Portland-based AppFog has been acquired by CenturyLink, the telecommunications firm, to help bolster its Savvis cloud hosting service, CenturyLink confirmed late Friday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. CenturyLink s...

Portland-based AppFog, which develops Platform-as-a-Service software, is being acquired by data center operator Savvis. The acquisition, according to multiple reports Thursday, is expected to be announced Monday. Details on the acquisition ...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies looks like it's going to fast-track its path to an IPO, and has estimated its IPO trading range at between $13.00 and $15.00 per share. The company set its IPO range Thursday in a filing, also saying th...

Redmond-based Microsoft has staked a claim in the hot DevOps market, saying that it has acquired application lifecycle management (ALM) software development business InRelease, which is a business unit of InCycle Software. Financial terms ...

Seattle-based WhitePages, the online people and business directory search site, has acquired Mr. Number, a call blocking and spam identification app for Android, the company said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ...

Tweddle Connect, the Bellevue-based automotive infotainment systems developer which is part of Tweddle Group, has been acquired by Nuance, in a deal worth $80M in cash, Nuance said Thursday. Nuance said it acquired the Tweddle Connect busin...

Jive Software, the developer of enterprise collaboration and social software, is being eyed by a number of companies as a takeover candidate, according to a report today. The Portland Business Journal says that IBM or Oracle Corp. have been...

The bidding for Kirkland-based Clearwire has suddenly kicked off again this morning, as DISH Network made an offer to acquire Clearwire for $4.40 per share in cash. That offer is a dollar more per share than the $3.40 per share that Sprint ...

In the latest twist to the saga of the sale of Kirkland-based Clearwire, one of the firm's minority stockholders has come out against the proposal by Sprint to acquire the company. Crest Financial Limited, which says it is the largest minor...

Seattle-based EKOS, the developer of ultrasound tools for treating vascular thrombosis, has been acquired by British biotech company BTG. BTG said it will pay $180M, plus up to $40M in earn out, for EKOS, whose products are used to treat se...

Seattle-bsaed life sciences and molecular analysis systems developer NanoString Technologies has filed for an IPO, saying this morning in a filing that it hopes to raise $86.25M in the offering. The firm has applied to list as NSTG on the N...

Portland-based indoor wi-fi location technology developer Meridian Apps has been acquired by Aruba Networks, Aruba announced last week. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Aruba said the buy will enable new location-based servi...

Seattle's Tableau Software had a stunning IPO debut this morning, surving as high as $50.25 in morning trading, well above its pricing of $31.00 last night. Tableau was up 60%, a huge surge for an IPO for the enterprise software developer. ...

The highly anticipated IPO of Seattle's Tableau Software has priced at $31.00 per share, above its estimated initial public offering range of $28.00 to $30.00 per share. The pricing is higher yet than the initial estimated range of $23.00 t...

Seattle-based Tableau Software has bumped its initial public offering range, saying in a filing this morning that it now expects the IPO price to be between $28.00 and $30.00. The range is above an earlier, $23.00 to $26.00 per share pricin...

DocuSign, the electronic signature firm which has operations in Seattle, said today that it has acquired Cartavi, a provider of real estate transaction management and document sharing service. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ...

Portland-based Lucky Sort, which developed data visualization tools, has been acquired by Twitter, Lucky Sort said Monday. Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to Lucky Sort founder Noah Pepper, "several" of the compa...

Bellevue-based social bookmarking service Clipboard has been acquired by Salesforce.com, in a positive return for the company--but one which will shut down the service. According to Clipboard, Salesforce has acquired the company, but will s...

Kirkland-based Market Leader, the developer of customer relationship management software for the real estate industry, has been acquired by Trulia, in a deal worth approximately $355M. Trulia said the price implies $11.33 per share for Mark...

Kirkland-based Clearwire has a message for its stockholders: please approve the acquisition of the company by Sprint. Clearwire told its investors that the proposed buyout by Sprint is the "best strategic alternative for stockholders" parti...

In a step forward for the company's IPO plans, Seattle-based Tableau Software said in a filing this morning that it now expects to price its IPO at between $23.00 and $26.00. The company--which had filed for its IPO in April--said it intend...

Seattle-based RPI, which manufactures personalized photo books and greeting cards, said today that it has acquired Atlanta-based competitor DPI. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Both RPI and DPI provide web-to-print, personali...

Bellevue-based venture capital investor Ignition Partners has scored a big exit at one of its portfolio firms, Parse, after an acquisition by Facebook. Facebook is reportedly paying $85M for Parse. Parse, which developed mobile backed softw...

Seattle-based natural language processing software developer Wavii has confirmed its acquisition by Google, the firm announced this morning on its web site. Wavii said that it will no longer continue to offer its service, but will by applyi...

Seattle-based ProgrammableWeb, an online site which helps developers find web, mobile, and other application APIs, has been acquired by MuleSoft, a developer of software integration tools. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Pr...

Seattle-based Tippr, the developer of daily deal software headed by Martin Tobias, has been acquired, according to multiple reports. Size of the acquisition was not announced. Tippr developed a white-label, software platform which allowed c...

Spokane, Washington-based online retailer GreenCupboards announced this morning that it has acquired the assets of Ecomom, the online eco-friendly retailer which targeted the baby, mom, and kids market. Financial terms of the buy were not d...

Seattle-based startup Wavii, which develops natural language processing software being applied to news aggregation, has been acquired by Google, according to reports. The deal, according to TechCrunch, values Wavii at more than $30M. Neithe...

A report today from the WSJ says that Amazon.com's purchase last month of book networking site Goodreads scuttled a deal in the works, which would have added Goodreads' reviews to iTunes. According to the report, Amazon and Apple have been ...

If DISH Network's offer for Sprint this morning didn't already confuse issues enough, the WSJ reports that Verizon is offering up $1.5 billion to Clearwire today, to lease Clearwire's spectrum for its own LTE network buildout. Sprint is in ...

A new offer to acquire Sprint--from satellite television services firm DISH Network--complicates the already complicated set of transactions around the buyout of Bellevue-based broadband wireless infrastructure firm Clearwire. According to ...

Portland-based ESI, the developer of laser-based equipment for the electronics industry, announced this morning that it has acquired the Semiconductor Systems business of GSI Group. GSI's Semiconductor Systems business is based in Bedford, ...

Tripadvisor, the online hotel and travel review site which was spun out of Expedia back in 2011, said today that it has acquired Jetsetter.com, an online private sale site for hotel bookings. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. J...

Microsoft has sold off its IPTV business, Mediaroom, to Ericsson, Ericsson said today, confirming a rumor of the sale from two weeks ago. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed. Mediaroom was based in Mountain View, California, an...

Seattle-based Tableau Software has finally filed for an IPO, saying in a filing Tuesday that it is looking to raised as much as $150M in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange as DATA. The IPO is being underwritten by Goldman, Sachs & Co., ...

Seattle-based online language learning site Livemocha, has been acuqired by Rosetta Stone, the language learning publisher, in a deal worth $8.5M in cash. According to Rosetta Stone, Livemocha will remain in Seattle after the acquisition. L...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Goodreads, an online book review community based in San Francisco. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Goodreads was founded in 2007 by Otis Chandler, ...

Bellevue-based Microsoft may be looking to unload its IPTV business to set-top-box maker Ericsson AB, according to a report today. Bloomberg said the deal is expected to be announced in a few weeks. The report cited people familiar with the...

Kirkland-based patent licensing firm Pendrell said this moring that it has acquired what it described as a portfolio of "foundational memory technology" patents from Nokia. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Pendrell said the ...

Seattle's Amazon.com has been named as a possible buyer of electronic book reader technology from Samsung Electronics. A report from Bloomberg, citing an person familiar with the matter, said that Samsung is trying to sell its Dutch subsidi...

Craig Berkman, the former Oregon gubernatorial candidate, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for selling non-existent shares in Facebook, LinkedIn, Groupon, and Zynga. According to the SEC, Berkman--who was the forme...

Bellevue-based MetroFax, a provider of Internet-based faxing services, has been acquired by j2 Global, a provider of Internet FAX and unified communications tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to j2 Global, Metro...

Two former Amazon.com veterans, Chris Pinkham--formerly Vice President of Engineering at Amazon.com, and who started Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) efforts, and Willem van Biljon, formerly also working on Amazon's Elastic Compute Clou...

Seattle-based healthcare software-as-a-services startup Appature, which is led by Kabir Shahani, has been acquired by IMS Health. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, the deal has been placed at over $100M. IMS He...

Portland-based security software provider Tripwire announced this morning that it has acquired nCircle, a Silicon Valley-based developer of IT risk management software. Financial terms of th ebuy were not disclosed. According to Tripwire, t...

Redmond-based Concur has acquired a provider of mobile communications and messaging services, focused on business travel, to help bolster its platform, the company announced today. Concur said it has acquired conTgo, a UK- and Australia-bas...

Seattle-based AccessVia, a developer of print-on-demand software to help product retail, shelf-edge displays both locally at retail stores and at a central printer, has been acquired by printer maker Lexmark, Lexmark said Tuesday. Financial...

Bellevue-based cloud monitoring software firm MetricsHub, which was part of the Microsoft Accelerator, has been acquired by none other than Microsoft itself. Microsoft announced the acquisition late Monday, saying that the move will provide...

Walla Walla, Washington-based Key Technology, a developer of process automation technology, said today that it has merged with Visys NV, a provider of equipment used in food processing and waste recycling. Key Technology said that it will p...

Seattle-based mobile app developer Alike, which developed mobile applications to help users get recommendations on local restaurants and other places, has been acquired by Yahoo, Yahoo said Tuesday. Financial terms of the buy were not discl...

Seattle-based F5 Networks, the developer of Internet traffic shaping appliances, said today that it has acquired LineRate Systems, a developer of software used for software-defined, layer 7+ networking services. Financial terms of the buy w...

Seattle-based Avanade, the provider of managed services and technology, said this morning that it has acquired Bellevue's Opstera, a developer of public cloud management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Opstera devel...

Details of Microsoft's role in the private equity buyout of Dell emerged this morning, with Microsoft saying that it has provided a $2 billion loan to the group that has proposed to buy out Dell. That group--made up of Dell founder Michael ...

Portland-based Visere, which develops life coaching applications for the iPad, has been acquired by Jawbone, which develops wearable computing products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Visers was the developer of Unstuck, a l...

A deal which will take computer maker Dell private, and make Microsoft and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners the majority holders in Dell, is nearing completion, according to reports last night from the WSJ. According to the WSJ, the...

Bainbridge Island-based Avalara announced this morning that it has acquired yet another provider of cloud-based sales tax software. This time, Avalara said it has acquired Tax Technology Services, a provider of cloud-based, sales tax exempt...

Seattle-based venture capital firm has some good news, finally, as one of its portfolio firms had a successful exit today. Larkspur, California-based mobile banking developer mFoundry has been acquired by mobile financial services firm FIS,...

Amazon.com has acquired IVONA Software, the software developer behind its Kindle "Text-to-Speech", "Voice Guide" and "Explore by Touch" technology, the company said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Amazon said t...

Bellevue-based cloud communications and telephony provider Telanetix has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Intermedia, in an all-cash deal worth approximately $55M. Intermedia is a provider of third party, Microsoft Exchange hosting and...

Seattle-based SEOmoz, the provider of serach engine optimization and related software, is announcing today that it has acquired AudienceWise, the Portland-based SEO firm founded by Tim Resnick and Matthew Brown. Financial terms of the buy w...

Seattle-based POP, the digital agency founded by Bill Predmore, has been acquired by the parent firm of Conde Nast, Advance Publications Inc.. FInancial terms of the buy were not disclosed. POP, whose clients include Nike, Microsoft, Target...

Kirkland-based WaveDivision Holdings said Thursday that it has completed its $50M acquisition of Black Rock Cable, of Bellingham, Wash. Black Rock is ap rovider of high capacity fiber optic connectivity in Washington State, connecting large...

In a surprise bid, Sprint has received some competition for Bellevue-based Clearwire, from satellite television operator DISH Network. Clearwire said Tuesday afternoon that DISH has proposed to purchase certain spectrum assets from Clearwir...

Portland-based Giftango, the provider of online, virtual and digital gift cards, has been acquired by InComm, an Atlanta-based prepaid products company. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to InComm, the buy will expand...

Microsoft has reportedly acquired id8 Group R2 Studios, a developer of home automation systems run by Blake Krikorian, according to multiple reports Wednesday. Details and confirmation of the buy have not been announced by either company. i...

Portland-based Storycode, the developer of a mobile publishing platform used by brands to create mobile apps, has been acquired by enterprise software company TigerLogic, the two announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not d...

Bellevue-based Expedia said Friday that it has acquired a majority stake in European travel booking site Trivago. Expedia said it paid approximately $632 million for Trivago, which is based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Trivago operates a booking...

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, has just scored a big exit in his portfolio, via Bezos Expeditions, his investment fund. One of the firm's portfolio companies, Behance, was acquired by Adobe Systems Friday, in a deal rumored to be wo...

Seattle-based Pace International, a developer of products for the agricultural industry, has been acquired by Valent Biosciences Corporation, in a deal worth $65M. Valent Biosciences had previously owned 25% of Pace. Pace develops commercia...

Sprint and Bellevue-based wireless infrastructure firm Clearwire announced this morning that the two have agreed on buyout terms, where Sprint will pay $2.97 per share for the remainder of Clearwire, a deal worth $2.2 billion. According to ...

Sprint Nextel Corp. said today that it is offering $2.1 billion for the remaining 50 percent of Bellevue-based Clearwire, confirming rumors from earlier this week that Sprint was hoping to buy out the remaining investors in the wireless inf...

Seattle-based AudioGalaxy, the provider of a service which let users stream their music from the Internet, has been acquired by Dropbox, the company announced Thursday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Audiogalaxy said its tea...

Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel is considering buying the rest of Bellevue-based wireless data provider Clearwire, according to multiple reports Tuesday. Sprint--which already owns a majority of Clearwire--is apparently considering buying ou...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec is being acquired by Honeywell International Inc., in a deal worth $600M in cash, the two said this morning. Thee two said they are in a definitive agreement, which has been approved by the boards of both ...

Bellevue-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners has had an exit at one of the firm's portfolio companies, Zenprise. Citrix said Wednesday that it is buying Zenprise, and will make that firm's products part of its Citrix CloudGateway a...

Portland-based artificial intelligence software developer Kimera Systems announced today that it has has acquired Smart Places, a developer of location and context-aware, mobile social networking apps. Financial terms of the buy were not di...

Portland-based Urban Airship, the developer of mobile messaging and notification software, said today that it has acquired Tello, a developer of Apple Passbook management services. Financial term sof the buy were not disclosed. Tello was ba...

Seattle-based search engine optimization software developer SEOmoz, which is headed by Rand Fishkin, announced today that it has acquired GetListed.org, the Portland-based provider of SEO tools and services founded by David Mihm. The deal w...

Seattle-based colocation and hosting provider Adhost has been acquired by St. Louise-based datacenter operator Cequal Data Centers. Cequel said yesterday that it has acquired Adhost, and will rebrand the company as Tierpoint. Adhost has aro...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Digimarc, the developer of digital watermarking and other related technology, said Monday afternoon that it has acquired Attributor Corporation, a provider of technology for protecting electronic books from piracy. F...

Google appears to be getting set to go head to head against Amazon.com, after it acquired BufferBox, a provider of temporary lockers for receiving e-commerce. BufferBox, which is based in Canada, provides temporary lockers, which provide a ...

Seattle-based online real estate broker Redfin is hoping to file for an IPO next year, with a goal of being public in 2014, according to an interview with CEO Gleen Kelman with Bloomberg. Kelman said that the company expects to be public in...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems said today that it has old off its electroluminescent (EL) display business, to Beneq Oy. The deal is worth $6.5M, split between $3.9M in cash and $2.6M in a promissory note. Planar also said the deal ...

Seattle-based Avvo is getting out of the health business and re-focusing on lawyers, after selling off its health directory business. Avvo and online health directory firm HealthTap said this morning that HealthTap has acquired the health b...

Zillow, the Seattle real estate site, said Monday afternoon that it has acquired HotPads, on online mapping site focused on rental and real estate. Zillow said it would pay $16M in cash for San Francisco-based HotPads. Zillow said the acqui...

Seattle-based Cray said late last week that it has completed its acquisition of Appro International. The deal--which had been announced on November 9th--was worth $21.8M in cash. Appro was a developer supercomputer clusters, aimed at the hi...

Seattle-based Corbis Images, the provider of stock photography and illustrations, said today that it has acquired London-based Demotix, a source of breaking news photography. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Corbis said that D...

Azaleos, the Seattle-based provider of outsource, managed services for Microsoft's Exchange, SharePoint, and other software, has been acquired by Seattle-based managed services nad consulting firm Avanade, Avanade said Tuesday evening. Fina...

Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Appro International, a developer of supercomputer clusters, in a deal worth $25M in cash. Cray said that Appro will become the core of a new Cluster Solu...

Jive Software, the developer of social business software which has an office in Portland, said Monday that it has acquired two companies, Meetings.io and Producteev. Financial terms of the buys were not announced. Both firms develop real ti...

Seattle-based Zillow said last night that it has acquired Mortech, a Lincoln, Nebraska developer of software tools for the mortgage industry. Zillow said it paid $12M in cash and 150,000 shares of its stock for Mortech. Mortech has 39 emplo...

Bothell-based Advanced Microscopy Group, which develops imaging systems for research microscopy, has been acquired by life sciences equipment company Life Technologies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Life Technologie...

Seattle-based local advertising firm Marchex said yesterday that it plans to split its business in two, creating two, new publicly held companies. Marchex said it plans to split into Marchex, a pure-play mobile advertising company focused o...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow has acquired Buyfolio, the operator of a collaborative shopping website. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Buyfolio was based in New York City. Buyfolio's site focused on New York City real...

Getty Images and private equity firm The Carlyle Group said today that they have completed the $3.3 billion acquisition of Getty by Carlyle. The two companies had announced the buyout deal in August. According to the two, co-founder and Cha...

Sprint Nextel has dipped into the new stash of cash it just received from Japanese investor Softbank, and has just bought out the stake of Craig McCCaw in 4G wireless provider Clearwire. Sprint said that it will pay $100M for McCaw's 5 perc...

Microsoft announced today that it has acquired StorSimple, the developer of storage software which integrates with the cloud, migrating data between primary storage, local backup and archive, as well as cloud storage services. Financial ter...

Portland-based Geoloqi, a provider of geocoding APIs and software, has been acquired by GIS giant Esri, the companies said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Geoloqi will become a Portland-based office for Esri, a provide...

Japan's Softbank Corp. confirmed this morning that it will pay $20.1 billion to buy up to 70 percent of Sprint Nextel, which owns most of Bellevue-based >Clearwire. The firm said the buy will give it entry into the U.S. market, including ab...

Is Amazon.com about to buy the mobile chips unit of Texas Instruments? That's the rumor being widely reported today, based on an article from an Israeli business news provider, which says that the chips in question are the ones being used b...

Jeff Bezos has scored a huge win in his investment portfolio today, after enterprise software maker Workday soared in its IPO debut. Workday develops human resources software, and is based in the Bay Area. Workday priced at $28.00 a share l...

The deal brewing between Sprint Nextel Corp. and Softbank has spawned a huge frenzy around Bellevue-based 4G network operator Clearwire, sending the firm's stock up as high as 66% in trading Thursday after news of the deal. Softbank is appa...

Kirkland-based traffic information provider Inrix is getting set to file for an IPO, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Inrix has apparently hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. as its bankers, with pl...

Seattle-based Mobilisafe, a developer of mobile device management software, has been acquired by Boston-based Rapid7, the companies said Tuesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. MobiliSafe develops cloud-based software used t...

Microsoft said this morning that it has acquired PhoneFactor, a developer of two-factor authentication technology, which uses phone, text messaging, and other means to better secure corporate and other applications. Financial terms of the b...

Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA, the mobile carrier owned by Deutsche Telekom, and fellow wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications said this morning that the two are in a merger, which will combine T-Mobile and MetroPCS. The firms said that Met...

Seattle-based search engine optimization software developer SEOmoz founder Rand Fishkin said yesterday that the firm has set its sights on an IPO, as the company begins mulling an exit. The company said that, since it has taken institutiona...

GoMiles, a Seattle startup providing a way for users to track their frequent flyer miles and other loyalty programs, has been acquired by Traxo. Traxo is a provider of services to help users track their frequent flyer miles, travel history,...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron has seen an exit in its portfolio, via the acquisition of Zui, the operator of a kid-friendly Internet portal. Zui was acquired by Saban Brands, which owns a number of children's entertainment bran...

