Edmonds, Washington-based Averetek, which develops channel marketing automation software, has been acquired by supply chain giant E2open. Financial details of the buy were not announced. E2open said that the acquisition will help it create ...

Vancouver, Washington-based email encryption and e-signature service, DeliverySlip, has been acquired by email security software developer Zix for $14M. Zix announced this morning that it has acquired Cirius Messaging, the parent firm of De...

Seattle-based Amazon has acquired CANVAS Technology, which develops autonomous navigation and robotics technology for the warehouse robotics market, according to reports today, to help it bolster the robots used in its fulfillment centers. ...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based FLIR Systems announced today that it has completed its $382M acquisition of defense robot developer Endeavor Robotics Holdings. Endeavor Robotics Holdings was owned by private equity investor Arlington Capital Part...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based sensor maker FLIR Systems said on Monday that it has acquired Endeavor Robotics, a developer of robots used by the military to disable roadside bombs and clear improvised explosive devices (IEDs). FLIR said it wil...

Seattle-based Amazon announced on Monday afternoon that it has acquired Eero, the maker of a mesh, Wi-Fi networking system for the home. The buy is the latest in Amazon purchasing its own hardware company. Financial terms of the acquisitio...

Vancouver, Washington-based DiscoverOrg, a provider of information for sales and marketing teams, says it has acquired competitor Zoom Information (ZoomInfo), which is based in Waltham, Mass. Financial details of the acquisition were not an...

Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired BrightBytes, the developer of personalized learning software for the education and school district market. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. According to Microsoft, BrightBy...

Microsoft said Thursday that it has acquired Citus Data, a developer of open source software for PostgreSQL. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to Microsoft, the deal will help accelerate its Azure PostgreSQL...

Seattle-based Amazon has reportedly acquired Israeli cloud computing developer CloudEndure, in a deal worth up to $250M. The deal has not yet been confirmed by either company. The deal was first reported by Israel's The Globes financial new...

Seattle-based Parallels, the developer of cross-platform software which allows Mac users to run Windows apps, has been acquired by Ottawa-based Corel Corporation, the two announced on Thursday. Financial details of the buy were not announce...

Seattle-based app developer Black Pixel has been acquired by artificial intelligence software developer Hypergiant, the two companies announced this morning. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Hypergiant is based in Austin, T...

Microsoft said this week that it has acquired FSLogix, a startup which offers up software to helps systems administrators manage virtual desktops. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. FSLogix had raised $12.5M in funding...

Seattle-based Heptio, which develops software for the Kubernetes cloud environment, has been acquired by VMware. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to VMware, the deal will help it engage the open source comm...

Redmond-based Planetary Resources, the asteroid mining and space probe developer, has been acquired by ConsenSys, a Blockchain "venture production studio", the companies said last week. According to the firms, Planetary Resources' President...

Sunnyvale, California-based LinkedIn--which is owned by Microsoft--said on Monday that it ha acquired Glint, a developer of employee engagement software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Glint is based in Redwood City, Califor...

Seattle-based QuoteWizard.com, which operates a insurance comparison and quote site, has been acquired by North Carolina-based LendingTree, in a deal worth $370M. QuoteWizard was founded in 2006. LendingTree said the deal will help it expan...

Portland-based Smarsh, which develops e-discovery software, has completed its merger with another e-discovery company, Actiance, the company said on Wednesday. According to Smarsh, the combined company will continue to operate under the Sma...

Seattle-based B2B marketing attribution software developer Bizible--which was just acquired in May by San Francisco-based Marketo, is about to become part of Adobe, after Adobe said Thursday it is buying Marketo. Adobe announced on Thursda...

Seattle-based StackPointCloud, a company developing software for the Kubernetes market, has been acquired by Silicon Valley's NetApp, the companies said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. NetApp said that it wou...

Microsoft announced on Thursday that it is acquiring Lobe, a developer of artificial intelligence tools used to create applications which can understand hand gestures, hear music, read handwriting, and more. Financial details of the acquis...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based FLIR Systems announced today that it has acquired Denver-based Acyclica, a provider of cloud-based software which use data from such things as visible and thermal cameras, roadway sensors, radars, and intersection ...

A group of employees of Austin's Whole Foods is hoping to create a union, hoping to better deal with the takeover of Whole Foods by Amazon. According to a letter circulating among Whole Foods' employees, the group is "concerned about the di...

Amazon reportedly paid around $40M this week to acquire Indian startup Tapzo, a provider of a platform which lets users run multiple apps without having to go through multiple installs, including Uber and Ola. Amazon has not confirmed the a...

Seattle-based Grakon, a developer of lighting systems and components for the heavy truck, bus, rail, electric vehicle and power sports markets, was acquired this week by Chicago-based Methode Elecronics. Methode said Grakon had revenues of ...

Seattle-based Porch announced this morning that it has acquired Serviz, and on-demand home services company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Porch said it will integrate the Serviz technology platform into its own sit...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Earth Class Mail, a provider of a service which receives and scans mail for businesses, has acquired Durham, North Carolina-based Shoeboxed. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Shoeboxed provides a...

Seattle-based Vertex.AI, which develops the open source PlaidML machine learning software, has been acquired by Intel, the two companies said on Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vertex.AI said it has become p...

Boeing said on Thursday thaat it has acquired Millenium Space Systems, a developer of small satellite systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Boeing said that Millennium Space Systems has approximately 260 employee...

Seattle-based Analytics Pros, a Google Analytics 360 and Google Cloud partner and reseller, has been acquired by Denver-based AdSwerve, a provider of programmatic advertising buying services, AdSwerve said on Tuesday. AdSwerve said it paid ...

Seattle-based Zillow said today that it has acquired Mortgage Lenders of America, an online mortgage lender based in Kansas. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Zillow is an originator of loans, allowing Zillow to enter i...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Avnera Corporation, a developer of analog and mixed signal audio, voice, and speech processing semiconductors, has been acquired by Skyworks, in a deal worth up to $425M. Skyworks said it will pay $405M in cash for A...

DocuSign, the provider of electronic signature software with its roots in Seattle, said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquired SpringCM, a provider of cloud-based document generation and contract lifecycle management software. DocuSign s...

Seattle-based ICEBRG, a developer of network cybersecurity software, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Gigamon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. ICEBRG's software provided network visibility and threat correlat...

Seattle-based Amazon announced on Thursday that it has acquired Pillpack, an online pharmacy which delivers prescriptions to people with multiple, daily prescriptions. Amazon will pay $1 billion for Pillpack, which was based in Amazon. Acco...

Microsoft announced on Monday morning that it has acquired Flipgrid, a software tool which lets students and teachers to create video-based presentations and video responses to lessons. Financial details of the acquisition were not announce...

Seattle-based Avalara priced its IPO at the high end of its initial estimated offering range on Thursday evening, at $24.00 per share, and saw a massive pop in its trading this morning--up over 55 percent, at $37.40 in early trading. Avalar...

Seattle-based Avalara, which develops software to help automate the process of collecting local and state taxes, has set its estimated initial public offering price range, saying it plans to offer up 7,500,000 of its shares at between $19.0...

Microsoft said this morning that it has acquired online source code management services provider Github, in a deal worth $7.5 billion in stock. According to Microsoft, the acquisition will advance Microsoft services with new audiences. Gith...

Seattle-based dog-sitting marketplace Rover announced Thursday morning that it has raised $155M, split between a huge, $125M equity funding round for the company and $30M in a credit facility. The equity funding was led by T. Rowe Price Ass...

Portland-based a href="http://www.iovation.com">Iovation has been acquired by credit information provider TransUnion, the two announced last week. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Iovation is a provider of fraud and ...

Microsoft said over the weekend that it has acquired Semantic Machines, a startup which is developing conversational artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Semantic Machines was based in...

Seattle-based Avalara filed for an IPO last week, saying in an S-1 filing Friday that it is looking to raised up to $150M in its Initial Public Offering. The company has applied to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol...

Chinese display maker Leyard and Planar Systems, the Beaverton, Oregon-based LCD and LED display unit of Leyard, said this morning that it has acquired eyevis, along with Teracue. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Eyevis is ...

Seattle-based Bizible, which develops marketing performance management software, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Marketo. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Marketo said the buys is its "largest acquisition" in its hist...

Bellevue-based Smartsheet, which develops collaboration software for business users, priced its IPO last night at $15.00 per share, above its initial estimated IPO range of between $10.00 and $12.00. The company will start trading today on ...

Docusign, which develops e-signature software--and was founded in Seattle--priced its IPO last night at $29.00 per share, well above its initial $24.00 to $26.00 estimated IPO range. The offering raised $465M for the company. Docusign start...

Portland-based construction management software developer Viewpoint has been acquired for $1.2 billion by Silicon Valley-based Trimble, the two companies said on Monday afternoon. Viewpoint had been owned by private equity firm Bain Capital...

Seattle-based Socrata, the developer of cloud-based software used for accessing government and public data which is led by Kevin Merritt, has been acquired by Tyler Technologies, a big developer of government software. Financial detail sof ...

E-signature software developer Docusign, which was founded in Seattle, set its estimated initial IPO pricing range to between $24.00 and $26.00 per share on Tuesday. According to the company, it is looking to sell 21,700,000 shares of its s...

Vancouver, Washington-based nLight, which makes semiconductor and fiber lasers used in the industrial, microfabrication, aerospace, and defense markets, has set its estimated IPO pricing, saying it now hopes to sell 5,400,000 shares of its ...

Bellevue, Washington-based Smartsheet has set an estimated IPO pricing range of between $10.00 and $12.00 per share, saying in an IPO filing on Monday that it is looking to raise up to $160.5M by selling 111,632,950 shares of its common sto...

Seattle-based Amazon said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of video security doorbell maker Ring, and has also dropped the price of Ring's flagship product, the Ring Video Doorbell, to only $99.99. Amazon paid approximately $1...

Beaverton, Orgeon-based Nike is furthering its reach into the world of technology, saying Monday afternoon that it has acquired Invertex Ltd., a computer vision firm based in Israel. According to Nike, the team at Invertex will help it buil...

Seattle-based MotorWebs, a web design company that specializes in creation and management of car dealership websites, has been acquired by fusionZONE Automotive, a developer of website software for automotive dealers based in California. Fi...

Vancouver, Washington-based nLight, which develops semiconductor and fiber lasers, has filed for an IPO. The company said it is looking to raise up to $86.25M in an IPO, and has applied to list as LASR on the Nasdaq Global Market. nLight's ...

Seattle-based Erado, a developer of archiving, eDiscovery, and compliance software, has been acquired by Zix Corporation, the two. Zix, based in Dallas, is a provider of email security software. Size of the acquisition was not anounced, how...

Docusign, the developer of e-signature software which was founded in Seattle, has filed for an IPO, saying it is looking to raise $100,000,000 in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as DOCU. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Sta...

Bellevue-based Smartsheet, which develops business collaboration software, is eyeing an IPO, and has hired a trio of investment bankers to take it public, according to a report today. According to Reuters, citing "people familiar with the m...

Nordstrom said on Thursday that it has acquired two Seattle companies--BevyUp, a developer of a digital selling tool, and MessageYes, a developer of "conversational commerce" software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. ...

Auburn, Washington-based IT solutions provider ...

href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon is buying smart-doorbell maker Ring according to a yet-unconfirmed report on Tuesday afternoon. Ring, founded by Jamie Siminoff, makes a very popular line of video doorbells, which allow people to see and...

Seattle-based Unium, a startup developing mesh Wi-Fi technology, has been acquired by Nokia, as part of Nokia's efforts to boost its whole-home Wi-Fi technology capability. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Unium was ...

Seattle-based online data protection and backup service Mozy--which was owned by Dell Technologies-- has been sold to data protection service Carbonite, in a deal worth $145.8M in cash, the companies said on Tuesday. Carbonite said the buy ...

Chalkup, a startup developing e-learning software for teachers, has been acquired by Microsoft, to help Microsoft bolster its Microsoft Education products, the two companies said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not a...

Amazon paid $90M for wireless security camera maker Blink, according to reports today. Amazon acquired Blink in December, saying it would continue to sell and support Blink's products....

Bellevue, Washington-based process automation software developer Nintex has been acquired by private equity investor Thoma Bravo, the companies said on Friday. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Nintex had been owned by TA As...

T-Mobile paid a cool $325M last month for Layer3 TV, the startup it is acquiring to help launch its own mobile television service, according to T-Mobile's 10-Q, third quarter results filing. According to T-Mobile, the deal is still subject ...

Bellevue-based Apptio said on Friday that it has acquired Digital Fuel SV, a provider of IT business management software. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Digital Fuel had been owned by private equity investor Skyvie...

Seattle Genetics and fellow Seattle biotech Cascadian Therapeutics said on Wednesday that the two have entered into an agreement, where Seattle Genetics will acquire Cascadian for $614M in cash. Cascadian is a developer of treatments for me...

Seattle-based PlayFab, the developer of cloud-based analytics, virtual goods, player management, and other tools for online videogames, was acquired this week by Microsoft. PlayFab was venture backed by such investors as Madrona Venture Gro...

Seattle-based Spoken Communications, which provides contact center services and software, has been acquired by Silicon Valley's Avaya. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Avaya said that it will use Spoken's artificial intellig...

Spokane-based ENGIE Insight, formerly known as Ecova, said this morning that it has agreed to sell its utility division to CLEAResult. Financial details of the sale were not announced. ENGIE Insight said the sale will help it put an "accele...

Bellevue, Washington-based Entomo, which had develops software to help manage sales channel incentives, including market development funds (MDF), co-op, and channel rebates, has been acquired by E2open, a supply chain marketplace operator. ...

Bellevue-based wireless carrier T-Mobile said Tuesday morning that it has completed its acquisition of Layer3 TV, a company which offers up an online, streaming television service. According to T-Mobile, it will use the acquisition to launc...

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics, which develops cancer treatment drugs, has agreed to be acquired by New Jersey-based Celgene, the two companies announced this morning, in a deal worth approximately $9 billion. According to the two, Celgene...

