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CHINA GIANT TENCENT

Tencent to Acquire Chinese Search Engine Sogou Tencent's plans to take Sogou private coincides with a broader trend of Chinese companies favoring privatization in 2020 amidst increasing scrutiny from US investors.

by KrAsia

2020-07-28

ISRAEL US GIANT

Netapp Completes Spot.io Acquisition for $450 Million NetApp offers hybrid cloud data services for management of applications and data across cloud and on-premises environments and is traded at a company value of $9.5 billion.

by CalcalisTech

2020-07-14

UAE Startups Storytel

Arabic Audiobook Startup Kitab Sawti Gets Acquired by Storytel Kitab Sawti was founded in 2016 as a project to help Syrian refugees in schools, with the aim to make it easy for them to become a part of the Swedish society.

by MENAbytes

2020-07-10

INDIA GIANT Bharti Enterprises

With Eye on 5G, India’s Bharti Acquires Satellite Company Oneweb for $1 Bn The move may help the consortium to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink in beaming high-speed internet from space.

by Inc42

2020-07-09

SOUTH AFRICA MFS Africa ACQUISITION

Fintech MFS Africa Acquires Digital Payments Provider Beyonic Johannesburg-based fintech firm MFS Africa announced today that it has acquired Beyonic, a digital payments management provider of business services for SMEs, fintechs, and social impact entities across Africa.

by ventureburn

2020-07-01

UAE Ureed SEED ROUND

Dubai-based Freelance Marketplace Ureed Raises Seven-figure Seed, Acquires Nabbesh Dubai-based freelance marketplace Ureed has raised seven-figure (USD) investment in a seed round from Wamda and Anova Investment, it announced today.

by MENAbytes

2020-07-01

CHINA TECH GIANT TENCENT

Tencent Confirms Buying Ailing Malaysian Streaming Platform iflix iflix had raised over $360 million from investors including Fidelity International, Hearst Communications, EDBI and Liberty Global before.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-06-28

INDIA Startups EDUTECH

Bharti Airtel Acquires Strategic Stake in Kids Learning Startup Lattu Kids The investment into the startup will enable Airtel to add edtech to its premium digital content portfolio and give distribution scale to quality learning material from Lattu Kids, the company said.

by YourStory

2020-06-18

DUBAI FINTECH Tpay Mobile

Dubai Fintech Tpay Mobile Acquires Turkish Payments Company Payguru Payguru is a bootstrapped business offering mobile payments, ATM cash payments, and bank transfer services to its merchants through its integration with three mobile network operators and eight major banks.

by MENAbytes

2020-06-11

SINGAPORE Startups LOGISTICS

Singapore’s Logistics Startup Moovaz Acquires SPH Publication The Finder The Finder is a free quarterly magazine aimed at helping expats and Singaporeans live well in Singapore. At 27 years, it is the longest-running publication for expatriates in Singapore.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-06-04

ISRAEL AI OptimalPlus

National Instruments Acquires Israel-Based Data Analytics Startup OptimalPlus for $365 Million OptimalPlus develops AI tools for the automotive, semiconductor, and electronics industries that provide real-time product analytics and extract insights from data across the entire supply chain.

by CalcalisTech

2020-06-03

INDONESIA GOJEK FINTECH

Gojek Officially Closes Acquisition of Moka, Launching First Collaborative Project Moka is one of the pioneers in Indonesia’s fintech scene and has raised close to USD 30 million from big-name investors.

by KrAsia

2020-04-21

ISRAEL Cybersecurity Checkmarx

American private equity fund Hellman & Friedman Complete Purchase of Israeli Cybersecurity Company Checkmarx Deal worth $1.15 bllion is the fund's largest acquisition of an application security company to date

by CalcalisTech

2020-04-20

INDIA Financial Services Startup Buddy

India-based Startup Buddy Acquires Boudhik Ventures To Strengthen Global Patent Services Post-acquisition, Boudhik will continue to run as a separate brand namely ‘Boudhik by Startup Buddy’ under the umbrella of Startup Buddy Brand.

by Startup Buddy

2020-04-10

AFRICA FINTECH M-PESA

East Africa’s Largest Telco Now Fully Owns M-Pesa, Africa’s Biggest Mobile Money Platform By way of the acquisition, Safaricom and Vodacom are taking complete control of the M-Pesa brand, its product development and support services as well as the platform’s African expansion.

by WeeTracker

2020-04-08

ISRAEL HEALTH TECH ApiFix

OrthoPediatrics Acquires Israeli medical device startup ApiFix For $67 Million ApiFix develops a minimally invasive, deformity correction system for the treatment of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

by CalcalisTech

2020-04-03

INDIA EDTECH Unacademy

Unacademy Acquires Kreatryx To Strengthen GATE, ESE Category Post-acqusition, Kreatryx will continue to run as a separate brand.

by Inc42

2020-03-31

INDIA SOFTWARE PrimeSoft

PrimeSoft Acquires iGenero To Enhance Tech Capabilities With this acquisition, iGenero’s team including engineers have joined PrimeSoft.

by Inc42

2020-03-30

EGYPT Information Security SecureMisr

SecureMisr acquired by Cysiv, a Trend Micro Group Company SecureMisr is a leading cyber security services provider, based in Cairo, Egypt and serving clients across the Middle East and Africa.

by magnitt

2020-03-25

INDIA AI Fabulyst

Venture Highway-backed Betterplace acqui-hires AI analytics co Fabulyst The AI platform will help Betterplace scroll through millions of data points in the blue collar sphere by introducing relevant tagging.

by techcircle.in

2020-03-24