Seattle-based NetMotion Wireless, which develops virtual private network (VPN) and network performance management software, has been acquired. The firm was acquired by a private equity firm, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., based in Santa Mon...

Seattle-based Zillow has priced its secondary offering, saying that it is offering 4M shares of its common stock at $43.00 per share. 3.425M of those shares are being sold directly by Zillow, with the remainder being sold by existing shareh...

Seattle-based Wishpot, the online social shopping and gift list site founded by Max Ciccotosto, has been acquired by Lockerz, the firm disclosed yesterday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Wishpot was venture backed by Monster...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow said Wednesday that it plans to offer up $130M in a secondary share sale, with a number of its insiders planning to sell some number of shares in the offering. Zillow said it plans to offer 3.2 million ...

Portland-based KryptIQ, the developer of electronic health records and prescription management software, has been acquired by SureScripts, which provide electronic prescription software, according to a report this morning from The Oregonian...

Portland-based AppFog, the provider of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) tools for the cloud computing market, said this morning that it has acquired Nodester, a developer of Node.js software platforms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclo...

A San Francisco-based startup, Swaylo which is backed by Maveron Capital, has been acquired by social networking giant Facebook. Threadsy, the firm behind Swaylo, said in a blog post over the weekend that it will become part of Facebook, bu...

Seattle-based Hubspan, which develops cloud-based business integration software, has been acquired by an Atlanta company, Liaison Technologies. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the company. Liaison Technologies pro...

Seattle-based web-based surveying firm QuestionPro has acquired PollBob, a developer of web and iPhone survey applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. QuestionPro said the buy will add to its portfolio of research-orient...

Trulia, the home search engine site which competes head to head with Seattle's Zillow, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $75.0M in a public offering. The firm said it intends to apply to list its common stock on...

A rumor yesterday that Bellevue-based ...

Gist, the online personal contact management service started by T.A. McCann in Seattle, is being shut down by Research In Motion, according to a post from Gist. Gits, which had been acquired in February of 2011, said that the site will offi...

Seattle-based SEOmoz, the search engine optimization software provider headed by Rank Fishkin, said this morning that it has acquired Followerwonk, the Twitter analytics firm headed by Peter Bray. Financial terms of the buy were not disclos...

Getty Images, the photography and video rights giant, has been acquired by private equity firm The Carlyle Group in a $3.3 billion deal, the two announced today. Getty Images, which was previously owned by private equity group Hellman & Fri...

Ant's Eye View, a social media consultancy which has offices in Seattle, San Jose, and Austin, has been acquired by accounting and auditing giant PwC. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. PwC said that Ant's Eye View will join PwC...

Bellevue-based UC4 Software, which develops IT process automation software, said today that it has been acquired by a group of private equity investors. The deal was worth $270M. UC4 was acquired by private equity fund EQT VI, which acquire...

Redmond-based Agile Advantage, a provider of software products and consulting services for the Agile software development market, has been acquired. According to Agile software developer Rally Software, it has acquired Agile Advantage to bo...

Kirkland-based Xtreme Consulting Group, a business and IT services firm, said this week that it has acquired Beaverton, Oregon-based Kipe Technology Resources. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Kipe Technology Resources is a pr...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI, which develops scientific instruments, including electron beam microscopes, said Wednesday that it has acquired Visualization Sciences Group (VSG), based in Bordeaux, France. FEI said it paid approximately $55M ...

Seattle-based social media firm Banyan Branch said this morning that it has integrated Nology Media, a content publishing agency. Banyan Branch said that Nology Media's employees will join the company, and it will service Nology Media's cli...

Seattle-based CMC Biologics, which provides contract manufacturing for the biopharmaceuticals industry, said today that it has acquired the acquisition of a Bay Area, manufacturing facility previously owned by XOMA Corporation. Financial te...

Seattle-based Impinj, which makes RFID semiconductors, has dropped its plans for an IPO, according to a filing with the SEC Thursday. Impinj said that is is requesting the withdrawal because it "does not intend to pursue the contemplated pu...

Bellevue-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has completed its acquisition of business micro-messaging firm Yammer. The deal, which is worth around $1.2 billion in cash, was originally announced in June. Yammer becomes part of th...

Bellevue-based Microsoft said over the weekend that it is selling its stake in msnbc.com, the online news site it runs with NBCUniversal. MSNBC said Sunday that it has renamed itself NBCNews.com as a result of the deal. Microsoft is selling...

Seattle-based Blue Gecko, provider of remote database administration services, has been acquired by Colorado-based Datavail, the two companies said this morning. Financial arrangements behind the acquisition were not announced by the compan...

Redmond-based >Microsoft and New York-based multi-touch screen maker Perceptive Pixel said Monday that Microsoft has acquired Perceptive Pixel. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Perceptive Pixel develops multi-touch, video wal...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired a 3D mapping startup, UpNext, according to reports Monday, which will allow it to offer native mapping capabilities in the Kindle. Financial details of the deal--which has yet to be announced--have not ...

Seattle-based BlueView Technologies, the developer of compact forward-looking imaging sonar, microbathymetry systems and 3D scanning sonar equipment, is now officially part of Teledyne Technologies, Teledyne said today. Financial terms of t...

Seattle-based HyperQuality, which provides third party quality assurance and other services for contact centers, has been acquired by Spoken Communications, Spoken said Monday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The two said ...

Kent, Washington-based WinEstimator, a developer of software used for estimating construction costs, has been acquired by Silicon Valley's Trimble, a developer of GPS-related tools and equipment. Financial terms of the by were not disclose...

Seattle-based Thinkfuse, a developer of software used to help manage group communications, such as status reports and project updates, has been acquired by salesforce.com. Thinkfuse was a TechStars Seattle company, and had received funding ...

Redmond-based Microsoft confirmed Monday that it has acquired San Francisco-based Yammer, a provider of a private micro-messaging service patterned after Twitter, in a deal worth $1.2 billion in cash. The deal had been leaked two weeks ago,...

Portland-based CrowdCompass, which develops mobile applications for conferences and events, has been acquired by Cvent, Cvent said Tuesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The acquisition comes only seven months after CrowdCo...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries, the manufacturer of laser-based, semiconductor tooling and equipment, said this morning that it has acquired EOLITE Systems, a French manufacturer of fiber lasers. ESI said it paid approximately...

Portland-based Smarsh, which develops email archiving services, said today that it has acquired AdvisorSquare from Symantec. AdvisorSquare is a provider of websites for financial services professionals. Financial terms of the acquisition we...

Microsoft is reportely in the last step of acquiring a developer of micro-messaging software aimed at enterprises, according to reports today, in a deal worth as much as $1 billion. According to those reports, Microsoft is set to acquire Ya...

A new report Friday says that Seattle-based Tableau Software, the maker of business intelligence software, is set to file for an IPO in the coming months. The report, from Reuters, identified the firm as one of a number of business software...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired another book publisher, via its Amazon Publishing arm, the company said Monday afternoon. Amazon said it has acquired the publication rights for Avalon Books, which publishes romances, mystery, and west...

Eugene, Oregon-based Buzz Monkey, a developer of videogames, has been acquired by social games maker Zynga, according to reports. Details of the acquisition have not yet been announced by the companies. Buzz Monkey was founded by Randy Thom...

Kirkland-based WaveDivision Holdings, which operates the Wave Broadband and Astound Broadband cable systems in Washington, Oregon and California, has been acquired by private equity firms Oak Hill Capital and GI Partners. Financial details ...

Seattle-based Zillow announced Friday morning that it has completed its acquisition of RentJuice, the San Francisco-based developer of software for managing rental marketing for landlords, property managers, and rental brokers. The deal, wh...

Seattle-based BlueView Technologies, a developer of underwater, acoustic imaging and measurement products, has been acquired by diversified defense and electronics firm Teledyne Technologies. Teledyne announced the acquisition of BlueView t...

Seattle-based social rewards and fashion site Lockerz said Friday that it has acquired Chick Approved, an online fashion community. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Chick Approved is an online site founded by Jeff Turn...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based colocation and data center provider TierPoint has been acquired by a company run by a coalition private equity firms, via Cequel Data Centers LLC. According to Cequel Data Centers, which is backed by Thompson ...

Seattle-based Medify, which operates an online site which allows users to learn more about health conditions via the experiences of other patients, has been acquired by healthcare social networking provider Alliance Health Networks. Financi...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures has teamed with graphics chip maker NVIDIA, to acquire a pile of patents covering the communications industry, the two said this morning. The two said they have acquired approximately 500 patent assets f...

Financiers over at Seattle-based Vulcan Capital should be happy this morning, after one of their portfolio firms hit the market in a successful IPO. Audience, a developer of voice processing technology which helps improve the quality of mob...

Seattle-based Boeing has completed its acquisition of software firm Inmedius, the company announced this morning, in a deal which had been announced on April 26th. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Inmedius is a provide...

Seattle-based Cray announced Wednesday that it has completed the sale of its interconnect hardware development program and intellectual property to Intel. The deal was worth $140M in cash. Cray had announced the deal to sell the unit on Apr...

Seattle-based Zillow said Wednesday that it has acquired RentJuice, a developer of rental marketing software. The deal is worth $40M in cash. RentJuice was venture backed by Highland Capital, Sandwidth Ventures, and Tim Draper. ...

Seattle-based Amazon said yesterday in a filing with the SEC that it has completed its acquisition of Kiva Systems, the developer of robotic material handling systems aimed at the warehouse market. Amazon had originally announced the acquis...

The acquisition of Seattle-based Tamarac, a developer of portfolio management tools for investment advisers, has completed, according to acquiring firm Envestnet. The deal, which was worth $4M in cash, was announced in February. Tamarac's p...

Seattle-based Boeing said this morning that it is acquiring Inmedius, a developer of software applications and services for managing and sharing information and learning content. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Inmedius becom...

Seattle-based supercomputer maker Cray said late Tuesday that it is in a definitive agreement to sell its interconnect hardware development program and related intellectual property to Intel. Cray said the deal is worth $140M in cash, and w...

Redmond-based Microsoft has wasted no time in re-selling a big chunk of the patents it acquired from AOL earlier this month, saying today that it has sold approximately 650 AOL patents and patent applications to Facebook this morning. The d...

Investors over at Ignition Partners are bound to be celebrating this morning, as one of its portfolio firms, Splunk, had a stunning IPO debut, rising to nearly double its IPO debut price. Splunk debuted this morning at $17.00, and was tradi...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games, the developer of casual gaming software, has issued $11.2M in equity, with an additional $3.4M in earn-out, related to an acquisition of Self Aware Games, a regulatory filing by the firm indicates this week. B...

Seattle-based FazeWire Web Services, which provides web hosting services, has been acquired by Bellevue-based Pacific Software Publishing, PSPINC said Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were announced by the companies. FazeWir...

In a sign of demand for the shares of Splunk, the venture-backed developer of enterprise indexing software which is backed by local investor Ignition Partners, Splunk has revealed in a filing that it is upping its estimated IPO pricing rang...

Portland-based Crowd Factory, which develops software for managing social marketing campaigns and word-of-mouth marketing efforts, has been acquired by Marketo, a developer of marketing automation tools, the firms said today. Financial term...

The acquisition Monday of 800 of AOL's patents by Microsoft apparently included an interesting asset: the underlying patents and technology in Netscape, the original web browser. According to AllthingsD, the patent sale quietly included the...

One of the portfolio firms of Seattle-based venture investor Ignition Partners has moved a step closer to an IPO this morning, setting estimated IPO pricing. Splunk, a developer of software used for real time indexing by enterprise companie...

Bellevue-based Microsoft Corp. is purchasing 800 patents from AOL, in a deal worth $1.056 billion, the two firms announced this morning, including a deal to license more than 300 additional patents and patent applications from AOL to Micros...

Bellevue-based Visible Technologies said Friday morning that it has agreed to acquire Cymfony, a social media analytics software firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to the companies, Richard Pasewark, the ...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said late Thursday that it has collected $120M, after selling its patents and next generation video codec software to Intel. RealNetworks, which had originally announced the patent sale deal in January, said it wi...

Seattle-based Crowdverb, a provider of service that use the social web and other technology to influence political campaigns, legislation, and products, has been acquired by Direct Impact, a Washington, D.C. based grassroots advocacy firm s...

A unsubstantiated report this morning from TechCrunch says that Seattle-based Zillow is buying rentals management service firm RentJuice, in a deal for $45M in cash. The report said the report is based on a non-signed term sheet, according ...

Kirkland-based Pendrell, a patents and licensing firm which acquires patents and then pursues licensing of those patents from other companies, announced this morning that it has acquired over 1,300 U.S. and foreign patents. The firm said th...

The acquisition of Bothell-based SonoSite, the provider of ultrasound technology, has completed, FujiFilm said this morning. FujiFilm had said it would pay $995M for SonoSite in December, paying $54.00 per share in cash for the maker of ult...

On the heels of the acquisition of Vancouver, Washington-based ClearAccess by Cisco Wednesday, ClearAccess said it is spinning out the hardware portion of the business into a new company, SmartRG>. The new company, which will be headed by J...

Vancouver, Washington-based ClearAccess, a developer of software used to provision and manage residential and mobile devices, is being acquired by networking giant Cisco, Cisco announced today. Financial terms of the buy were not announced....

Bellevue-based Egencia, the corporate travel management firm which is owned by Expedia, said today that it has acquired VIA Travel, a Nordic travel management firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Egencia said the acquisition...

Bellevue-based Likewise, the developer of storage software headed by Barry Crist, has been acquired by EMC's Isilon Storage Division. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Likewise, which was venture backed by Ignition Part...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said this afternoon that it has acuqired Kiva Systems, a developer of robotic material handling technology. Amazon said it will pay approximately $775M in cash for Kiva, which is based in North Reading, Mass. Kiva s...

Seattle-based PHACTS, a provider of pharmacy automation technology and consulting, has been acquired by pharmacy automation software firm CareFusion. PHACTS provides consulting and software to help pharmacies better manage their inventory a...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games said Tuesday that it has acquired Self Aware Games, along with its parent firm Social Concepts. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Self Aware is maker of mobile games such as Card Ace: Casino; Fleck ...

Seattle-based Z2Live, the developer of mobile and social games, announced today that it has acquired Big Sandwich Games, a game development studio based in Vancouver, BC. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Z2Live said that Big S...

Seattle-based Onvia, which provides analysis of spending by federal, state, and local governments, said earlier this week that it has received--and rejected--an unsolicited takeover bid from Symphony Technology Group. Symphony offered to ac...

Portland-based SweetSpot Diabetes Care, which develops a cloud-based service which allows users of glucose meters to upload their device data, and which provides healthcare providers, patients, and researchers with better information for tr...

Seattle-based F5 Networks, the provider of network traffic shaping devices, reported today that it has completed its acquisition of Traffix Systems, a developer of 4G signaling products for the telecommunications market. F5 had just announc...

Seattle-based F5 Networks has acquired Traffix Systems, a developer of 4G signaling products for the telecom industry, the firm said Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Traffix Systems develops hardware which mana...

Seattle-based Divergent Ventures, the venture capital firm headed by Kevin Ober, Rob Shurtleff, and Todd Warren, has scored an exit this week, with the acquisition of flash storage software firm FlashSoft by SanDisk. SanDisk announced the a...

Seattle-based Tamarac, a developer of portfolio management technology aimed at investment advisors, has been acquired by Envestnet, a provider of wealth management software for financial advisors. Envestnet said the acquisition was worth $4...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based smart grid meter firm Itron has acquired a developer of smart grid communications products, SmartSynch, the firm said Wednesday. Itron said it will pay $100M to acquire SmartSynch, which was venture backed by ...

Seattle-based ATREG (Advanced Technology Resource Group), which provides advisory services to the semiconductor industry, reported today that it has been engaged by Texas Instruments in a sale of two of that firm's semiconductor fabs. ATREG...

Redmond-based Radiant Zemax, a developer of test and measurement tools for the optics, illumination, and design industry, said Tuesday that it has acquired UK-based Optima Research. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Rad...

In the second, major deal announced Redbox, the DVD rental business owned by Bellevue-based Coinstar on Monday, the firm said it has agreed to purchase the aseets of NCR Corporation's entertainment line of business. NCR makes the DVD kiosks...

Seattle-based TeachStreet, the online marketplace for students and teachers headed by Dave Schappell, has been acquired by Amazon.com, the company said Thursday. According to TeachStreet, the firm will become part of AmazonLocal, Amazon's d...

Lake Oswego, Oregon-baesd EthicsPoint, a provider of corporate complianec and governance software, has been acquired by private equity firm Riverside Company, and wrapped into a new firm. EthicsPoint, ELT, and Global Compliance Services--wh...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace has completed its acquisition of tax software firm TaxACT, in a deal that was worth $287.5M. Infospace, which had announced the buy on January 9th, said it financed the deal with its cash on hand plus approximately ...

The acquisition of Redmond-based Physio-Control, the maker of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), by private equity firm Bain Capital has completed, Physio-Control said today. The deal had been announced in November. The deal was wort...

Seattle-based RealNetworks is selling off a bundle of patents, as well as video codec software, to Intel, in a deal worth $120M, the company said this morning. RealNetworks said it had sold a "significant number" of patents to Intel as part...

Seattle-based Allrecipes.com, the online recipe and food site owned by Reader's Digest, has been sold to women's marketing firm Meredith Corporation. Meredith said it paid $175M for Allrecipes.com, to help it double its reach of its Meredit...

Seattle-based PivotLink, a provider of software-as-a-service for managing retail businesses, has raised another $13M in funding, according to the firm. The new funding came from Trident Capital, Emergence Capital Partners, Starvest Partners...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Cayuse, a developer of higher education software, has been acquired by California-based Evisions, Inc., the firms said Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Evisions said it intends to retai...

A company backed by Seattle-based Vulcan Capital has filed for an IPO, according to a filing Friday. Mountain View, California-based Audience said its in S-1 that it is looking to raise up to $75M in an IPO. The firm is venture backed by Vu...

Splunk, a developer of real time indexing software backed by Seattle's Ignition Partners, has filed for an IPO. Splunk said it is planning to raise up to $125M in an IPO as SPLK in an S-1 filing Thursday. Ignition owns about 20.7 percent of...

Seattle-based Double Down Interactive, the developer of social games on Facebook focused on gambling, has been acquired by gambling equipment maker International Game Technology, in a deal worth $500M, consisting of $250M in cash, $85M in r...

Hillsboro-based FEI, the maker of scientific instruments and electron microscopes, said Monday that it has acquired ASPEX Corporation, a maker of rugged, field-deployable scanning electronic microscope (SEMs). FEI said it will pay $30.5M fo...

Seattle-based Corbis, the digital media, photography, and video licensing agency owned by Bill Gates, is buying a product placement firm NMA Group, based in Los Angeles. Terms of the deal have not been announced. The New York Times said the...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said this morning that it has acquired the Flowmaster Group, a developer of computational fluid dynamics software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The Flowmaster Group's simul...

Bellevue-based Infospace announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy online tax software firm TaxACT, in a deal worth $287.5M in cash. According to Infospace, the buy will help it to expand into an area of future...

Tualatin, Oregon-basd Ichor Systems, a designer and manufacturer of process tools and gas and chemical delivery modules for capital equipment manufacturers, has been acquired by private equity firm Francisco Partners. Financial terms of the...

Spokane-based Ecova, which provides energy and sustainability management services, has acquired a fellow energy management firm, LPB Energy Management. Ecova did not say how much it will pay for LPB, but did say that LPB had revenues of $18...

Seattle-bsaed interactive agency Ubermind has been acquired by Deloitte, Deloitte said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Ubermind provides mobile app development, design, creative, and strategy services to clients. The f...

Portland-based Small Society, a developer of mobile applications, has been acquired by Walmart Labs, Walmart's digital research arm. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Walmart labs said that it will add Small Society to its exi...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, the maker of smart utility meters, reported today that it has acquired a line of technology from C&N Engineering. The firm said C&N's GasGate technology will add remote gas shut-off capability to its pr...

Seattle-based Off & Away, the operator of an online auction site for travel packages, has been acquired by fellow Seattle firm Lockerz, according to a post on the firm's homepage. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Off &...

