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- Up On The Roof @ London Tech Week 2017
- The acquisition strategies of the digital giants
- The state is becoming a start-up driver
- Travel market to lead an acquisition spree in sharing economy
- Investment bank offers surprise boost for cleantech outlook
- This week in M&A: Alibaba continues spending spree, YouTube network expands
- Acuity Insight: Funding boom secures London as future hotbed for fintech M&A
- Food and restaurant start-ups on the menu
- PrismaStar exit underlines demand for e-commerce tech solutions
- E-commerce firms see largest share of venture-backed exits in 2013
- Chinese market offering greater mobile opportunities than the US
- Latest results from ONS show M&A increase
- Acuity will be at the 2015 Mobile World Congress
- Insight Bite: Pandora taps into digital audio advertising growth with AdsWizz deal
- Is Finland the world’s emerging cleantech hub?
- Video channels: The new online economy
- Clean energy investments decline in 2013, but emerging markets highly promising
- Acuity Advisors attend Management World in Nice, France
- New partner to join Acuity Advisors
- Mobile, maps and marketers dominate acquisition headlines
- AWARD WIN: M&A Advisory Team of the Year - UK
- The world's fastest growing emerging mobile start-up markets
- Acuity Advisors named as Advisory Firm of the Year
- Three major acquisition rumours from Asia
- Tech adoption drives cross-border e-commerce opportunities
- 3 developed markets that still offer strong growth in digital opportunities
- Can drones provide major exits?
- Smart watches to boost travel market value
- 54 European tech exits in Q1 2014
- Insight Bite: Oracle buys Grapeshot in a bid to boost brand safety offerings
- Governments increasingly providing VC alternatives
- States view digital economy as vital to growth
- HealthTech: Mobile drives fit landscape for start-ups
- Apple: a new player in M&A
- Acuity Insight: Guanxi & the Importance of China in Tech M&A
- Zebra and Twitter make the acquisitions of the week
- Bristol drives UK start-up boom
- Insight Bite: Battle for streaming supremacy hots up for Netflix
- Is adblocking a major challenge to digital start-ups?
- Insight Bite: Skyscanner bulks up its social connections with Twizoo and Trip.com
- EduTech: breaking Into the mainstream
- Luxury e-commerce merger reshapes market forces
- A Collection of Acuity Client Testimonials
- 3 interesting FinTech start-ups
- Insight Bite: Flurry of deals hots up the software testing market
- Peer to peer lending: the hot FinTech driver
- Insight Bite: Airbnb’s advances in adtech signal more M&A ahead for industry
- Biggest challenges to start-ups are HR, equity and expansion
- Growth in OTT and VoD start-ups challenging pay-TV dominance
- Deals of the week: Intuit expands FinTech reach and back to business for Alibaba
- Tech for provision of free Internet worldwide in demand
- Insight Bite: Is Apple’s move for Vrvana a green light for an augmented reality boom?
- Major m-commerce opportunities in Eastern Europe
- Recognition start-ups can reshape the digital landscape
- Food E-Commerce: finally finding its feet
- Insight Bite: Synopsys gets serious about open source with Black Duck deal
- Big data: the favourite buzzword of business
- Insight Bite: Cisco leaps ahead in AI with Accompany deal
- The challenges facing FinTech start-ups
- Venture capital in European FinTech reaches decade-high level
- Does radio offer any prospects for start-ups?
- Insight Bite: Broadcom goes hostile - but can it win Qualcomm?
- Offline is alive and well: Store shopping drives online innovations
- Auto digitalisation drives M&A activity in car tech
- Acuity shortlisted in M&A Awards as Corporate Finance Boutique of the Year
- Acuity Advisors shortlisted for an award at M&A Awards for third consecutive year
- Cleantech investments see dynamic first quarter
- Chinese e-commerce majors target emerging market expansion
- Eye-catching exits of the week
- Cars offer the next step in entertainment tech start-ups
- Property-Tech: growing opportunities in global housing bubble
- Schools offer a gadget-rich environment for generation Y
- Acuity to talk M&A at Connected Fleets Europe 2015
- Opportunities for tackling abuse on social networks
- Beanstalk Management is no more... we are now Acuity Advisors
- Alibaba IPO: Challenges and opportunities ahead
- Is the Internet under threat from online monopolies?
