Adobe plans to buy UI design and prototyping tool Figma for ~$20B, half cash and half stock; CEO Dylan Field will continue to lead Figma; ADBE closed down 16.8%
Today, we're announcing that Figma has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Adobe. TechCrunch : After the Figma-Adobe deal, which design startups are acquisition targets? Wall Street Journal : ...
Amazon plans to acquire primary health care provider One Medical, which offers in-person, digital, and virtual services, for about $3.9B in an all-cash deal
Amazon is buying One Medical, the so-called “Netflix of primary care,” for $3.9 billion. Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica : Amazon might own your doctor's office after latest acquisition Bloomberg : Ama...
Amazon says it will acquire MGM Studios for $8.45B, its second-largest acquisition since it paid $13.7B for Whole Foods in 2017
they are laser-focused on expanding and entrenching their monopoly power. That's bad for workers, consumers, and small businesses. Josh Hawley / @hawleymo : This sale should not go through. @amazon is...
Zynga to acquire Chartboost, a mobile programmatic ad service reaching 700M+ MAUs, for $250M in cash; Zynga says deal will help it grow as IDFA changes roll out
CFO says will pressure Q2 and Q3 somewhat and reflected in guidance, expects continued advertising growth regardless $ZNGA Rich Greenfield / @richlightshed : My overall takeaway from #IDFA is that it ...
Publicly traded identity management company Okta says it is acquiring Auth0, one of its biggest challengers, in an all-stock deal valued at $6.5B
that's a biggie. https://www.cnbc.com/... #oktasponsor #okta Clueless / @clueless_1337 : Turns out $OKTA bought Auth0 and solidified its lead-in IAM. Guess it's a clear monopoly right now! https://www...
Amazon plans to acquire podcast network Wondery, which will join Amazon Music
Wondery will be a part of Amazon Music, which launched podcasting in September. — Amazon is also exploring podcasts for Audible and local. — The company owns a sizable chunk of the smart speaker marke...
In a letter, an activist hedge fund pushes Intel to explore strategic alternatives, like whether it should remain an integrated device manufacturer; stock up 5%
Welcome to Protocol Cloud, your comprehensive roundup of everything … Danny Crichton / TechCrunch : Activist hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb takes on Intel, plans launch of new VC fund Joel Hruska / Ex...
Filing: ahead of Snowflake's IPO, Salesforce and Berkshire Hathaway both commit to buy $250M worth of Snowflake stock; IPO range to value it at ~$21B-$23.7B
Appeal of the cloud data storage platform lies not only in its triple-digit sales growth Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC : Snowflake IPO gets vote of confidence as Berkshire, Salesforce agree to buy shares...
Sources: about a month before BigCommerce's successful IPO, Intuit offered to buy the company for $1.5B
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Security software vendor Tanium partners with Salesforce, which led a new round of funding, bringing total raised to $900M at a $9B valuation
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