Bothell-based ultrasound maker SonoSite is being acquired by Fujifilm Holdings in a deal worth $995M, according to the companies this morning. Fujifilm and Sonosite said that Fufijilm will acquire SonoSite for $54 per share in cash, or appr...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power Electronics, a developer of power supplies for the portable equipment market, said Tuesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Electrochem Solutions, Inc.. Electrochem is a subsidi...

Jive Software, the maker of social networking software for businesses which started in Portland, had a great debut on the NASDAQ Global Market this morning, trading as high as $16.50 in morning trading. The firm priced at $12.00 last night,...

Jive Software, the developer of social networking software for business which has its roots in Portland, has priced its IPO at $12.00 per share, above its initial, $8 to $10 per share range. Jive Software will start trading Tuesday on the N...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor announced this morning that it is acquiring SiliconBlue Technologies, a developer of FPGA-based, mobile chipsets. Lattice said it will pay approximately $62M in cash for SiliconBlue. Lattice sai...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Tuesday that it is buying a catalog of children's books, as part of its Amazon Publishing arm. Amaozn said that it is acquiring over 450 titles from Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, a publisher of education...

Seattle-based TappIn, formerly known as HomePipe Networks, has been acquired by file transfer software firm GlobalSCAPE. GlobalSCAPE said it paid $9M in cash plus up to $8M in earnout for TappIn. TappIn is a developer of mobile file sharing...

Jive Software, which develops social networking software for businesses, and which has its roots and develops its software in Portland, has set its anticipated IPO pricing range, as the firm gears up for going public. The firm said in an up...

Redmond-based Microsoft has acquired VideoSurf, a startup developing a video search engine, according to a report from an Israeli news site. According to Calcalist, Microsoft paid around $70M for VideoSurf, which is based in San Mateo, Cali...

Spokane-based Ecova, the provider of energy and sustainability management headed by Jeff Heggedahl, said today that it intends to acquire Prenova, a privately held Atlanta firm providing enterprise energy management. Ecova did not disclose ...

Redmond-based Physio-Control, the provider of defibrillators and other emergency medical equipment, which is a unit of Medtronic, is being sold to private equity firm Bain Capital. Medtronic, which is based in Minneapolis, said it would sel...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI, a manufacturer of scientific instruments, said today that it has acquired German company TILL Photonics. TILL is a developer of high resolution, digital light microscopes and high speed imaging systems for live ...

Redmond-based Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, the developer of the Clarisonic skin care devices, has been acquired by L'Oreal USA, the firms said Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Pacific Bioscience Laborat...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired a developer of speech recognition technology, Yap, according to reports today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The acquisition was first uncovered by The Atlantic, which discovered the ac...

Seattle-based Zillow announced Wednesday afternoon that it has acquired Diverse Solutions, a developer of software used to help real estate agents market their businesses and improve their personal websites. Zillow said it paid approximatel...

Richland, Washingon-based Educational Technologies Group, a developer of technical training curriculum for the green technology, mobile electronics, and other industries, said Tuesday it has acquired the assets of The Science Instruments Co...

Portland-based Urban Airship, a developer of smart phone infrastructure and application software, has acquired SimpleGeo, a developer of location-based APIs and services. Financial terms were not disclosed, however, the deal was reportedly ...

Seattle-based iPhone app developer Black Pixel said today that it has picked up the products Versions and Kaleidoscope, which had been developed by app development firm Sofa. According to Black Pixel, the firm approached Sofa's team about b...

Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. said last night that it has officially closed its acquisition of Skype, the voice-over-IP, Internet phone and communications service. Microsoft agreed to pay $8.5 billion for Skype back in May, but has been wor...

Bothell-based Vertafore, which develops software for managing insurance sales, said today that it has completed its acquisition of Kaplan Compliance Solutions. Kaplan Compliance Solutions was acquired by Vertafore's subsidiary, Sircon. Fina...

Microsoft has acquired a new game studio, Twisted Pixel Games, a developer of Xbox 360 titles based in Austin, Texas, the firms said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Twisted Pixel Games is the developer of the Sp...

Seattle-based 360networks, a provider of fiber bandwidth and telecommunications services, has been acquired by Zayo Group, a Colorado-based fiber network operator, Zayo said Friday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According t...

Seattle-based Swype, the developer of touch-sensitive, keyboard input software, has been acquired by Nuance, in a deal worth $102.5M. According to a regulatory filing from Nuance Communications, it agreed to acquire Swype on Thursday, and w...

Portland, Oregon-based ERP-Link Corporation, a developer of software for connecting Microsoft SharePoint and SAP, has been acquired by Texas-based Gimmal, the firms said today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gimmal said the...

Seattle-based social media agency Spring Creek Group said Wednesday that it has been acquired by Mediabrands. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Spring Creek Group was founded and headed by Clay McDaniel, who previously been at ...

Seattle-based music service Rhapsody is acquiring competing music streaming service Napster, the company said this morning, in an asset deal. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Rhapsody said it is acquiring both the su...

SpectraWatt, a spinout of Intel which originally was headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, has been sold for a mere $4.945M out of bankruptcy, according to auction firm Heritage Global partners. Spectrawatt, which was focused on manufacturing...

Kirkland-based Pendrell Corporation said this morning that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ContentGuard Holdings, a developer of digital rights management (DRM) patents and technology. According to Pendrell, it will pa...

Bellevue-based GoAhead Software, the developer of middleware for the embedded systems market, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. According to Oracle, it acquired GoAh...

Seattle-based Lockerz, the social points and marketing firm backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said Wednesday that it has acquired Vodpod, an online social video sharing and aggregation website. The firm acquired Vodpod and realted...

Seattle-based Calypso Medical Technologies, the developer of real-time tumor tracking systems for the radiosurgery and radiotherapy market, has been acquired by Varian Medical Systems, the two firms said Tuesday. Varian will pay approximate...

Kirkland-based SchemaLogic, a developer of content management and semantics software for the enterprise, has been acquired by Smartlogic, a developer of content intelligence software. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed....

Seattle-based BigDoor, the developer of online "gamification" software, which allows websites to add badges, awards, and other social gaming features, has acquired OneTrueFan, a San Francisco developer of social media widgets. Financial ter...

Bellevue-based Global Market Insite (GMI), a provider of market research and sampling serviecs, has been acuqired by a unit of advertising firm WPP, according to WPP subsidiaries Kantar and Lightspeed Research. According to Lightspeed Resea...

Kirkland, Washington-based Pathway Medical Technologies, a developer of products for treating Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD), has been acquired by Bayer Healthcare. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Bayer said the acuqisitoi...

The U.S. Department of Justice filed to block the acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T this morning, saying that it believes the deal will result in "tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices ...

Seattle-based Amnis Corporation, which manufacturer advanced cell imaging systems for the life sciences market, has been acquired by German firm EMD Millipore, the Life Science division of Merck KGaA. Financial terms of the acquisition were...

Integrated Device Technology, a Silicon Valley-based developer of mixed signal semiconductors, reported today that it is planning to sell its Hillsboro, Oregon wafer fabrication facility to Alpha and Omega Semiconductor. IDT said the deal i...

Jive Software, the developer of enterprise social networking software whose roots and development center is in Portland, has filed for an IPO. According to an S-1 filing by Jive Wednesday afternoon, it is looking to raise up to $100M in an ...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said Tuesday that it has named a new member to its board of directors. The company said that Andrew (Andy) M. Snyder has joined its board, and will also head up a new mergers and acquisitions committee of the board....

Bothell-based Vertafore, a developer of insurance sales management software, said today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Sircon, is acquiring Kaplan Compliance Solutions. Kaplan Compliance Solutions is a provider of insurance and securitie...

Kirkland-based traffic information provider Inrix said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of ITIS Holdings, the UK-based traffic information firm. INRIX originally announced the acquisition on July 28th, in a deal worth $60M...

Bend, Oregon-based AudetteMedia, a provider of Internet marketing and search engine optimization, has been acquired by RKG, a paid search marketing firm. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. AudetteMedia said that all of the comp...

Jive Software, the maker of enterprise social networking tools, is prepping for an IPO, and has hired four investment banking firms to manage the offering, according to Bloomberg. Citing un-named sources close to the firm, Bloomberg said J...

Bothell-based Sandlot Games, the developer of casual gaming titles Cake Mania, Super Granny, Tradewinds, and Westward, has been acquired by fellow game maker Digital Chocolate. According to Digital Chocolate, it is acquiring Sandlot Games t...

Seattle-based F5 Networks, the developer of network web acceleration hardware, said this morning that it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Crescendo Networks out of liquidation. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ...

Seattle-based Allrecipes.com, the online food site owned by Reader's Digest Association, said today that ithas acquired Food Wishes, an online YouTube channel focused on cooking and food. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclose...

Portland-based Webtrends said this morning that it has acquired a developer of web visitor tracking and analytics software, Reinvigorate. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Webtrends said that the deal will help it offer...

Bellevue-based Dashwire, the provider of mobile web applications, is being acquired by phone maker HTC, HTC said Friday. HTC said it would pay $18.5M for Dashwire, making Dashwire a wholly owned subsidiary of the firm. Dashwire was founded ...

Seattle-based Hipcricket, the mobile marketing and advertising firm, is being acquired by fellow mobile marketing firm Augme Technologies, New York-based Augme said today. AugMe said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase "substan...

Seattle-based AdXpose, the provider of online advertising verification and optimization headed by Kirby Winfield, has been acquired by comScore, comScore said Wednesday afternoon. comScore said it paid $22M in stock for AdXpose. comScore is...

Bellevue-based videogame developer Sucker Punch Productions, which develops the Sly cooper and inFamous videogames, has been acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed...

Redmond-based Smilebox, the online photo sharing site founded by Andrew Wright, is being acquired by Israeli firm IncrediMail Ltd. IncrediMail said this morning that it will pay $25M in cash plus up to $15M in earnout for Smilebox, a softwa...

Kirkland-based INRIX, the provider of real time traffic information, said today that it has launched an offer to acquire UK-based ITIS Holdings. ITIS holdings is a provider of traffic information in Europe. INRIX said it has offered to pay ...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired Push Button Holdings Ltd., a UK-based, digital and interactive agency. Pushbutton is the developer of the LOVEFiLM player, and interactive services for IPTV, internet-enabled TV sets, tablets, broadband...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Act-On Software, the venture-backed developer of corporate marketing software, said this morning that it has acquired the assets of Marketbright, a developer of marketing automation software. Financial detail sof the...

Seattle-based Zillow surged in its IPO yesterday, opening at $20 and going as high as $60 in its first day of trading. The firm closed at $35.77 Wednesday. The firm's venture capital backers are TCV, Benchmark, and PAR Investment Partners. ...

Seattle-based Hivemyne, a new startup focused on social business products, said yesterday that it has acquired AskMe, the former Seattle startup developer of social business software, from parent firm Realcom. Realcom acquired AskMe in 2008...

Seattle-based Corbis Images, the image rights firm, said yesterday that it has acuqired Splash News, the celebrity photography and video provider. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Splash News is known for its celebrity photos...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow said Tuesday afternoon that it has priced its IPO at $20 per share, and will begin trading tomorrow morning on the Nasdaq Global Market. The firm will be listed under the ticker symbol "Z". The firm pri...

Bothell-based Vertafore, which develops software for the insurance industry, said Tuesday that it has acquired StoneRiver FSC, Inc., a provider of insurance rating and management systems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announce...

Bothell, Washington-based Winshuttle, the developer of business process improvement and other tools for SAP, said this morning that it has acquired ShareVis, a developer of Sharepoint workflow and web form automation software. Financial det...

Real estate website operator Zillow is expected to have its IPO on Wednesday, after the firm bumped its IPO pricing range on Friday. Zillow said in a filing Friday that it expects to price its IPO at between $16.00 and $18.00 per share. Tha...

The competitive landscape for Seattle-based DocuSign appears to have suddenly become more intense, as one of the firm's main competitors, EchoSign, was acquired by Adobe this morning. Financial details of that deal were not announced, howev...

Seattle-based Zillow has bumped its IPO pricing range, saying this morning in a filing that it now expects its initial public offering price to be between $16.00 and $18.00 per share. The firm has applied to list on the NASDAQ Global Market...

A portfolio firm of Seattle-based Frazier Healthcare Ventures, has filed for an IPO this morning. Pleasanton, California-based Zeltiq Aesthetics, a developer of medical aesthetics technology for fat removal, has filed for an IPO on the NASD...

Seattle-based casual games maker PopCap Games has been acquired by EA, in a deal worth $750M. EA said that it will pay $650M in cash, plus up to $100M in shares of EA common stock, plus additoinal cash based on milestones. PopCap is the mak...

Seattle-based Lockerz, the Liberty Media and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers-backed social marketing and shopping service, said today that it has acuqired AddToAny, a developer of social sharing services. Financial details of the acquisiti...

TripAdvisor, the online travel information and reviews site owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, said today that it has acquired Where I've Been, LLC, an online travel site based in Chicago. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RadiSys reported Friday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Continuous Computing. Continuous Coputing is a developer of telecommunications protocol software. The deal had originally been announced in M...

Seattle-based Zillow, the online real estate site known for its estimated property value and scores, has estimated its initial public offering range, saying it expects to price its IPO at between $12.00 and $14.00 per share. According to th...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said over the holiday that it has acquired The Book Depository, a UK-based online bookstore. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based VeriWave, a developer of wireless LAN testing equipment, has been acquired by Ixia, a network test equipment firm. The deal was announced earlier this week. No financial details of the acquisition have been announced...

Video game firm Electronic Arts is the bidder for Seattle-based PopCap Games, according to reports from TechCrunch, citing unnamed sources. EA is reportedly looking to pay around $1 billion for PopCap, although neither company has confirmed...

Seattle-based PopCap Games, the casual game maker, is reportedly on the block. According to reports from TechCrunch, the acquisition values PopCap at over $1 billion. No buyer has been named, and PopCap has not confirmed the rumors....

RNA Networks, a developer of virtualization software with operations in Portland, has been acquired by Dell Computer. Financial details of the acquisition have not been announced. RNA networks develops memory virtualization technology, and ...

Seattle-based Black Pixel, a provider Apple iOS application development services, has acquired NetNewsWire, a popular RSS reader for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Black Pixel acquired Ne...

Microsoft said yesterday that it is acquiring Prodiance, a developer of enterprise risk management software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Prodiance becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Microsoft. Prodiance develops softwa...

Portland-based Tripwire officially pulled its IPO today, according to a filing with the SEC, as the firm wraps up a deal to be acquired by Thoma Bravo. Tripwire said it May that it was being acquired by Thoma Bravo. Tripwire had originally ...

Seattle-based real estate firm and high tech investor The Benaroya Company said today that it has purchased a data center in Boise, Idaho, which was previously owned by Hewlett Packard. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Benaroy...

Redmond-based Concur, the developer of travel and expense management software, said today that it has agreed to acquired GlobalExpense, a London-based developer of web-based, expense management software. Concur is paying around $19.75M for ...

Seattle-based Faves.com, the social bookmarking service and site, is returning from the grave, and will be returning into service soon, according to a blog post late Friday by CEO Mike Koss. The firm--which had announced in May that it woul...

The acquisition of Bellevue-based Drugstore.com by Walgreens has completed, Walgreens said this morning. Walgreens paid $409M for Drugstore.com, in a deal which was originally announced in March. Walgreens said the acquisition would complem...

Daily deals site Groupon has filed for an IPO, offering up a possible early payout for Seattle venture firm Maveron. According to Groupon, via a filing today with the SEC, it is looking to raised up to $750M in an IPO under the symbol GRPN....

HP said Wednesday that it has sold its Visual Collaboration business--based in Corvallis, Oregon--to Polycom. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Polycom and HP, they are in a definitive agreement where Polycom will...

Seattle-based Tippr, the group buying and deals technology provider run by Martin Tobias, said today that it has acquired DealPop, the social buying site run by WhitePages. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Tippr said the acqui...

Seattle-based Sparkbuy, a developer of an electronics product comparison and search site, has been acquired by Google, Sparkbuy told its users Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. No details on what Sparkbuy's will...

Seattle-based Zillow said today in a regulatory filing that it has applied to list itself on the Nasdaq Global Market as "Z", as the firm preps for its IPO. The firm--which has yet to set the number of shares or pricing range on its IPO--di...

Seattle-based OffiSync, a developer of social business integration applications, has been acquired by Jive Software, Jive announced Monday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. OffiSync has headquarters in Seattle, but most of its...

Seattle-based 5to1, a developer of advertising network tools and operator of an advertising network, has been acquired by Yahoo. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Yahoo is using the acquisition to build out its publishe...

Bellevue-based Expedia has invested in Chinese online travel service, eLong, the firms said today. According to eLong, Expedia joined Chinese telecom firm Tencent Holdings in investing in the firm. Expedia paid $41.2M for 8 percent of the o...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics Corp. said Thursday that, based on preliminary estimates from its proxy solicitor, three of Carl Icahn's nominees to the firm's board have been elected to its board. Icahn has been aggressively purs...

Portland-based Tripwire, the developer of IT security and compliance software, has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, the two said Wednesday. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Tripwire had been in IPO r...

Portland-based Second Porch, a developer of software being used to market vacation home rentals through Facebook, has been acquired by vacation rentals site HomeAway. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. HomeAway said Second Por...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired voice over IP service Skype. The deal is worth $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft is acquiring Skype from an investor group led by Silver Lake, including eBay International AG...

Seattle-based Geospiza, the developer of software for managing genetic analysis workflow, has been acquired by PerkinElmer. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PerkinElmer said the deal would boost its offerings in the the area ...

Seattle-based BuzzLabs, the developer of social media monitoring and analytics software, has been acquired by CityGrid Media, a unit of IAC. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BuzzLabs, which was founded by former Microsoft emp...

Hillsboro-based Radisys said Tuesday that it has acquired Continuous Computing, a developer of embedded communications software and platforms, for approximately $104M. Radisys said it would pay $73M in cash, $31.9M in stock, plus unspecifie...

Portland-based Pixetell, the online screen recording and sharing software service run by Ontier, has been acquired and will shut down, according to the firm's website. According to the firm, the service will be shut down on May 31, 2011. Bu...

Seattle-based PopCap Games said today that it has acquired ZipZapPlay, a developer of social games. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ZipZapPlay makes the social games Baking Life and Happy Habitat. ...

Issaquah, Washington-based Applied Precision, a developer of cellular imaging products for the cell biology and biomedical research market, has been acquired by GE Healthcare, a unit of GE. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. ...

Seattle-based Getty Images, the provider of image licensing and distribution services, announced last night that it has acquired PicScout, a developer of software for identifying image use, metadata, and licensing on the web. Financial term...

SurveyMonkey, the online survey site which has offices in Portland, said Monday that it has acquired Infinity Box, the firm behind the Wufoo online web form creation site. Size of the deal was not disclosed, however, multiple reports place ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics is campaigning against a hostile bid by Carl Icahn, saying today in an "Open Letter To Shareholders" that it Icahn's plans to take over the company "could serious harm your company." Mentor's board ...

Seattle-based Impinj, the maker of UHF RFID chips, has filed for an IPO, saying it is looking to raise up to $100M on the public markets. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Needham & Company, Pacific Crest ...

Jeff Bezos is having a very busy exit week for his portfolio companies, via his Bezos Expeditions venture investments arm. According to a report today, one of his investments--Social Gaming Network, based in Silicon Valley--has just been ac...

Seattle-based Pelago, the firm behind mobile social networking software service Whrrl, has been acquired by Groupon. Pelago announced the acquisition on Monday afternoon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Pelago was venture bac...

Seattle-based real estate website Zillow has filed for an IPO, saying Monday morning that it is looking to raise up to $51.75M in an IPO. The IPO is being underwritten by Citi, Allen & Company, Needham & Company, LLC, ThinkEquity LLC, and F...

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com, has scored an exit at social media firm Kosmix, after Walmart said it would acquire the startup. Bezos, has been an investor in Kosmix since at least 2008 via his investment firm, Bezos Expeditions. Fi...

Jive Software, the developer of social networking software which started in Portland, said today that it has acquired Proximal Labs, a developer of data mining and intelligence software used to improve online communities. Financial terms of...

Seattle-based Zillow has acquired real estate listing creation and distribution firm Postlets, the firm said late this morning. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zillow said that the founders of Postlets, Asher Matsuda and Ray...

Seattle-based Marchex said this morning that it has acquired Jingle Networks, the provider of mobile voice search and advertising services. Marchex said it will pay up to $62.5M in cash and stock for Jingle Networks. Marchex explained that ...