- Bath start-up brings intelligence to aerospace, defence and finance
- Insight Bite: Nokia bets on IoT with SpaceTime deal as it searches for new growth areas
- BioTech: A nascent but potentially lucrative market
- Acuity Advisors lead breakfast roundtable discussion with Guidepoint Global
- 5 innovative London FinTech start-ups
- Robots in demand: A new era of mainstream robotics
- Traditional finance is collaborating with FinTech ventures to drive innovation
- Insight Bite: JPMorgan Chase Closes on WePay and Looks to Further Fintech Expansion
- In-store tech: Rapidly growing segment
- Acuity Advisors' client, Leadbay, features in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100
- Start-up incubators drive Europe’s cleantech ventures
- Three tips to preserve your product after being aquired
- Acuity Insight: The Digital World is Breaking the Semiconductor Demand Wave
- Biggest acquisitions of the week: Vantiv stands out in large FinTech deal
- Acuity to offer Art of the Business Exit workshop in Bristol
- Four trends shaping FinTech development
- TransportTech moving into the fast lane
- Healthy mobile M&A market to continue into 2015
- Cleantech Canada: growth of a new global player
- Tech majors tuning into the music market
- Digital majors, FinTech and the threat to hedge funds
- Female gamers signal new dawn for gaming industry
- Start-ups must understand emerging market consumption
- Dating drives the next social mobile boom
- Deals of the Week: A Chinese IPO, Amazon in China and Telecom Megadeal
- How will Brexit impact the UK’s tech M&A scene?
- Mobile payments becoming a mainstream product
- 3 future factors to consider with the Internet of Things
- How will start-ups cater to new consumption patterns in 20 years?
- Mobile M2M module market continues healthy growth
- Insight Bite: PayPal bets on point-of-sale transactions with iZettle
- Acuity and SETsquared partner up to help start-ups get wise
- How to successfully navigate tech consolidation
- Insight Bite: Internet of Things kicks penetration testing into high gear
- Insight Bite: KKR goes big again with BMC deal, as PE companies have cash to spend
- States seeking to digitalise costly public sectors
- Insight Bite: Microsoft boosts its developer credentials with GitHub deal
- Acuity Advisors' Matthew Byatt presents at PV Symposium
- Three consumer groups that tech is desperate to reach in a saturated market
- Deals of the week: FinTech, E-Commerce Logistics and Telecoms
- Insight Bite - Asure Software kicks off 2018 with triple HCM deal
- Is the global tech balance moving from West to East?
- UK mobile gaming outshining digital competitors
- New deal to help Cambridge start-ups
- Insight Bite: Exit for Cambridge startup Redux bodes well for haptics and audio tech innovation
- German tech scene seeing major investments and exits in 1Q2015
- Acuity Insight: Re-ARMing - Matthew Byatt on the ramifications of the ARM deal
- Richard Baker gets on his bike
- The Japanese tech innovation brand under threat
- Mobile: The key for unlocking emerging markets
- Insight Bite: Retail software embraces AI as GK Software moves for Prudsys
- Insight Bite: Arm flexes IoT muscle with Stream Technologies deal
- Rural markets offer undersaturated opportunities for start-ups
- Ukraine crisis forces regional tech restructure
- The Internet of Things: a $7.1 trillion global market by 2020
- Insight Bite: Microsoft seals Bonsai deal as it means business on AI leadership
- Long term client of Acuity Advisors, Positive Energy, undertake construction of a 2mw photovaltaic park
- Latin America: A hotbed of digital consumption and innovation
- China’s acquisition battleground could expand beyond domestic interests
- Why digital majors are only now flocking to India
- 4 interesting Internet of Things start-ups
- Acuity Insight: What's Next in Tech? 2017 Trends & Predictions
- Acuity Insight: Is 5G really the future for mobile connectivity?
