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- The acquisition strategies of the digital giants
- Insight Bite: DataRobot Boosts Big Data Capabilities with Cursor Acquisition
- The state is becoming a start-up driver
- Travel market to lead an acquisition spree in sharing economy
- Insight Bite: Eden Capital Follows Google and Salesforce With its Own Big Data Deal
- 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
- Up On The Roof @ London Tech Week 2017
- Insight Bite: Electric Imp Brings IoT to the Cloud with Twilio Deal
- 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
- Insight Bite: Apple set Sights on the Future of Virtual Reality with Akonia Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Apple Supplier AMS Teases Osram Takeover
- Insight Bite: Semiconductors will remain relevant despite exciting quantum computing breakthroughs
- 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
- Insight Bite: Druva Sets Sights on Faster Cloud Migration with CloudLanes Deal
- 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
- Insight Bite: Uhana Acquisition Brings 5G Expertise to VMware
- Insight Bite: Chip Market Buzzes into Life as MAXIM Merges with ADI
- Apple: a new player in M&A
- Acuity Insight: Guanxi & the Importance of China in Tech M&A
- Insight Bite: F5 Buys Shape in Billion Dollar Cybersecurity Deal
- 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
- Insight Bite: Cloud Container Firm NanoSec Joins House McAfee
- Insight Bite: Armis Sign Biggest Ever Israeli Cybersecurity Deal
- Is adblocking a major challenge to digital start-ups?
- Insight Bite: Bare Metal Cloud Market Heats up as Equinix Buys Packet
- Insight Bite: Optum Merges with Change to Create Healthcare Analytics Powerhouse
- Insight Bite: Skyscanner bulks up its social connections with Twizoo and Trip.com
- Insight Bite: Cyber Insurance gets Boost as Coalition buy BinaryEdge
- Insight Bite: Generational transition in Telecoms and IT Services
- EduTech: breaking Into the mainstream
- Luxury e-commerce merger reshapes market forces
- A Collection of Acuity Client Testimonials
- Insight Bite: Netgear Extend Smart Lifestyle Line with Meural Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Advanced Acquisition Signals Private Equity Appetite for Enterprise Software
- 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: Azuqua Acquisition to Help Okta Streamline Cloud Integration
- Insight Bite: Resilient Fintech Market Shrugs off Covid-19
- 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
- Insight Bite: Microsoft's SuperAwesome Investment Highlights Strong European Startup Market
- Insight Bite: Silicon Photonics Specialist Rockley Snags $65 Million Funding
- Insight Bite: Why VMware is Spending Billions on Cloud Tech
- 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
- Insight Bite: Intel Spur System-on-a-Chip Development With Netspeed Takeover
- Insight Bite: Lifesize Kaptivo Deal Brings Virtual Whiteboards to Life
- Insight Bite: Renesas seeks diversification with Dialog play
- Recognition start-ups can reshape the digital landscape
- Insight Bite: Decawave snapped up as Micro Location revolution takes hold
- 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
- Insight Bite: ARM could be the next big semiconductor IPO
- The challenges facing FinTech start-ups
- Venture capital in European FinTech reaches decade-high level
- Insight Bite: TikTok Replaces Chipmakers at Frontline of Trade War
- 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
- Insight Bite: Database Vendor MariaDB Challenge Oracle with Clustrix Purchase
- Auto digitalisation drives M&A activity in car tech
- Insight Bite: Nvidia Wins Against Xilinx and Intel in Bidding war for Mellanox
- 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
- Insight Bite: Dexcom’s Typezero Takeover Accelerates Artificial Pancreas Research
- Eye-catching exits of the week
- Cars offer the next step in entertainment tech start-ups
- Insight Bite: Regal and Rexnord combine to create power transmission giant
- 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
- Insight Bite: Cisco Swallows CloudCherry to Fortify Contact Centre Portfolio
- Insight Bite: Koch Eyes Industrial Cloud Market with Infor Acquisition
- BioTech: A nascent but potentially lucrative market
- Acuity Advisors lead breakfast roundtable discussion with Guidepoint Global
- Insight Bite: Apptio’s FittedCloud Acquisition Shows Increased Appetite for Cloud Cost Management Services
- 5 innovative London FinTech start-ups
- Acuity Insight: M&A Activity Changes Gear as Autonomous Vehicles Get Ever Closer
- 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
- Insight Bite: Snowflake Leads Flurry of Cloud Offerings with $33 Billion IPO
- 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
- Insight Bite: Okta buys big in IAM SaaS
- Biggest acquisitions of the week: Vantiv stands out in large FinTech deal
- Acuity to offer Art of the Business Exit workshop in Bristol
- Insight Bite: Palo Alto Networks Buys Zingbox in IoT Security Push
- Insight Bite: Atlassian Refocus on Core Market with AgileCraft Acquisition
- Four trends shaping FinTech development
- TransportTech moving into the fast lane
- Insight Bite: Dialog Semiconductor acquires Adesto amidst chip market resurgence
- 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
- Insight Bite: Can the Switzerland of Semiconductors Stay Neutral?