Bellevue-based Expedia said Thursday afternoon that it has preliminarily approved a plant o spinout TripAdvisor into a separate, publicly traded company. Expedia said TripAdvisor will include the the domestic and international operations as...

Seattle-based data storage service Mozy, which is owned by EMC, has been acquired by virtualization software firm VMware, VMware said Monday evening. VMware--which was spun out of EMC--said that it has hired the team and acquired the assets...

Seattle-based venture capital firm Frazier Healthcare has completed its acquisition of the Onsite Services unit of CareFusion, the firms said Tuesday. The deal had been announced on January 11th. CareFusion's OnSite SErvices arm provides me...

Seattle-based I Can Haz Cheezburger has acquired Internet meme site Know Your Meme, according to a report today from Tubefilter. Know Your Meme is an online site focused on cataloging Internet "memes"--those viral videos, images, celebritie...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Grpahics said this morning that the buyout offer from Carl Icahn "undervalues the company", and that it will continue to execute on its "strategic plan." In rejecting the deal, the firm said that the move wo...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Thursday that it has received reguatory approval for its acquisition of Quidsi, Inc., the owner of Diapers.com, Soap.com, and BeautyBar.com. The e-commerce giant said it now expects the acquisition to close on ...

Seattle-based Nordstrom said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of private sales site HauteLook. The deal had originally been announced February 17th. HauteLook runs an online, private deals site focused on fashion brands, a...

Bellevue-based drugstore.com, the online pharmacy retailer, has been acquired by Walgreen, the companies announced this morning. According to the two, Walgreens will acquire drugstore.com in a deal worth approximately $409M. Walgreens said ...

Deutsche Telekom AG and AT&T said Sunday that AT&T has agreed to acquire T-Mobile USA, in a deal worth approximately $39 billion. the two said the acquisition would allow the firms to expand their capacity, in a market where they are both f...

A report from Bloomberg this morning says that Seattle-based real estate site Zillow has hired an investment banker, as part of an initial public offering (IPO) bid. According to BusinessWeek, citing three people with knowledge of the plans...

Seattle-based Blink Interactive, a user experience and design firm, said yesterday it has acquired Eye Level Interaction Design. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Eye Level is also based in Seattle. According to the two, Eye L...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec announced this morning that it has acquired Enterprise Mobile, a provider of lifecycle management services for mobile devices. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Enterprise Mobile provides use...

Seattle-based Headsprout, a developer of educational software for helping students in reading, has been acquired by DYMO/Mimio ITT. Mimio, based in Cambridge, Mass., is a developer of interactive teaching technology. Financial termso f the ...

Bellevue-based Savers, the operator of a chain of discount thrift stores, has raised $21.93M in conjunction with the acquisition of an un-named business, according to a regulatory filing from the firm Friday. Details of the funding were not...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec said today that it has completed its acquisition of Vocollect, paying $190M in cash plus approximately $7M in adjustments. Intermec said that Vocollect, which develops voice-centered products for the wareh...

Redmond-based Physio-Control, which makes debrillators, said yesterday that it has acquired Jolife AB, a maker of a chest compression device for CPR. Financial terms of the deal were not disclose. Jolife AB is headquartered in Lund, Sweden....

Redmond-based Adometry, a provider of online advertising analytics services used by online advertisers, agencies, publishers, and ad networks, has been acquired by Click Forensics. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Te...

Bellevue-based Oggifinogi, an operator of a video advertising platform, has been acquired by Collective, a New York-based advertising technology firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Collective said that Oggifinogi's ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics Corp. said today that it has received an unsolicited, conditional proposal from Carl Icahn to acquire the firm for $17.00 per share, or roughly $1.73 billion. According to Mentor, the firm's board w...

Seattle-based Calistoga Pharmaceuticals, a developer of medicines to treat cancer and inflammatory diseases, has been acquired by Gilead Sciences in a $375M deal. According to the two firms, they are in a definitive agreement where Gilead w...

Seattle-based department store retailer Nordstrom said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired HauteLook, an online "flash sales" site, in a deal worth $270M. Nordstrom said it will pay $180M in stock plus $90M in earn out for HauteLook, wh...

Redmond-based Concur said today that it has outlined its plans to integrate Tripit into its products, with TripIt becoming the single mobile platform for its clients. Concur said the mvoe would provide automated, bi-direction trip integrati...

Portland-based EngineWorks, an Internet marketing agency which serves such firms as Virgin America, Marvel Entertainment, Lawry's Restaurants and Widmer and Redhook breweries, has been acquired. According to Tallwave, which describes itself...

Seattle-based Gist, the provider of contact information and profiles for Microsoft Outlook and Google Gmail, said today that it has been acquired by Research In Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry mobile phones. Financial terms of t...

Ricera Biosciences, LLC has sold its Efficacy Pharmacology operating unit, which is based in Bothell, Washington, to contract research firm Numira Biosciences. Numira said that it has acquired laboratory operations in Bothell, Washington, t...

Portland-based DNS.com, a provider of domain name service and Internet security services, has been acquired by New Jersey-based Comodo, Comodo said Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Dan Kimball, the former CEO...

TripAdvisor, the travel opinions and ratings site owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, said Thursday that it has acquired EveryTrail, a developer of mobile outdoor tours and city guides for mobile devices. Financial terms of the deal were not d...

Bellevue-based Motricity announced this morning that it is acquiring Adenyo, a provider of mobile marketing, advertising and analytics. Motrcitiy said it would pay $100M in cash and shares of Motricity's common stock, plus up to $50M in ear...

Redmond-based Concur, the developer of travel and expense management software, said this week that it has completed its acquisition of TripIt, a Silicon Valley firm developing mobile expense and travel management software. The deal was wort...

Seattle-based Lockerz, the social shopping and ecommerce site backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, said this morning that it has acquired Plixi (formerly TweetPhoto). Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Lockerz said that P...

Seattle-based BlueKai announced today that it has acquired fellow Seattle firm TrackSimple, a provider of reporting, analysis and prediction services to media companies. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. BlueKai said it would u...

Social networking giant Facebook has acquired Seattle-based stealth mode startup Rel8tion, according to reports today. According to AllthingsD, Rel8tion was working on hyper-local mobile advertising. Financial details of the acquisition wer...

A Silicon Valley firm formed by two, former ex-Intellectual Ventures executives, has filed for an IPO, according to an S-1 filing Friday. According to San Francisco-based RPX, it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Globa...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said today that it has reached an agreement to acquire LOVEFiLM International Limited, which operates an online DVD and game rental service with online streaming of films and TV shows. Financial terms of the deal we...

Everett, Washington-based Intermec said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Vocollect, a developer of voice-enabled mobile software. The deal was worth $190M in cash. Intermec said that it acquired Vocollect from private e...

Redmond-based Concur, which develops travel and expense management software, said today that it has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based TripIt, a developer of mobile applications for trip management. Concur said it would pay $82M in cash,...

Portland-based Viewpoint Construction Software, a developer of software for construction contractors, said yesterday that it is in a deal to acquire Charlotte, North Carolina-based CIS Consulting Group. Financial terms of the deal were not ...

Seattle-based Attassa, a developer of Microsoft Outlook integration and collaboration tools, has been acquired by Silicon Valley firm YouSendIt. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. YouSendIt is a developer of an online se...

Bellevue, Washington-based Esterline Corporation said Monday that it has acquired Eclipse Electronic Systems, a supplier of signals intelligence and communications intelligence (SIGINT/COMINT) receiver hardware to the airborne intelligence,...

Seattle-based VIOX, a maker of specialty glass for the electronics, industrial, and health care markets, has been acquired by Costa Mesa, California-based Ceradyne. According to Ceradyne, it is paying $27M in cash plus up to $22M in earn ou...

Kirkland-based The TAS Group, a provider of sales management and sales process systems and software, said today that it has acquired Atlanta-based Infomentis, a provider of sales effectiveness products and surfaces. Financial terms of the b...

Seattle-based Gist, the provider of contact information software headed by T.A. McCann, is apparently in talks to sell the firm to RIM, according to a report today from technology blog GigaOm. No details on the acquisition effort have been ...

Bellevue-based GlobalScholar, a provider of education technology, has been acquired by Scantron, the company known by millions of schoolchildren for their fill-in-the-bubble test scoring forms. Financial terms of the acquisition were not di...

An online comparison shopping website, Shop.com, which is backed by Bill Gates and Amazon.com, said yesterday that it has been acquired by another Internet marketing firm. According to Market America, it has acquired Shop.com, which is base...

Portland-based Critical Path Software, a developer of mobile applications, has been acquired by eBay. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. eBay said that Critical Path helped the firm develop its eBay for iPhone App, StubHub, eBay...

Liberty Lake-based Itron, the maker of smart meters, said today that it has acquired Asais, a maker of energy information software and service provider headquartered in France. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Asais is a 25 ye...

Bellevue-based Ignition Partners has seen a big win in its investment portfolio today, as Salesforce.com announced it is buying Heroku, in a deal worth $212M in cash. Ignition was the lead investor in a Series B funding for Heroku in May. H...

Seattle-based WhatCounts, an email marketing firm, has been acquired by Atlanta-based Mansell Group, Mansell said Monday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. WhatCounts provides email marketing services to such clients as Alaska ...

Seattle-based Widevine, a developer of digital rights management (DRM) software, said late Friday that it is being acquired by Google. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brian Baker, CEO of Widevine, said in a statement that "B...

The acquisition yesterday of Beaverton, Oregon-based RetailMeNot.com, an online coupons and deals site, looks to be worth around $87.0M, based on a regulatory filing from acquiring firm WhaleShark Media. According to the regulatory filing, ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based RetailMeNot.com, a popular online coupon code and deals site, has been acquired by Texas-based WhaleShark Media. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to WhaleShark Media, RetailMeNot.com s...

Seattle-based Daptiv, a provider of project portfolio management software, announced today that it has acquired an Australian project portfolio management firm, Bluenova. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Accordign to D...

Seattle-based Attachmate announced this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Novell, in a deal worth approximately $2.2 billion, or $6.10 per common share in cash. Attachmate is owned by an investment group led by Francis...

Bellevue-based Expedia, the online travel site, said today that it is in a deal to acquire Mobiata, a developer of travel applications. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Mobiata's software applications include FlightTrack, Tri...

Seattle-based Isilon, the provider of network attached storage devices, has been acquired by data storage giant EMC in a deal worth $2.25 billion. According to EMC this morning, it will pay $33.85 per share in cash in exchange for each shar...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said this morning that it has acquired Quidsi, Inc., the operator of Diapers.com. The deal is worth $500M in cash, plus assumption of approximately $45M in debt and other obligations. Quidsi operates both Diapers.co...

Microsoft has acquired Sunnyvale, California-based Canesta, a maker of CMOS 3-D sensors, Canesta said late Friday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Canesta said that Microsoft is buying its products, technology, intellectual p...

Seattle-based Escapia, a provider of vacation rental software, has been sold to HomeAway, a Texas operator of an online vacation rental marketplace. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Escapia was venture backed by Atlas Acceler...

Seattle-based TalentSpring said today that it has been sold to Vancouver, B.C.-based Talent Technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The sale had been leaked earlier, but not confirmed by the firm. TalentSpring was venture...

Portland-based ELC Technologies, a developer of Internet, mobile, and cloud computing software, has been acquired, according to the firm. ELC said it has been acquired by a group of investors that include Kamran Pourzanjani, who was the fo...

Bellevue-based Intelius, a provider of people search services, has dropped its IPO plans, according to an SEC filing by the firm. No reason for the withdrawal was given, however, the firm said that the withdrawal request comes because that ...

Seattle-based Torrent Technologies, a developer of software used to streamline the policy and claims processing of flood insurance, said Wednesday afternoon that it has raised a new round of funding. Financial terms of the round were not di...

Bothell-based HaloSource, a developer of drinking water purification technology, has raised $80M in an IPO through the London Stock Exchange. About $50M of that IPO will go to the firm, with the rest going to investors. HaloSource develops ...

Seattle-based online social calendar firm Plannr told its users last night, that the firm is shutting down the service. In a letter to users, the firm said it has "decided to put our time and efforts elsewhere" and have closed down the serv...

Bellevue-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners has seen an exit in its portfolio, via the acquisition of Fat Spaniel. Fat Spaniel, which makes software used for managing renewable power assets, was acquired by Power-One, a maker of p...

Portland-based Puppet Labs, a developer of open source, server management tools, said today that it has acquired the intellectual property of MCollective, which develops the open source Marionette Collective software. Financial terms of the...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Wednesday night that it has reached an agreement to acquired BuyVIP.com, a Spanish operator of a fashion and lifestyle e-commerce firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, but the deal has been repor...

Redmond-based Microsoft has announced this morning that it has acquired AVIcode, a developer of .NET application monitoring software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. AVIcode, which is based in Baltimore, provides software use...

A report today from Bloomberg says that Seattle-based Isilon is looking for bidders for the business. According to the report, the maker of data storage products has hired Qatalyst Partners--the investment bank run by Internet IPO king Fran...

Kirkland-based Daticon Electronic Evidence Discovery, a provider of electronic discovery services, has been sold to firm Document Technologies, Inc.. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Document Technologies, the new...

Controversial blog mogul Michael Arrington is Seattle's latest entrepreneur with an exit, after AOL said Tuesday that it has acquired TechCrunch. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although the deal has reported by some sources...

Portland-based InFocus, the manufacturer of projection displays, said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell the rights to its Proxima and ASK projectors trademark and brand assets to Chinese firm Acto. Financial terms of the sale were not di...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired Backstage Technologies, a Canadian firm developing social gaming software. According to RealNetworks, Backstage Technologies will become part of its GameHouse digital ga...

Seattle-based Cequint, a provider of caller ID and other products for mobile phone operators, has been acquired. According to Virginia-based TNS, it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cequint for $50M in an initial payment, ...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has reportedly acquired Amie Street, an online music service which allowed users to purchase songs, priced depending on their popularity. No financial details of the acquisition have been announced, and Amie Street'...

Seattle-based ZymoGenetics, a developer of biotherapeutics for treating hepatitis C and metastatic melanoma, along with other disorders, is being acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb. According to the firms, the deal is worth $9.75 per share in...

Seattle-based Univar, a specialty chemicals distribution firm, has dropped its IPO plans, after getting an investment from private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The firm said last week that Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC had agreed to...

Seattle-based QL2 Software, a provider of data management and extraction software, has been acquired via a bankruptcy court reorganization. According to Hale Global and QL2 Software late last week, it has completed the plan of reorganizatio...

San Mateo, California-based CafePress, the firm which bought Seattle-based ImageKind in 2008, said Thursday that it is bolstering its custom art and canvas efforts with the acquisition of Canvas on Demand. According to CafePress, the acquis...

The first action to come out of yesterday's collaboration announced by Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, and networking maker Cisco Corp.: the acquisition of a third firm, Arch Rock Corporation, by Cisco. Cisco announced today that it h...

Seattle-based Cheezburger Network, the online media empire headed by Ben Huh, is looking to buy Reddit, the online, user-generated news site now owned by Conde Nast. According to Huh, on a post on one of the firm's web site, he has privatel...

Seattle-based Coinstar said Tuesday that it is selling off its money transfer business to Sigue Corporation, in a deal worth $41.5M. The firm had earlier said it would sell the unit. According to Coinstar, the transaction is expected to clo...

Automatic Data Processing said today that it has completed its $400M cash acquisition of Seattle-based Cobalt. Cobalt provides marketing software for auto dealerships and manufacturers. ADP said it would acquire Cobalt on July 9th, adding C...

Seattle- and San Francisco-based Jambool, a developer of social networking application development software, has been acquired by Google, the firm said late last week. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Jambool develops software...

Bothell-based Blue Heron, a provider of gene synethesis services, has been acquired, according to Origene. According to Origene, which is a life sciences firm based in Rockville, Maryland, it acquired Blue Heron to expand its gene-centric t...

Seattle-based Trubion Pharmaceuticals said Thursday afternoon that it is in a definitive merger agreement with Emergent BioSolutions. According to the firm, the deal is worth approximately $96.8M up front, consisting of a $1.365 per share c...

Seattle-based Delve Networks, the video sharing and hosting service run by Alex Castro, has detailed the changes at the firm resulting from its acquisition last week by Limelight Networks. According to a letter to customers posted by Castro...

Portland-based Webtrends, a provider of web analytics software, said today that it has acquired Transpond, a developer of social marketing applications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Webtrends, it is now immed...

Textronix Communications, a unit of Beaverton, Oregon-based test equipment provider Tektronix, said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Arbor Networks, a developer of network security and management products for the c...

A new report from Ernst & Young this finds that big merger and acquisition deals were up in Q2. According to the report, there were seven transactions valued at more than $1B, compared with only two deals over $1B in Q1. The report also fou...

Seattle-based Delve, the developer of video management software and services, has been acquired by Limelight Networks. According to Delve, the firm's entire team will be joining Limelight Networks, as the firm's Video Platform Solutions bus...

One of the portfolio firms of OVP Venture Partners has filed for an IPO. According to an S-1 filing Friday, California-based Complete Genomics, a provider of human genome sequencing products, is looking to raised up to $86.25M in an IPO. Th...

Bothell, Washington-based Vertafore said Thursday that the acquisition of the firm by private equity firm TPG Capital has completed. The deal, which was first announced on June 10th, was worth $1.4 billion. Vertafore was previously owned by...

Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment firm of Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, has seen an exit out of its investment portfolio this week, with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Kongregate. Videogame retailer GameStop acquired Kongregate ...

Seattle-based Daptiv, a developer of software-as-a-service for project and portfolio management, has been acquired by Parallax Capital Partners. According to California-based Parallax Capital, it has appointed John Baldwin as Daptiv's new C...

Kirkland-based Clearwire has soled its Irish operations to Dublin, Ireland-based Imagine Communications Group, Imagine said today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Imagine said it is acquiring "significant" telecom infrastruc...

Seattle-based SynapticMash, a firm that develops educational tools for the classroom, has been acquired by Promethean World Plc., a provider of interactive learning technology. According to Promethean, it will pay $10M in cash, plus up to $...

Seattle-based The Cobalt Group, a provider of digital marketing products for the automotive industry, is being acquired by Automatic Data Processing, ADP said this morning. The deal is worth approximately $400M. ADP said the buy will help ...

A new report released this morning from PricewaterhouseCoopers says that U.S. IPO activity nearly tripled in the second quarter. According to PwC, IPO deals nearly tripled in the second quarter, compared to last year, with 39 IPOs raising $...

Silicon Valley-based Solaicx, a manufacturer of silicon wafers for the photovoltaic industry which operates its large scale production facility in Portland, Oregon, is now officially part of MEMC Electronics. The acquisition , worth $66M in...

Amazon.com has handed its first gift to customers of daily deals site Woot: a great deal on the Amazon Kindle. This morning, Woot's deal of the day was an Amazon Kindle, on sale for $149.99 plus $5 in shipping--well below the usual price on...

Search engine giant Google said Thursday afternoon that it is buying ITA Software, a Cambridge-based provider of travel booking software for online travel agencies, for $700M. The buy presents a major challenge to at least two area firms, M...

Bothell-based SonoSite said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Toronto-based ultrasound firm VisualSonics. The deal was worth $67.9M, net cash and debt. SonoSite said VisualSonics will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the...

Amazon.com is buying daily electronic deals site Woot, according to Woot, and making the firm an independent subsidiary. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Woot, which is based in Carrollton, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, said that...

In the afterglow of a successful IPO yesterday by Silicon Valley firm, Tesla Motors, which Pacific Northwest firms are next up to the markets? The latest appears to be Redmond-based Univar--a distributor of specialty chemicals that was foun...

TripAdvisor, the online travel reviews and booking site which is a division of Bellevue-based Expedia, said today that it has purchased Holidaylettings.co.uk, a vacation rental site based in the United Kingdom. Financial terms of the deal w...

UBmatrix, a Silicon Valley firm with its roots in Bellevue, Washington, has merged with competitor EDGAR Online. The firm, which develops XBRL handling software used by companies filing information with the SEC, still operates a development...

Seattle-based Melodeo is in the midst of being acquired by computing giant HP, according to a report in TechCrunch. TechCrunch cited "a source familiar with the deal" saying an agreement was signed this month. The deal is reportedly worth $...

Seattle-based Precision Polling, a developer of mobile polling software, has been acquired by SurveyMonkey, according to reports. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Precision Polling was founded by Gaurav Oberoi and Charles Groo...