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics is in talks with Celgene, where Celgene is reportedly looking to acquire Juno, according to the Wall Street Journal. Financial details of the possible deal were not released, and neither company has yet confi...

Seattle-based online insurance marketplace QuoteWizard said last week that it has acquired Bantam Connect, a developer of leads acquisition services focused on "warm calls". Financial terms of the buy were not announced. QuoteWizard said th...

Luma, a startup backed by Amazon's Alexa Fund which makes mesh Wi-Fi routers, has reportedly been acquired by Newell, the parent company of smoke detector maker First Alert. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Luma had ...

The acquisition of Liberty Lake, Washington-based "smart" meter maker Itron by Silicon Valley-based Silver Spring Networks was approved by Silver Spring's shareholders on Wednesday afternoon, and the deal is now expected to close sometime t...

Microsoft has acquired flash-based storage developer Avere Systems, Avere announced this morning. Avere, based in Pittsburgh, develops flash-based, cloud-based storage technology used by enterprises in both private and public cloud environm...

Seattle-based Amazon has acquired wireless camera maker Blink, Blink announced on Friday morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Blink, which was based in Massachusetts, says it will continue to operate under the Ama...

Bellevue-based artificial intelligence and machine learning software developer Atigeo has been acquired in an asset deal, by California-based Veritone. Veritone said it will acquire the software developed by Atigeo, plus 60 issued and pendi...

DocuSign has acquired the IP rights and a "majority" of the employees from Seattle-based Appuri, DocuSign said on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. DocuSign had been working with Appuri on a pilot project aroun...

Seattle-based Simply Measured, which develops social media analytics software, said on Tuesday that it has been acquired by Sprout Social. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Sprout Social develops social media management, anal...

Seattle-based Intrepid Learning, which develops corporate learning software, has been acquired by North Carolina-based VitalSource, VitalSource announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition deal were not announced. VitalSourc...

Seattle-based Livible, the on-demand, self storage startup led by Terry Drayton, has acquired Boston-based Fetch Storage. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Fetch, which was founded in 2010, provides full service storage...

Amazon and grocery chain Whole Foods Market said on Wednesday that it will offer up special discounts on grocery items for Amazon Prime Members, as Amazon continues to work on integrating Whole Foods into its empire. According to the two, i...

Seattle-based Amazon is making its first big push to tap into the large retail footprint of its newly acquired grocery store chain, Whole Foods Market, saying this morning that Whole Foods will begin selling Amazon's full line of devices n...

Portland-based Vault, a startup developing services which had automatically helped users save for retirement when they were paid, has been acquired by fintech startup Acorns, the companies said on Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisiti...

Seattle-based venture investor has seen an exit in its portfolio, with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Cloudmark. Cybersecurity software developer Proofpoint, which is also based in Silicon Valley, said it would pay $110M in cash for...

Bellevue-based Microsoft has acquired Swing Technologies, a developer of the photo app SWNG, the companies said on Monday. Financial details of the buy were not announced. According to the companies, Swing's employees will join Skype's team...

Everett, Washington-based toy maker Funko has its IPO on Thursday, raising $125M--but saw a surprising plummet in its shares after its debut. Funko, which priced at $12.00 on Wednesday night, closed Thursday on its first day as a public com...

Seattle-based online insurance quoting service QuoteWizard said it has acquired insurance marketing and rate comparison site operator RateElert, including RateElert's online insurance technology rate comparison platform, RATEKICK.com. Finan...

August Home, the smart lock maker which is backed by Maveron, has been acquired by ASSA ABLOY. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. August was venture backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Maveron, Qualc...

Seattle-based virtual healthcare provider Carena has been acquired by telehealth provider Avizia, according to the companies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Carena, which was founded in 2000, was venture backed by Ca...

Seattle-based Onvia, which develops sales software that helps companies with government contracting and sales, has been acquired by Herndon, Virginia-based Deltek. Deltek said it will pay $9.00 per share in cash for publicly held Onvia, or ...

Boeing is acquiring Aurora Flight Sciences, a company developing autonomous aerospace vehicles, in a move towards a future of robotic aircraft, Boeing said this morning. Boeing said that Aurora is a specialist in autonomous systems technol...

Microsoft said on Tuesday morning that it has acquired AltspaceVR, the troubled virtual reality community. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Microsoft is making AltspaceVR a part of its Windows Mixed Reality unit. Micro...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based Itron, and San Jose, California-based Silver Spring Networks said today that they are in a deal, where Itron will pay approximately $830M in cash for Silver Spring. The two said that Itron will pay $16.25 per ...

Seattle-based Fine Solutions, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics consulting services, has been acquired by Canadian company Encore Business Solutions, the two said this week. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The two said...

The acquisition of Hillsboro, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor, has been blocked by the White House, in the latest, failed acquisition by Chinese investors to acquire a U.S. technology company. President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked ...

Seattle-based investor Maveron has seen an exit at one of its portfolio companies, Allconnect, a developer of sales and marketing software for the energy market, after Allconnect said last week that it is being acquired by Red Ventures. Fin...

Seattle-based Zillow Group said on Friday that it has acquired New Home Feed, the developer of a listing management software tool for home builders. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Zillow said it will incorporate New ...

Everett, Washington-based Fortive--the parent company of Fluke, Qualitrol and Industrial Scientific--said today that it has agreeed to acquire Landauer, a provider of personal and environmental radiation measurement and monitoring and outso...

Bellevue-based Expedia has acquired the majority stake in New York-based ALICE, as part of a $26M, Series B funding, the companies said on Wednesday. ALICE has now raised $39M in total, including an earlier Series A, which was also led by E...

Renton, Washington-based Microscan Systems, a developer of barcode scanning, verification, and machine vision technology, has been sold to Omron Corp., in a deal worth $157M in cash. Microscan was a unit of Spectris....

Vancouver, Washington-based DiscoverOrg, a provider of business intelligence data, has acquired competitor RainKing, a provider of B2B sales and marketing data. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. DIscoverOg is led by CEO...

Amazon and Whole Foods Market said on Wednesday that the acquisition of Whole Foods will officially close on Monday. As the first move after the acquisition, the two said they will immediately lower prices at Whole Foods Market, and that Am...

Portland-based archiving software developer Smarsh says it has acquired Cognia, a UK-based developer of cloud-based voice archiving, audio search, and analytics software. Terms of the buy were not disclosed. Smarsh says the buy will allow i...

Seattle-based Mixpo, the developer of software which helps publishers and marketers run rich media ad campaigns, has been acquired by North Carolina-based Netsertive, the two said on Tuesday morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were ...

Bellevue-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Cycle Computing, a developer of cloud computing software used for high performance computing (HPC). Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Microsoft said the buy w...

Kirkland-based global top level domain (gTLD) registrar Donuts has raised $110M in a credit facility, from Silicon Valley Bank, along with Cadence Bank, N.A., Comerica Bank, Pacific Western Bank, and Umpqua Bank, the company announced late ...

Seattle-based Korrio, which develops youth sports management software, has been acquired by fellow software developer TeamSnap, the two announced on Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Korrio's CEO is Steve G...

Seattle-based Tableau Software has acquired Palo Alto, California-based ClearGraph, a developer of natural language query software. Financial details of the deal were not announced. ClearGraph had been venture backed by Accel Partners and G...

Kirkland, Washington-based Talyst Systems, a developer of pharmacy automation technology, has been acquired by Swisslog Healthcare, a provider of medication management and supply chain solutions and services, according to owner Columbia Pac...

Amazon has acquired Dublin-based GameSparks, a developer of back end software for developing videogames. The deal has not yet been confirmed by Amazon.com, however, reports place the acquisition at around $10M. GameSparks software is used f...

Bingen, Wash.-based Kerrits Activewear, a designer, marketer, and distributor of apparel for the equestrian sports industry, has scored a strategic growth investment, the company said Monday. Financial details of the investment were not ann...

Seattle-based Redfin, the online real estate brokerage run by Glenn Kelman, was up more than 37 percent in its IPO this morning, after selling 9.2 million shares of its stock at $15.00 per share last night. Redfin, which is now trading on t...

Seattle-based Cray said this week that it has signed a deal with Seagate, where Cray will buy Seagate's ClusterStor product line. As part of the deal, Cray said it expects to add more than 100 Seagate employees and contractors as part of th...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired GraphIQ, a startup developing visualization software, according to reports today. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. GraphIQ, which was based in Santa Barbara, California, will go ...

Portland-based MobileRQ, a developer of contextual mobile marketing software, has been acquired by mobile marketing measurement software developer Kochava, the companies said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not annou...

Seattle-based A Place For Mom, the online marketplace which helps connect families with senior living and care providers, has been acquired by private equity investors Sliver Lake and General Atlantic. Financial terms of the deal were not d...

Seattle-based natural language software developer KITT.AI has been acquired by Chinese search engine giant Baidu, the companies announced on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. KITT.AI makes software which helps ...

Seattle-based online real estate broker Redfin, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing on Friday that the company is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Redfin has applied to list as RDFN. Redfin's I...

Red Ventures, a marketing firm which has offices in Seattle, but is based in North Carolina, has acquired online personal finance publisher Bankrate...

Microsoft announced on Thursday morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Israeli startup Cloudyn, a developer of software used by managed services providers and enterprises manage their use of cloud services. Financial d...

Dendreon, the former Seattle company which had been developing treatments for metastatic prostate cancer, has been acquried by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group, in a deal worth $819.9M in cash. Dendreon has been based in Seal Beach, Cali...

Bellevue-based Expedia said this morning that it has acquired SilverRail, a developer of software used for scheduling, pricing, booking, payment, and ticketing of rail tickets. Financial terms of the majority stake acquisition were not anno...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has made a stunning entry into the grocery store business, saying on Friday that it is acquiring the entire Whole Foods Market grocery store chain, in a $13.7 billion deal. According to Amazon and Whole Foods, Amazo...

Bellevue-based global, top level domain (gTLD) registry Donuts has acquired Kirkland-based Rightside Group Ltd., in a deal worth $213M, the two said on Wednesday. Donuts said it will pay $10.60 per share in cash for Rightside Group. Accord...

Seattle-based Amazon.com is looking to acquire online grocery service BigBasket, according to Bloomberg, which says BigBasket has denied Amazon is looking to acquire the company. Bloomberg cited "people familiar with the matter" in its repo...

Seattle-based private investment firm Richmond Capital Partners, which is run by technology veteran Rob Lilleness, said today that it has acquired Smartlabs, the parent company of Internet-of-things device maker Insteon and online home auto...

Jive Software, the developer of enterprise collaboration software which has its roots in Portland, is now officially part of Aurea, according to buyer Aurea. The deal was worth $462M in cash. Jive was founded in Portland in 2006, but now ha...

Microsoft said Thursday that it has acquired Hexadite, a developer of incident investigation and remediation software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Microsoft said it will use the acquisition to help bolster its Wi...

Seattle-based Placed, a developer of location-based analytics software, has been acquired by Snap Inc., the parent firm of Snapchat, Placed announced on Monday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced, however, repor...

Seattle-based ShipRush, which develops software to help small and medium-sized e-commerce companies ship packages to consumer, has been acquired by Descartes. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Descartes is a provider of logis...

Microsoft has acquire security automation software developer Hexadite, according to media reports in Israel, in a deal worth $100M. The deal had not been officially announced or confirmed my Microsoft. Hexadite has offices in Boston as we...

Kirkland-based Wave Broadband, which provides gigabit fiber and broadband services, has been acquired by private equity investor TPG Capital, in a deal worth $2.36 billion, the two announced this morning. According to the companies, TPG wil...

In the battle of online pet marketplaces Rover and DogVacay, it appears that Seattle-based Rover--at least, the Rover brand--has won. In an email to users and information posted to DogVacay's users, Rover and DogVacay said that they will be...

Portland-based Zapproved, a developer of cloud-based, e-discovery software, has been acquired by private equity investor Vista Equity Partners. Financial details of the majority strategic investment were not announced. Vista Equity said Zap...

Seattle-based Lighthouse eDiscovery, a prvider of consulting and e-discovery services for the legal marketplace, has merged with Discovia, a fellow e-discovery company, the two said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not discl...

Bellevue, Washington-based Jibe Consulting, a management and technology consulting firm focused on Oracle applications, has been acquired by Miami- and London-based The Hackett Group. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. J...

Liberty Lake, Washington-based smart meter maker Itron announced this morning that it is in a definitive agreement to acquired Comverge, a developer of demand-response technology for the utility industry. Itron said it will pay approximatel...

Jive Software, the developer of enterprise collaboration software which was founded in Portland in 2006, has been acquired by ESW Capital, LLC, via affiliate Wave Systems. The two said this morning that the deal is worth $462M in cash, and ...

Bothell-based Vertafore, a developer of insurance technology and software, has acquired RiskMatch, a provider of business intelligence and analytics software for insurance brokers and carriers. Financial details of the acquisition were not ...

Local reports from Israeli media on Thursday say that Microsoft is in negotations to buy Israeli software developer Cloudyn. Details on any potential deal have not been announced. Cloudyn is a developer of cloud computing software, used for...

Microsoft announced early this morning that it is buying Bellevue-based Intentional Software, a developer of team productivity apps that was created by former Microsoft exec Charles Simonyi. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Si...

Kirkland-based gigabit broadband provider Wave Broadband continues to build out its network through acquisitions, saying on Thursday morning that it has acquired fellow Seattle ISP Cascadelink. Financial terms of the acquisition were not an...

Seattle-based venture investor Maveron has just seen an early exit, via PetCoach, a website which had allowed veterinarians and other professionals provide answers to health and wellness questions to pet owners. Pet giant Petco said it acqu...

Kent, Washington-based Custom Controls Concepts (CCC), a provider of cabin management and in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems for Boeing and Airbus aircraft, has been acquired by New York-based Astronics Corporation. Financial terms of th...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said on Wednesday that it is shutting down Quidsi, the company that operates Diapers.com and Soap.com, saying that the unit had failed to reach profitability since it was acquired by the company in 2011. Amazon had ...