- 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?
- Insight Bite: Carbonite Seeks Cyber Security Dominance with Webroot Acquisition
- Mobile payments becoming a mainstream product
- 3 future factors to consider with the Internet of Things
- Insight Bite: Apple Continue to Build Augmented Reality Expertise With Spektral Deal
- How will start-ups cater to new consumption patterns in 20 years?
- Insight Bite: Accenture Pushes Deeper into AI with Pragsis Bidoop Purchase
- Mobile M2M module market continues healthy growth
- Insight Bite: PayPal bets on point-of-sale transactions with iZettle
- Insight Bite: Oracle to put Clinical Trials on the Cloud with goBalto Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Taiwan Takes Lead on Five Nanometre Chips
- Insight Bite: Mailgun Deal Highlights Investor Appetite for Enterprise Software
- 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
- Insight Bite: Bluecore Buys Betaout to Tap Indian E-commerce Market
- 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
- Insight Bite: Mediafly Acquires Alinean to Combine Consulting Services with Sales Enablement Tools
- Insight Bite: Avnet Seize IoT Opportunity With Witekio Deal
- 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: Amazon Renews Robot-human Assembly Line with Canvas Deal
- Insight Bite: Exit for Cambridge startup Redux bodes well for haptics and audio tech innovation
- Insight Bite: Apple chip lab set to boost Munich semiconductor scene
- 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 M&A landscape: driving strong exits for IoT
- Insight Bite: Microsoft Express Logic Deal Highlights Demand for IoT
- Insight Bite: Morgan Stanley Buys E*Trade as Banks Look to Fintechs
- Insight Bite: Mysterious Palantir Makes Market Debut with Direct Listing
- 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
- Insight Bite: HP Buys Bromium as Endpoint Security Market Consolidates
- Long term client of Acuity Advisors, Positive Energy, undertake construction of a 2mw photovaltaic park
- Latin America: A hotbed of digital consumption and innovation
- Insight Bite: GetWellNetwork expand patient engagement offerings with HealthLoop acquisition
- Insight Bite: Salesforce Snaps up MapAnything as Location of Things Market Heats up
- Insight Bite: HR Software Market Becomes Hotbed of M&A
- 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
- Insight Bite: Can overseas acquisitions save Japan's shrinking economy?
- Acuity Insight: What's Next in Tech? 2017 Trends & Predictions
- Acuity Insight: Is 5G really the future for mobile connectivity?
- Insight Bite: Pluralsight Takes on GitPrime to Boost Enterprise Education
- Insight Bite: AMD Xilinx Deal Threatens Intel's Data Centre Dominance
- Deals of the week: education, online tuition and FinTech in the spotlight
- Acuity Insight: Semiconductors Caught in Crosshairs of China - US Trade War
- Insight Bite: Ofcom ruling brings much-needed competition to fibre roll out
- Latin America: Urbanised consumers offer strong product testing grounds
- Driverless car market offers huge tech potential
- Insight Bite: SolarWinds Plug Security Hole With Passportal Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Amazon’s PillPack deal signals significant disruption for pharma industry
- Insight Bite: UMC Tap into Car Chip Market with Fujitsu Foundry Takeover
- Insight Bite: I Squared Buys Infrastructure Division of GTT Communications
- M-payments to see a spate of exits and collaborations
- Acuity have scooped yet more awards in 2017!
- Insight Bite: SMS Specialist Sinch Teams up with TWW to Take on Brazil
- Insight Bite: Microsoft acquires The Marsden Group in Industry 4.0 push
- Russian tech: Western financing gone
- Insight Bite: PTC Pick up Frustum - Is Generative Design the Future of Manufacturing?