Bellevue-based Motricity completed its IPO last night, raising $50M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The firm will trade as MOTR starting today. The firm's IPO priced at $10, the lower end of its expected offering range. The firm said...

Bellevue-based Motricity has cut the range of its IPO offering, saying in a filing with the SEC today that it now expects to price at between $10.00 and $11.00 per share. The firm had previously said it would IPO at between $14.00 and $16.0...

Bothell, Washington-based Vertafore, which develops software and other products for the insurance industry, said today that it has been acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital. The deal is worth $1.4 billion. TPG is acquiring Vertafore ...

Seattle-based group buying site Tippr.com, the latest startup run by Martin Tobias, said this morning that it has acquired FanForce, a Texas-based daily deals site. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tippr said that it has adde...

Seattle-based AutoSoft, a developer of financial reporting and analytics software for automotive dealers, has been acquired by California firm TSI Auto Solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. TSI Auto Solutions dev...

Bellevue-based Motricity, a developer of wireless mobile data services for wireless carriers, has set its IPO pricing range at between $14.00 and $16.00 per share, according to a filing with the SEC Wednesday. Motricity is looking to list...

Portland-based Tripwire, a developer of IT automation software, filed for an IPO Friday. According to the firm's IPO filing, it is looking to raise up to $86.25M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The firm is looking to list as TPWR. Tr...

Bothell, Washington-based Sonosite announced today that it has agreed to acquire Visualsonics, a developer of ultra high frequency micro-ultrasound technology. The deal is worth $71M in cash and debt. Sonosite said that Visualsonics' techno...

Bellevue-based Coinstar said yesterday that it has sold off its E-Payment services business to InComm, in a deal worth $40M. Coinstar's E-Payment service business included 400 individual prepaid card products from 65 issuers. Coinstar said ...

Seattle-based SiteScout, the provider of malware security technology which is headed by Rob Lipschutz, has been acquired. According to Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project, a developer of online advertising optimization products, it is acquiri...

Seattle-based Inner Fence, a software development firm developing credit card processing applications for the Apple market, said today that it--along with firm Merchant Focus Processing--is acquiring San Francisco-based AppNinjas, maker of ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based electronics test and measurement firm Tektronix said Monday that it has acquired Mixed Signals, a developer of digital content monitoring products for the cable and satellite television, broadcast, and IPTV market. F...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said this morning that it has purchased the e-commerce assets of Mercantila, a online specialty retailer, in a deal worth $8M in cash plus assumption of up to $5.9M in certain liabilities. According to InfoSpace, th...

Silicon valley-based Omneon, a developer of media server and video products which has a portion of its research and development operations in Beaverton, Oregon, has been acquired, according to acquiring firm Harmonic Inc. Thursday. Harmonic...

Beaverton, Oregon-based GemStone Systems, a developer of enterprise data management software, has been acquired by SpringSource, SpringSource said Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. SpringSource, whic...

Bellevue-based AudienceScience, a firm which provides advertising targeting technology, said today that it has acquired Consorte Media, a digital media marketing firm focused on the Hispanic market. Financial terms of the buy were not discl...

The acquisition of Bend, Oregon-based PV Powered has completed, according to buyer Advanced Energy Industries. The deal for PV Powered, a manufacturer of grid-tied, solar power inverters, was originally announced in March. Advanced Energy I...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Tektronix said Thursday that it has acquired SyntheSys Research, a silicon valley firm that manufacturers high-speed, signal integrity test and measurement instrumentation. Financial terms of the buy were not disclos...

Portland, Oregon-based XPLANE, a provider of design consulting services to major corporations, has been acquired by Texas firm Dachis Group. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. XPLANE, which serves such firms as Microsoft, Intel,...

Seattle-based Cloudhopper, a firm developing messaging infrastructure to connect Twitter to mobile carrier networks, has been acquired, Twitter announced Friday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cloudhopper's founders,...

A startup, Zensi, whose founders include a professor at the University of Washington, has been acquired by computer accessories manufacturer Belkin, Belkin announced today, as part of a push to increase its energy management products portfo...

Spokane-based Signature Genomic Laboratories, a provider of diagnostic genetic testing services, has been acquired by PerkinElmer, PerkinElmer said today, in a deal worth $90M. According to PerkinElmer, the acquisition will strengthen the f...

Seattle-based job listings and recruiting web site Jobster has been acquired by Zapoint, according to multiple reports. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Jobster was owned by Recruiting.com, which is also in Seattle....

Bothell-based MDRNA said Thursday that it has acquired Cequent Pharmaceuticals, a developer of RNAi-based therapeutics, in a deal worth $46M in stock. According to MDRNA, the acquisition will expand its oncology pipeline, and also provide t...

Bellevue-based Infospace has tapped a former investment banker as a new Vice President of Corporate Development, the firm said late Monday. According to InfoSpace, it has named Stephen P. Hawthornthwaite to the position, heading up merger a...

Bend, Oregon-based PV Powered, a manufacturer of solar inverters for the photovoltaic power market, has been acquired. According to Advanced Energy, it will pay $90M for PV Powered, in a deal made up of $35M in cash, $15M in stock, and up t...

Seattle-based Gist has acquired Learn that Name, a firm created out of a recent Startup Weekend in Redmond, the firm said last night. Learn that Name is an application that helps people remember professional contacts, by matching pictures w...

Seattle-based Evri, a developer of semantic web search tools, has issued $349,203 in equity, as part of its acquisition last week of Radar Networks, the operator of Twine.com. The details came through a regulatory filing by the firm Wednesd...

Seattle-based Powerit Solutions, a developer of energy management systems, announced last night that it has officially completed its merger with Scandanivian firm Diana Solutions. The firm said they had legally merged in 2008, but had been ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Radisys said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Pactolus Communications Software Company, a developer of software used for SIP-enabled, voice over IP networks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Radi...

Seattle-based Evri, a developer of semantic web search tools, announced this morning that it has acquired Radar Networks, operator of the Twine.com web site. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Evri said that the acquisition will...

Seattle-based Kinetix Living, a firm that provides customized health and nutrition programs, has been sold, according to venture capital firm Maveron. Maveron said late Wednesday that Kinetix Living was acquired by Regence BlueShield of Was...

Seattle-based Edge EHR Corp., a developer of electronic health records software, said Wednesday that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Goal Software, Inc., based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Financial terms ofthe acquisition were not ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Offbeat Creations, a developer of Facebook and other social media games, has been acquired by Playdom, Playdom said Wednesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Offbeat Creations was...

Seattle-based Picnik, which provides an online photo editing tool, said Monday afternoon that it has been acquired by Google. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Picnik said its team will continue to work on photo editing tools,...

Portland-based Swift Notion Software, LLC, a provider of customization, training, and development of Portland-based Jive Software's enterprise social networking products, has been acquired, according to Toronto-based Syncapse. Financial ter...

Portland-based Monsoon, a developer of software for creating online marketplaces, has been acquired by online bookseller Alibris. According to Alibris, it is acquiring Monsoon with funding from Oak Hill Capital, the private equity backer of...

Bellevue-based Drugstore.com said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Salu, the firm which operates online beauty site SkinStore.com. Drugstore.com had originally announced the buy on December 28th. The deal was worth $36M in a ...

The acquisition of Beaverton, Oregon-based Merix Corporation, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, has completed, according to acquiring firm Viasystems Group. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Merix and Viasyste...

Seattle-based Moeller Design, a provider of prototyping and casting services for the aerospace and medical device market, has been acquired by South Carolina-based 3D Systems Corporation. 3D systems announced the buy on Tuesday. Financial t...

Bothell, Washington-based Winshuttle, a developer of software which links Microsoft Excel with SAP, said today that it has acquired German firm A1 Professional Software. A1 is a developer of productivity and test software for SAP. Financial...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, said today that it has acquired a product line from Freescale. Mentor said it purchase Freescale's "Virtual Garage" product line, used fo...

Seattle-based Kashless, the online marketplace run by Martin Tobias that encouraging recycling and reuse of items, said this morning that it has acquired an "extensive portfolio" of group purchasing patents from Vulcan Capital, and has roll...

Seattle-based RealNetworks and MTV Networks said Tuesday afternoon that they are looking to restructure digital music service Rhapsody into a new, independent company. According to the companies, the restructuring will make it so that RealN...

Amazon.com has reportedly acquired a firm that develops touch screen technology, according to a report from the New York Times yesterday. The NYTimes reports that Amazon.com has acquired New York-based Touchco, which is commercializing flex...

Bellevue-based SinglePoint has sold its mobile messaging business to Ericsson, the firms said today. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. According to the firms, Ericsson will gain ownership of SinglePoint's operator connection a...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Sentillion, a developer of software for the healthcare industry. Microsoft said that Sentillion becomes part of its Microsoft Health Solutions Group, an...

Seattle-based SEOmoz, a provider of search engine optimization software and services, said this morning that it is exiting the consulting business, and will focus exclusively on its software model. As part of the move, the firm said it has ...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures, the patent acquisition firm run by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has acquired the patent portfolio of Avistar Communications. The deal was announced earlier this week. According to Avistar, it ...

Seattle-based Cloudvox, a developer of telephony software applications, has been acquired by Chicago's Ifbypnone, the firms said Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. A regulatory filing Tuesday by Ifbyphone indi...

Bellevue-based GoAhead Software has acquired the embeddedMIND business of S3, a firm which develops configuration management software for network equipment manufacturers, the firm said Thursday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed...

Portland-based AboutUs, an online wiki-style site which allows people to add information about web sites, has acquired Jyte, the firm said Wednesday afternoon. Jyte operates an online site which allows users to debate various opinions and s...

Portland-based social media firm StepChange Group has been acquired by Powered, as part of a rollup deal along with social media agencies Drillteam and Crayon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. StepChange said the firm ...

Seattle-based InstantService, a provider of online, live chat services, has been acquired, in a deal worth $17.0M in cash, by Massachusetts-based Art Technology Group (ATG). According to ATG, the acquisition will strengthen its position in ...

Portland-based Jive Software, a developer of social networking software for businesses, said this morning that it has acquired Filtrbox, a Colorado-based developer of real-time, information monitoring services. Financial terms of the deal w...

PracticeOne, a developer of electronic health records management software-as-a-service, which has its headquarters in Richland, Washington and Canoga Park, California, has been acquired by fellow healthcare software provider AdvancedMD Soft...

Everett, Washington-based Fluke Networks said Tuesday that it has acquired Clearsight Networks, a developer of network analysis tools for real-time application monitoring. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ClearSight's software...

Seattle-based Ontela, a developer of mobile software for uploading photos from cell phones to the Internet, is merging with New Corp.'s Photobucket, the two said Wednesday afternoon. According to the two firms, they will merge into a new co...

Portland-based Rentrak, which operates a service which measures movie, TV, broadband, and mobile advertising for the entertainment industry, said Tuesday that it has acquired Nielsen EDI, a unit of The Nielsen Company. Nielsen EDI provides ...

Microsoft said Friday that it has acquired Opalis Software, a developer of IT process automation software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Opalis said Microsoft would combine the firm's software with its Microsoft Sys...

Microsoft said Thursday that it is acquiring Sentillion, a developer of identity and access management technology for the healthcare industry. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Microsoft, it will combine Sentillion...

Seattle-based Sammsoft, a developer of hard rive, registry, and other utility software for the PC, has been acquired by Support.com. According to Support.com, it paid $8.5M in cash for Sammsoft, which was started by former Microsoft employe...

Kent, Washington-based Naverus, a provider of aviation navigation technology, has been acquired by GE Aviation, GE said late Monday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. GE said the buy would bring technology to GE Aviat...

Redmond-based Microsoft said this morning that it will purchase the assets of Teamprise, a developer of software which allows developers to use the Java Eclipse IDE to build applications with Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation across m...

Seattle-based Movaya Wireless, a developer of applications for the iPhone, Android, and other mobile phone platforms, has been acquired by Digby, a Texas developer of mobile ecommerce applications. The deal was announced by Digby this morni...

Redmond-based PlayNetwork has completed its acquisition of Channel M, the firm said this Monday, with the deal officially closing Friday. PlayNetwork said it would buy Channel M, a producer of in-store, TV content, on October 20th. As part ...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Zappos.com, an online retailer of apparel and footwear. The firm had originally announced its acquisition of Zappos on July 22nd. The deal was worth approxi...

TripAdvisor, the travel community owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, said Friday that it has signed a transaction to acquire Kuxun.cn, which it says is the second largest online travel web site in China. Financial terms of the acquisition wer...

Seattle-based Pemco Technologies, a provider of technology and payment processing to the credit union industry, has been acquired by Missouri-based Jack Henry & Associates. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Pemco Techno...

Seattle-base SafeHarbor Technology Corporation, a provider of software for managing inbound telephone, email, and chat requests, has been acquired by private equity firm Shackleton Equity Partners. Financial terms of the acquisition were no...

Redmond-based PlayNetwork, a provider of media and content for retail businesses, said today that it has acquired Channel M, a Los Angeles based developer of content for in-store TV networks. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. B...

A report from TechCrunch today speculates that Seattle-based Ontela is in the midst of buying MySpace's photo sharing site, Photobucket. According to the report, the deal is worth something around $60M. No details have been released by eith...

The acquisition of Kirkland-based GotVoice by Seattle's Spoken was worth approximately $750,000 in stock, according to a regulatory filing from the firm earlier this week. According to the filing, Spoken issues $750,000 in its common stock ...

Seattle-based Spoken Communications said late Friday that it has acquired the voicemail transcription service from GotVoice. According to a spokesperson for the firm, Spoken has acquired most of GotVoice's significant assets, including the ...

Redmond-based Noetix, a developer of business intelligence software for the enterprise, said Friday that it has acquired business analytics firm Jaros Technologies Corp. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Jaros is based in Grani...

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has sold Submersible Music, a developer of electronic music software DrumCore, KitCore, and related content, according to Silicon Valley's Sonoma Wire Works. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclo...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Merix Corporation, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, is merging with Viasystems Group, the firms said this week. The all-stock deal makes Viasystems shareholders 80.5 percent owners of the new firm, with Meri...

Portland-based Schmitt Industries, a manufacturer of computer controlled balancing equipment for the machine tool industry, said Thursday that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Optical Dimensions, a developer of equip...

Redmond-based computing software giant Microsoft said Tuesday that it has acquired four products, which it will become part of its Microsoft Dynamics AX software, which is used for enterprise resource planning (ERP). According to Microsoft,...

Georgia-based ARRIS Group said Tuesday afternoon that it has agreed to buy the assets of Kirkland, Washington-based Diego, a developer of HDTV DVRs. The deal was worth $20M in cash. ARRIS said the asset deal included Diego's intellectual pr...

GrapeCity, a developer of report tools and other software components, said this morning that it is in an acquisition agreement with FarPoint Technologies, which develops spreadsheet software tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were no...

Seattle-based Others Online, a provider of behavioral targeting services for online advertisers, has been acquired by Los Angeles advertising optimization firm Rubicon Project. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Rubicon said tha...

Redmond-based Smilebox, which operates a service for consumers to create digital scrapbooks, photo albums, and greeting cards, said today that it has acquired the technology assets, intellectual property, relationships, and retail contracts...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor reported late Thursday that it has acquired TriAccess Technologies, a developer of cable TV and fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) integrated circuits. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, ...

Port Townsend, Washington-based Intellicheck Mobilisa said this morning that it has acquired a competitor, Positive Access Corporation, a developer of drivers' license reading software. The deal was worth $2.225M in stock and cash. Intellic...

Everett, Washington-based Fluke Networks, a developer of network installation and testing tools, said Wednesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of AirMagnet. Fluke had said it would by AirMagnet on August 13th. No financial ...

Social networking site MySpace confirmed it acquisition of Seattle's iLike Wednesday, without revealing any new information about the buy. MySpace said it acquired iLike, partly to bring "world class talent" into the company, and will be br...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, said late Tuesday that the stockholders of LogicVision have approved the firm's acquisition of the firm. LogicVisoin is a developer of built...

MSNBC.com, the online news joint venture between Microsoft and NBC, said today that it has acquired Chicago-based EveryBlock, a hyperlocal news and information web site currently operating in 15 cities. Financial terms of the acquisition we...

A report today from TechCrunch reports that online social networking site MySpace is looking to acquire Seattle-based iLike. No details or confirmation of the deal have been announced by either company. TechCrunch puts the acquisition price...

Everett, Washington-based Fluke Networks said Thursday that it is in a definitive agreement to buy AirMagnet a provider of wireless LAN test tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Fluke, the move will hel...

Portland-based Rails Boxcar, a provider of web hosting for Ruby on Rails web applications operated by Planet Argon LLC, has been acquired by Tacoma-based Blue Box Group, the firms announced Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition we...

San Jose, California-based Integrated Device Technology (IDT), which said last week that it is shutting down its fab operations in Hillsboro, Oregon, has hired on an advisor to help it sell those facilities. According to ATREG, a division o...

French firm Publicis Group SA said over the weekend it is acquiring Microsoft's digital advertising firm, Razorfish, in a deal worth $530M. Publicis said that the agreement also includes a strategic alliance between the two parties. The com...

Seattle-based Confirma, a developer of software used for helping radiologists analyze MRI and other images, has been acquired by Milkwaukee-based Merge Healthcare. Merge said the all-stock transaction is worth approximately $22M, or 5.6 mi...

Portland-based SplashCast, which was a provider of streaming media and content services, has shut down. According to a blog post by Founder and CEO Mike Berkley Tuesday afternoon, the firm is closing shop and will be shutting down the firm'...

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies, a manufacturer of security appliances for the networking market, said today that it is acquiring Toronto, Canada-based BorderWare Technologies. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According...

Redmond-based employee expense software firm Concur announced today that it has acquired Etap-On-Line, a European provider of business travel and expense management products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Etap-On-Line is ba...

Portland-based Webtrends, a developer of web analytics software, announced late Thursday that it has acquired Seattle-based Widemile, a provider of multivariate testing and site optimization technology and services. Financial terms of the a...

A report Thursday says that one of Seattle- and Portland-based OVP Partners portfolio companies, M2E Power, located in Boise, Idaho, has been acquired. According to VatorNews, M2E Power was acquired by Motionetics. No financial terms of the...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Wednesday afternoon that it is acquiring online shoe retailer Zappos.com, in a deal that is worth approximately $807M in Amazon common stock. According to Amazon, Zappos, which provides online apparel and footw...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries reports this morning that the firm has acquired the thin wafer dicing and TSV drilling intellectual property rights of Xsil, a provider of laser-machined tools for the MEMs and semiconductor pack...

Seattle-based Jott, which operates a voice messaging and transcription service for tracking tasks and notes, has been acquired by Nuance Communications, Nuance said this morning. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to ...

Seattle-based R.W. Beck, a provider of business and technical consulting services to the engineering, energy, and infrastructure area, has been acquired by defense integrator Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). SAIC said ...

Last quarter was not a good quarter for venture liquidity, Dow Jones VentureSource is reporting today. Dow Jones said that Q2 was a six year low for exits for venture-capital backed firms, with only $2.8 billion in liquidity events -- merge...

Everett, Washington-based NetVersant Solutions LLC, has sold its Avaya business unit to a California-based firm, the buyer announced Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Fullerton, Calif., Altura Communi...

Issaquah, Wash.-based Spacelabs Healthcare has sold its Clinical Trials Services division to Medifacts International Inc. of Rockville, Md., Medifacts announced this morning. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Spacelabs ...

Palo Alto-based A9.com, a subsidiary of online retailer Amazon.com, has acquired SnapTell Inc., SnapTell reported on its company blog Tuesday afternoon. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, A9.com Inc. pro...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI Company, a developer of atomic-scale microscopes and related scientific equipment, said Monday that it has acquired the Mineral Liberation Analysis business of JKTech Pty Ltd, a part of the Julius Kruttschnitt Mi...

Bothell, Washington-based Dexterra, a developer of mobile business applications, has been acquired by a New Jersey firm, Antenna Software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Dexterra was venture backed by New Enterprise ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Digimarc, a developer of technology for watermarking various kinds of content and identification, said today that it has entered into a deal with The Nielsen Company to jointly launch two new companies. According to ...

Bothell, Washington-based SonoSite, a publicly held firm developing ultrasound equipment, said Tuesday afternoon that it is in an agreement to acquire CardioDynamics International Corporation. According to SonoSite, the deal is worth approx...

Portland-based SplashCast, which was a provider of streaming media and content management services, is reportedly looking for a buyer. According to technology blog TechCrunch, quoting CEO Michael Berkley, the move comes because the firm fai...