Seattle-based Rover, the pet sitting marketplace led by Aaron Easterly, said Wednesday morning that it is merging with DogVacay, a competing online dog sitting marketplace. Rover is acquiring DogVacay in an all-stock deal. Financial details...

Seattle-based Rover, the pet sitting marketplace led by Aaron Easterly, said Wednesday morning that it is merging with DogVacay, a competing online dog sitting marketplace. Rover is acquiring DogVacay in an all-stock deal. Financial details...

Seattle-based EveryMove, the consumer health improvement technology and software developer led by Russell Benaroya and which was co-founded by Marcelo Calbucci, has been acquird by Chicago-based Higi, the two companies announced on Wednesda...

Seattle-based Amazon confirmed this morning that it has reached an agreement to acquire Middle Eastern e-commerce site SOUQ.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by Amazoncom. Amazon.com is reportedly paying more than...

Vantage Data Centers, a data center operator which has a small, 6MW data center in Quincy, Washington--but more extensive holdings in Silicon Valley--has been acquired by a consortium of investors. Vantage Data CEners said it has been acqui...

Seattle-based Amazon.com is facing some stiff competition for Middle Eastern online seller Souq.com, as some local competition--Dubai-based Emaar Malls--has offered up a competing, $800M offer for Souq. According to multiple reports, Emaar ...

Seattle-based Alaska Air said on Wednesday that it is phasing out the Virgin America brand, less than a year after it acquired Virgin America. The transition is expected to be complete by sometime in 2019, according to the carrier. Alaska A...

Seattle-based Amazon has reportedly acquired Middle Eastern e-commerce company Souq, in a deal worth $650M, according to multiple reports this morning. Amazon has not yet confirmed the deal. Amazon has been rumored to be considering an acqu...

Portland, Oregon-based CarePayment, a provider of patient financing services, has been acquired by a group of private equity investors, and has moved its headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee. Cedar Springs Capital and Crestline Investors sa...

Amazon Web Services has acquired meeting software developer Do.com, Do.com, according to reports on Tuesday. Financail details of the acquisition were not announced. Do.com was based in San Francisco; the company's online information said t...

Shareholders of Portland, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor have given the company the nod to be acquired in a merger deal with private equity firm Canyon Bridge Partners, the company said on Tuesday afternoon. Lattice said 77.83 percent o...

The $1.42 billion acquisition of Vancouver, Washington-based Electric Lightwave is now complete, according to buyer Zayo Group, four months after the two announced the acquisition. Electric Lightwave, formerly known as Integra Telecom, adds...

Portland, Oregon-based Triad Speakers, which makes custom speakers for the high end audio market, has been acquired by smart home products maker Control4. Control4 said it would pay $9.6 million in cash for Triad, which it said had approxim...

Portland-based Kavi, a developer of collaboration software aimed at industry groups, was acquired by Washington DC-based Higher Logic, Higher Logic said last week. Kavi develops online community tools for such groups as the WiMAX Forum, SMP...

Seattle-based cloud-based communications provider NetFortris announced this morning that it has acquired cloud and unified communicatinos provider Fonality, which was based in Dallas, Texas. Financial terms of the acquisition were not discl...

Portland-based Skyward, a developer of drone operations software, has been acquired by Verizon, Verizon announced on Thursday. According to Verizon, it will use the acquisition to help bring drone operations management to its Internet-of-Th...

Nurego, a developer of software to help companies monetize their Industrial Internet-of-Things which has an office in Seattle, was acquired by GE Digital, the companies said last week. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Nurego'...

Everett, Washington-based toy company Funko announced today that it has agreed to acquire Underground Toys Ltd., a UK-based toy maker and distributor. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Underground Toys Ltd. is based in ...

Kirkland-based fiber and broadband operastor Wave said this morning that t has acquired Longview-based Cascade Networks. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Wave said the buy adds more than 350 route miles of fiber to i...

Seattle-based Spiral Genetics, a developer of software for the DNA sequencing market, has been acquired by Oakland, California-based Omicia. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Omicia said the buy will help it add seconda...

Seattle-based FlexMinder, a developer of software for automating the healthcare reimbursement process for third-party administrators, has been acquired by Chicago-based JellyVision, the two said on Tuesday. Financial details of the asset ac...

Microsoft has acquire Swedish 3D animation tools developer Simplygon, the company announced on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Microsoft said the buy would help it accelerate its efforts in 3D creation. Simpl...

Seattle-based TalentSonar, a developer of resume review software which promotes more diversity and attempts to remove unconscious bias in reviewing applicants for hiring, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Unitive, the firms announced...

Canadian artificial intelligence software developer Maluuba announced today that it has been acquired by Microsoft. Maluuba has been developing software which helps advanced the development of artificial intelligence software. Financial det...

Seattle-based venture investor Ignition Partners has chalked up another exit in its portfolio, after the acquisition this week of Unidesk by Citrix. Financial details of the buy, which was announced on Monday, have not been announced, hwoev...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired San Diego-based Harvest.ai, a developer of software that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to prevent data loss from enterprises, according to reports this morning. Those reports place t...

Seattle-based Amazon.com is reportedly eyeing a bid for bankrupt fashion retailer and brand American Apparel, according to Reuters this morning. Amazon.com joins Forever 21, Next Level Apparel and Authentic Brands Group LLC among companies...

Records management provider ARKIVE, which is owned by private equity investor Summit Park, and has a major location in Seattle, has acquired the assets of Iron Mountain in eight markets in the United States. Financial details of the deal we...

Seattle-based Surround.io, which was developing software to create "smart cameras", has been acquired by Xevo. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Xero is led by Satoshi Nakajima, who previously was at Ignition and Micros...

Trivago, the hotel search service which is owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, raised 287M in its IPO on Thursday, after pricing it shares on the NASDAQ Global Market at $11.00 per share. The company priced below an earlier IPO estimate of $13...

Trivago, the online hotel booking and search site owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, has set its IPO pricing terms, saying on Monday it is looking to sell 28,527,147 American Depositary Shares in its offering--being held under the name travel...

Fiber communications and network operator Electric Lightwave, which is based in Vancouver, Washington, has been acquird by bandwidth provider Zayo Group, in a deal worth $1.42 billion, the two announced this morning. Zayo said the acquisiti...

Seattle-based Amazon.com is in talk to buy Dubai-based Souq.com, an online retailer of electronics, clothing, baby items and toys, home goods, and more, in a deal worth $1 billion, according to reports over the long weekend. Souq offers up ...

Seattle-based Revel Consulting, a provider of business strategy, experience design, organizational engagement, transformation and digital analytics consulting, has acquired San Francisco-based Two Shea Consulting. Financial terms of the acq...

Online hotel search site Trivago--which is majority owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, has filed for an IPO. According to Trivago's F-1 filing (as travel B.V.), it is hoping to raise $400M in a public offering on the NASDAQ Global Select Mark...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software and tools, has agreed to be acquired by Siemens in a deal worth $4.5 billion. According to the two, Siemens will pay $37.25M per share i...

Seattle-based online jewelry retailer Blue Nile said this morning that it is going private, in an acquisition by private equity investors Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow Street. The company said that Bain Capital Private Equity and Bow ...

Portland-based Lattice Semiconducor is being acquired for $1.3 billion by private equity investor Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, the two announced this morning. The companies said that Canyon Bridge Capital Partners will pay $8.30 per shar...

Vessel, the subscription video streaming service led by former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar and CTO Richard Tom, and backed by Bezos Expeditions, the venture investment firm owned by Jeff Bezos, has been sold to Verizon, the two companies announced...

Auburn, Washington-based Zones, a $1.5 billion IT solutions provider, said late Friday that it has acquired nfrastruture Technologies LLC, a New York-based provider of technical and managed services. Financial terms of the acquisition were ...

Trivago, which is owned by Bellevue-based Expedia, is planning to float an IPO before the end of November, according to a report this week. The report says that Trivago has tapped JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley to run the offe...

Seattle-based data visualization software developer Tableau Software reportedly had been looking for a buyer this summer, but was unable to find a taker for the company, according to a report. The Wall Street Journal said late Wednesday Tab...

Seattle-based venture data provider PitchBook Data has been acquired by Morningstar, in a deal worth $225M, the companies announced this morning. PitchBook--which was founded an is led by John Gabbert--said that the company's executives, in...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics announced today that it has acquired Galaxy Semiconductor, a developer of test data analysis and defect reduction software for the semiconductor industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not...

Twilio, the developer of telephony APIs which was founded in Seattle, said late Friday that it has filed an S-1 for a follow on offering, in a move which will provide liquidity to its Class A stockholders. Twilio will not be receiving any p...

Star Aviation, a provider of design and engineering services, testing and certification work for the aviation market which has technical services facilities in Lynnwood, Washington, has been acquired by Arizona-based Carlisle Companies. Fin...

Seattle-based Zonar, which develops fleet management technology, has been acquired by German company Continental, Continental said on Tuesday. Financial terms of the majority investment were not announced. Continental said that prior owner ...

Bellevue-based Outerwall said Tuesday afternooon that its deal to be acquired by private equity investor Apollo Global Management has completed. The deal was worth approximately $1.6 billion, or $52.00 per share in cash. As part of the acqu...

Seattle-based Apptio has been seeing a little bit of a pop in the its stock price, after its IPO on Friday morning, and was around $23.14 in afernoon trading, or nearly 45 percent up over its initial public offering of $16.00 per share. App...

Seattle-based Apptio has priced its IPO at $16.00 per share, and will start trading on the NASDAQ Global Market this morning as APTI. The company priced its IPO above its earlier, estimated IPO pricing range of between $13.00 and $15.00 per...

Bellevue-based Apptio, the developer of IT and business management software which is headed by Sunny Gupta, is slated for an IPO on Friday, according to the latest IPO schedule from the NASDAQ. The company, had filed to list as APTI on the ...

Kirkland-based gigabit fibre and broadband access services provider Wave said on Wednesday that it has raised $125M in a debt financing and acquired two companies. The company said the funding will go to help it accelerate fiber network con...

Bellevue-based travel and expense management software developer Concur said late Tuesday that it has acquired Hipmunk, which develops travel search tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Concur said it will use Hipmun...

Seattle-based Poke Radar, the developer of the community app which lets Pokemon Go users figure out where to catch specific kinds of Pokemon, has been acquired by videogame developer Glu Mobile. Glu said that it will pay $500,000 in cash fo...

Bellevue-based Apptio has taken another step towards the public markets this morning, saying in a regulatory filing that it now estimates its IPO pricing at between $13.00 and $15.00 per share. The company--which as applied to list on the N...

Bellevue-based Apptio, the developer of IT and business management software led by Sunny Gupta, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised $75.0M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The company has applied to list as APTI....

Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Genee, a developer of artificial intelligence-powered scheduling software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Microsoft said it will use the acquisition to bolster Of...

Twitch, the online game streaming site that was acquired by Amazon in 2014, announced yesterday that it is acquiring Curse, a developer of content for gamers. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Curse is based in San Francisco....

Seattle-based NetMotion Wireless, the developer of mobile security software, has been sold to private equity investor The Carlyle Group. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. NetMotion Wireless was owned by private equity i...

Seattle-based Microsoft has acquired Seattle-based livestreaming service Beam, Microsoft late late Wednesday evening. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Beam becomes part of Microsoft's Xbox division. Beam develops an in...

Bellevue-based Blucora said this morning that it has completed its sale of its Infospace business to OpenMail, in a deal that was worth $45M in cash. Blucora had announced the deal in early July. The deal comes four years after Infospace re...

Portland-based Mobile Technologies Inc., which designs and sells those leashes and other devices to keep tablet PCs, mobile phones, and other devices from disappearing from display stands at such retailers as Best Buy, Walmart, Costco, and...

Seattle-based Turi--which until recently, was known as Dato, and started life as GraphLab--has been acquired by Apple. The deal is reportedly worth around $200M. Turi has raised $25.25M in funding from such Madrona Venture Group, New Ente...

Seattle-based analytics and big data consulting firm Society Consulting has been acquired by Ernst & Young, the two companies said on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Society Consulting becomes EY Society. Soc...

Portland, Oregon-based CakeSystems, a developer of home energy modeling and auditing software, has been acquired by Renovate America, the companies said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Renovate America said tha...

Seattle-based Zillow has acquired Bridge Interactive Group, a developer of broker and multiple listing service (MLS) back-office software, Zillow said on Tuesday. Financial terms of thea acquisition were not disclosed. Bridge Interactive Gr...

Bellevue-based Expedia is mulling an IPO of its Trivago business unit, company disclosed late last week, saying that it is considering an initial public offering of the company. Trivago suggested in its 10-Q that the IPO would happen before...

Spokane-based UPF Services, a provider of technology services to the real estate and mortage industry, has been acquired by real estate financial services provider Chronos Solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Ch...

Seattle-based Drugstore.com, the online vitamin and health products e-commerce site, and related e-commerce site Beauty.com, are both being shut down, Walgreens said on Thursday. Walgreens said in an 8-K regulatory filing that it would inst...

Microsoft will be getting another company in its $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn--a small company called PointDrive--as LinkedIn continues its acquisitions even as it waits for the close of its big acquisition by Microsoft. Linkedin s...

Bellevue-based Atigeo, the big data analytics software developer led by Michael Sandoval, said today that it has acquired technology from ClearSight Systems, to bolster its technology assets. Financial details of the acquisition were not di...

Bellevue-based Outerwall, the parent company of Redbox and Coinstar, said this morning that has reached a deal to be acquired by private equity investor Apollo Global Management. The deal is worth approximately $1.6 billion. The two said th...

Seattle-based Cloak, a developer of secure virtual private network (VPN) apps for iOS, has been acquired by a new security-as-a-service startup, StackPath. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. StackPath, based in Texas and...

