Global investment firm EQT to acquire Leading Software Provider WSO2
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Global investment firm EQT to acquire Leading Software Provider WSO2

EQT Private Capital Asia, through its BPEA Fund VIII, has reached an agreement to acquire WSO2  from existing shareholders. WSO2, a renowned provider of application development and identity and access management software to enterprises worldwide, generates over 80% of its revenue from blue-chip clients in the Americas and EMEA regions. WSO2 was founded in Asia and…

Truecaller to Acquire Israeli App CallHero
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Truecaller to Acquire Israeli App CallHero

Truecaller, the leading global platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communications, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Israeli company CallHero (www.getcallhero.com). CallHero has developed a unique technical solution for both Android and iPhone, with an AI-enabled assistant. CallHero’s assistant can answer calls for you in a natural language, take messages for you…

PayPal To Acquire Payment Platform Paidy
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PayPal To Acquire Payment Platform Paidy

PayPal Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has agreed to acquire Paidy, a leading two-sided payments platform and provider of buy now, pay later solutions in Japan, for ¥300 billion or approximately US$2.7 billion, principally in cash. The acquisition will expand PayPal’s capabilities, distribution and relevance in the domestic payments market in Japan, the third…

GlobalBees acquires sustainable home care company The Better Home
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GlobalBees acquires sustainable home care company The Better Home

Based in New Delhi The Better Home, a sustainable home care goods firm, was acquired by GlobalBees, a digital brand aggregator, today. Nitin Agarwal’s company purchased a 100 percent ownership in the Bengaluru-based company, allowing it to join the home care industry. The Better Home, which launched in February 2020, sells cleaning products made with…

Edtech startup Scaler Academy acquires Coding Elements
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Edtech startup Scaler Academy acquires Coding Elements

In an all-cash deal, Scaler, an edtech upskilling business financed by Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global, has acquired Delhi-based online learning platform Coding Elements. This is the edtech startup’s first acquisition to help it expand its business. Mudit Goel founded Coding Elements in 2017 with the goal of training the future generation of coders in…

Nazara Technologies acquires skill gaming platform OpenPlay Tech
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Nazara Technologies acquires skill gaming platform OpenPlay Tech

Nazara Technologies Limited (BSE: 543280) (NSE: NAZARA), an India-based diversified gaming and sports media platform, announced today that it has purchased a 100% share in Hyderabad-based skill gaming business OpenPlay for INR 186.4 crores. Under the “Classic Games” brand, OpenPlay provides a multi-game consumer gaming platform that hosts popular skill-based games and adheres to the…

WM Partners Announces Acquisition of Vega
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WM Partners Announces Acquisition of Vega

WM Partners, a certified diverse-owned private equity firm focused on investing in middle market companies and driving value creation in the health and wellness sector, today announced that HPH II Investments Master Fund, LP, together with its parallel and feeder funds , through its wholly owned entity, has acquired Vega . Founded in Burnaby, BC,…

IBM to Acquire Premier Hybrid Cloud Consulting Firm
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IBM to Acquire Premier Hybrid Cloud Consulting Firm

BM (NYSE: IBM) today announced plans to acquire BoxBoat Technologies, a premier DevOps consultancy and enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider. BoxBoat will extend IBM’s container strategy and implementation services portfolio to further advance IBM’s hybrid cloud strategy and accelerate Red Hat OpenShift adoption globally. “Our clients require a cloud architecture that allows them to operate across…

HDFC Bank Acquires 7.4 Percent Stake in Virtuoso Infotech
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HDFC Bank Acquires 7.4 Percent Stake in Virtuoso Infotech

Virtuoso Infotech Pvt. Ltd., an enterprise software solutions company, founded by Ms. Preeti Nahar and Mr. Yogesh Satpute, based out of Pune, India announced today the news of its first investment fundraise. India’s largest private sector bank HDFC and its subsidiary HDFC Securities Limited has acquired a 7.4% stake in Virtuoso Infotech. Virtuoso Infotech specializes…

BuzzFeed, the Leading, Culture-Defining Platform for Digital Content and Commerce, to Become a Publicly Listed Company through Merger with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, Inc.

BuzzFeed, the Leading, Culture-Defining Platform for Digital Content and Commerce, to Become a Publicly Listed Company through Merger with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners, Inc.

BuzzFeed, the leading tech-powered media company for digital content and commerce for millennial and Gen Z audiences, announced today that it will merge with 890 Fifth Avenue Partners Inc., (Nasdaq: ENFA) a tech, media and telecom Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) to become a public company. 890 Fifth Avenue Partners Inc. has $288 million in…