Beaverton, Oregon-based TradeTrans, a developer of business intelligence and supply chain monitoring tools, has been acquired by Atlanta-based nuBridges, nuBridges said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced Monday that the firm has signed an agreement with biotech giant Merck & Co., to acquire Rosetta Biosoftware, a developer of genetic data management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. A...

Bellevue-based Ohloh, a provider of open source data and community services, has been acquired by Silicon Valley's SourceForge. SourceForge did not disclose financial terms of the acquisition. Ohloh operated a directory of open source proje...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus, a manufacturer of projection displays, has been acquired by Image Holdings Corporation, an acquisition firm owned by eMachines co-founder John Hui. According to Image Holdings, the merger completed today, ...

Now defunct Hillsboro, Oregon-based semiconductor maker MathStar Inc. received and rejected a purchase offer from a Minnesota-based publisher of building performance software. According to PureChoice Inc. of Burnsville, Minn., it tendered a...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus said late Friday that it is recommending that its shareholders accept the acquisition offer by Image Holdings Corporation and IC Acquisition Corp., after evaluating a competing buyout offer. Image Holdings...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries, a developer of laser and photonic systems for the microelectronics industry, said late Tuesday that it has acquired all of the intellectual property rights, and certain hardware and software com...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced Thursday that it is acquiring Vancouver, BC-based BigPark, an interactive online gaming firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. BigPark team comes from Distinctive Software Inc. and Electronics...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based electronics hardware design applications publisher Mentor Graphics announced today that it has agreed to acquire LogicVision Inc. for some $13 million. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., LogicVision provides built-...

Kent, Washington-based Avure Technologies, a developer of high pressure, processing equipment used for metal forming and pasteurization systems, said today that the firm has been sold to investment firm Milestone Partners. Financial terms o...

Bellevue-based background check service provider Intelius has acquired Silicon Valley people search firm Spock, according to reports. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Intelius is the background check and people search firm run...

Seattle-based casual computer game distributor Big Fish Games has acquired game developer Grubby Games of Vancouver, B.C., Grubby announced Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In a post made Thursday afternoon on Grubb...

Seattle-based Urbanspoon, an online local restaurant guide and aggregator, has been acquired by IAC. IAC announced the acquisition this morning, saying that Urbanspoon will remain an independent brand, managed by Jay Herratti, who also mana...

LexCycle, a maker of a mobile book reading application for the iPhone and iPod touch, has been acquired by Amazon.com. According to LexCycle, it is not planning any changes in its application or user experience as a result of the acquisitio...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus, which makes digital projectors, announced Wednesday afternoon that the firm has received a new, unsolicited proposal from an un-named buyer. Details of the new proposal were not disclosed. InFocus had anno...

Everett, Washington-based Fluke Corporation, a manufacturer of electronic test and measurement equipment, announced Wednesday that the firm has acquired North Yorkshire, U.K.-based Hawk IR International. Financial terms of the buy were not ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Zango, has shut down, according to co-founder Ken Smith. According to Smith in his blog, Zango was acquired for "fire-sale prices" by Blinkx. Zango--originally known as 180 Solutions--was a controverial maker of o...

Portland-based Kryptiq, publisher of a doctor-to-patient collaborative platform, announced Tuesday that it has sold its Choreo health plan network management software to Portico Systems. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed...

Portland, Oregon-based SurveyMonkey, a firm which provides subscription-based Internet surveying and polling services, has been acquired by a group of private equity investors. The firm said today that a group led by Spectrum Equity Investo...

Lagotek Corp., a publisher of residential and commercial building automation software, announced today that it has acquired portions of RS Scene Automation LLC. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Seattle...

Seattle-based GridNetworks, a developer of a service for delivering streaming video to the Internet, has merged with New York City-based Global Media Services, the firms said Friday. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed. Global ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus, a developer of digital projectors, said today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with holding firm Image Holdings Corporation. According to InFocus, the deal calls for its to be acquire...

Seattle-based CarDomain, a social networking and community site for automotive enthusiasts, said Wednesday that it has merged with fellow social networking site StreetFire. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed....

Vancouver, Washington-based Isonics Semiconductor Group, a supplier of reclaimed silicon wafers, has been acquired by a Silicon Valley firm, WRS Materials. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to WRS, it has acquired Iso...

Beaverton, Ore.-based Ambric has officially been acquired by fabless semiconductor manufacturer Nethra Imaging of Santa Clara, Calif., Nethra announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ambric produces software-program...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries and Zygo Corporation said Thursday afternoon that they have terminated their plan for a merger. The firms said that ESI would receive $5.4M in a break up fee, relating to Zygo's board wit...

A report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource find that there were no IPOs in Q1, and very little liquidity for U.S., venture backed companies. According to the report, total merger and acquisition activity only totaled $3.2 billion in...

Bothell, Wash.-based biotechnology firm MDRNA announced this morning that it has agreed to sell its manufacturing facilities in Hauppauge, N.Y., to Par Pharmaceutical Inc. Financial terms of the deal, which also includes the sale of MDRNA's...

Seattle-based Azaleos Corp., a provider of managed Microsoft Exchange services, announced Monday that it has merged with the M3 Technology Group. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., M3 designs a...

Bellevue-based Sotto Wireless, which was developing hosted communications systems, has quietly shut its doors, according to reports. According to reporting from VentureWire, Sotto Wireless has quietly closed its doors. The firm apparently h...

Seattle-based TrafficGauge, a developer of handheld, wireless devices for viewing real-time traffic, has been acquired by a developer of wireless navigation software. Networks In Motion, a Aliso Viejo, California-based firm developing wirel...

Online instruction specialist Knowledge Anywhere announced Monday that it has acquired corporate e-learning firm Warehouse Intellect. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Minneapolis, Minn., Warehouse Intellect provides ...

Redmond, Wash.-based CSG Openline announced Wednesday that it finalized its acquisition of BlueRoads Corp. a week ago. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. According to CSG, the merger creates a sales and marketing solutio...

Seattle-based Getty Images completed its acquisition of Jupiterimages Monday, in a deal that was worth $96M in cash. According to Jupitermedia, the firm has renamed itself WebMediaBrands Inc. Getty Images said it would acquire Jupiterimages...

Vancouver, Washington-based Dotster, which provides domain name registration, web hosting, and related services, said today that it has sold its domain monetization service RevenueDirect to Sedo. Financial terms of the transaction were not ...

Seattle-based casual gaming firm PopCap Games announced this morning that it has acquired Gastronaut Studios, an independent game development studio developing Xbox and Xbox 360 titles. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed....

Issaquah, Washington-based Digini and Shanghai, China-based Vyk Games, firms which provide video game software and outsourced game development to companies, said today that the two have merged into a new firm, Blade Games. According to the ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Coinstar said Thursday that the firm intends to purchase the remaining stake in Redbox Automated Retail, a provider of automated DVD rental kiosks. Coinstar said it will purchase the service from GetAMovie Inc. an...

Portland, Oregon-based FreeRange Communications, a provider of products for publishing media to mobile phones, has been acquired by Kansas City-based Handmark, the companies said Thursday. The two companies did not disclose financial terms ...

Bothell, Washington-based independent video game developer Snowblind Studios has been acquired by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, Warner Bros. said late Wednesday evening. According to Warner, it acquired Snowblind Studios--developer...

Portland, Ore.-based vertical-market software developer Coaxis Inc. has sold its Insight Distribution Software subsidiary to HighJump Software Inc., HighJump announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Accord...

Bellevue-based Intellectual Venture Funding LLC, which is affiliated with Intellectual Ventures, said Wednesday that it has acquired the patent portfolio of Transmeta Corporation. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Transmeta is...

Seattle-based Switchbox Labs, a startup developing stealth consumer technologies, has been acquired by Lenovo, Lenovo said late Wednesday. Lenovo did not disclose financial terms of the buy. Switchbox was co-founded by Michael Sievert, Robe...

The technology and intellectual property behind defunct fabless semiconductor manufacturer MathStar Inc. is now ready for sale, an investment banking firm announced Monday. Headquartered in Hillsboro, Ore., MathStar developed semiconductors...

Portland, Oregon-based Electro Scientific Industries, a supplier of lasers for the microelectronics and semiconductor industry, said today that Zygo Corporation has notified the company that its board has withdrawn its recommendation in fav...

Eiki Digital Systems Inc. of Seattle announced yesterday that it has acquired .advancedMethod, a digital media company also headquartered in the Seattle area. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, .advanced...

Redmond, Wash.-based mobile applications publisher Mobui Corp. has received a strategic investment from a cellular services provider and consumer electronics retailer, the investor announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were n...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based InFocus is on the offensive against potential acquirers, saying late Wednesday that it has adopted a Shareholder Rights Plan -- often referred to as a "poison pill" which will be triggered if any person or group ac...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems announced late Tuesday that the firm has closed the sale of the rest of the firm's CoolSign Digital Signage business. The firm said the sale was to CS Software Holdings LLC. The sale comes shortly afte...

Kirkland, Washington-based Neural Audio, a developer of audio processing intellectual property and products, has been acquired by DTS, a California-based developer of surround sound and audio processing technology. According to DTS, it will...

Seattle-based Northstar Neuroscience said late Monday morning that the firm plans to shut down, and will liquidate the company's assets. The firm, which was looking to develop medical devices to treat major depressive disorder, said its boa...

Hillsboro, Ore.-based FEI Co., a provider of high-resolution imaging and analysis systems, announced Monday that it has acquired virtually all the assets of Intellection Holdings Pty. Ltd., a developer of automated mineralogy systems based ...

Former Jobster founder Jason Goldberg's latest startup, Socialmedian, has been acquired by German social networking site XING, Goldberg announced this morning, with Goldberg moving to Hamburg, Germany as part of the buy. Goldberg did not di...

Seattle-based Oncothyreon, a developer of cancer treatments, said Thursday that it has sold off a product line to Merck, in a deal worth $13M. Oncothyreon said it sold manufacturing rights to Stimuvax to Merck, via Merck's Canadian affiliat...

Amazon.com has acquired an online site focused on the movie industry, Box Office Mojo, the firm said Wednesday in a letter to users. The firm, which provides data and information about movie industry box office receipts, is based in Los Ang...

Digital projector manufacturer InFocus Corp. announced Wednesday that it has retained a San Francisco-based investment banking firm as a strategic advisor. InFocus, which is headquartered in Wilsonville, Ore., said the firm, Thomas Weisel P...

GigOptix LLC announced Tuesday that its merger with Bothell, Wash.-based Lumera Corp. is finally official. The combined company, GigOptix Inc., will be headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., but will maintain satellite offices in Bothell and Z...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said late Monday that it has completed its acquisition of AbeBooks, an online book marketplace based in Victoria, British Columbia. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Amazon had announced the acquisition...

Kirkland, Washington-based Clearwire, and Kansas-based Sprint Nextel said Friday that the firms have completed their merger of their wireless Internet businesses. According to the firms, Sprint has sold all of its 2.5 GHz spectrum and WiMax...

Seattle-based online music service iLike is reportedly looking for a buyer, according to a report published Tuesday by AllThingsD. According to the report, the firm's actively soliciting a list of buyers that include RealNetworks and Ticket...

Portland, Oregon-based Web 2.0 startup Values of N has been acquired by Twitter, the firm said Monday evening. According to Twitter, it acquired Values of n, including its sticky note applications, which allow users to create notes on calen...

Kirkland, Washington-based Clearwire said today that its stockholders have approved the company's plan to merge with Sprint's mobile WiMax business. According to Clearwire, the stockholders also approved a $3.2B investment by Intel, Google,...

Bellevue, Washington-based BSQUARE said today that it has acquireed TestQuest, a provider of test automation tools for the mobile and embedded market. According to BSQUARE, it will pay approxmately $2.2M in cash for TestQuest. BSQUARE said ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems said late Wednesday that it has sold certain assets of the firm's CoolSign digital signage business. According to Planar, it has signed a cash deal with Bally Gaming Inc. where Bally has acquired certa...

The provider of Wi-Fi access on the Washington State Ferries has been acquired by a California firm, Boingo Wireless, Boingo said Monday. According to Boingo, the WSDOT Ferries Division (WSF) has been acquired from Parsons Transportation G...

EMC Corp., manufacturer of data storage hardware and software, said today that it has created a new Seattle-based firm focused on helping consumers manage and protect their digital identities. EMC said the new company—Decho Corp.—combines t...

Bellevue-based Talisma's CRM and Higher Education arms have been acquired by a Florida firm, Campus Management Corp., seven months after being acquired by nGenera Corporation. According to Campus Management Corp., it has finalized an agreem...

Seattle-based Entrance Controls, a provider of physical security management and access control systems, said Monday that it has acquired Portland-based 1Pointe, a provider of network monitoring and security services. Financial terms of the ...

The acquisition of Belleveue, Washington-based Captaris has completed, according to Waterloo, Ontario-based Open Text. Open Text said late Friday that its $131M acquisition makes Captaris a wholly-owned subsidiary of the firm. Captaris was ...

Seattle-based Getty Images said today that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Jupiterimages, the royalty-free, stock photogrpahy site owned by Jupitermedia. According to Getty, it will pay $96M in cash for the business. According to...

Amazon.com has acquired a computer games developer, Reflexive Entertainment, according to Reflexive's CEO, Lars Brubaker. Reflexive, which develops computer games for the PC, Mac, and other platforms, announced the deal Monday. No other det...

Kirkland-based GrapeCity, a software development firm, said Monday that it is acquiring Data Dynamics, Ltd., a developer of data analysis and reporting software components. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to GrapeC...

Renton-based Microscan said Thursday afternoon that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Siemens' Machine Vision business. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition was originally announced on Septem...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries and Connecticut-based Zygo Corporation said Thursday that the two firms will merge in an all-stock transaction. According to the firms, Zygo shareholders will receive 1.0233 shares of ESI stock f...

Bothell-based Winshuttle, a provider of data entry software for the SAP market, said this morning that it has acquired ADAR, a French distributor of data management tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Winshutt...

Redmond-based MobUI Corporation announced today that it has acquired Action Engine Corporation, and raised a round of funding for the firm. According to MobUI, the round was led by GlobalNET Mobile Solutions. Financial terms of the acquisit...

Bellevue-based venture capital firm Monster Venture Partners has acquired a controlling stake in Bitwine, a Israeli startup that allows users to find experts and get answers to questions, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. Finan...

Clackamas, Oregon-based NeuroCom International, a developer of computer systems for assessment and rehabilitation of balance and mobility disorders, has been acquired by Natus Medical. California-based Natus Medical said it pay $18M for Neu...

Seattle-based ISSI Data, a reseller of storage and IT products, has been acquired by Dallas, Texas-based Media Recovery, Media Recovery said Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ISSI Data provides information security ...

Seattle-based V2Green, a provider of plug-in electric vehicle technology, has been acquired by Virginia-based GridPoint, GridPoint said Tuesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to GridPoint, the ac...

Seattle-based Ygnition Networks, a provider of broadband services to the real estate industry, announced today that it has purchased Convergent Broadband Communications Inc. Terms of the deal, which includes service agreements and equipment...

Internet publication The Inquirer is reporting today that Google is looking to buy Valve, the Bellevue, Wash.-based maker of the popular Half-Life games. According to the report, the rumor came from a "well placed source" at the Austin Game...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of DATAllegro, a provider of high performance data warehouse appliances. Microsoft originally announced the acquisition in July, but did not disclo...

Renton, Washington-based Microscan, a manufacturer of data acquisition and control equipment, said Monday that it is acquiring Siemens' Machine Vision business, which is based in Nashua, New Hampshire. Financial terms of the acquisition wer...

LTX-Credence, a manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, disclosed in a filing Friday that it has approved a plan to terminate employees as part of the merger of LTX and Credence. Credence has a major presence in Hillsboro, Oregon, whe...

Core Capital Group, an investment bank based in Colorado, said Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Hillsboro, Oregon-based MathStar to complete a strategic analysis of the firm's technology and intellectual property. According to...

Reaxion Corp. and Mobliss, both Seattle-based publishers of mobile games, said today that the two have merged their companies. According to the firms, they have combined to create PressOK Entertainment. Financial terms of the merger were no...

Microsoft Corp. said today that it has sold the Internet survey solutions (ISS) business of Greenfield Online to a private equity firm, ZM Capital L.P. According to Microsoft and Greenfield Online, Greenfield's ISS business will be sold to ...

Defense firm Lockheed Martin said earlier this week that it has completed its acquisition of Aculight Corporation, based in Bothell. Aculight provides countermeasures, laser radar, and other products for the defense and aerospace industry. ...

Document management software developer Captaris Inc. has agreed to terms to be acquired by Open Text Corp., a Canada-based publisher of enterprise content management applications, Open Text announced Thursday. Open Text said one of its whol...

Seattle-based Screenlife, maker of the "Scene It?" DVD games, has been acquired by Paramount Pictures, Paramount said Tuesday. Paramount did not disclose financial terms of the deal. According to Paramount, Screenlife will remain as a stand...

The acquisition of Bellevue, Washington-based General Software, a developer of BIOS software, has completed, acquirer Phoenix Technologies said Tuesday. Phoenix Technologies, which also develops embedded BIOS software used to boot PCs and o...

Online and catalog retailer Celebrate Express Inc. announced Friday that it has completed its $31 million merger with a Liberty Media Corp. subsidiary. Liberty Media will pay shareholders $3.90 per share of its common stock for Celebrate Ex...

Microsoft said today that the firm has acquired Greenfield Online, a provider of Internet surveys and comparison shopping, specifically for Greenfield's European price comparison and shopping review service. The deal is worth approximately ...

Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com has purchased fellow Seattle firm Shelfari, an online site focused on books and social networking. Shelfari announced the acquisition on its blog Monday evening, but did not disclose terms of the dea...

Bellevue-based SNAPin, a developer of mobile device software, has been acquired by Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications. Nuance said Tuesday that it will pay approximately $180M in Nuance common stock for SNAPin, as well as additio...

Portland, Oregon-based Kryptiq, a publisher of health care communication software, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Secure Network Solutions, a developer of security applications for businesses. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. K...

Help/Systems Inc., a publisher of business intelligence software, has teamed with investment capital firm the Audax Group to acquire the PowerTech Group Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based developer of security software for IBM computers. Terms o...

Fluke Networks, a publisher of telecommunications testing products, announced Monday that it has acquired the intellectual property of Viola Networks, a developer of voice-over-Internet Protocol management applications. Terms of the deal, w...

Cadence Design Systems Inc., a developer of semiconductor design software, has withdrawn its $1.5 billion offer to purchase Wilsonville, Oregon-based competitor Mentor Graphics Corp. Cadence originally tendered its bid to acquire all outsta...

Cisco's acquisition of Seattle-based Pure Networks has closed, Cisco announced late Tuesday. The $120M deal, which was originally announced in July, will make Pure Networks a part of Cisco's Linksys division. Pure Networks develops home net...

Seattle-based Wireless Maritime Services, a joint venture of AT&T Mobility and SeaMobile Enterprises, announced Monday that it will acquire certain maritime wireless assets of SeaMobile Enterprises' SeaMobile Wireless. Terms of the pending ...

Planar Systems Inc., a niche manufacturer of video monitors and displays, announced Wednesday that it has sold its medical business unit to NDS Surgical Imaging for $34.25 million in cash. Planar said proceeds from the sale of its Dome Imag...

Seattle-based Junxion, a developer of wireless routers, has been acquired by Vancouver-based Sierra Wireless, Sierra said Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Sierra Wireless, the asset purchase is effective...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Digimarc Corporation said Monday that it has spun off all of its assets and liabilities related to the firm's digital watermarking business, into a new company. The move is part of the firm's sale of its ID systems o...

Seattle-based Wishpot, an online gift tracking and social shopping service, said Friday morning that Todd Humphrey has been appointed as its new Chief Executive Officer. Wishpot also said that Humphrey has been named a Venture Partner at Mo...

Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com said this morning that it has reached an agreement to acquire Abebooks, an online marketplace for used and out-of-print books. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon said that Abebook...

Defense and aerospace contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. has agreed to acquire Evergreen State contractor Aculight Corp., Lockheed Martin announced Monday. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close later this quarter and is subject to sha...

Bellevue, Washington-based General Software, a developer of embedded BIOS software, is being acquired by Phoenix Technologies, Phoenix said this morning. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. General Software provides BIOS and fir...

Seattle-based Pure Networks, a developer of home networking management software, has been acquired by Cisco, Cisco said today. Cisco said it would pay $120M to buy Pure Networks, which develops software which is used by consumers to set up ...