- Insight Bite: TSMC Points to More Strength in the Cloud
- Acuity Insight: In healthcare tech, buyers are lining up to compete for quality
- Insight Bite: EU Antitrust Watchdog Sanctions Broadcom
- Acuity at MWC: Key trends that we saw
- Insight Bite: Worldpay-Vantiv deal signals there’s plenty of appetite in the fintech sector
- Acuity's sector capability is best described in the words of our clients
- 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
- Insight Bite: Zyfra Make Moves on Intelligent Mining With VIST Acquisition
- 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: IBM’s Biggest Acquisition yet Leaves Commentators Confused
- Insight Bite: Cybersecurity Market Shows Strength as Francisco Buys Forcepoint
- Insight Bite: Dell ponders return to market with VMware reverse merger
- Insight Bite: Silicon Labs buys Redpine Signals as Wi-Fi 6 Gathers Steam
- 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
- Insight Bite: Cypress Boost IoT Offering with Cirrent Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Intel's foundry foray comes at a perfect time
- Will Apple Watch launch the wearables market?
- China’s mobile boom will attract major investments
- Acuity is growing
- Insight Bite: Semiconductor Market Weighs Impact of COVID-19
- 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
- Insight Bite: Pandemic Panic Creates Dealmaking Opportunity
- Insight Bite: Upland Embrace Email With Adestra Acquisition
- 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
- Insight Bite: $22.8bn record tech-fund raised by Thoma Bravo
- Tech giants race for M&A deals
- Exit Insight: Fältcom acquired by Telia
- Acuity wins at Carlitos' White Waltham Polo club
- 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?
- Insight Bite: Emergency Debt Deals Caught in Lending Bottleneck
- E-commerce in China: Partnerships are essential
- Insight Bite: Is the Daily Mail wrong about ARM?
- 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?
- Insight Bite: Will CLBILS work better at supporting UK businesses than CBILS has?
- Insight Bite: Marvell Joins Semiconductor Dealmaking Boom
- 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
- Insight Bite: Alibaba Invests in Open Source Tech With data Artisans Acquisition
- Is no net neutrality a threat to digital media start-ups?
- Consolidation Continues in Business Analytics as Sisense and Periscope Data Join Forces
- 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
- Insight Bite: Accenture Snares Gekko on Increased Cloud Appetite
- 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
- Insight Bite: Could the Nvidia-Arm Deal Reinvigorate RISC-V?
- 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
- HPE Make Supercomputing Play with Acquisition of Cray
- Insight Bite: PTC Picks up Cloud CAD Pioneer Onshape
- Insight Bite: Global chip shortage galvanizes local investment
- 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
- Insight Bite: Nasdaq puts Financial Fraud in Focus with Verafin Deal
- VoD disruption spreading across the globe
- Why cleantech needs the digital majors
- Insight Bite: Openreach Sale Could Spark Consolidation for UK Fibre
- What start-ups should keep in mind when considering a US move
- Insight Bite: Booming Before Brexit - BigChange Acquires Labyrinth and Trace
- 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
- Insight Bite: Zoom Upgrades Security with Keybase Deal
- 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
- Insight Bite: Coronavirus Accelerates Shift to Subscription Gaming
- Insight Bite: Chip revenues surge on global shortage
- The biggest acquisition deals in the past week
- Ukrainian start-up scene still alive despite crisis
- China-US tech disagreements could damage investment environment
- Insight Bite: Proofpoint Acquires ObserveIT to Address Insider Threats
- Interesting cleantech investment trends of 2013
- Segments likely to offer the biggest exits in 2015
- Q4 2015 deals complete record tech M&A year
- Leading Investment Banks Q Advisors and Acuity Advisors Form Strategic Alliance
- Asia becoming the prime destination for FinTech products
- Insight Bite: Google Cloud sets sight on big acquisition
- Insight Bite: Qlik’s CrunchBot Acquisition Brings Conversational AI to Business Intelligence
- Vibrant week in VC tech world
- Insight Bite: Virgin Media O2 commits £10B to covid recovery
- Insight Bite: Microsoft and Nokia get Back Together After Six Year Separation
- 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
- ASICs are on the Agenda as Marvell Acquire Custom Chipmaker Avera
- Healthy US start-up scene representative of a global digital demand spike
- Insight Bite: OpenText Reinforces Cloud Data Protection with Carbonite Purchase
- 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
- Insight Bite: How 5G Could Remake Enterprise Cloud
- Acuity Insight: Finally, wireless charging is having its Wifi moment
- Insight Bite: Salesforce Picks up Slack in Seismic Enterprise Software Deal
- Could mobile messaging offer another huge exit in 2015?
