Swiss tech advisory SoftwareOne to buy Norwegian rival Crayon in a cash and stock deal valuing Crayon at ~$1.4B; the combined firm will have ~$1.8B in revenue
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Media monitoring startup Meltwater sold an 11% stake for ~$65M to Norwegian private equity firm Verdane at a $592M valuation, down from $1B+ in December 2020
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Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK online supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements
Alastair Reed / Bloomberg :
Norwegian robotics company AutoStore agrees to pay £200M to UK supermarket giant Ocado to settle a global dispute over warehouse patent infringements
As part of the agreement, the companies will withdraw their actions against each other, Autostore and Ocado said in separate statements on Saturday.
General Atlantic to buy out SoftBank's entire 15% stake in game-based online learning service Kahoot for about $152M; SoftBank spent $215M+ for the stake
SoftBank's retreat from its past investing exuberance continues apace. This morning, Kahoot, the Norwegian startup that provides …
Telecommunications company Orange has acquired Basefarm Holding, a Norway-based cloud infrastructure and critical application services company, for €350M
Major European telecom operator Orange has acquired Basefarm Holding AS, a Norwegian-founded cloud infrastructure …
Opera Software rebrands to Otello Corporation after selling its browser business to a group of Chinese investors in 2016
Reuters is reporting that Opera Software ASA — the Norwegian company best known for its web browser — is rebranding to Otello Corporation.
Flir, leading maker of thermal imaging equipment, buys Prox Dynamics, a Norwegian maker of pocket-sized surveillance and reconnaissance drones, for $134M
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