Seattle-based Impinj, a developer of RFID chips and products, had its IPO this morning, seeling 4,800,000 shares of its common stock at $14.00 per share last night, and trading up around 23 percent in morning trading at around $17.27. The c...

Amazon has acquired Cloud9, a developer of cloud-based, software development environments used for managing multiple developers, Cloud9 said on Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Cloud9 becomes part of Amazon...

Redmond-based Bloom Consulting and Project Management has sold off one its divisions, its Application Development Division, to Louisiana-based Sparkhound...

Seattle-based software developer 1Energy Systems has been acquired by South Korean company Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. 1Energy develops software used for ...

Seattle-based Impinj, which develops RFID technology, has set the estimated IPO pricing range for its stock at between $12.00 and $14.00 per share, the company disclosed in a filing this morning. The company, which is selling 4,600,000 shar...

Bellevue-based Blucora has sold off Infospace, to data management provider OpenMail, according to the companies. Blucora said that it will receive $45M in cash for Infospace, and will use the proceeds of the sale to pay down debt. Blucora e...

Bellevue-based Donuts Inc is hoping to gain further global Top Level Domain (TLD) domination, by bidding $70M in a hostile battle for gTLD provider Rightside Group, Ltd.. Donuts said it has offered up $70M in cash to acquire the entirety of...

Twilio, which was founded in Seattle, surged in its IPO on Thursday morning, and was trading at more than $25 in its initial morning trading on the NYSE. The company is now listed as TWLO. The company priced its IPO last night at $15.00 per...

In the first techology IPO of a technology company with links to Seattle since 2014, San Francisco-based Twilio, the developer of telephony APIs which was foundedin Seattle in 2009, has priced its IPO, and starts trading on the public marke...

Seattle-based Synapse, which provides product development consulting and related services, has been acquired by a unit of French company Altran, the companies said this week. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Altran sai...

Twilio, the developer of telephony APIs which got started in Seattle in 2009, moved closer to its IPO on Monday, as it set the estimated IPO pricing range. Twilio said in a filing that it expects to sell 10,000,000 shares of its common stoc...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced this morning that it is acquiring LinkedIn in a deal worth $26.2 billion in cash. Microsoft and LinkedIn said that Microsoft will pay $196 per share in cash for LinkedIn, which will continue to be run by cu...

Seattle-based Zonar Systems, which develops fleet tracking software, is looking for a buyer, and has hired investment banker William Blair, according to a report today. The report came from Dow Jones, and cited "people familiar with the sit...

Seattle-based Impinj, the developer of RFID and other wireless chips, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC that it is looking to raise up to $60M in an offering on the NASDAQ Global Market as PI. The IPO is being underwritt...

Redmond-based Tagboard, which develops software to help companies surface hashtags and social posts about their products, has acquired Seattle-based ZIIBRA, the two said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Z...

Seattle-based Sales University, which develops sales training apps used by salespeople and enterprise companies, has been acquired by Silicon Valley online and mobile learning startup EdCast, the two said this morning. Sales University is l...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based FEI Company, the developer of electron microscopy equipment, has been acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific, in a deal worth $4.2 billion, the two said this morning. According to the two, Thermo Fisher will pay $107.5...

Twilio, the developer of telephony APIs and services which started in Seattle back in 2009, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise as much as $100M on the New York Stock Exchange as TWLO. The company is now based in San Fr...

Redmond-based Microsoft said Wednesday that it is selling off its entry level, feature phone business to a subsidiary of Foxconn...

Microsoft is geting set to sunset support for Sunrise, the calendaring app developer it acquired last year, saying that it will stop supporting the app as of August 31st. Sunrise's development team said that they have been migrating the fea...

Seattle-based Cloak, a startup developing virtual private networking apps to help iOS and Mac users to log into their computers securely when away from their desk, has been acquired by Texas-based security startup StackPath. Financial terms...

Bothell, Washington-based Vertafore, a developer of software for the insurance industry, said this morning that Bain Capital Private Equity and Vista Equity Partners are in a deal to acquire the company from TPG Capital. Financial terms of ...

Bellevue-based population health management software company Caradigm, a developer of enterprise population health management software, said it has named Neal Singh--the company's current Chief Technology Officer--as CEO of the company. The...

Seattle-based PayScale, which helps companies manage their compensation plans and pay practices, has merged with MarketPlay, a provider of technology for managing multiple sources of compensation survey data. Financial terms of the acquisit...

Seattle-based AlphaCipher Acquisition Corporation, the company which is acquiring the assets of Vadium out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said late Monday that it has closed its acquisition of the technology and related assets of Vadium. As part...

A report on Thursday said that Amazon.com is actively shopping for fashion startups that it can buy, to bolster its fashion business and sales. According to the report, from TechCrunch, Amazon has shopped around at Everlane, Le Tote, Rent T...

Portland-based GlobeSherpa, and fellow transportation app developer RideScout--both of which were acquired by Daimler AG in the last two years--said today they have become moovel North America, a new company headquartered here in Portland. ...

Metova, a provider of mobile app development services, said Tuesday that it has acquired Seattle firm Clocktower Media. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Clocktower Media is a web development and marketing firm, which provided ...

Canadian accounting software startup Mentio, one of the companies which was part of the Techstars Seattle Class of 2015, has been acquired. Mentio, which is based in Vancouver, Canada, was acquired by Toronto-based Lendified. Financial term...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has quietly acquired an artificial intelligence startup, Orbeus, which was developing image analysis software, according to reports today. Bloomberg, citing sources close to Orbeus--plus domain records--said that Am...

Portland, Oregon-based Site9, the developer of the ProtoShare web prototyping software, has been acquired by Astound Commerce, the two said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Site9 was founded by Andrew Mot...

Seattle-based dog sitting marketplace Rover has quietly acquired an on-demand, dog walking marketplace called Zingy. Timing and financial details of the acquisition were not announced, but Zingy founder Tobi Skovron left the company in Marc...

Tualatin, Oregon-based Bonzi, a developer of online software aimed at sports organizations, clubs, leagues, associations, and others, has been acquired by Blue Star Sports. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Blue Star Sports, wh...

Seattle-based Revenue Management Systems, a developer of airline revenue management and pricing software and systems, has been acquired by Dubai-based Mercator, the two companies said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not dis...

Seattle-based Alaska Air Group said this morning that it is acquiring Virgin America, in a deal worth approximately $4.0 billion. Alaska Air said it is paying $57.00 per share in cash for Virgin America, which has recently been focusing its...

Portland-based Postano, a developer of social visualization software, has been acquired by enterprise social marketing software developer Sprinklr, the two said this morning. Postano was owned by TigerLogic Corporation. Financial terms of t...

Seattle-based healthcare investor Frazier Healthcare Partners says it has closed a new, $525M fund, focused on investing in growth and buyout opportunities in the lower, middle market. According to Frazier, the fund its is first in the segm...

Seattle-based Outerwall said late Monday that it has launched an effort to "explore strategic and financial alternatives", and has hired Morgan Stanley & Co. and Perkins Coie LLP to help it with the effort. Outerwall said it also said its b...

Seattle-based Tableau said on Wednesday that it has acquired HyPer, a German data processing technology and database developer, whose high performance databases are used by business intelligence customers. Financial terms of the acquisition...

Seattle-based Immusoft, a developer of gene therapy technology, said Tuesday that it has acquired Discovery Genomics, which is developing technology to deliver genes into cells without using viruses. Financial details of the acquisition wer...

Kirkland-based INRIX said this morning that it has acquired Seattle-based OpenCar, a developer of automotive software and services. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to INRIX, it specifically acquired OpenCa...

Bothell-based insurance software developer Vertafore said this morning that it has acquired Keal Technology, a developer of software for the Canadian market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Vertafore said the move will help e...

Seattle-based Amazon.com is on the verge of acquiring Colis Prive, a major delivery company in France, according to Le Monde. Amazon.com already owns 25 percent of the delivery company, which delivers parcels within France. The companies re...

Microsoft said today that it has acquired Xamarin, a software company that makes mobile app development tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Xamarin, the definitive acquisition is an "ideal next step" f...

Seattle-based cloud backup provider Datacastle said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Seagate's Evault Endpoint Protection software, from Seagate Technology, in an asset purchase. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Da...

Bellevue-based Outerwall is battling an investor group, Engaged Capital LLC, which wants the company to put itself up for sale or consider other strategic alternatives. Engaged Capital, which owns nearly 15 percent of Outerwall, announced t...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Wednesday that it has acquired Emvantage Payments Pvt Ltd., a payment processing provider based in India. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Amazon said employees at Emvantage will join th...

Seattle-based Vhoto, a developer of computer vision and machine learning software aimed at photo and video sharing, which was backed by Atlas Ventures and Polaris Partners, has been acquired by Hulu, according to reports. Financial details ...

Redmond, Washington-based automated external defibrillator (AED) manufacturer Physio-Control is being acquired by Michigan's Stryker Corporation, in a $1.28 billion cash deal, the two said this morning. Physio-Control, which was owned by Ba...

Everett, Washington-based Telnes Broadband, a provider of Internet and managed services, has been acquired by Virginia-based GTT Communications. GTT said it paid $18M for Telnes, split between $15M in cash and $3M in common stock. Telnes ha...

Tacoma, Washington-based IID, which provides cybersecurity and cyberthreat intelligence services, has been acquired by cybersecurity provider Infoblox, the two said Monday. Infoblox said it paid $45M in cash for IID. IID was venture backed ...

One of the founders of London-based SwiftKey, Chris Hill-Scott, revealed over the weekend that he sold his stake in SwiftKey--which was just acquired by Microsoft Corp. for $250M--to buy himself a new bicycle. Apparently, Hill-Scott decided...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow Group said Wednesday that it has acquired Naked Apartments, an online apartment rental site serving New York City. The acquisition was worth $13M in cash. The company said it expects the deal to close i...

Redmond-based Microsoft has acquired predictive typing software developer SwiftKey, in a deal that is reportedly worth around $250M. SwiftKey, which is based in London, develops software that uses artificial intelligence to predict what a u...

Portland-based media measurement provider Rentrak is expanding into the digital film distribution business, and has acquired Hollywood Software, Inc. (HSI), a provider of enterprise software for managing digital movie distribution. Financia...

Roseberg, Oregon-based REACH Holdings, a distributor of wireless infrastructure and equipment, has been acquired by South Korean wireless equipment manufacturer SOLiD Inc., the two said this week. Financial terms of the acquisition were not...

Microsoft has acquired MinecraftEdu, the developer of a modified version of Minecraft which had been tailored for educational use by teachers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Microsoft is the owner of Mojang, the crea...

Seattle-based Enroute Systems, which develops logistics and shipping management software, has been acquired by Pitney Bowes. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Pitney Bowes said the buy will help it expand its global eoc...

Goodbye, Shelfari! The onetime Seattle startup, which had offered up book reviews and discussions--which was acquired by Amazon.com back in 2008--is being merged into Amazon's other, book review and discussion site, Goodreads, according to ...

Microsoft said today that it has acquired the UC Commander product line from Event Zero, a developer of management software for managing Skype for Business. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Microsoft said it acquired t...

Bend, Oregon-based PulsedLight, a developer of optical distance measurement sensors, has been acquired by Garmin International, Garmin said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. PulsedLight makes LIDAR-powered sensor...

Vancouver, Washington-based SafeTec Compliance Systems, which provides workplace safety compliance software and services, has been acquired by Eugene, Oregon-based Health & Safety Institute. Financial term sof the buy were not disclosed. HS...

Bothell, Washinton-based TalentWise, the developer of background screening and employee onboarding software, has been acquired by background screening company SterlingBackcheck. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. New Yor...

Portland-based Cloudability said this morning that it has acquired cloud cost management tool developer DataHero. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. DataHero was based in San Francisco. Cloudability is venture backed by ...

Microsoft announced Monday that it has acquired Talko, a startup which develops mobile, business communications apps. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Microsoft said that Talko's team will join the company's Skype team...

Seattle-based pharmaceuticals developer Atossa Genetics said Thursday that it has sold a subsidiary of the company to NRL Investment Group, LLC. ATossa said it sold 100 percent of its common shares in the National Reference Laboratory for B...

Microsoft said Friday that it has acquired data analytics statup Metanautix, to bolster its SQL Server and Cortana Analytics Suite. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Metanautix develops data analysis software used for business ...

Seattle-based X5 Solutions, a provider of telecom services, including voice and data, SIP trunking, and other related communications services, has acquired New York-based CornerStone Telephone Company. Financial terms of the acquisition wer...

Kent, Washington-based Stress-Tek, a manufacturer of stress and strain sensors, has been acquired by Vishay Precision Group (VPG), a developer of precision sensors and systems, the two said Tuesday. VPG said that it paid approximately $20M...

Seattle-based venture investor Maveron has exited one of its portfolio companies--frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry--after Pinkberry was sold by quick serve restaurant operator Kahala Brands. Financial details of the acquisition deal were not d...

Seattle-based Fat Rascal Games, a videogame development studio whose founders came from EA, Microsoft, PopCap and Zynga, has been acquired by videogame publisher SGN, SGN said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announ...

Portland-based Delivered Dish, a provider of restaurant delivery services in Denver, Las Vegas, San Diego, Portland, El Paso and Albuquerque, has been acquired by GrubHub, GrubHub said Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not dis...

Tualatin, Oregon-based software maker Corrigo>, a developer of cloud-based, facility management software, has been acquired by Chicago-based JLL. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Corrigo develops software used by facility mana...

Portland-based ONtheGo Platforms, a developer of computer vision and gesture recognition software, has been acquired by Silicon Valley-based augmented reality software devleoper Atheer. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ONtheGo...

Renton, Washington-based Parallels said this morning that it has agreed to sell its Odin Service Automation platform to Ingram Micro. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Parallels said the sale included associated cloud m...

Redmond, Washington-based SolutionsIQ, a provider of consulting in the Agile software area, said today that it has acquired Charlotte, North Carolina-based Davisbase Consulting. Davisbase also is a provider of Agile consulting services. Fin...