- Insight Bite: Google Aims High with CloudSimple Acquisition
- London losing Its start-up appeal as Berlin offers more for less
- Workplace digitalisation driving office innovation
- Insight Bite: Infineon Sidesteps Slowing Chip Market With Cypress Deal
- Insight Bite: 2020 ends with the biggest tech deal of the year
- 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: Email Acquisitions Heat up as Twilio Closes SendGrid Deal
- Insight Bite: Cisco strikes twice - with acquisition of London based IMImobile and Slovakian Slido
- Insight Bite: Airband raises funds from the NDIF in a bid to increase high speed broadband connectivity
- Insight Bite: Facebook Makes its First Blockchain Acquisition
- 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
- Insight Bite: Intel pushes Deeper into Data Centre Market with Barefoot Acquisition
- Is s-commerce a major new segment for start-ups and exits?
- Insight Bite: Can PullString Help Apple Get Back In the AI Conversation?
- Insight Bite: Accenture Takes Aim at 'Security of Things' Market
- Insight Bite: EU seeks digital sovereignty with semiconductor funding
- Acuity Insight: Fibre to the Premises, Welcome to the Landgrab
- Top trends in technology M&A
- Insight Bite: RBS opens its purse to keep up with fintech trends
- Insight Bite: Symantec Boost Cloud Defence Systems with Luminate Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Finance Cloud Market Stirs as IBM Buys Spanugo
- 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
- Insight Bite: Intel Boost Artificial Intelligence with Vertex A.I. Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Can CakeHR Help Sage Transition to Cloud?
- Acuity Advisors to run Bristol Seminar in conjunction with SETSquared
- Alibaba, Lithium and SmileGate make big acquisition moves
- Insight Bite: ERP Firms Collaborate in Move to the Cloud
- 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
- Insight Bite: Apple's Silicon Advantage Could Rest on Shaky Ground
- Insight Bite: Broadcom Eyes Another Enterprise Software Acquisition
- Insight Bite: Intel Considers Another AI Acquisition
- 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
- Insight Bite: Siemens Buys UltraSoC as Chip Firms Adopt Product Lifecycle Management
- Acuity Insight: Navigating CFIUS, the gatekeeper of US dealmaking
- Insight Bite: PTC responds to mid-market SaaS PLM need with $715m Arena Solutions acquisition
- 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
- Insight Bite: Uber Buys Postmates on Rising Delivery Demand
- 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
- Insight Bite: Acronis 'Tucks in' Azure Specialist 5nine
- The place of virtual reality in the corporate world
- India: The next e-commerce tech boom destination
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Client Successes
- Acuity advises Community Fibre on their £50m funding boost from RPMI and Amber Infrastructure
- Sale of ETS Portsmouth Limited ("ETS Cable Components") to Addtech Energy
- Light Blue Optics sell key assets to Promethean World
- Acuity secures investment from FPE Capital in Kallik, a leading provider of Labelling and Artwork Management SaaS solutions to the Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sectors
- Acuity advises Vehco on their strategic acquisition of frameLOGIC, broadening Vehco’s European footprint into Poland
- SIPCOM forms partnership with SCC following investment from Rigby Group
- Acuity advises founder shareholders on sale of Sparkol Limited to a Management Buy-Out team
- £3m investment in Concirrus Ltd by Imperial Innovations Group plc
- Sale of Estate Technical Solutions Limited (ETSOS) to DMGT plc division, dmgi::land&property
- Acuity advises on the acquisition of Instrumentation Technologies, a global leader in advanced instrumentation for the particle accelerator and proton therapy markets, by ARX Equity Partners
- Acuity advises Vehco on strategic sale to AddSecure (backed by Abry Partners)
- VeriLocation acquired by Lyceum Capital-backed Isotrak Limited
- ERT acquires APDM Wearable Technologies to reinvent endpoint measurement in clinical trials
- Acuity advises LDC on their investment in network performance and security specialist Phoenix Datacom
- Q Advisors and Acuity Advisors Represent Mission Labs in Its Acquisition by Gamma Communications
- Sale of SiRF Technology Inc to Cambridge Silicon Radio plc
- TrueSpeed Communications Ltd secures funding from Aviva plc
- Acuity advises Titan IC on their sale to Mellanox
- Allinea Software Ltd acquired by ARM
- Acuity advises CommuniGator on cross-border sale to Spotler
- Foresight completes investment into Lightning Fibre to bring hyperfast broadband connectivity to the South East
- Acuity advises Creative Chips GmbH on their strategic sale to Dialog Semiconductor plc
- Sale of Hitec (Laboratories) Limited to TA Associates investee company Mitratech Holdings Inc.