- Deals of the week: education, online tuition and FinTech in the spotlight
- Latin America: Urbanised consumers offer strong product testing grounds
- Driverless car market offers huge tech potential
- Insight Bite: Amazon’s PillPack deal signals significant disruption for pharma industry
- M-payments to see a spate of exits and collaborations
- Acuity have scooped yet more awards in 2017!
- Russian tech: Western financing gone
- Acuity Insight: In healthcare tech, buyers are lining up to compete for quality
- Acuity at MWC: Key trends that we saw
- Insight Bite: Worldpay-Vantiv deal signals there’s plenty of appetite in the fintech sector
- Insight Bite: Will Apple’s $245 billion cash import turn into a M&A bonanza?
- Insight Bite: Mobile payments expert Bango adds data management skills with Audiens
- Recruitment start-ups making a splash in the workplace
- Insight Bite: Sumo Logic-FactorChain deal highlights appetite for innovative security solutions
- Chinese retail rush demonstrates market demand for e-commerce solutions
- Exit Insight: ARM's Acquisition of Allinea
- Immigration is a boon for the UK tech sector
- Increasingly interactive apps raise the stakes in start-up innovation
- Insight Bite: Sophos picks up Invincea as machine learning is the future for security software
- Insight Bite: Dell ponders return to market with VMware reverse merger
- Images are more important than ever for online business success
- Acuity's Marcus Allchurch wins Dealmaker award
- The Internet of Things: a new battleground of the tech majors
- South African FinTech major returns to Bristol’s tech hub
- Mapping could lead the next exit spree
- Acuity Insight: #Twitter and the Digital Media Revolution
- 3 factors disproving a growing tech bubble
- Will Apple Watch launch the wearables market?
- China’s mobile boom will attract major investments
- Deals of the week: Google, SingTel and Synaptics stand out
- Tech takes action on crisis management
- Does the 'smart' segment have legs?
- Insight Bite: Fitbit buys Twine Health as wearables company gets serious about healthcare
- Factors driving rapid growth in early stage funding
- Digital revolution and evolution in Eastern Europe
- London flexes growing tech muscles
- Acuity Insight: A wave of engineering software acquisitions as leaders keep up with rapid levels of innovation
- Tech giants race for M&A deals
- Exit Insight: Fältcom acquired by Telia
- Cross-border shopping: Huge growth area for start-ups
- Deals of the Week: IoT, Classifieds and Restaurant Bookings
- Dynamic social media start-up segments in 2015
- Acuity Insight: WedTech... Siri, Will You Marry Me?
- E-commerce in China: Partnerships are essential
- Mobile messaging: how simple messaging apps can rival global mobile operators
- Exit Insight: TrueSpeed secures £75m from Aviva Investors
- Does Google's rebrand impact its acquisitions strategy?
- The UK, France and Germany: Europe's digital dominions
- Smart-home ventures rising in value amidst mainstream attention
- Cars offer next wave of investment for tech majors
- Drones - a new market of exit opportunities
- Tech incubator SETsquared top of Europe once again
- Is no net neutrality a threat to digital media start-ups?
- FinTech start-up factory comes to Europe
- Tech expected to see fewer mega-deals in 2016
- Insight Bite: Amazon’s Blink acquisition signals push for smart home dominance
- The world's top mobile gaming hubs
- Brian Snelling joins the Acuity team
- Exit Insight: VeriLocation acquired by Isotrak
- Insight Bite: Roche steps up support for healthcare startup Flatiron with full acquisition
- Indonesia: A consumption haven for tech products
- Acuity Insight: IoT - Driving Home For Christmas?
- Kickstarter hits $1 Billion: what about the start-ups?
- Deals of the week: Oracle clinches record purchase
- Five online marketing tips for aspiring e-commerce start-ups
- Wearable techs persistent in trying to crack the design flaw
- Bristol: The UK's less heralded hub of tech innovation
- The lessons for digital currency from the MtGox collapse
- Need help at home? Top 3 Household Services Start-Ups
- Patent wars threaten start-up innovation
- Search engines you speak to. What next. Robots?