Beaverton, Oregon-based digital signage and electronics developer Planar has complted its merger with UK-based Leyard Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., a developer of LED display products, the company said Friday. Planer is being acquired by Leyar...

Bellevue-based Expedia is making some very sharp cuts over at Orbitz, after the company's recent $1.9 billion acquisition, and will cut 326 employees--or 40 percent--of Orbitz Chicago's headquarters as a result of the buy. The numbers come ...

Bellevue-based travel site Expedia has made some big cuts at Orbitz, the company said in a regulatory filing this week, and will record approximately $130M to $150M in charges related to employee severance and compensation costs. The number...

Redmond-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Israeli security software developer Secure Islands TEchnology, Ltd.. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, reports place the buy at between $100M ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Mobile Data Labs, the developer of MileIQ, an app used by mobile professionals to track your mileage. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Mobile Data Labs was based in...

Bellevue, Washington-based Expedia and vacation rental marketplace HomeAway said Wednesday afternoon that Expedia has agreed to pay $3.9 billion in cash and stock for HomeAway. Expedia said it would pay roughly $38.31 per share of HomeAway ...

Seattle-based IT automation software developer Chef said today that it has acquried German security software developer VulcanoSec. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. VulcanoSec's technology is behind the Chef software of...

Seattle-based home services marketplace Porch.com said Thursday that it has acquired Fountain, a service that had helped users connect with professionals in the home services market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Porch said...

Seattle-based Dwellable, which develops an online, vacation rental search engine, has been acquired by vacation rental marketplace operator HomeAway, HomeAway said late Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal wer enot disclosed. As part of t...

Bellevue-based big data analytics software developer Atigeo said this morning that it has acquired YaData Solutions, a provider of big data analytics software for the defense market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Atigeo sai...

Portland-based Infocus has acquired video wall developer Jupiter Systems, Infocus said this morning Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. InFocus said the buy help it to provide end-to-end collaboration solutions and bec...

Microsoft has acquired gaming physics engine software developer Havok Software, from Intel Corp., Havok announced Friday. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Havok Software said it will continue to offer up its 3D physics engi...

Vancouver, Washington-based Essential Building Technologies, a contractor providing environmental control and automation, has been acquired by Sunbelt Controls, the two said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Th...

Seattle-based medical device startup Cardiac Insight said this morning that it has acquired Cardea Associates, a developer of a handheld, heart monitoring and electrocardiogram (ECG) device. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Ca...

Portland-based Rentrak, which provides movie, TV, and other media measurement services, has been acquired by comScore, in a deal worth approximately $800M. The deal would swap 1.15 comScore shares for each share of Rentrak, giving 66.5% ow...

Bellevue-based Microsoft said Monday that it has acquired Adxstudio, a developer of web-based portal software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Adxstudio's software works with Microsoft Dynamics CRM....

Portland-based media measurement provider Rentrak said late last week that it has acquired SponsorHub, a provider of a big data software for the sports and entertainment industry, which helps those brands track engagement in sports and othe...

Seattle-based e-sports wagering service Unikrn says it has acquired an Indian, e-sports statistics company called DotaProHub. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. DotaProHub's founders, Swaroop Hedge and Aditya Mukherjee, ...

Bellevue-based Expedia said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of Orbitz, after U.S. antitrust authorities cleared the deal. The deal is worth approximately $1.6 billion. Expedia is paying $12.00 per share in cash for Orbitz, wh...

Redmond-based automated external defibrillator (AED) manufacturer Physio-Control said Monday that it has acquired a Northern Ireland-based competitor, HeartSine Technologies, in a deal which the companies said creates one of the world's lar...

Seattle-based Virpus, which provides virtual private server hosting based on the Xen platform, has been acquired by investment management firm Cloud Equity Group. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cloud Equity Group s...

Seattle-based travel booking and search service Vamo, which was founded by Ari Steinberg, has been acquired by Airbnb. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. As part of the acquisition, Vamo and Airbnb said they would be shu...

Seattle-based venture investor Ignition Partners has seen what looks to be a good exit for the investment company, over at software tools developer StrongLoop. According to IBM on Thursday, it acquired StrongLoop to help bolster its set of ...

Seattle-based software developer Wittified, a developer of plug-ins for the Atlassian project and team management software, has been acquired by Appfire, Appfire said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Appfire is th eprov...

Kirkland-based fiber and broadband service provider Wave> has announced this morning that it has acquired Layer42 Networks, a provider of business Internet connectivity, colocation, and data transport services. Financial terms of the acquis...

Kirkland-based traffic information provider INRIX said this morning that it is acquiring ParkMe, a provider of parking information, reservation, and payment services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. ParkMe is based in...

Redmond-based Microsoft said this morning that it has acquired Adallom, a developer of cloud security software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Adallom was based in Israel, and was founded by Assaf Rappaport, Ami Lutt...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow said Thursday that it is selling Market Leader, the developer of marketing tools for real estate agents, for $23M, to Constellation Software. Market Leader was part of Trulia Group, which Zillow acquire...

Seattle-based Amazon Web Services, the web services arm of Amazon.com, said late Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Portland-based Elemental Technologies. Financial terms of the acquisition wer enot announced. Amazon Web Services said i...

Microsoft said Thursday that it has acquired VoloMetrix, a developer of software used for analyzing the efficiency of corporations based on their emails, calendar, instant messaging, and other activity. Financial terms of the acquisition we...

Portland, Oregon-based software developer Navex Global> said Monday that it has acquired The Network, a developer of ethics and compliance software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. NAVEX Global is a developere of ethics and c...

Seattle-based search engine optimization software and services provider Moz said Thursday that it has acquired SERPScape, the developer of tools used by search engine optimization (SEO) professionals to analyze their search efforts. Financi...

Seattle-based Intelius has scored a line of credit, in order to help the company with its acquisition of Classmates, according to lender Monroe Capital LLC. Monroe Capital said it had increased its credit facility to Intelius in order to su...

A report says that Microsoft might be in talks to acquired cloud computing startup Mesophere. According to Forbes and others, the potential deal values Mesosphere at $1 billion. Mesosphere develops the open source, Apache Mesos cloud scalin...

Vancouver, Washington-based fiber networking provider Integra announced this morning that it is acquiring opticAccess, a provider of high capacity fiber for the enterprise, domestic, and international carrier market. Financial details of th...

Seattle-based Zulily and television shopping network QVC said this morning that QVC will pay approximately $2.4 billion to acquire Zulily. According to Liberty Interactive Corp., QVC's parent company, it will pay $18.75 per share for Zulily...

Beaverton, Oregon-based PLanar Systems, which develops display and digital signage technology, said Wednesday afternoon that it has agreed to be acquired by Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.. Pllanar said that Leyard will pay $6.58 per share,...

Seattle-based Zillow paid $108M in cash for electronic signature and documents storage startup DotLoop, according to Zillow's most recently 10-K filing. Zillow--which did not detail the price paid for DotLoop when it announced the acquisiti...

Seattle-based Classmates, the online site for high school yearbooks and old high school classmate information, has been sold by parent United Online, in a deal worth $30M. United Online said it sold Classmates to Intelius Holdings--the Bell...

Portland, Oregon-based Precision Castparts, a manufacturer of precision, metal aircraft components, has been acquired by Berkshire Hathway, the two said this morning. The two said that Berkshire Hathaway will pay $37.2 billion in cash--or $...

Seattle-basbed Imperium Renewables, the renewable energy producer which produces biodiesel at a plant at Grays Harbor, Washington, has been acquired by Renewable Energy Group, the companies said Tuesday. The deal was worth $32M in cash and ...

Seattle-based analytics software developer Tableau said Tuesday that it has acquired Infoactive, a Montreal-based startup developing web apps for creating infographics. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Infoactive was l...

Seattle-based Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired Incent Games, a developer of sales "gamification" tools to spur performance of sales teams. Incent Games' software, FantasySalesTeam, helps organize team competition throug...

Portland-based Cloudability, which develops cloud management software, said today that it has acquired fellow Portland startup RipFog. RipFog was developing big data analytics software, which was founded by Dave Hersh, the former CEO of Jiv...

Seattle-based mobile marketing software developer TUNE said Thursady that it has acquired Artisan Mobile, a developer of mobile marketing automation software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Artisan Mobile was based in Phila...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said late Thursday that it is selling both its Slingo and Social Casino games businesses, in a deal worth $18M. According to RealNetworks, it is selling its U.S. and Canadian game studios as well as games such as ...

Seattle-based Zillow said late Wednesday that it is acquiring Cincinnati-based DotLoop, a developer of electronic signature and document storage services for real estate brokerages and agents. DotLoop offers up a service which lets users sh...

Microsoft has acquired Israeli cloud security services provider Adallom, according to reports Monday from Israel, which say that Microsoft is paying $320M for Adallom. The acquisition has not yet been confirmed by Microsoft. Adallom develop...

Bellevue, Washington-based Apptio is gearing up for an IPO, and has hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. to lead an IPO for the company, according to a report Friday. The Wall Street Journal cit...

Microsoft said Thursday that it has acquired FieldOne Systems, a provider of cloud-based tools used for customer relationship management (CRM) in the field services area. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. FieldOne's software ...

Seattle-based Cray has significantly bolstered its staff and experience in the high performance computing storage market, hiring nearly all of the employees of Boston-based ...

Seattle-based Remitly said today that it has acquired Talio, the developer of an immersive mobile messaging service. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Remitly said that Talio's investors--including Richard Kiphart, Vulcan Cap...

Bellevue-based Nintex, the developer of document and workflow automation software, said today that it has acquired Drawloop Technoles, a developer of automated document generation software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclo...

The acquisition of Bellevue-based Intelius by private equity investor H.I.G. Capital has completed, H.I.G. announced this morning. Intelius is now being led by Prakash Kondepudi, who is replacing Intelius founder Naveen Jain in the CEO posi...

Portland-based GlobeSherpa, which develops mobile apps which lets users pay for public transportation using their smartphone, has been acquired by RideScout, the two companies said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announce...

On demand ride service Uber is acquiring a number of assets--and roughly 100 employees--from Microsoft and its Bing search engine, according to reports Monday, as part of an effort by Uber to improve its mapping abilities. Full details on t...

Seattle-based body camera developer VIEVU has been acquired by public safety and outdoor products maker The Safariland Group, the two said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. VIEVU was founded in 2007 by Steve Ward,...

Redmond-based Radiant Vision Systems, a developer of automated vision inspection systems for the flat panel display industry, has been acquired by Konica Minolta. Financial terms of the acquisition ere not disclosed. Konica Minolta said the...

Seattle-based real estate information site Zillow announced Friday that it has sold off real estate networking site ActiveRain, to the Ben Kinney family of companies. Financial detail of the sale were not disclosed. ActiveRain was started b...

Vancouver, BC-based Recon Instruments, which develops heads-up-displays aimed at the sports and other environments, has been acquired by Intel, the companies said Wednesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Recon mak...

Seattle-based Limeade, the health and wellness program startup led by Henry Albrecht, has acquired fellow Seattle company 9Slides, the companies said Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition deal were not disclosed. 9Slides was headed by...

Seattle-based UP Global, which organizes the Startup Weekend, Startup Week, Startup Next and Startup Digest programs, has been acquired by startup accelerator Techstars, the two announced today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed...

Kirkland, Washington-based Emergency Certifications, a provider of online training in the healthcare continuing education market, has been acquired by Career Step, online career training and certification program operator. Financial terms o...

Seattle-based Whitepages said this morning that it has acquired NumberCop, a provider of technology to help identify robocallers and fraudsters. Financail terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the acquisition, Jan Voltzke, the fou...

Seattle-based OpenStack hosting provider Blue Box has been acquired by IBM, as IBM looks to build out its cloud services provider. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Blue Box provides businesses with managed, private cloud servi...

Microsoft said today that it has acquired German to-do list app developer Wunderlist, as part of the company's effort to expand its suite of productivity tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Microsoft said that Wunderlist w...

Bainbridge Island, Washington-based sales tax compliance software developer Avalara has acquired fellow tax software developer EZtax, the companies said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. EZtax was based ...

Intel, one of the largest employers in the Pacific Northwest, said this morning that it is paying $16.7 billion to buy competitor Altera, a maker of field programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. Intel said it would pay $54.00 per share f...

Bothell, Washingto-based Eden Rock Communications, a developer of Self Organizing Network (SON) products for the telecom industry, has been acquired by Nokia Networks. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. The two said the buy wi...

Virtual reality headset developer Oculus VR--which is owned by Facebook--has made an acquisition today, specifically aimed at bolstering its research team in Redmond. Oculus said it acquired UK-based Surreal Vision, a developer of computer...

Seattle-based augmented reality software developer ARToolworks has been acquired by DAQRI, a Los Angeles augmented reality technology company. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. The two said Wednesday that DAQRI would bu...

Portland-based software startup Puppet Labs, the developer of cloud software management tools, is eyeing an IPO next year, according to an interview with the company's CFO. According to Bloomberg, the company is approaching $100M in revenue...

DocuSign, the electronic signature software developer which was founded in Seattle, has raised a huge, $233M funding round, the company announced today. The company--now based in San Francisco, but which continues to have a big Seattle pres...

Microsoft announced this morning that it has acquired the digital pen technology used in Microsoft Surface N-trig Ltd.. Financial terms of the acquisition, which had been reported earlier in the year, were not announced. N-trig's technology...

Launch Consulting, which provides technology consulting, IT staffing, managed services, and other related services, said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Belluvue-based technical services company Averro. Financial details of the acqu...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has reportedly acquired software developer ClusterK, which develops a product which helped developers optimize the cost of their use of Amazon Web Services. The deal, first uncovered by VentureBeat, has not official...

Seattle-based Rhapsody said Tuesday that it has acquired anonymous chat maker Reveal, which was founded by Nick Soman. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Rhapsody said the acquisition will help add "social DNA, community...