- Acuity advises Moortec Semiconductor on their sale to US EDA & Semiconductor IP Vendor Synopsys
- Scottish Online Safety Success Story Announces Series A Investment Round
- Acuity advises Chargifi on its investment from Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV), HPE and firstminute capital
- Akrion Systems LLC acquired by NAURA Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Merger of Sub10 Systems with Fastback Networks
- Kaptivo receives investment from Cambridge Angels and TiE Angels
- Q Advisors and Acuity Advisors Represent Innoveo in its Equity Financing by Paulson & Co.
- Acuity advises Carl Zeiss AG on the sale of its iTrap business unit to Atlas Copco
- Acuity advises Hornetsecurity, German market leader in cloud security, on their cross-border acquisition of Spamina
- Sale of Where Are You Now? ("WAYN") to lastminute.com Group
- Windsor Telecom accelerates growth
- Acuity advises Envitia shareholders on the MBO backed by Maven Capital Partners
- Acuity advises ROADMap Systems on their sale to HUBER+SUHNER
- Acuity advises Argon Design on its Sale to a Global Semiconductor Company
- Sports New Media Holdings ("GiveMeSport") acquired by Breaking Data Corp.
- Acuity advises on RealVNC’s sale of VNC Automotive to management
- Acuity Advisors represents ONI on its sale to Court Square Capital backed Thrive Networks
- Ncam Technologies Limited secures investment from YFM Equity Partners
- Sale of Signal Processing Devices Sweden AB to e2v technologies plc
- Acuity advises MEI Rigging & Crating on their partnership with Dorilton Capital
- Acuity advises CML on the sale of Hyperstone to Swissbit
- Amantys, a power electronics company, sold its assets to Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen
- Acuity advises Cognovo on its investment from ARM
- Acuity advised Call Flow on their €30m investment to bring full-fibre broadband to further small towns in South East England
- Acuity advises digital farming company trecker on strategic sale to Yara
- Fält Communications AB (“Fältcom”) acquired by Telia Company AB
- Acuity supports Lanner Group’s key strategic review
- Acuity advises US-based MEI Wet Processing Systems and Services LLC on their sale to PE-backed RENA Technologies GmbH
- Sale of Sentec Limited to Sensus Inc
- CubeLogic partners with GCP to accelerate growth
- Acuity advises Cyberhawk on a buyout backed by Magnesium Capital
- Sale of 3V Transaction Services Limited to SafeCharge
- Acuity advises ScaleUp Capital on their sale of Drum Cussac to GardaWorld
- Acuity advises JHC on transformational sale to FNZ
- Vehco Strenghtens Its Position In Europe Through Strategic Acquisition Of Groeneveld ICT Solutions
- Acuity advises semiconductor tools business Capres A/S on their strategic sale to KLA Corporation
- AccelerComm secures £5.8m Series A funding from IQ Capital, Bloc Ventures and IP Group
- Fashion Bloodhound sell key assets to Covetique
- Sale of Digital TV Labs to Eurofins
- $9.0 million investment in Eseye by Accion's Frontier Investments Group
- Sale of Sense One Technologies to Inaccess
- Sale of JMC Mobile Ltd to leading UK operator
- Sale of YourWealth.co.uk to Momentum UK
- Sale of Zinwave to McWane Technology
- Sale of KnowledgeCenter to Charles Taylor plc
- Sale of Capital Capture to PHS Group
- Sale of Intelligent Retail to 3Q Holdings
- Everything Legal sale to DAS
- $10.8 million investment in Sefaira by Braemar Energy-led consortium
- Investment in Amplience by NorthStar Ventures and Octopus Ventures
- Preview Services sold to Cintas Corporation
- Acquisition of Cambridge Positioning Systems by Cambridge Silicon Radio
- £3.1 million investment in Mantis Deposition by NVM Private Equity
- Strategic investment in Marmalade by Activision Blizzard
- Purple Seven secures funding from Tesco Clubcard Founders
- £4.5m investment in Surrey Nanosystems
- £2m investment in PrismaStar by Octopus Ventures
- Investment in Gennext Energy by private equity
- Investment in Peppersmith
- Investment in MyRad.io by EEDA
- Acquisition of Nordnav by Cambridge Silicon Radio
- Sale of Scyron to Centerprise International
- Acquisition of Supply 999 by Spring Ventures
- Acuity facilitate Redeem Ltd management buy in
- Sale of Iceni Technology
- Acquisition of Todd Research by Spring Ventures
- Netcallidus sale to dotDigital Group Plc
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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 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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