- Consumer-focused start-ups must have a mobile strategy
- Digital payments expansion a good sign for FinTech
- Insight Bite: Nokia gets serious about WiFi with Unium deal
- Hardware dominates 2014's biggest exits
- Reforms unlock investment in India's e-commerce scene
- Insight Bite: Blue Yonder deal highlights AI’s march into the retail supply chain
- VC deals over the last week
- Deals of the week: Tencent back in the spotlight and AT&T sells Movil interests
- Travel tech continues to attract corporate finance
- mHealth market opens 2015 in great form
- Industry Awards recently won...
- Acuity team welcomes new Vice President David Copp
- Insight Bite: Palo Alto Networks strengthens cloud security offerings with Evident deal
- The UK’s tech investment climate heating up
- VoD disruption spreading across the globe
- Why cleantech needs the digital majors
- What start-ups should keep in mind when considering a US move
- Acuity Advisors' seminar on How to Create a Winning Business Exit
- Google, Venture Capital and London: UK gets a confidence boost
- VIDEO: Acuity Insight - 2017 Tech Trends & Predictions
- Gaming industry witnessing a boom of acquisitions
- European tech exits see bright start to 2015
- Israel deemed the world’s most prospective cleantech market
- Cybersecurity M&A set to have another big year
- Outstanding reception to Matthew Byatt's keynote presentation
- Acuity Insight: The Core Issue Behind Apple's Downturn
- Acuity Insight: As Industrial IoT is hitting its stride, buyers are becoming more discerning
- E-commerce venture capital: Asia drives Q2 flows
- The biggest acquisition deals in the past week
- Ukrainian start-up scene still alive despite crisis
- China-US tech disagreements could damage investment environment
- Interesting cleantech investment trends of 2013
- Segments likely to offer the biggest exits in 2015
- Q4 2015 deals complete record tech M&A year
- Asia becoming the prime destination for FinTech products
- Insight Bite: Google Cloud sets sight on big acquisition
- Vibrant week in VC tech world
- Top 3 video-sharing heavy hitters that could be bought soon
- UK tech expansion deals reach 10-year peak
- Anonymity: The next stage of evolution in social media
- Our newsletter June 2013
- Healthy US start-up scene representative of a global digital demand spike
- Cintas and Shred-It merge to become world’s document destruction major
- Cambridge has influential tech scene but could strive for more
- Exits of the week
- 2H online video investment review: investors in search of disruption
- Demand for socially sensitive social media rises
- Acuity Insight: Finally, wireless charging is having its Wifi moment
- Could mobile messaging offer another huge exit in 2015?
- London losing Its start-up appeal as Berlin offers more for less
- Workplace digitalisation driving office innovation
- Acuity Insight: Google - Cutting Back On Fiber?
- Asian demand high for pollution-transforming cleantech
- Insight Bite: Once burned, Facebook is twice bold as it makes a grab for teen fave 'tbh'
- Microsoft could become new outlet for mobile start-ups
- Insight Bite: Airband raises funds from the NDIF in a bid to increase high speed broadband connectivity
- US M&As reach a seven-year peak
- Acuity Insight: IT Governance – how can the Board avoid a spanner in the M&A works?
- Insight Bite: Facebook Expands Enterprise Expertise with Redkix Acquisition
- Top 3 potential blockbuster acquisitions in 2014
- Insight Bite: Another food delivery app bites the dust as Jinn fails to find a buyer
- AWARD WIN: Best for M&A Advice 2018
- Is s-commerce a major new segment for start-ups and exits?