Aircraft maker Boeing said Tuesday morning that it has acquired Bingen, Washington-based Insitu, a developer of unmanned aircaft systems used by the Department of Defense. According to the firms, Insitu will become a wholly owned subsidiary...

Seattle-based online video publisher thePlatform announced Wednesday that it has acquired certain assets from social media applications developer Chirp Interactive Inc. of San Francisco. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As a ...

Online travel-booking agency Expedia Inc. announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Italy-based Venere Net ApA from its founding partners and Advent International. Venere Net operates Venere.com, a travel-oriented Web site that offers...

Open Text, a provider of enterprise content management software, said today that it has acquired Seattle-base eMotion LLC, a division of Corbis Corporation, focused on the digital media asset management market. Open Text said it would pay a...

Seattle-based Impinj said this morning that it has acquired Intel Corp's RFID operations, a developer of RFID reader chips. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Impinj said the acquisition of the Intel assets will further enhance...

Seattle-based Imagekind, an online art framing and artwork marketplace, said Tuesday that it has been acquired by custom t-shirt and gifts maker Cafepress. According to Imagekind, it will continue to operate under the Imagekind website and ...

Kirkland, Washington-based Electronic Evidence Discovery said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of Daticon LLC, a provider of electronic discovery and related services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal wa...

Seattle-based Getty Images said Wednesday that the acquisition of the firm by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has completed. Getty Images had entered into the M&A deal with Hellman & Friedman in February, in a deal worth approximatel...

TripAdvisor, the online travel information site owned by Bellevue, Wash.-based Expedia, said this morning that it has acquired two online travel sites, VirtualTourist.com and OneTime.com. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclos...

Mentor Graphics Corp., a provider of electronic hardware and software design solutions, announced Monday that it has hired an investment bank to help it consider an unsolicited purchase offer from semiconductor design software firm Cadence ...

Seattle-based Impinj, a provider of RFID hardware, has sold off its non-volatile memory intellectual property business, in a deal worth $5.2M. California-based Virage Logic said it has acquired both Impinj's intellectual property, as well a...

Seattle-based Attachmate has sold its WinINSTALL desktop management product line to Scalable Software Ltd., a publisher of IT asset lifecycle management applications headquartered near Houston, Scalable announced Monday. Terms of the deal w...

A week after revealing that it was considering an unsolicited, $300 million offer for its ID business, Digimarc Corp. announced Monday that it has accepted a better offer from Digimarc's original suitor, L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. Earlier ...

Kirkland, Washingto-based Celebrate Express, an online retailer of party supplies and costumes, has been acquired in a $31M cash deal by Liberty Media. Liberty and Celebrate Express said Thursday afternoon that the deal, which has been appr...

Microsoft said today that it intends to acquire MobiComp, a developer of technology used to backup and restore mobile data, and post content to social networking sites such as Facebook. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. MobiCo...

Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com said this morning that it has purchased Fabric.com, an online fabric store. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Fabric.com is based in Marietta, Georgia, where the firm will continue to f...

Bothell, Washington-based Teltone, a provider of telecommunications equipment, has been acquired by Massachusetts-based Industrial Defender. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Teltone provides security products for the industri...

Beaverton, Ore.-based Digimarc Corp., a provider of software and services used to produce identification documents, announced Sunday evening that it has received an unsolicited offer to sell its secure ID business for $300 million in cash t...

Seattle-based Getty Images said Friday that its shareholders have approved the firm's merger with private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC. According to Getty Images, its stock holders will receive $34.00 in cash for each share of Getty I...

Seattle-based predictive analytics software firm Insightful Corporation said Thursday that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by TIBCO Software. Insightful said the deal was worth approximately $25M in cash. Insightful stoc...

Microsoft Corp. said today that it has acquired Navic Networks, a provider of technology for the television advertising area. Financial details of the acquisition were not released. Navic develops tools used to manage television advertising...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics Corporation, a developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, said today that it has received, and rejected, an offer by Cadence Design Systems for the firm. According to Mentor, it was o...

Seattle-based LipoSonix, a developer of medical device technology using ultrasound to remove fat, and Arizona-based Medicis, said yesterday that the two are in a definitive merger agreement. According to the two, Medicis will acquire LipoSo...

Bothell, Washington-based Vertafore said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Sircon Corporation, a provider of online services for the insurance industry. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sircon provides software-as-a-service for licens...

Seattle-based nworks, a developer of software for connecting enterprise software to management applications, said Tuesday evening that it has transferred its Domino and Blackberry Smart Plug-In product lines to NiCE GmbH, a German software ...

Seattle-based Attenex, a provider of e-discovery software, has been acquired by New York-based FTI Consulting, FTI said Tuesday afternoon. According to FTI, it will pay approximately $88M in cash for Attenex. The deal is expected to close i...

Kirkland-based Electronic Evidence Discovery, a provider of electronic discovery services for the legal industry, said Thursday afternoon that it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Daticon, LLC. Daticon is a provider of case ass...

Enterprise management software publisher AskMe Corp. announced Thursday that it has been acquired by Japanese software developer REALCOM Inc. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Tokyo, REALCOM is listed and publ...

Seattle-based Snapvine said this morning that it has decided to sell the company to WhitePages.com. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Snapvine is a provider of voice blog commenting widget software, used to allow people to lea...

Mobile content infrastructure provider Motricity announced Wednesday that it has sold its smartphone and direct-to-consumer businesses to a group owned by Jud Bowman, a Motricity co-founder and former board member and executive. Financial t...

Wenatchee, Washington-based Northwest Telephone, Inc., a provider of competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) and interchange carrier (IXC) services, has been acquired by Zayo Bandwidth, a Colorado-based communications provider. Zayo did n...

Seattle-based M:Metrics has been acquired by comScore, the Reston, Virginia-based provider of web traffic measurement and rankings, comScore said Wednesday afternoon. comScore said it would pay $44.3M in cash plus issue approximately 50,000...

Bothell-based Sonus Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biopharmaceutical firm specializing in the development of anti-cancer drugs, announced today that it will merge with Canadian drug research firm OncoGenex Technologies Inc. Sonus said the newly fo...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor said today that it has completed its acquisition of WJ Communications, a supplier of radio frequency (RF) products for the wireless infrastructure area. The deal, which was originally announced...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based semiconductor firm MathStar said Wednesday afternoon that it has decided to engage an investment banker to "explore strategic alternatives." The firm did not provide further detail in its efforts to find a buyer. The...

Austin, Texas-based nGenera said this morning that it has acquired Bellevue's Talisma Corp., a provider of customer support software, email management, and chat software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Talisma, which was fo...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said late Sunday that it has begun talking with Yahoo again, about possible "strategic alternatives." The firm said it is not looking to acquire all of Yahoo, but did say in a statement that it will explo...

Wilsonville, Ore.-based Mentor Graphics Corp., a publisher of electronic hardware and software design applications, announced today that it has acquired Ponte Solutions Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Mountain Vi...

Strands, creator of a money-managing Web site, announced Thursday that it has acquired NetworthIQ.com, a personal finance Web site that allows people to track, share and compare their net worth. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Launche...

Becton, Dickinson and Co. announced Tuesday that it has acquired Cytopeia, a Seattle-based bioengineering firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. BD said Cytopeia's flagship product, the Influx flow cytometry cell sorter, grants BD a co...

HemCon Medical Technologies announced Wednesday that it has concluded its cash-for-stock acquisition of Alltracel Pharmaceuticals Plc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HemCon said it made the purchase through its newly formed and wholl...

Telecommunications stalwart Sprint Nextel Corp. announced Wednesday that it and fellow telecom Clearwire Corp. have agreed to combine their wireless broadband businesses and form a new wireless communications company. Sprint said the new co...

Seattle-based Name Intelligence, a provider of domain name tools for domainers and domain name owners, has been acquired. Los Angeles-based Thought Convergence, a provider of tools for the domain industry, said it completed its acquisition ...

Applied Precision LLC, a manufacturer of imaging, measurement and analysis systems for the life sciences industry, announced Monday that it has sold its Life Sciences business unit to a group that includes its senior management team and Tel...

Redmond-based Microsoft said Saturday that the computing giant has pulled its offer for Internet firm Yahoo!. Microsoft said in a statement that the price being sought by Yahoo does not make sense for the firm, and that it would not pursue ...

Corvallis, Oregon-based Strands, a provider of social recommendation software, said today that it has acquired Expensr, a provider of online personal finance applications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. As part of th...

Portland, Ore.-based e-mail archiving software publisher Smarsh Inc. announced Monday that it has completed its acquisitions of CentraScan LLC and Financial Visions Inc. Terms of the transactions were not reported. Headquartered in Connecti...

Bellevue-based software giant Microsoft has acquired Seattle travel predictions web site Farecast, according to a post by CEO Hugh Crean on Farecast's official blog. Farecast, which provides airfare predictions between major cities, said th...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of Danger, Inc., a provider of software for the mobile handset market. Microsoft had said in February that it would acquire Danger, which develops software for the Sidekick market...

Beaverton, Oregon-based BIAMP Systems, a developer of audio electronics, said Thursday that it has acquired Creative Audio, a Brisbane, Australia-based developer of audio products. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BIAMP said ...

Portland-based Jive Software, a provider of project management software, said today that it has acquired Jotlet, a provider of web 2.0 calendaring technology, and released the second version of the firm's Clearspace collaboration software. ...

San Francisco-based private equity firm vector Capital said Friday morning that its offer for Bellevue-based Captaris has expired. Vector, which was offering $4.75 per share for Captaris, released a letter to the board of directors of Capta...

AVI BioPharma Inc., a developer of therapies for life-threatening diseases, announced Monday that its acquisition of fellow biopharmaceutical firm Ercole Biotechnology Inc. concluded Thursday. Under the terms of the agreement, AVI issued so...

Crisp, a U.K.-based publisher of Internet message-monitoring software designed to protect children, announced Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Oregon-based child safety software publisher IMSafer. Terms of the deal were not d...

Digimarc Corp., a supplier of secure identity and digital watermarking solutions, announced Monday that it has agreed to sell its ID Systems business to L-1 Identity Solutions Inc. for some $250 million in stock and cash. The boards for bot...

Bellevue, Washington-based Captaris said Tuesday that it has confirmed receipt of the unsolicited bid by Vector Capital for the firm. The firm said it would "carefully consider and review" Vector Capital's proposal, along with other proposa...

Seattle-based online retailer Amazon.com announced Monday that it has completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Audible Inc., a provider of Web-based spoken-word audio. The offer expired Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern. At that time...

Expedia Inc., operators of the online travel Web site Expedia.com, announced Friday that it has acquired New Jersey-based CarRentals.com, an online, direct-to-consumer car rental marketing and retail company. Terms of the deal were not disc...

Captaris Inc., a publisher of software that automates document-centric business processes, revealed Monday that its board of directors has decided to begin searching for a buyer. Officially, the Bellevue, Wash.-based business said the measu...

Redmond-based Microsoft said today that it plans to acquire Rapt, a provider of advertising yield management software for publishers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft said that Rapt's technology will become part of ...

Seattle-based Moblastic, a company which develops mobile photo editing tools and mobile services, has been acquired by FunMobility. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Moblastic allows mobile phone users to edit, add deco...

Minecode, a provider of software development and information technology consulting services, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Seattle-based Web application developer Saltmine from Enterworks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Acco...

Bellevue-based Ascentium said Monday that it has acquired ZeroDash1, a Seattle-based Web analytics and search engine marketing firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Ascentium, the buy will strengthen the ...

TriQuint Semiconductor Inc., a manufacturer of radio frequency components for the wireless industry, announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase WJ Communications Inc., a supplier of RF products and radio frequency identification reader...

Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Dolphin Software, a maker of software for the management of chemical data and formula information, has been acquired by IHS, a Colorado-based energy and environmental firm. According to IHS, the deal was worth $23....

Seattle-based Akona Consulting, a provider of business and technology consulting, has been acquired by Beijing-based iSoftStone Information Service Corporation. iSoftStone did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Akona was founded in ...

Computing giant Microsoft said today that it has acquired an Israeli startup, YaData Ltd., which provides online advertising targeting technology. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Microsoft, YaData's techn...

Seattle-based Getty Images, a provider of stock photographs and other digital media content, announced Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman LLC. The transaction, which is subject to customary cl...

Portland, Oregon-based HemCon Medical Technologies said Friday that it intends to acquire Dublin, Ireland-based Alltracel Pharmaceuticals Plc. financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HemCon said it is looking to acquire Alltracel Ph...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said today that it has purchased Trymedia, the casual gaming business of Macrovision. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to RealNetworks, it has acquired substantially all of Trymedia's asse...

Seattle-based Pi Corporation has been acquired by EMC, the data storage giant said late Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pi Corporation is a developer of software for personal information management. Accor...

Seattle-based CapitalStream, which provides front office automation solutions for banks and finance companies, has been acquired by HCL Technologies, a Noida, India-based IT service firm. The deal was worth approximately $40M in cash. HCL T...

Microsoft said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Danger, Inc., a provider of software and services behind the popular Sidekick. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Danger develops mobile messaging applications, social n...

Advertising services firm Dragon Media Online Inc. announced today that it has acquired Don't Blink Media Inc., a Seattle-based interactive advertising agency. DMO said the transaction officially closed on Dec. 11. Terms of the deal were no...

Microsoft has acquired Caligari, a Mountain View, California-based firm that develops 3D modeling tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Caligari will become a subsidiary of Microsoft. Caligari's products are used for...

Bellevue-based GlobalScholar said this morning that it has raised $27M in a Series B funding round. The firm also said that it is acquiring Excelsior Software, a provider of K-12 education testing tools. Funding came from Knowledge Universe...

Computer giant Microsoft said today that it is proposing to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock, in a deal worth $44.6B in cash and stock. Microsoft said it proposing to pay either cash or stock for Yahoo, with a to...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said this morning that it is in an agreement to acquire Audible, Inc., a publisher of audio books, in a $300M deal. Amazon said it will pay $11.50 per share in cash for Audible.com, which creates audio versions of b...

Computing giant Microsoft said Monday evening that it has acquired Calista Technologies, a San Jose-based provider of software for Windows Server Terminal Services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm came as part of a ...

Art Technology Group Inc., a publisher of on-demand e-commerce software, announced today that it has agreed to acquire fellow e-commerce application developer CleverSet for some $10 million in cash, less closing adjustments of about $1 mill...

Seattle-based Getty Images confirmed Tuesday morning that the firm is "exploring strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value." The firm said that its board has hired on investment bank Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a financial advisor, an...

Seattle-based Getty Images is reportedly looking for a buyer, and has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs to shop the firm, according to a report in the New York Times. According to the Times, Getty Images is looking to sell the firm for $1...

Portland, Oregon-based wired.MD, a provider of video health education content, has been acquired by Krames, a publisher of medical information products. Yardley, PA-based Kreames did not disclose financial terms of the acquisition. wired.MD...

The Internet Movie Database, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, said Thursday that it has acquired Withoutabox, a provider of an online service for independent filmmakers and artists. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Withou...

Bellevue-based Ascentium, a marketing and technology consulting firm, said today that it has acquired Artemis Corporation, a UK-based provider of Microsoft Sharepoint consulting. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Asce...

Seattle-based Open Interface, a developer of Bluetooth software, has quietly been acquired by Qualcomm. The deal has not been announced, and financial terms have not been diclosed. Open Interface develops software development kits used in d...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that it is making an offer to acquire Fast Search & Transfer ASA, an Oslo, Norway provider of enterprise search software. The deal is worth approximately $1.2 billion. According to the ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Serveron, a provider of technology for energy monitoring, has been acquired by BPL Global Ltd. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. BPL, which develops "smart grid" technology, said that Serveron wi...

Seattle-based Westover Scientific's fiber division has been acquired by California-based JDSU, a developer of fiber optic components. According to JDSU, it paid $50M in cash for Westover Scientific's division, which develops field and lab m...

Captaris Inc., a publisher of document-process automation software, revealed Monday that it has concluded its acquisition of Oce Document Technologies GmbH, a German-based developer of document manipulation applications. According to Captar...

Seattle-based games maker Cranium has been acquired by Hasbro, Hasbro announced Friday. Hasbro said it will pay $77.5M for Cranium, which is venture backed by Maveron, Peterson Partners, Quad Venture Partners, Raycliff Capital, and TPG Vent...

Bellevue-based InfoSpace said Friday that it has completed the sale of its mobile services business to Motricity. The deal was worth $135M in cash. The deal was originally announced in October. InfoSpace said earlier that it is looking to r...

Bellevue, Wash.-based Captaris said late Thursday evening that it has acgreed to buy German firm Oce Document Technologies GmbH. According to Captaris, it will acquire ODT for approximately EUR 10.4M in cash. Captaris said that ODT had reve...

Bellevue, Washington-based BSQUARE, a provider of consulting to the embedded device market, said today that it has acquired NEC Corporation of America's, Flash Technology Consulting and Distribution business. Financial terms of the deal wer...

Marketing and information technology consulting firm Ascentium Corp. revealed Monday that it has acquired advertising agency miller.whiterunkle. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ascentium said the acquisition complements its corporate ...

Microsoft said today that it has acquired Multimap, a UK-based provider of mapping services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft said the acquisition would give it new location and mapping technology, which will comple...

Bellevue's Guppy Games, a developer of games for mobile phones, said Monday afternoon that it has been acquired by NVLsoft, a Korean Web 2.0 developer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Guppy Games develops BREW and J2M...

Revolution Health Group LLC, a health care company that operates the RevolutionHealth.com Web site, announced today that it has acquired HealthTalk, an online provider of chronic care information and programming. Terms of the deal were not ...

Seattle-based WebFives has been acquired by Microsoft, according to the company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. WebFives, which was formerly known as Vizrea, provided an online service for sharing videos, photos, music, and...

Seattle's PhotoWorks, a provider of photo processing, photo books, photo cards, online photo sharing services, and other photo gifts and items, has been acquired by American Greetings, American Greetings said late Wednesday. American Greeti...

Seattle-based Big Fish Games announced Wednesday morning that it has acquired Thinglefin, a developer of massively multi-player online games which is also based in Seattle. Financial terms of the deal wree not disclosed. According to Big Fi...

Danaher Corp. announced Wednesday that it has acquired more than 90 percent of the outstanding shares of Tektronix Inc. common stock after a subsidiary's subsequent offering period expired Tuesday evening just before midnight Eastern time. ...

Avalara, a publisher of Web-based sales tax management software, reported Wednesday that it has agreed to purchase New Horizons Systems LLC, a developer of tax jurisdiction assignment software. Terms of the deal, which Avalara expects will ...

Information technology consulting firm EDS has agreed to acquire Saber Holdings Inc., a Portland, Ore.-based publisher of software for state and local governments, EDS announced Tuesday. The Plano, Texas-based company said it will pay Saber...

Portland, Ore.-based FLIR Systems Inc., a producer of thermal-imaging and stabilized camera systems, has agreed to purchase Extech Instruments Corp., a manufacturer of test and measurement equipment and portable receipt printers, Extech ann...

Microsoft said Monday that it intends to acquire Musicwave SA, a provider of mobile music entertainment services. Financial terms were not disclosed. Musicwave SA is owned by Openwave, and is based in Paris. Microsoft said that Musicwave wi...

Seattle-based beRecruited, an online web site focused on high school athletes looking to be recruited by colleges, has been acquired by RVS Ventures, and investment firm based in Atlanta. Financial terms were not disclosed. beRecruited was ...

Danaher Corp., a manufacturer of medical and industrial tools and components, announced Wednesday that federally mandated waiting period for its bid to purchase Tektronix has expired. Danaher explained that it has passed the waiting period ...

Seattle-based Flexcar, and Boston-based Zipcar said today that the firms have agreed to merge. Both Flexcar and Zipcar provide car sharing services, which allow people access to a car when needed. According to the firms, the combined compan...

Portland, Oregon-based Platial, which provides online services that allow users to create maps, has acquired San Francisco-based Frappr, a competing online mapping service. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Platial is venture funde...

Bellevue, Washington-based InfoSpace said this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to sell its mobile services business, to Motricity. The deal is worth $135M in cash. InfoSpace said that the deal will result in the company being s...

Danaher Corp., a manufacturer of medical and industrial tools and components, announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase Tektronix, a producer of testing and monitoring devices, for $2.8 billion. Danaher said the cash transaction amoun...

