SoftBank Group agrees to acquire ABB's robotics business, which generated $2.3B in sales in 2024, for $5.4B; ABB expects the deal to close in mid-to-late 2026
SoftBank Group (9984.T) said on Wednesday it has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S) in a $5.4 billion deal.
Shift4 agrees a $1.5B deal to buy Swiss tax-free shopping services provider Global Blue Group; Shift4 handles $250B in annual payments from 200K+ companies
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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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Sweden's EQT plans to buy a majority stake in Swiss cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis, sources say valuing Acronis at $4B, up from $3.5B in 2022
Sweden's EQT (EQTAB.ST) said on Wednesday it will acquire a majority stake in Swiss cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis.
Ripple acquires Switzerland-based digital asset custody startup Metaco for $250M in cash and stock and plans to keep the brand and founder Adrien Treccani
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images — Crypto payments firm Ripple shelled out $250 million for Swiss custody startup Metaco.
Swiss bank UBS terminates its $1.4B acquisition of robo-adviser Wealthfront and says it will buy $69.7M in Wealthfront convertible notes at the same valuation
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Swiss investment management firm Partners Group buys Forterro, a provider of resource planning software and services for SMBs, from Battery Ventures for €1B
Partners Group, a Swiss investment management firm, announced that it has acquired Forterro from Battery Ventures at an enterprise value of €1B.
Sennheiser sells its consumer electronics division to Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products like hearing aids and cochlear implants
From blasting your eardrums to assisting them in later life — Sonova, a Swiss company best known for its medical audio products …
Dating Group, which says it has 73M registered users, acquires Once, a Swiss-based app which leverages AI to provide one match per day to each user, for €14.9M
Dating Group, one of the largest companies in the dating industry with 73 million registered users across its portfolio …
Japanese electronics company NEC says it has agreed to buy Swiss banking software developer Avaloq for $2.2B
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