• Mergers & Acquisitions

This‌ ‌week, two large tech companies go their separate ways, Fiverr makes a move to compete with LinkedIn’s latest offering, and Coca-Cola grabs a larger slice of the proverbial sports drink pie with its acquisition of Bodyarmor. 

This‌ ‌week, 1-800-Flowers.Com moved into the seafood market by purchasing Vital Choice. Tech enabled financial media company Benzinga sold a majority stake to Beringer Capital. Anthology and Blackboard merged to form a massive EdTech ecosystem. 

This‌ ‌week, Blackstone invested a large sum in Spanx. Online travel agency Hopper expanded its B2B travel services by acquiring PlacePass. And Instacart bolstered its AI-powered shopping cart capabilities by buying Caper AI.

This‌ ‌week, Facebook bolstered its machine learning assets by purchasing AI.Reverie. Uber brought Drizly under its wing and Comcast strengthened its international presence by acquiring Masergy.

This‌ ‌week, Instacart boosted its capabilities with FoodStorm and Fiverr purchased creative education platform CreativeLive. Thoma Bravo bought the growing business, Stamps.com.

This‌ ‌week, MediaLab.Ai made its second acquisition this month by purchasing Imgur. Netflix dug into video games with Night School Studio. And insurance company Aviva downsized by selling its French business to Aema Group.

his‌ ‌week, JPMorgan Chase & Co. gained college planning solution Frank. Standard Industries completed its W.R. Grace & Co. acquisition and Electronic Arts (EA) expands its mobile gaming foothold with Playdemic.

This‌ ‌week, Fox expanded its media footprint with TMZ. Philip Morris pushed further in the health and wellness category by purchasing Fertin Pharma. And Glassdoor completed its Fishbowl acquisition.

This‌ ‌week, ZoomInfo completed its purchase of RingLead, Equifax finalized its eighth acquisition this year with Teletrack and Microsoft is making investments in video with Clipchamp.