German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse agrees to acquire European fund distribution platform Allfunds for about $6.2B in cash and stock
Deutsche Boerse AG agreed to acquire European fund distribution platform Allfunds Group Plc for about €5.3 billion ($6.2 billion) in cash and stock.
Rumble says it will acquire German AI infrastructure company Northern Data in an up to $970M deal, set to close in Q2 2026; both companies are backed by Tether
The deal brings together two companies backed by stablecoin issuer Tether — Rumble said it would acquire German artificial …
Vodafone agrees to acquire Skaylink, a German company specializing in managing cloud deployments on Microsoft Azure and AWS, for €175M from PE firm Waterland
Britain's Vodafone (VOD.L) on Thursday said it will acquire German cloud and digital transformation firm Skaylink for 175 million euros …
Sources: PayPal to take over Carlyle's stake in Shopware, a German provider of e-commerce tools to merchants, with PayPal's stake increasing to ~41% from ~11%
PayPal Holdings Inc. is taking over a stake in German digital commerce company Shopware AG from a Carlyle Group Inc. fund, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Warburg Pincus agrees to acquire German industrial software company PSI for €700M+, or €45 per share, a ~50% premium; PSI's stock closed at €33.20 on October 10
Proofpoint agrees to acquire German company Hornetsecurity, which specializes in managed cloud-based email security services, for $1B+, set to close in H2 2025
Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint is set to acquire European rival Hornetsecurity for north of $1 billion to strengthen its European presence …
The European Commission approves €920M in German state aid to Infineon to build a new chip plant in Dresden, set to reach full capacity in 2031
German online fashion retailer Zalando agrees to buy its smaller rival About You for ~€1.2B, or €6.50 per share, a ~67% premium on December 10's closing price
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TeamViewer says it plans to acquire 1E, which makes automated remediation software, from Carlyle for $720M, closing in early 2025, its biggest acquisition yet
- German remote-working software firm's biggest ever acquisition — Transaction will help expand company's North America footprint
Source: Perplexity CEO told staff in 2023 that it had acquisition offers from X, OpenAI, and Notion, in the $150M to $200M range; Microsoft was also interested
So, dear fellow German #LITranslators, can we come up with a German-sounding word …