Seattle-based Papertrail, a developer of cloud-based software for IT log management, has been acquired by Solarwinds in a deal worth $41M in cash. According to SolarWinds, it will use the buy to bolster its log management capabilities of it...

Seattle-based Marchex said this morning that it has agreed to sell off the bulk of its domain name portfolio, in a deal worth $34.8M. According to Marchex, it is selling the portfolio to GoDaddy, which will pay $28.1M in cash, the proceeds ...

CenturyLink said today that it has acquired Orchestrate, the operator of a fully managed data service used for application development. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. CenturyLink said the buy would enhance its CenturyLink Cl...

Seattle-based X5 Solutions, the private equity backed provider of unified communications, SIP trunking, and other custom telecommunications services, said today that it has it acquired Switching Concepts, a provider of turnkey switching ser...

Bellevue-based RootMetrics, the provider of wireless information and mobile network analytics for mobile operators, is now officially part of IHS, IHS said today. IHS had announced it was buying RootMetrics onn April 6th. Financial details ...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it has acquired Datazen Software, a developer of mobile business intelligence and data visualization software. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Datazen develops software for Windows, iOS and Andro...

Kirkland-based Internet services provider Wave Broadband said this morning that it has acquired Seattle's ReallyFast.net, as part of further expansion in the area. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ReallyFast.Net (whose corpora...

Portland-based Springbook Software, which develops cloud-based financial software for local governments, has been acquired by government software developer Accela, the two said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The acqui...

Seattle-based Pointmarc, a provider of digital analytics and consulting for retailers, has been acquired by Maryland-based Merkle. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Merkle said the acquisition will help expand its expertise in ...

Bellevue-based RootMetrics, which creates wireless coverage maps for the telecommunications industry, has been acquired by IHS, according to the two companies. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. RootMetrics provides cove...

Microsoft said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Revolution Analytics, the developer of the "R" big data analytics language. Financial terms of the buy have not been announced. The deal had originally been announced in J...

Changepoint, the Toronto-based company which acquired Seattle's Daptiv last year, said Thursday that it has acquired barometerIT, a provider of software-as-a-service tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Changepoint is backe...

Microsoft has acquired collaboration software developer LiveLoop, according to a report, to help bolster its collaboration in Microsoft Office. Financial terms of the acquisition have not yet been announced. According to ZDNet, Microsoft ha...

The acquisition of Seattle-based X5 Solutions, the provider of hosted, unified communications (UC) services and SIP trunking services, by private equity firm NewSpring Capital is now complete, the companies said today. The deal had original...

Bellevue-based health software developer HealthUnity has been acquired by Texas-based population health software company ZeOmega, the two announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. HealthUnity was ventu...

Auburn, Washinton-based Novinium a provider of technology and services used to rejuvenate power and other cables for utilities, has acquired UtilX, a subsidiary of Willbros Group, Inc.. The deal is worth between $35M to $40M. UtilX offers u...

Two, Seattle-area companies--venture investor Madrona Venture Group, and Amazon.com--have seen one of their investments pay off, after New York-based advertising technology startup Yieldex was acquired by Appnexus yesterday. Appnexus paid $...

Portland-based cybersecurity software developer Tripwire says that its acquisition by Belden has helped bolster its business momentum. Tripwire reported it had a 22 percent, year-over-year bookings growth in the quarter ended 2014, with new...

DocuSign, the developer of electronic signature software which has a substantial operation in Portland, said this week that it has acquired Algorithmic Research, Ltd. (ARX), a fewllow developer of electronic signature technology. Financial ...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired 2lemetry, a developer of cloud-based software for connecting legacy systems to the Internet-of-Things. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. 2lemetry was based in Denver, Colorado....

Bellevue-based Expedia and Latin American travel booking site Decolar.com said this morning that Expedia will invest $270M in a minority equity in investment in Decolar, and expand their partnership. According to the two, Expedia will broad...

Seattle-based electronic discovery service provider Liighthouse eDiscovery has been acquired by Spire Capital, from the company's existing investor, Columbia Pacific Advisors. Financial terms of the deal, which was announced this morning by...

Two different investors groups are fighting over the remains of Kirkland, Washington-based Hipcricket in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale, with investor group ESW Capital LLC putting in a higher offer than an earlier, $4.5M cash bid from SITO...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor has passed the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust waiting period in its acquisition of Silicon Image, the company said this morning, marking a milestone in the company's acquisition efforts. Lattice Se...

Tualatin, Oregon-based CUI Global, a diversified developer of a wide range of technology and other products, said today that it has acquired Tectrol, which designs and manufactures custom power supplies. CUI Global said the deal was worth $...

Seattle-based X5 Solutions, a provider of cloud-based software for the telecommunications industry, has been acquired by private equity firm NewSpring Capital. Financial details of the acquisition deal were not announced. NewSpring said it ...

Seattle-based videogame maker Z2, known for its "Metal Storm" and other hit app titles, is being acquired by Candy Crush maker King Digital, in a deal worth up to $150M. Z2, which until recently was known as Z2Live, was venture backed by Ma...

Microsoft is buying digital pen developer N-trig, according to reports from Israel, where N-trig is based, in a deal worth around $200M. According to the Globes, which covers business news in Israel, N-trig has been in financial difficultie...

Bellevue-based Expedia said this morning that it is buying Chicago-based online travel site Orbitz, in a deal worth approximately $1.6 billion. Expedia said it will pay $12.00 per share in cash for publicly held Orbitz. Expedia said the pri...

Microsoft has acquired calendar app maker Sunrise, according to a report today, to help bolster its mobile calendaring support. The deal was reportedly worth north of $100M. Sunrise provides a calendar which synchronizes with Microsoft Exch...

Seattle-based Amazon.com may possibly looking to buy some of RadioShack's brick-and-mortar stores, as RadioShack preps a bankruptcy filing, ...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor said Tuesday that it is acquiring fellow wireless semiconductor developer Silicon Image, in a deal worth $600M. Lattice said it would pay $7.30 per share in cash for Silicon Image, which is base...

Seattle-based AlphaCipher, the provider of security and privacy services which recently acquired Vadium, said Friday that it has formed a new subsidiary to specifically target the U.S. Government market. The company said that Vadium Federal...

Bellevue-based travel site Expedia is acquiring fellow online travel site Travelocity, in a deal worth $280M in cash, the two said Friday. Expedia is acquiring Travelocity from travel technology provider Sabre. The two had been in a strate...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired semiconductor design firm Annapurna Labs, in a deal reportedly worth between $350M and $375M. Annapurna Labs was in stealth mode, and had not announced any details of its products. Annapurna Lab swas ve...

Kirkland, Washington-based mobile marketing firm Hipcricket has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and has sold its assets to Sito Mobile Ltd., the firms said this morning. The asset sale deal was worth $4.5M in cash. Sito Mobile said that Hi...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Chinese company Topwin Optoelectronics. Financial terms of the buy have not been announced. The deal had been announced in November. Top...

Seattle-based restaurant director Urbanspoon has been acquired by an Indian startup called Zomato, the two said today, to help Zomato expand into the US. Financial terms of the deal were not announced, but the deal is rumored to be worth be...

Seattle-based BigDoor, which had been developing gamification software, was quietly been sold to a private equity firm back in December, according to cofounder and CEO Keith Smith. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. As part o...

Vancouver, Washington-based Cascadia PM, a provider of wireless tower maintenance and services for the communications industry, has been acquired by fellow wireless infrastructure provider Centerline Solutions. Financial terms of the buy we...

Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies said Wednesday that it has acquired Sequenta, a developer of immunosequencing products aimed at helping to diagnose and treat cancer, autoimmune disorders, and infection diseases. Financial details of ...

Seattle-based venture investor Ignition Partners has seen a very, very quick exit--and potentially a lucrative multiple--as one of its most recent investments, Wit.ai, was acquired by Facebook today. Wit.ai is developing artificial intellig...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor and RF Micro Devices said today that they have completed their merger, and have renamed the combined company as Qorvo. The new company said it will begin trading today on the NASDAQ Global Stoc...

Bothell-based Alder Biopharmaceuticals said in a filing Monday that it is looking to raise another $115M on the markets, via a secondary stock offering. Alder went public on the NASDAQ as ALDR in May. The new stock offering is being underwr...

Seattle-based Mercent, which develops cloud-based software to help market e-commerce catalogs across the web, has been acquired by CommerceHub. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. CommerceHub helps retailers distribute their pr...

Seattle-based online survey software developer QuestionPro said Wednesday that it has acquired RapidEngage, a developer of survye sftware used for collecting customer insight on websites. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Rapid...

Portland-based security software developer Tripwire has been sold to Belden, in a deal worth $710M in cash, the companies said Tuesday. According to Belden, the move will help its customers improve the robustness and security of their netwo...

CenturyLink said today that it has acquired disaster recovery provider and technology developer Datagardens, whose service is used to protect the servers of corporate customers. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. DataGardens is ...

Microsoft Corp. has sold its stake in electronic book device maker Nook Media LLC, back to partner Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble said Thursday, in a deal worth $125M in cash and stock. Microsoft had owned 16.8 percent of Nook Media. Micros...

Microsoft said this morning that it has acquired email software maker Acompli, which develops email apps on iOS and Android. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, howevever, reports place the buy at over $200M. Acompli's email conn...

Seattle-based Juno Therapeutics filed for an IPO this morning, saying that it is looking to raise up to $150M on the NASDAQ Global Market as JUNO. Juno's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Le...

Portland-based Electro Scientific Industries said Thursday afternoon that it has acquired Wuhan Topwin Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd, a developer of laser design and manufacturing systems based in China. Financial details of the deal ...

Bellevue-based online travel booking site Expedia said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Wotif.com, a provider of online travel services to the Asia Pacific market. The deal was worth approximately $612M. Wotif Group ope...

Microsoft said this morning that it has acquired Aorato, a enterprise security software developer based in Israel. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, however, reports place the price at around $200M. Microsoft said it will use ...

Seattle-based casual games maker Big Fish Games has been acquired for $885M, by gaming operator Churchill Downs. The deal is split between $485M in cash and some stock, plus earnout worth up to $350M. Big Fish Games is led by founder and CE...

Seattle-based Zillow said this week that it is expecting a delay in completing its acquisition of Trulia, after receiving a request for additional information on the deal from the Federal Trade Commission. Zillow said the request extends th...

Seattle-based accounting software startup Monchilla has been acquired by New Zealand-based cloud accounting software company Xero>, in a deal worth approximately $9.31M. Xero said it paid $4.44M in cash plus stock for Monchilla, which was f...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired Rooftop Media, which operates an online site focused on comedy clips. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Rooftop Media was venture backed by Azure Capital Partners. Rooftop Media is being ac...

Seattle-based Redfin said this morning that it has acquired Walk Score, which operates an online service to rate different neighborhoods on their pedestrian friendliness. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Walk Score was also ba...

Lake Oswego, Oregon-based NAVEX Global, a developer of corporate ethics and compliance software, said this morning that it is being acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. NAVEX ...

Issaquah, Washington-based software developer Naurtech, which develops software to connect Windows CE devices to enterprise applications like SAP, has been acquired by LANDESK, the two said this morning. Financial detail of the buy were not...

There's one startup sure cheering the recent acquisition of Concur by SAP: Expensify. San Francisco-based Expensify today said it will offer current, Concur customers free service for the duration of the rest of their Concur contract, to en...

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has scored another investment win, with the acquisition of New York-based photo editing software developer Aviary. Adobe said Monday that it was buying Aviary--whose major backers include Bezos Expeditions, the...

Seattle-based travel and expense management software developer Concur has agreed to be acquired by SAP, the two announced late Thursday, in a deal worth approximately $8.3 billion. According to the companies, SAP will pay $129 per share fo...

Portland, Oregon-based PECI, which manages energy efficiency programs for utility providers, governments, and other clients, has been acquired by fellow energy efficiency operator CLEAResult. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ...

Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. confirmed this morning that it is buying Mojang, the developer of the immensely popular game Minecraft, in a deal worth $2.5 billion. According to Microsoft, Mojang will become part of Microsoft Studios. The de...

Microsoft is near a deal to acquire Mojang, the Swedish company behind the immensely popular game, Minecraft, according to a report Tuesday. The report--from the WSJ--says the deal values Mojang as much as $2 billion. The report cited a per...

Seattle-based Zillow is powering the U.S. real estate search services for Chinese real estate search site Leju, the two said this morning, to help Chinese home shoppers find properties in the United States. Financial details of the deal wer...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint reported late Friday evening that its shareholders have approve the merger deal with RF Micro Devices. The two agreed to the merger in February, and since then have been working through regulatory hurdles. T...

Meldium, a software developer working on single-sign on, password management, access management, and identity management product--which got its start in Seattle--has been acquired by LogMeIn, in a deal worth $15M in cash. Meldium--whose bac...

Seattle-based Zillow and San Francisco-based Trulia are facing more scrutiny over their proposed acquisition deal, saying Wednesday afternoon that they have each received a Request for Additional Information from the United States Federal T...

Bellevue-based Concur has hired an investment banker and has been approaching possible buyers, according to reports Tuesday. The company reportedly approached Oracle and SAP on an acquisition, although apparently Oracle was not interested i...

Seattle-based Mixpo said this morning that it has acquired Portland-based ShopIgniter, the developer of social advertising technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Mixpo said that it will continue to operate ShopIgniter's ...

Kirkland, Washington-based PaperShare, a developer of content distribution and marketing software, has been acquired by San Bruno, California-based Dynamic Signal, according to the firms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Dynam...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Monday afternoon that it has agreed to acquire Twitch Interactive, an online live video platform aimed at video gamers. Amazon.com said it will pay approximately $970M in cash for Twitch. Twitch operates an onl...

Seattle-bsaed Daptiv, which develops software-as-a-service products for project portfolio management, has been acquired by ChangePoint, a Canadian software company, the companies said Thursday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed...

Unity Technologies, which develops game engine software, said today at its Seattle Unite 2014 conference, that it has acquired Tsugi, a Texas-based developer of game development tools. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced...