- Top trends in technology M&A
- Insight Bite: RBS opens its purse to keep up with fintech trends
- Partners at Acuity to offer tailored 1-1 sessions on selling your business to members of SETSquared
- Acuity Insight: Samsung + HARMAN - A Landmark Deal in the Connected Car Space
- Insight Bite: Moneysupermarket reaches towards B2B market with Decision Tech deal
- Acuity Advisors to run Bristol Seminar in conjunction with SETSquared
- Alibaba, Lithium and SmileGate make big acquisition moves
- E-currency start-ups can reshape global finance: The opportunities
- Digital media M&A accelerates
- Bristol and Bath: Key players in UK’s digital economy
- Insight Bite: WeWork adds coding bootcamp to its $20 billion empire
- Balderton shows that European VC market is alive and kicking
- E-currency start-ups can reshape global finance: The challenges
- The UK: a buzzing FinTech hub
- Strong 1H 2015 for European M&A
- Announcement: We are hosting @ London Tech Week 2017
- London cleantech IPO promises a bright future
- We're hiring - Acuity is actively seeking Partners to join our highly motivated team
- Why an acquisition makes more sense than an IPO
- 3 top exits of the week: real estate and travel in the spotlight
- Tech M&A to see $2.6 trillion of deals in next five years
- Insight Bite: Cisco takes aim at the “future of work” market with BroadSoft deal
- Acuity Insight: Navigating CFIUS, the gatekeeper of US dealmaking
- M&A set to rise in Southeast Asia
- Big brands buying into tech
- London tech growing but challenges remain
- Insight Bite: Adobe boosts voice capacity by bringing onboard Sayspring
- Opportunities for social media start-ups depend on economic basis
- Future data walls will offer localised start-up markets
- Only 1% of technology exits were unicorns in 2013
- Navigating M&A for a start-up
- Insight Bite: Buy and be bought - UK challenger banking market eyes up M&A
- The place of virtual reality in the corporate world
- India: The next e-commerce tech boom destination
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- Acuity Advisors named as Advisor of the Year within the new energy, renewable and cleantech industries
- Corporate finance advisors, Acuity Advisors - our new name and brand
- Acuity Advisors secure €14.5 million cross border sale of Dublin-based 3V Transaction Services
- Allinea, a leading provider of software tools for HPC, has been acquired by ARM Ltd.
- Fält Communications AB (“Fältcom”) acquired by Telia Company AB
- Sports New Media Holdings (“GiveMeSport”) acquired by Breaking Data Corp.
- VeriLocation Inc acquired by Lyceum Capital-backed Isotrak Limited
- TrueSpeed Communications Ltd secures funding from Aviva plc
- Akrion Systems LLC acquired by NAURA Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Ncam Technologies Limited secures investment from YFM Equity Partners
- Acuity announced as the UK’s Independent Corporate Finance Boutique of the year at ACQ Global Awards 2013
- Acuity Advisors named as Boutique Corporate Finance Firm of the Year by DealMakers magazine
- Acuity Advisors secures international investment for Marmalade
- Acuity Advisors help Surrey NanoSystems think big with significant follow on funding round
- Acuity Advisors announced Winner, Deal Maker of the Year 2012 for securing cleantech funding deal
- Acuity Advisors secure the cross-border sale of ETS Cable Components to Addtech AB
- Acuity Advisors victorious at prestigious ACQ country awards 2011
- Acuity Advisors shortlisted for Corporate Finance Boutique Of The Year in prestigious M&A awards
- Acuity Advisors advise on sale of Bristol-based YourWealth.co.uk to Momentum UK
- Acuity Advisors share expertise on business sale at The Growth Partner Programme Run By The Supper Club
- Acuity Advisors shortlisted for an M&A Award for the third consecutive year
- Acuity Advisors show Seek4Commerce the way
- Acuity Advisors to run seminar in Bristol on The Art of Business Exit in conjunction with SETsquared
- Matthew Byatt to present keynote seminar on How to Create a Winning Business Exit at Tech Entrepreneurs Week
- Acuity Advisors work with Canback Dangel on European predictive analytics projects
- Acuity Advisors energise Gennext's search for photovoltaic solar park investment partners
- Acuity Advisors nominated for prestigious M&A Award