MSBNC Interactive News LLC said Sunday that it has acquired Seattle-based NewsVine, an online social media and news site. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to MSNBC, Newsvine's employees will continue to be l...

Bend, Oregon-based Cort Software, a provider of enterprise payroll software, has been acquired by NuView Systems. NuView said that it has completed the acquisition of Cort Software today, but did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Ma...

Microsoft said this morning on its Live Search blog that it has acquired Jellyfish.com, the Madison, Wisconsin-based discount shopping service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft said that the technology from Jellyfis...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Game Trust, a casual game company based in New York. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Game Trust provides social networking and community services for ca...

Bellevue, Washington-based Synchronex announced today that it has purchased the print media Division of Mobile Computing Corporation, a provider of mobile software for the newspaper and media distribution market. Financial terms of the deal...

Seattle-based Marchex said today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of VoiceStar. The deal was worth approximately $20M, including $12.9M in cash plus $7.1M in restricted stock. VoiceStar is a provider of pay-per-cal...

Bellevue, Washington-based AccessLine has officially become part of Telanetix, the firms said today, as Telanetix has completed its buy of the hosted VoIP maker. The deal, which was originally announced earlier this month, was worth $34.9M....

Bellevue-based InfoSpace Inc. has agreed to sell Switchboard.com and other online directory assets to Idearc Inc. for $225 million, Idearc announced Monday. Idearc is operator of Superpages.com and publisher of the Verizon Yellow Pages. Ide...

Seattle-based F5 Networks said Thursday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Acopia Networks, a provider of file virtualization products. The deal was originally announced at the beginning of August, and was worth $210M in cas...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RadiSys said late last night that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Intel's modular communications platforms business. RadiSys said it paid approximately $31.75M at closing for the unit. The acquisitio...

Hillsboro, Oregon-basd RadiSys Corp. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase portions of Intel Corp.'s modular communications platforms business. RadiSys said it plans to pay a purchase price of $25 million, plus $6.75 million in in...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor, a manufacturer of wireless communications products, announced Tuesday that it has concluded its purchase of Peak Devices Inc. Colorado-based Peak Devices is a fabless semiconductor company tha...

Portland, Oregon-based VersionTracker, an online web site which tracks software updates and versions, has been acquired by CNET. Financial terms were not disclosed. VersionTracker started out as a site for tracking the latest version of sof...

Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Parlano, a software developer best known for MindAlign, an enterprise group chat application. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, Microsoft said it ...

Seattle-based Medio Systems, a provider of mobile search and advertising products, said Tuesday that it has acquired Suhari LLC, a mobile advertising firm. FInancial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Medio said that the acquisiti...

TriQuint Semiconductor, a manufacturer of wireless communications products, revealed Tuesday that it has agreed to purchase Peak Devices Inc. of Boulder, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, TriQuint said it expects the cash...

Bainbridge Island, Washington-based Avalara, a provider of web-based sales tax management services, said Wednesday that it has acquired Baton Rouge, La.-based Trustfile. Trustfile develops software used for automating sales tax electronic f...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of aQuantive. Microsoft announced its $6B deal to acquire Seattle-based aQuantive in May. According to Microsoft, aQuantive will become part of a new Adve...

Seattle-based Marchex said Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire VoiceStar, a provider of pay-per-call and other call-based advertising services. The deal is worth $28M, split between $12.9M in cash plus $7.1M in restric...

F5 Networks Inc., a developer of application optimization software, announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire file virtualization provider Acopia Networks Inc. for $210 million in cash. F5 estimated the transaction, which is for 100 pe...

Biopharmaceutical firm Cell Therapeutics Inc. announced Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of fellow pharmaceutical manufacturer Systems Medicine Inc. CTI first announced its intention to purchase SMi a week ago. According to CTI...

Portland, Oregon-based Digital Trends, an online news site focused on consumer electronics and technology, said Tuesday morning that it has acquired Embassy Multimedia Consultants. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Embassy Mul...

Redmond, Washington-based Concur said today that it has agreed to acquire H-G Holdings, Inc., owner of Gelco Information Network and Gelco Expense Management. Concur said it will pay $160M in cash for H-G Holdings. Gelco Expense Management ...

Microsoft said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired AdECN, an online advertising exchange marketplace based in Santa Barbara, California. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. AdECN provides a real-time auction technology used ...

Biopharmaceutical company Cell Therapeutics Inc. announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire fellow pharmaceutical firm Systems Medicine Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger valued at $20 million. CTI said SMi stockholders might also rece...

Twango, operators of the social media-sharing Web site, Twango.com, announced today that it has been acquired by Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Redmond, Wash., Twango w...

Seattle-based Recipezaar, an online site focused on recipes and food, has been acquired by publisher The E.W. Scripps Company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. E.W. Scripps is the operator of HGTV and Food Network. Re...

Bellevue, Washington-based PremierGuide, a provider of online business directories, has been acquired by a search engine firm focused on the local search market. California-based Local.com, a provider of an online local search engine, said ...

Seattle-based casual computer games developer Oberon Media announced today that it will acquire PixelPlay, a developer and distributor of games for the interactive television market. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close later this ...

Seattle-based PopCap Games said Monday that it has acquired SpinTop Games, a developer of online casual games. Financial terms were not disclosed. PopCap said that SpinTop co-founders Duncan Magee and Craig Hamilton will manage SpinTop as a...

Seattle-based PopCap Games announced today that it has acquired Retro64, a publisher of arcade style action and puzzle games. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Retro64 is based in Chicago, and has become a satellite dev...

Seattle-based Aventail Corporation has officially become part of network security hardware provide SonicWall, SonicWall said last night. Aventail, which was purchased by SonicWall in June for $25M in cash, has become part of SonicWall's Net...

Electro Scientific Industries Inc., a manufacturer of photonic and laser instruments, announced Thursday that it has agreed to purchase New Wave Research Inc. for $36 million. ESI said the sale price is roughly equivalent to NWR's current a...

UltraTape Industries, a manufacturer of adhesive tapes for cleanroom environments, has been acquired by Delphon Industries, the parent company of various packaging and printing enterprises, Delphon announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were ...

Omaha, Nebraska-based infoUSA said Friday that it has acquired Portland, Oregon-based expresscopy.com. expresscopy.com provides on-demand printing and mailing services, including postcards, direct mail, and other customizable online designs...

Seattle-based Getty Images said today that it has acquired Pump Audio, a provider of independent music for content creators. The deal was worth approximately $42M. The acquisition put the firm into the commercial music licensing business. P...

Wacom Company Ltd., a manufacturer of digital pen input devices, revealed Wednesday that it has acquired Touchscreen Konnection Oasis Inc., which specializes in touch-based input. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wacom said the acquisi...

Bellevue, Washington-based Healia, an online vertical search engine focused on health, has been acquired. Des Moines, Iowa-based Meredith Corporation said Monday that it has acquired Healia, but did not disclose terms of the deal. Meredith ...

Minneapolis-based Eschelon Telecom disclosed Thursday that both Colorado and Utah have approved the firm's acquisition of Portland, Oregon-based Integra Telecom, a provider of voice, data, and Internet communications to customers in Arizona...

BASIS International Ltd., a developer of software application tools, said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired AddOnSoftware, a enterprise resource planning software product, from Beaverton, Oregon-based MicroAccounting Sytsems. Financia...

Seattle-based Aventail Corporation, a provider of SSL VPN remote access hardware, has been acquired in a $25M cash deal by SonicWALL, an IT security products firm. SonicWALL said late Tuesday that it is acquiring Aventail to better meet the...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based semiconductor software firm Mentor Graphics said today that it has acquired another firm in the industry, Sierra Design Automation. Mentor said it will pay $90M in stock and cash for the company, a provider of hig...

Microsoft announced Thursday that it is buying Alpharetta, Georgia-based Stratature, a provider of data management softare firm. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft said that it will withdraw current Stratature product...

Bellevue, Washington-based Radiant Research, a provider of clincial research services for the biopharmaceutical, nutrition, and medical device industry, said today that it has sold the business to an ownership group led by ICICI Venture. Te...

Portland, Oregon-based SnapNames, which provides services for managing and buying expired and deleting domain names, has been acquired. Los Angeles-based Oversee.net said it has acquired SnapNames for an undisclosed amount, in a deal expect...

Specialty display manufacturer Planar Systems Inc. revealed Wednesday that it has acquired home theater specialist Runco International Inc. for $36.7 million. Planar said the funding consisted of $14.7 million in existing cash and $22 milli...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft announced this morning that it is acquiring aQuantive, in a deal worth approximately $6 billion. Microsoft said it will pay $66.50 per share in an all-cash transaction for the firm. aQuantive owns Atlas, ...

Digital media heavyweight RealNetworks Inc. announced Wednesday that it has acquired Sony NetServices, a joint venture between Sony DADC and Sony Europe. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Sony NetServices provides mobile operator...

Online retailer Amazon.com revealed Monday that it has acquired www.dpreview.com, a popular Web site for digital camera information and reviews. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, though Amazon stated that dpreview.com will remain an ind...

Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft said Thursday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Tellme Networks, a Mountain View, California firm that provides voice services. Microsoft said that the firm will operate as a wholly owned...

United Communications Inc., also known as UNICOM, has been purchased by Eschelon Telecom Inc. for some $13.9 million in cash, Eschelon announced Tuesday. A privately held firm headquartered in Bend, Oregon, UNICOM sells business telephone s...

Opsware said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Bellevue, Washington-based iConclude. The firm said that iConclude's software has been renamed to Opsware Process Automation System. The $54M deal was announced in March. iC...

Wenatchee-based Modern Networking, a firm that operates a telecommunications network focused on the healthcare industry, has been acquired by GCI, an Alaskan provider of integrated telecommunications services, GCI said this week. Modern Net...

Document management software developer Captaris Inc. has agreed to acquire facsimile equipment manufacturer Castelle, Captaris announced Thursday. The deal, which was unanimously approved by both boards of directors, specifies that Captaris...

Seattle-based Getty Images said today that it has completed its acquisition of WireImage. WireImage is a provider of celebrity, entertainment, and sports photography. The deal also included MediaVast, the owner of WireImage, which also oper...

Bellevue, Washington-based Ascentium said today that it has acquired Invoke Systems, a technology solution provider focused on Microsoft CRM products. Financial terms were not disclosed. The combined firm will provide Microsoft Dynamics CRM...

Spokane, Washington-based Itron announced today that it has completed the firm's acquisition of Actaris Metering Systems, for $1.7B. Actaris is a provider of electricity, gas, and water metering outside of the North American market. Itron i...

Portland, Oregon-based Chockstone said this morning that it has acquired Peppercoin, a provider of merchant loyalty programs and related consulting and analytical services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Waltham, MA. based ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Cascade Microtech said today that it has acquired Gryphics, a firm that provides high performance socket products used in the final production and evaluation testing of packaged semiconductors. The deal was worth app...

Motorola has completed its $39M acquisition of Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Tut Systems, the firm said today. The deal was originally announced in December. Tut Systems is a provider of content processing and distribution products for the cabl...

Beaverton, Oregon-based uXcomm said today that it has acquired the assets of Virtugo Software, a provider of performance and service level management tools for virtualized environments. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. uXcomm...

Best Buy announced Tuesday that it has acquired Speakeasy, a Seattle-based provider of broadband and other services. The deal was worth $97M, approximately 1.2 times Speakeasy's calendar year revenues of $80M. Speakeasy provides broadband v...

Portland, Oregon-based Integra Telecom, a provider of local, long distance, and Internet services for businesses, said today that it is in a $710M deal to purchase Eschelon Telecom. The deal is worth $30 per share of Eschelon Telecom stock,...

Bothell, Washington-based Thriva LLC, a firm provides camp, school, and event registration software, has been acquired by California-based The Active Network. The Active Network said today that it has acquired the firm. Thriva CEO, Matt Ehr...

Astound Broadband, a subsidiary of Kirkland, Washington-based Wave Division Holdings, has purchased RCN's San Francisco assets in a deal worth $45M in cash. RCN said that it completed the sale of RCN's San Francisco operations Tuesday. The ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Esterline Corporation announced Wednesday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of CMC Electronics. The deal was worth approximately $335M in cash. CMC is a manufacturer of electronic products for the ae...

Redmond, washington-based Microsoft said today it is acquiring Tellme Networks, a California-based firm that provides 411 and other voice directory services. Financial terms were not disclosed, however widespread coverage places the deal ar...

Bellevue, Washington-based Ascentium Corporation and Portland, Oregon-based Centerlogic announced Tuesday that Ascentium has acquired Centerlogic. Ascentium is a technology and marketing consulting firm, and CenterLogic is a systems integra...

Seattle-based Getty Images said today that it has acquired Scoopt, a provider of user-generated editorial content. Scoopt aggregates and distributes news related photographs and videos captured by amateur photographers. Financial terms of t...

Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Tut Systems said last night that its stockholders have approved the firm's proposed acquisition by Motorola. The merger, which was announced in December, is worth $39M in cash. Tut Systems is a provider of digital ...

Avenue A / Razorfish, a unit of Seattle-based aQuantive, announced today that it has acquired Duke, an independent interactive agency out of Paris. The deal is worth €6 million in cash plus an earnout arrangement from profits over the next ...

Bellevue, Washington-based iConclude has been acquired by Opsware, in a deal worth approximately $54M in cash and stock. Opsware said this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired iConclude, a developer of software for autom...

Denver, Colorado-based First Data Corp. announce today that it has completed its acquisition of Bellevue, Washington-based Intelligent Results, a developer of customer data analytics and decision management software. Terms of the acquisiti...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Micro Power Electronics announced today that it has acquired Redmond, Washington-based SelfCHARGE, a developer of battery chargers and docking stations. Financial terms were not disclosed. Micro Power is a developer ...

HP said late Monday that it has acquired Beaverton, Oregon-based PolyServe, a maker of software for shared storage access. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HP said that the acquisition will provide HP with entry into the high...

Microsoft said today it is buying a small provider of web search for the health industry, Medstory. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Medstory provides intelligent web search technology for the health information area. ...

Seattle-based Getty Images said this morning that it has acquired WireImage, a provider of entertainment and event imagery, in a deal worth $200M in cash. The deal also includes MediaVast, the owner of WireImage, and the brands FilmMagic an...

First Data Corp. said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Bellevue, Washington-based Intelligent Results. Intelligent Results is a provider of data analytics and decision management software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not di...

CheckFree Corporation said Wednesday that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Corillian, in a deal worth $245M. Checkfree said it will acquire all of the outstanding shares of publicly held Corillian at $5.15 p...

Renton, Washington-based Casabyte, a provider of test tools for the wireless market, has been acquired by JDSU. Milpitas, California-based JDSU said it is in an agreement to purchase Casabyte for an undisclosed amount. Casabyte will become ...

Motorola and Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Tut Systems said today that Motorola is acquiring Tut in a deal worth approximately $39M in cash. Tut Systems is a provider of digital video encoding, processing, and distribution products. Motorola sa...

Grants Pass, Oregon-based Energy Outfitters, a solar energy distribution firm, has been acquired by Vermont-based groSolar, a venture-backed solar energy integrator. Financial terms were not disclosed. groSolar said that it will use the Ene...

Portland, Oregon-based ProSight, a provider of technology portfolio analysis products, has been acquired by Philadelphia-based Primavera Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Primavera Systems said that the acquisition ca...

Atlas, the technology business of Seattle-based aQuantive, said Monday evening that it has acquired Accipiter, in a cash deal worth $30.3M. Accipiter is a provider of ad serving technologies for web publishers. Atlas said it believes the ac...

IBM today said that it has agreed to acquired Bellevue, Washington-based Vallent. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vallent is a provider of network performance monitoring and service management software, used by wireless service provider...

Santa Clara, California-based Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software, has acquired Hillsboro, Oregon-based Knights Technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. Knights Technology provides yield management and failure...

San Francisco-based HandHeld Entertainment said Tuesday that it has acquired Seattle-based Dorks.com, a provider of user-generated handheld video entertainment, in a deal worth $1.5M. Dorks.com provides an online service for user-generated ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Tektronix has acquired Minacom, a provider of test probes for the telecommunications industry. The deal is worth approximately $27.0M. Minacom provides testing products for VoIP, voice, video, Internet, FAX, and Fax-...

Austin, Texas-based Austin Ventures has purchased Seattle-based All Star Directories, a publisher of online education directories. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Austin Ventures said that the acquisition would allow All Sta...

San Mateo, California-based Serena Software has closed its acquisition of Bellevue, Washington-based Pacific Edge Software, the firm announced today. Serena had announced the acquisition earlier this month. Financial terms of the acquisitio...

Los Angeles-based Vivendi Games has acquired Issaquah, Washington-based Secret Lair Studios, the firm said this morning. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vivendi is buying both Secret Lair and Shanghai, China-based Studio Ch'in, both of ...

Seattle-based Loudeye said last night that Loudeye and Nokia have received regulatory approval for their proposed merger. The two said that they received early termination from the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust act. T...

Seattle-based RealNetworks has acquired WiderThan, a provider of ringtones and other mobile entertainment, for $350M. The cash offer is worth $17.05 for every share of WiderThan, which is listed on the Nasdaq as WTHN. WiderThan provides its...

Seattle-based BidClix has been acquired by Accipter Solutions, a North Carolina-based online advertising firm. Financial terms were not disclosed. Accipter said that it will keep the BidClix Seattle office to expand its West Coast presence,...

Kirkland, Washington-based Who's Calling has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners, a private equity farm, the firm reported today. The acquisition is expected to close in mid-Septemebr. Who's Calling said that the acquisition would allow ...

Arizona-based Antares conTech has completed its merger with Washington-based UMD Advanced Test Technologies, the company said today. Antares conTech is a supplier of sockets and connectors. UMD Advanced Test Technologies provides back-end I...

Washington-based Weyerhaeuser Company has acquired Colorado Springs, Colorado-based OrganicID, a developer of printed radio frequency identification devices, the firm said Wednesday. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. OrganicID de...

California-based Demand Media, the domain name aggregation firm that acquired eNom in May of last year, has acquired Seattle-based Hillclimb Media. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Hillclimb Media develops travel, sports, and o...

Redmond, Washington-based Advanced Digital Information Corporation said this afternoon that its shareholders have approved the merger of ADIC with Quantum. Quantum expects the transaction to close Tuesday, August 22nd. The proposed merger w...

San Jose-based Quantum Corp, which is in the midst of acquiring Redmond, Washington-based tape provider ADIC, said today that it expects it acquisition of ADIC to close on August 22nd, pending approval by ADIC shareholders at a special meet...

Nokia has acquired Seattle-based Loudeye, saying today that it will acquire the firm for $60M US. Loudeye develops digital music platforms and a digita media distribution service. According to Nokia, it will pay $4.50 per share of cash for ...

Landham, Maryland-based Vocus, a provider of software for the public relations industry, said today that it has purchased Ferndale, Washington-based PRWeb for $28.0M. Vocus said that the transaction included $20.8M in cash, plus 494,543 sha...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RadiSys, a provider of embedded systems for the communications networking market, said Thursday that it will acquire Vancouver-based Convedia, a provider of IP media processing and IP Media Server products. The deal ...

Seattle-based WatchGuard Technologies is being purchased by private equity firm Francisco Partners, in a deal worth approximately $151M. WatchGuard said today that its board has approved a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstand...

Seattle-based Avenue A / Razorfish said this evening that it has acquired Amnesia, a digital marketing company based in Australia. Avenue A / Razorfish said that it paid $3.7M (US dollars) for Amnesia. Amnesia will retain its brand identity...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Planar Systems is acquiring Clarity Visual Systems, a developer of display solutions used for transportation and traffic control, security and defense, broadcast, and telecommunications. The deal is worth $46M in cas...

Gilead Sciences is acquiring Seattle-based Corus Pharma in a deal worth $365M, the firm said yesterday. Gilead said that it has agreed to exercise its option to acquire the firm, which is commercialization products for treating respiratory ...

Kronos, a Massachusetts-based maker of workforce management software, said yesterday that it is buying Beaverton, Oregon-based Unicru, for $150M in cash. Unicru, which develops talent management software that is hosted as software-as-a-serv...

Vancouver, Washington-based UMD Advanced Test Technologies, a semiconductor test equipment provider, and Arizona-based Antares conTech, a provider of sockets and connectors for the semiconductor industry have merged. The two companies said ...

Seattle-based ZAAZ, an interactive agency that provides creative services for web sites, web strategy, and search marketing services, has been acquired by Wunderman. Terms were not disclosed. ZAAZ provides high end, web analytics services t...