Seattle-based Express Metrix a developer of IT software asset management products, has been acquired by Cherwell Software, Cherwell announced today. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed by the companies. Express Metrix de...

The cloud storage services platform and team from Seattle-based Symform, have been acquired by storage device maker Quantum Corp., Quantum said Thursday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Quantum, it has hired Symf...

Rover, meet Rover. Seattle-based pet care marketplace Rover.com, which is led by Aaron Easterly, has acquired another, pet sitting marketplace provider, Sleepover Rover, the two said today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. In...

Seattle-based mobile marketing software developer Tune--which recently rebranded from HasOffers--has acquired fellow Seattle company MobileDevHQ. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. TUNE--which is led by Peter Hamilton--said the ...

Seattle-based Rhapsody said Monday that it has acquired Schematic Labs, the developer of both the social music app Soundtracking, as well as defunct music discovery service Exfm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to S...

Seattle-based Zillow said this morning that it will pay $3.5 billion in stock for Trulia, creating a huge online, real estate giant. According to Zillow, the two companies will continue to operate both the Zillow and Trulia consumer brands....

Seattle-based biotechnology company Immune Design is trading flat on the second day after its IPO, after debuting at $12.00 per share. The company priced at the low end of its earlier, estimated IPO range of $12.00 to $14.00 per share. Immu...

Seattle-based real estate site Zillow is seeking to buy Trulia, in a deal worth as much as $2 billion, according to a report Thursday afternoon from Bloomberg. The report--citing "people with knowledge of the matter"--said the deal may be a...

Seattle-based Trupanion had its IPO debut this morning, after pricing its IPO last night at $10.00 per share. The pet insurance provider is now trading on the NYSE as TRUP. The company's stock was hovering around $11.23 in morning trading. ...

Seattle-based online real estate site Zillow said Wednesday that it has acquired Retsly, a real estate software company which is used to parse MLS data to make it easier for real estate developers to access. Financial terms of the deal were...

Microsoft is in talks to acquire Israeli security software developer Aorato Ltd., according to multiple reports today, which says the deal is valued at around $200M. Aorato develops security software which taps into Microsoft's Active Direc...

Seattle-based venture investor Maveron has scored an exit at one of its portfolio companies, Newsle this morning, as Newsle was acquired by LinkedIn. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Newsle develops natural language processing...

Microsoft said Friday that it has acquired InMage Systems, a developer of cloud-based, backup services for the business market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. InMage was venture backed by Hummer Winblad Partners, Intel Capit...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics said Tuesday that it has acquired XS Embedded GmbH, a developer of automotive system architectures and hardware reference platforms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Mentor Graphics sa...

Bellevue-based Expedia has acquired Australian travel site Wotif Group, in a deal worth $658M, the companies said Monday. Wotif operates a network of travel sites, including Wotif.com, Lastminute.com.au, LateStays.com, Travel.com.au, and ot...

Seattle-based pet insurance provider Trupanion has set the company's estimated IPO range this morning, saying that it expects its IPO to price at between $13.00 and $15.00 per share. At the high end of the range, the offering would net the ...

Bellevue-based online travel booking site Expedia said this morning that it will continue to be a long term investor in Chinese online travel site eLong, despite rumors to the contrary. Those rumors claimed that Chinese online travel compan...

Redmond-based Microsoft said Wednesday that it has acquired SyntaxTree, a developer of a plug-in which connects Microsoft's Visual Studio to the game development engine Unity. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Unity is heavily ...

Spokane-based energy and sustainability management firm Ecova has been acquired by Cofely, part of energy company GDF SUEZ Energy Services, the company announced today. Ecova--which had been owned by Avista Corp.--was acquired by Cofely in ...

Redmond-based Univar, a chemical distributor, has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing that it is looking to raise $100M in its IPO. The company's IPO is being underwritten by Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lyn...

Perion Network, the Israeli Internet company which has substantial operations in Redmond, Washington, said today that it has acquired Grow Mobile, a Silicon Valley company in the mobile advertising area. The deal is worth up ot $42M includi...

Bellevue-based travel website operator Expedia has Auto Escape Group, a European car rental reservation service. Expedia said that Auto Escape Group will become part of its CarRentals.com brand. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed...

Shotgun Software, which develops cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries, has been acquired by Autodesk, the companies announced Wednesday. Shotgun--which has a fa...

Shotgun Software, which develops cloud-based production tracking, review, and asset management software for the film, television and games industries, has been acquired by Autodesk, the companies announced Wednesday. Shotgun--which has a fa...

Seattle-based Carbon Design, the industrial design and product engineering team behind the Microsoft Xbox 360 controller, has been acquired by virtual reality technology developer Oculus VR. Financial details of the acquisition were not dis...

Seattle-based Trupanion, a provider of pet insurance, filed for an IPO this week, saying that it is looking to raise up to $75.0M. The company says it has applied to list as TRUP on the New York Stock Exchange. The IPO is being underwritte...

In a further move towards approval of their big acquisition deal, Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor and North Carolina firm RF Micro Devices said this morning that the waiting period required for the merger of the companies und...

HERE, a developer of navigation, mapping, and location technology which is a unit of Nokia, said Friday that it has acquired Seattle's Medio Systems. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Medio Systems had raised somewhere around $...

Seattle-based Buuteeq, the hotel marketing software developer led by Forest Key, has been acquired by hotel and travel booking company The Priceline Group. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Priceline said that Buuteeq will cont...

Kirkland, Washington-based venture investor OVP Venture Partners has scored an exit at portfolio firm Serus, after E2open said it would pay as much as $26M for Serus. Serus is a developer of manufacturing software for the semiconductor indu...

Portland-based Chirpify, the developer of social commerce software led by Chris Teso, said today that it has acquired fellow Portland company Measureful. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Measureful was a provider of automated,...

Seattle-based family organization and calendar software developer Cozi has been acquired by Time Inc., the two announced Monday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cozi had been founded in 2005, and is led by Robbie Cape, who wa...

Bellevue-based Blucora, the company behind both InfoSpace and TaxACT, said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of HowStuffWorks. The acquisition had been announced in April. Financial terms of the deal have not been announced...

Bellevue-based NitroDesk, which develops mobile email clients, has been acquired by Symantec, to help Symantec build out its mobile team. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. NitroDesk develops mobile email apps which run on Andro...

Microsoft has acquired mobile analytics software developer Capptain, according to Capptain. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Capptain develops mobile software that helps developers analyze how their products are being used, an...

Seattle-based Boeing said today that it has acquired AerData Group B.VD., a developer of software used for aircraft lease management, engine fleet planning, and records management. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. AerDat was b...

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Mentor Graphics, the developer of computer aided design software, said last week that it has acquired Nimbic, a developer of 3D, electromagnetic (EM) simulation software. Financial details of the buy were not discl...

Seattle-based PrecisionDemand, which develops tools around helping companies measure their TV advertising, has been acquired by AOL, via AOL's Adap.tv unit. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. AOL said it will use PrecisionDemand...

Seattle-based F5 Networks said late Thursday that it has acquired Defense.Net, a developer of cloud security services aimed at the data center market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. F5 said the move will help expand ...

Bothell-based Alder Biopharmaceuticals was flat in its IPO Thursday, debuting at $10 per share, below an earlier estimate of $13.00 to $15.00 per share. The company continued to trade at around its opening price on Friday. Alder Biopharmac...

Seattle-based venture investor Ignition Partners has scored an exit in the enterprise systems management space, with the acquisition of portfolio firm ScaleXtreme by Citrix. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. ScaleXtreme devel...

Adometry, which devlops online advertising analytics tools, has been acquired by Google, the two said Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Adometry--which has offices in Redmond--said that it will continue to offe...

Bend, Oregon-based BendBroadband, which offers up broadband, fiber, cable television, and telephone services, has been acquired by Chicago-based Telephone and Data Systems, the parent firm of TDS Telecom, the companies announced late last w...

Redmond-based Microsoft said Thursday that it has acquired GreenButton, a developer of software used to manage compute-intensive cloud workloads. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Microsoft said that it will work to integrate G...

Bainbridge Island-based tax software developer Avalara is expanding its sales tax software empire today, saying it has acquired the Excise Tax Software Solutions line from FuelQuest. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. FuelQuests...

Zettics, a developer of analytics software for mobile operators which has operations in Seattle--and whose investors include Voyager Capital--said today that it has acquired Velocent Systems, a provider of network performance management sof...

Portland-based software developer Axiom EPM, a developer of software used for enterprise forecasting and financial reporting, has been acquired by Chicago company Kaufman Hall. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Kaufman Hall sai...

Redmond-based Noetix, which develops reporting and analytics software for Oracle applications, said today that it has merged with Burlington, Massachusetts-based Kalido. Financial terms of the merger were not announced. According to the two...

Seattle's 9Slides, a developer of online presentation software, has acquired fellow Seattle company Now Meeting, the two said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. 9Slides says it will incorporate Now Meeting's mobile app in...

Portland-based Glider, a developer of contract management and automation software, has been acquired by Texas-based sales software company FPX, the two companies announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. FPX is ...

Bellevue-based Bluecora said this morning that it has entered into a deal with Discovery Communications, to purchase property HowStuffWorks. HowStuffWorks is an online source of information about how different things work, and will become p...

Seattle-based RealNetworks is expanding out its development offices today, saying that it has opened up an office in Zagreb, Croatia. The new office comes as part of the acquisition of Five Minutes, a Zagreb company which develops mobile ap...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said late Thursday that it has agreed to acquire comiXology, a company developing apps for reading comic books and graphic novels. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. comiXology was based in New York City...

TrueCar the provider of online car buying services which is backed by Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital, has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is hopes to raise up to $125M on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The company has applied to list...

Former Seattle sports action camera maker CONTOUR had a sudden--and unexpected--flameout last year, suddenly closing its doors and laying off all of its staff. However, the camera brand is back--under totally new ownership--although it has ...

Spokane, Washington-based ReliOn, which develops fuel cell technology used for backup power, has been acquired by Plug Power, in a deal worth $4M in stock. According to Plug Power, it will hire ReliOn's existing employees, and combine the R...

Seattle-based biotechnology developer Juno Therapeutics has turned to an investment banker from Morgan Stanley, to serve as Chief Financial Officer for the company. According to Juno Therapeutics, it has named Steve Harr, M.D., as Chief Fin...

Seattle-based Mindbloom, which develops mobile apps in the health area, has been acquired by fellow healthcare software developer Welltok. Venture backed Welltok--which is based in Denver, Colorado--said it would use the acquisition to bols...

Bothell, Washington-based Alder Biopharmaceuticals has filed for an IPO, saying today that it is looking to raise up to $115M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The company says it has applied to list as ALDR on the exchange. The IPO is...

Kirkland-based WaveDivision Holdings, the parent company of Wave Broadband, said today that it has acquired Port Angeles-based metro fiber provider Capacity Provisioning Incorporate (CPI). Financial terms of the buy were not announced. CPI ...

Salem, Oregon-based PSI Acquisition, a manufacturer of traffic control products, has been acquired by Trafficware, a developer of electronics equipment, software, and other products for the transportation systems market. Financial terms of ...

Portland-based Vizify, which develops software to let users create vanity domains which incorporate a user's social media, has been acquired by Yahoo. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Vizify said it will no longer be allowing ...

Portland-based FiLaser, a developer of laser-based cutting equipment and technology, has been acquired by Michigan-based ROFIN-SINAR Technologies, the companies said Friday. According to ROFIN, the deal is in the form of an asset purchase, ...

Seattle-based Yumprint, a Seattle based startup which develops recipe and meal planning software and apps, has been acquired by @WalmartLabs, the technology R&D effort owned by Walmart. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed....

Hillsboro, Oregon-based RF semiconductor maker TriQuint Semiconductor and fellow RF semiconductor company RF Micro Devices said Monday that the two are in an all-stock merger deal. According to the two, the new company will give the shareho...

Yesterday's acquisition of BlueKai, the online advertising platform provider, by Oracle, is worth a little over $400M, according to multiple reports, citing sources near the company. Oracle and BlueKai had not announced any financial detail...

Seattle-based BlueKai, the venture-backed developer of online advertising analytics software, has been acquired by Oracle, the two announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. BlueKai was venture backed by GGV Capi...

Portland-based mobile banking software Simple has scored a big win for the local tech industry this morning, after the company announced it has been acquired by Spanish banking giant BBVA, in a deal worth $117M. Simple--led by Josh Reich--d...

In a merger of two of Washington's most active nonprofits focused on the technology industry here, the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) said it has acquired the Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN). Financial details of th...

Portland-based medical device developer Semler Scientific, which develops noninvasive devices used to measure arterial blood flow, has dropped its IPO range, saying in a filing last week that it now expects its IPO to be between $7.50 and $...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based broadcast equipment maker Grass Valley--which makes cameras, switches, editing systems, and much more for the television broadcast market--has received an acquisition offer from Belden, according to current owner, pr...

Seattle-based Amazon.com has acquired videogame developer Double Helix Games, the two companies revealed yesterday, adding a 75-person videogame development team to the e-commerce giant. Financial terms of the stealthy deal were not disclos...

Everett, Washington-based Fluke Biomedical, which manufactures biomedical test equipment and other scientific instrumentation, said today that it has acquired Unfors RaySafe. Unsors RaysSafe is a developer of diagnostic x-ray and dosage mon...

Redmond-based Physio-Control has acquired Sansio, a Minnesota-based developer of software-as-a-service for the emergency medical services market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Physio-Control, the deal w...

Portland- and San Francisco-based Sprintly, which develops software project management software, has merged with Quick Left, an agile development provider. Financial details of the merger were not disclosed. According to Quick Left, the mov...

Loopfuse, a developer of marketing automation software with operations in Seattle, has been acquired by fellow marketing automation software company Salesfusion, the companies announced today. Loopfuse--which is based in Atlanta, but has op...

