
33Across Acquires Tynt to Allow Publishers to Tap Into "Interest Graph"
Publishers find themselves in an increasingly competitive environment – with the barrier to create content so low, and…