- Acuity Advisors' strategy consulting service puts CRM-provider Purple Seven on growth track
- Independent corporate advisory, Acuity Advisors, to run seminar on The Art of Business Exit in conjunction with Setsquared
- Tracy Atkins joins Acuity Advisors as executive assistant
- Acuity Advisors support Ziamese Sisters through launch of Green Mulberry Tea In Europe
- Acuity Advisors secure strategic investment for PDF software developer, Iceni Technology Limited
- Mark Grice joins Acuity Advisors as an Associate
- Acuity Advisors secures the sale of JMC Mobile Business to Large UK Mobile Operator
- Acuity Advisors selected by myRad.io for strategic funding round
- Acuity Advisors support Scyron Limited in their significant funding round
- Acuity Advisors to run seminar on The Art of Business Exit in conjunction with SETsquared
- Mantis Deposition Investment - Acuity Advisors secure £3 million investment for nanotech business
- Acuity Advisors named as a finalist in prestigious international M&A award
- Acuity Advisors secure finance for PrismaStar Venture Investment
- Acuity Advisors secure strategic investment in unified communications provider SIPCOM by Rigby Group plc
- Acuity Advisors triumphs in the M&A Awards 2015
- Acuity Advisors secure investment for myRad.io by EEDA PR - Startup investment for SAAS company
- Acuity Advisors secure the sale of ETSOS to dmgi::land&property emea&apac
- Acuity Advisors secure share sale for search engine marketing company, Netcallidus Limited
- Acuity Advisors secure the cross-border sale of Hitec (Laboratories) Limited to TA Associates investee company Mitratech Holdings Inc.
- Acuity Advisors secure successful acquistion of Everything Legal
- Acuity Advisors named as UK Award Finalist 2011
- A-round funding secured by Acuity Advisors for Prismastar
- Acuity Advisors advise on the sale of Cambridge–based Zinwave Ltd to US multinational McWane Technology
- Acuity Advisors assist Redeem Holdings acquire B2B recycler Environmental Mobile Control (EMC)
- Acuity Advisors assist with the acquisition of Redeem Limited
- Acuity Advisors secure the sale of Light Blue Optics’ Interactive Touch and Pen Technology to Promethean World plc
- Acuity Advisors assist Spring Ventures with the sale of Supply 999 and Todd Research
- Andy Lister joins Acuity Advisor’s UK team in the role of Partner
- Acuity Advisors secure the sale of Cambridge-based Sentec to Sensus to form a UK centre of excellence for Smart Grid applications
- Acuity Advisors secures the merger between Business Growth Fund-backed Sub10 Systems and US firm Fastback Networks to create global wireless backhaul company
- Acuity Advisors advise Hasselblad on the sale of London-based industry leader Pro Centre
- Acuity announced Leading Adviser of the Year with Acquisition International
- Acuity secure the cross-border sale of WAYN to lastminute.com
- Acuity Advisors is shortlisted in three corporate finance categories at the M&A Awards 2014
- Marcus Allchurch Joins Acuity Advisor's UK Team in the role of Partner
- Acuity Advisors support business sale of Intelligent Retail to 3Q Holdings Limited
- Acuity Advisors' client Purple Seven receives funding from Tesco Clubcard founders
- Business sale of Capital Capture to PHS Group plc secured by Acuity Advisors
- Acuity Advisors assist energy efficient SaaS business to secure $10.8 million
- Acuity Advisors are victorious at the prestigious Finance Monthly Global Awards 2012
- Acuity Advisors appoint new corporate finance partner
- Acuity Advisors appoint Partner to strengthen their corporate finance capability in San Francisco
- Acuity Advisors secure the cross-border sale of Signal Processing Devices AB to e2v Technologies plc
- Acuity Advisors secures investment in Internet of Things leader Concirrus Limited
- Acuity Advisors secure the sale of document management business, Preview Services to Cintas Corporation
- The Art of Business Exit seminar by Acuity Advisors
- Acuity Advisors advise Neopost on its acquisition of DCS, a leading UK supplier of document and information management software
- Acuity Advisors assist enterprise SaaS provider, Amplience to raise venture capital investment from UK investors
- Acuity Advisors broker an agreement for Charles Taylor plc to acquire KnowledgeCenter's business and assets
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