Richland, Washington-based Vista Engineering Technologies, an engineering, design and technology firm focused on nuclear and hazardous waste management, has been acquired by Kurion, a venture-backed, California company in the same industry....

Microsoft said late Monday that it has purchased the Gears of War franchise from EPIC Games. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Microsoft said that Vancouver, B.C.-based Blask Tusk Studios will take over development of the franc...

Issaquah, Washington-based Scout Analytics, the developer of cloud-based software for managing recurring revenue, has been acquired by ServiceSource, the company said Wednesday afternoon. The deal was worth $32M. According to ServiceSource,...

Seattle-based mobile marketing firm Sparq has been acquired by Yahoo, the company said Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. As part of the funding, Sparq said it will be terminating its existing service. No other ...

Beaverton, Oregon-based Tektronix said last week that it has acquired Picosecond Pulse Labs, a developer of ultra-high speed pattern generators used for network testing. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Picosecond Pulse Labs--...

Seattle-based AlphaCipher Acquisition Corporation said late last week that it has reached an asset purchase agreement to acquire the assets of Vadium Technology, out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed...

Bothell-based EagleView Technology Corporation, which develops aerial image capture and data analysis software, has been acquired for $650M by Verisk Analytics, Verisk announced Thursday. Eagle View is the parent company of both Pictometry ...

Seattle-based Lockerz--now known as Ador--has quietly been acquired by a Chinese company called LightInTheBox. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. LIghtInTheBox sells apparel, electronics, communications devices, and more. LightI...

Seattle-based life sciences product developer NanoString Technologies said in a filing today that it plans to offer up $55M more in a secondary, public stock offering. The company said the new funds will go towards further commercialization...

Redmond-based Microsoft said this morning that it has acquired Parature, a developer of cloud-based, customer self-serviec software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Microsoft said that Parature's customers include Ask.com, IB...

Seattle-based telecommunications software developer Twisted Pair has been acquired by Motorola Solutions, Motorola announced Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Twisted Pair developed push-to-talk applications...

Perion Network Ltd., the Israeli parent of Seattle's Smilebox, said this week that it has completed its deal to acquire the ClientConnect business of San Francisco-based browser toolbar maker Conduit. The deal was worth approximately $660M ...

Seattle-based online and mobile dating service LikeBright has acquired MatchMate, a developer of online dating and matchmaking software. Financial terms of the asset purchase deal were not announced. MatchMate was founded in 2012 by John Ri...

Portland-based Monsoon Commerce said this morning that it has acquired CompassIM, a warehouse management system product aimed at multi-channel retailers. The company said it acquired the software product line from Access Data Systems. Finan...

Seattle-based WetPaint, the online entertainment news and gossip site headed by Ben Elowitz, has been acquired by Viggle, in a deal worth approximately $30M in cash and stock. According to Viggle, Wetpaint had more than 12 million monthly u...

Seattle-based venture investor Maveron has scored an exit at one of its portfolio firms, Lemon, as the mobile wallet developer was acquired today by Lifelock. Maveron was the lead investor in Lemon's Series A round in June of 2012. LifeLock...

Seattle-based DocuSign, which develops electronic signature software, is prepping for an IPO, according to a report this week. The WSJ says the company is in the midst of an IPO effort, although no timeline was given, as the company nears o...

Bellevue-based public cloud services provider Tier 3 has been acquired by CenturyLink, the two companies announced this morning, and will use Tier 3 as the basis for a new, Seattle-based Cloud Development Center. Financial terms of the buy ...

In venture capital, there are the wins, and then there are really big wins. For Seattle investment firm Maveron--the venture capital firm co-founded by Starbucks founder Howard Schultz--Zulily was a really, really, really big win. Maveron i...

Seattle-based Zulily surged in its IPO this morning on the NASDAQ, and was up nearly 70% in trading on its first day on the exchange. The company--which is listed as ZU--priced its IPO at $22 per share last night, but was trading as high as...

In what looks like a battle shaping up between Portland fitness giant Nike and competitor Under Armour, Under Armour has acquired a maker of sports tracking software, MapMyFitness. Under Armour said it paid $150M for MapMyFitness, which mak...

Seattle-based babies and children's e-commerce site Zulily has boosted the estimated initial offering price range for its stock today, saying in a filing that it now expects to offer its shares at between $18.00 and $20.00 per share. The co...

Seattle-based Cray said this morning that it is in a "significant" expansion of its research and development team in Europe, with the hiring of a significant number of employees from Gnodal Limited. According to Cray, via an agreement with ...

Seattle-based Full Slate, which develops online appointment scheduling software, has been acquired Intuit, the company announced Wednesday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Full Slate develops online appointment scheduling ...

Bellevue-based venture capital investor Ignition Partners has just gotten an exit, at portfolio company ServiceMesh. Consulting giant CSC said Wednesday afternoon that it acquired ServiceMesh, to help turn the company into a "next-generatio...

Portland-based mobile loyalty software developer Perka has been acquired by credit card processor First Data, in a deal worth around $30.0M. First Data said that Perka became a subsidiary of the company on October 4th, and will continue to ...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said this morning that it has acquired European ringtone provider Muzicall. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to RealNetworks, Muzicall has become part of its Mobile Entertainment di...

Microsoft said today that it has acquired Apiphany, a developer of API management software, to help bolster its API management within Windows Azure. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Microsoft said it would soon be surfacing it...

Seattle-based WhitePages revealed yesterday that it has bought out its existing, venture investors, paying $80M to buy its shares back from investors Technology Crossover Ventures and Providence Equity. The company said it used cash from pr...

Seattle-based digital and social media agency Banyan Branch has been acquired by accounting and consulting giant Deloitte, Deloitte announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Deloitte, the ...

Seattle-based real estate information site Zillow said last week that it has opened up a brand new office in Lincoln, Nebraska, as a result of the acquisition of Mortech, a provider of software for mortgage lenders. According to Zillow, the...

Seattle-based Amazon.com said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire TenMarks, a startup which has been developing mathematics software for the K-12 market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Amazon, it will...

Seattle-based Varolli, the cloud-based email and communications provider for the enterprise, has been acquired by Nuance, the companies announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Varolii was venture backe...

Spokane, Washington-based Purcell Systems, a manufacturer of outdoor electronics enclosures, has been acquired by EnerSys. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. EnerSys is a manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of industrial bat...

Seattle-based search marketing provider Add3 is announcing this morning that it has acquired Portland-based search marketing agency Amplify Interactive. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Add3 said the acquisition adds a...

Seattle-based children's and babies e-commerce site Zulily has filed for an IPO, saying in a securities filing that it is looking to raise up to $140M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. The company is looking to list as ZU. The s...

The Climate Corporation, which provides data-based, weather insurance and weather monitoring services, has been acquired by Monsanto in a huge, $930M deal. The firm--which has offices in Seattle--offers up a range of weather insurance produ...

Seattle-based AdReady, the online advertising startup led by Aaron Finn, has been acquired by New York digital media company CPXi, the companies announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. AdReady develops...

Portland-based cloud software developer Springbook Software has acquired merchant services provider Merchant Transact, in an asset and technology deal. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Springbrook, it has ...

Telecom carrier Sprint is cleaning house over at Clearwire, and is in the midst of laying off 75 percent of Clearwire's employees in Bellevue and Kirkland. The layoff will impact 161 employees. The move comes as a result of Sprint's $3.8 bi...

Redmond-based business intelligence software developer Extended Results has been acquired by business software giant TIBCO, TIBCO announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Extended Results develops business in...

Seattle-based Internet traffic shaping products company F5 announced today that it has acquired Versafe, a developer of network-based anti-fraud, anti-phishing, and anti-malware products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Versa...

The big acquisition of Everett, Washington-based Intermec has received a nod from the Federal Trade Commission, according to Intermec and Honeywell, after they were granted an early termination of the normal waiting period on acquisitions. ...

Kirkland-based WaveDivision Holdings, the provider of fiber and broadband connectivity and services, has acquired two other, local companies, Wave said this morning. Wave said it has acquired Spectrum Networks and its subsidiary CondoIntern...

Seattle-based venture investor Ignition Partners has scored a nice exit today, after one of its portfolio companies, Whiptail, was acquired by Cisco. Cisco said it would pay $415M to acquire Whiptail, a maker of solid state disk drives. Ign...

Seattle-based Decide, the developer of software for helping consumers to determine when, or if, they ought to buy consumer electronics by closely tracking online prices--has been acquired by eBay. Financial terms of the acquisition were not...

Fate Therapeutics, the developer of stem cell technology which started in Seattle, is getting set for its IPO, saying in a regulatory filing this morning that it hopes to sell 4,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $14.00 and $16.0...

Microsoft announced this morning that it is buying Nokia Corporation's phone business, in a deal worth approximately $7.2 billion. According to the companies, Microsoft will purchase "substantially all" of Nokia's Devices & Services busines...

Is Microsoft considering a spinout of its Xbox division? A report from Bloomberg says that, with Steve Ballmer retiring, the possibility of a spinout of Microsoft's gaming division is much more likely. Bloomberg said Xbox may be worth at le...

The acquisition of Kirkland-based Market Leader by Trulia has completed, according to Trulia. The deal was worth $170M in cash plus 5.3 million shares of Trulia's common stock. The deal had been announced in May. The deal was worth approxi...

Portland-based Rentrak, which provides viewer measurement for the advertising, movie, and television industry, has acquired iTVX, a provider of branded entertainment measurement services for the TV, movie, internet, and social media areas. ...

Seattle-based Zillow said this morning that it has acquired New York-based StreetEasy, a regional real estate website focused primarily on New York. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Zillow said that StreetEasy has nearly 1.2 m...

Seattle-based PopShops, a provider of product information feeds and data for comparison shopping sites, coupon sites, blogs, and other online shopping sites, has been acquired by Rakuten Marketing, an arm of international e-commerce giant R...

Issaquah, Washington-based Perlego has officially become part of Fixmo, as its line of mobile management software has become integrated into Fixmo's line of products, Fixmo said today. Fixmo said that it has launched Fixmo MoveIt! and Fixmo...

Hillsboro, Oregon-based TriQuint Semiconductor has acquired CAP Wireless, a developer of RF amplifiers, the firm said Wednesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. CAP Wireless was based in Newbury Park, California, just north o...

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos is the proud new owner of The Washington Post, the newspaper announced Monday afternoon, in a surprise move. According to The Post, Bezos paid $250M in cash for The post and its affiliated publications. Amazon.com ...

Seattle-based Urbanspoon is getting out of the restaurant reservations business, and has sold its Rezbook restaurant reservation business to OpenTable. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Urbanspoon said the move is part of a pa...

Bellevue-based Blucora, the firm behind InfoSpace and TaxACT, has acquired an e-commerce firm called Monoprice, in a deal worth $180M in cash. Monoprice is a provider of self-branded, consumer electronics and home theater products, and is b...

Seattle-based RealNetworks said this morning that it has acquired social casino games maker Slingo, in a deal worth $15.6M. RealNetworks said, as part of the acquisition, that it will be creating new version of Slingo for Facebook, iPhone, ...

Portland-based digital gifting service Giftango is officially no more today, after Incomm, the company which acquired Giftango back in December has decided to rename the company. InComm said it will rename Giftango as InComm Digital Solutio...

Seattle-based flash sales site Zulily is looking at an IPO, and has hired an investment banker, according to a report from Reuters. Reuters said Wednesday evening that Zulily has hired Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to expl...

Seattle-based PeepCode, which provides online training videos for open source projects such as Ruby, JavaScript, Unix, and Git, has been acquired by online training service Pluralsight. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced....

Seattle-based MerchantOS, a developer of web-based point of sale software, has merged with LightSpeed Retail, the two companies said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. According to the companies, MerchantOS will...

Portland-based Puppet Labs, which develops cloud deployment software, has acquired Cloudsmith, a developer of apps for creating and deploying software stacks to the cloud. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cloudsmith de...

Bellevue-based Concur is expanding out its travel and expense management tools today, with the acquisition of two companies, GDSX and TRX. According to Concur, the two products are aimed at mid-office and data analytics, and will help enhan...

Sprint said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Bellevue-based Clearwire, just short of six months after announcing its acquisition on December 17th of last year. The completion of the acquisition puts to bed a long, drawn...

The Federal Communications Commission said over the long weekend that it has voted unanimously to approve the investment in Sprint by SoftBank, and Sprint's acquisition of Bellevue-based Clearwire. The deal is now expected to close in early...

Seattle-based Lockerz has sold back AddToAny, which developed social sharing tools, to its founder, Pat Diven II. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Diven said that he is "back at it full time" working on AddToAny. Locke...

Bellevue-based Outerwall--the newly renamed Coinstar--has acquired a maker of electronics recycling kiosks, the company said today. Outerwall said it has acquired EcoATM, for $350M in cash. EcoATM makes automated kiosks which allow consumer...

DISH Network said Wednesday afternoon that it is officially walking away from its bid for Kirkland-based Clearwire, and will withdraw its tender offer to acquire all of the shares of Clearwire. The move came after the bid increase by Sprint...

Redmond-based Noetix, which develops business intelligence and data analytics software, has been acquired by Silverback Enterprise Group. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Silverback Enterprise Group, the current m...

Seattle-based NanoString Technologies, the provider of molecular diagnostics and other life sciences tools, was walloped in its IPO on Wednesday, closing down nearly 20 percent below its already low IPO price. The firm closed at $8.06 per s...

Kenmore, Washington-based Rteamsite, a developer of sports league and team management services, has been acquired by sports team software developer TeamSnap, the two said Wednesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Tea...

Sprint has increased its bid for Kirkland's Clearwire to $5.00 per share, in a move that might finally put the long running acquisition drama to bed. Sprint--which had most recently been offering $4.40 per share for Clearwire, up from an or...

Bezos Expeditions, the venture investing arm of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, scored big win Wednesday, when MakerBot, which makes 3D printers, was acquired by Stratasys for $403M in stock plus up to $201M in earnout. Bezos Expeditions ha...

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...