Dutch payments group Mollie agrees to acquire London-based fintech GoCardless for €1.5B, set to close in 2026; GoCardless was last valued at $2.1B in early 2022
Dutch payments group aims to create new European fintech — Dutch payments group Mollie has agreed to acquire …
Nexperia's former CEO Frans Scheper says Wingtech, which bought the Dutch chipmaker in 2019, quickly plotted to send Nexperia's research and IP to China
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Dutch media: ASML has sold parts to a subsidiary of a Chinese army supplier, per Chinese import and export data; ASML says it can't confirm the report
Customers of chip equipment maker ASML (ASML.AS) include at least one firm with links to the Chinese military, Dutch television program Nieuwsuur reported on Tuesday.
Dutch information services company Wolters Kluwer agrees to acquire legal software maker Brightflag for ~$480M in cash, set to close in June 2025
You can read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/duSrkNez Wolters Kluwer : Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory Acquires Brightflag — We are proud to announce that Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory...
Dutch chipmaker NXP agrees to acquire Vienna-based automotive safety software provider TTTech Auto for $625M in cash, aiming to boost its automotive operations
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Dutch tech investor Prosus plans to acquire online travel agency Despegar.com for $1.7B, or $19.50 per share, to expand in Latin America, closing in Q2 2025
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Milan-based mobile app developer Bending Spoons acquires Dutch file-sharing service WeTransfer, which backed out of an IPO in 2022, without disclosing terms
- European app developer has bought Evernote and pursued Vimeo — Dutch firm WeTransfer pulled out of a potential IPO in 2022
Sources: instead of a 51% stake, Yandex plans to sell its entire Russian business, including its search engine, after pressures tied to Russia's war in Ukraine
- Deal to sell Russian unit may be announced in December — Dutch-registered Yandex previously planned to sell a 51% stake
Yandex co-founder and former CEO Arkady Volozh says “Russia's invasion of Ukraine is barbaric”, as Yandex plans a Russian spin off from its Dutch parent company
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