credit: adobe stock metamorworksOracle to put Clinical Trials on the Cloud with goBalto Acquisition
Oracle have announced the purchase of goBalto, a San Francisco firm that develops software to speed up the process of organising clinical trials for new drugs.
credit: adobe stock charnsitrApple Continue to Build Augmented Reality Expertise With Spektral Deal
In a bid to build their expertise in Augmented Reality (AR), Apple have acquired Spektral, a Danish start-up that produces software for cutting out figures from backgrounds in photos and video.
credit: adobe stock peshkovaM&A Activity Changes Gear as Autonomous Vehicles Get Ever Closer
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) look as though they will be roaming our roads quite soon. Tier 1 companies and private equity firms, with large stakes invested already in this sector, have only success in sight.
Telecoms Market Review
Acuity releases our inaugural M&A Market Review of the Telecoms sector.
credit:adobe stock your123Apptio’s FittedCloud Acquisition Shows Increased Appetite for Cloud Cost Management Services
Apptio – a Washington-based company focused on cloud cost management – announced last week their purchase of FittedCloud, a firm providing specialised tools to help IT departments monitor cloud spending.
credit:adobe stock santiago silverDexcom’s Typezero Takeover Accelerates Artificial Pancreas Research
Dexcom, California-based creators of continuous glucose monitoring devices, have acquired TypeZero Technologies, a software start-up from the University of Virginia that develops algorithms for artificial pancreas systems.
Acuity advises Chargifi on its investment from Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), HPE and firstminute capital
UK based Internet Services and Infrastructure company, Chargifi, receives investment from Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), HPE and firstminute capital.
credit: adobe stock MurrstockDatabase Vendor MariaDB Challenge Oracle with Clustrix Purchase
In a deal of undisclosed size, MariaDB corporation has acquired distributed database pioneers Clustrix.
credit: adobe stock ArtemIntel Spur System-on-a-Chip Development With Netspeed Takeover
In a move designed to help develop its tools for chip designs, semiconductor giant Intel has acquired NetSpeed Systems – a California-based provider of system-on-chip (SoC) design tools and interconnect fabric intellectual property (IP).
credit: adobe stock xenia_designApple set Sights on the Future of Virtual Reality with Akonia Acquisition
In a bid to expand their focus on augmented reality, Apple have acquired Akonia—a startup focused on making lenses for AR glasses. The deal is thought to have been signed in the first half of 2018, and was revealed publicly by Reuters on Thursday.
