Mergers & Acquisitions

NTT Communications Corporation, the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group and Transatel, a global Internet of Things (IoT) cellular connectivity management provider and Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE),

Sentiance, a motion intelligence company, has acquired BrandNewHealth, a fully scalable personalised digital coaching service that offers tailor-made programs for companies and organisations to provide workplace mobility, health promotion, population health improvement and chronic disease coaching.

Accenture has acquired PrimeQ, one of Australia’s and New Zealand’s top Oracle Software as a Service (SaaS) Cloud implementation service providers. With the addition of PrimeQ, Accenture is now the largest Oracle Cloud systems integrator in the region.

The Insurtech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisors, Hampleton Partners, reveals that 2018 global fundraising for insurance technology start-ups has already reached an all-time high in volume with 204 deals and transaction values of $2.6 billion (€2.28 billion), close to the 2015 peak of $2.7 billion (€2.37 billion).

The number of active fleet management systems deployed in commercial vehicle fleets in Europe was 7.7 million in Q4-2017, according to a new research report from the IoT analyst firm Berg Insight.

Germany’s Software AG has acquired Built.io, a San Francisco-based integration Platform as a a Service (iPaaS) company. Founded by serial entrepreneurs Nishant Patel, Neha Sampat and Matthew Baier, software vendor Built.io introduced its iPaaS offering, Built.io Flow in 2015.

Total has finalised the acquisition of G2mobility, a French provider of electric vehicle charging solutions. With this deal, Total is accelerating the growth of its electric vehicle charging businesses, from designing smart charging stations to optimising energy usage management and selling integrated services.

Vector, the German-based specialist in the development and test of automotive electronics, has acquired 100% of the shares of the French tool company Squoring Technologies.

Enterprise web and mobile app development firm, Dogfish Mobile, announced that it is relaunching as Vidatec. The comprehensive rebrand, which follows its multi-million-pound acquisition by the Dundee-based, Insights Group, in June 2017,

It’s been quite a week for the tech sector. Some vendors are betting the farm to catch up or just to find a niche in the Internet of Things. Others are smirking as they see a return on earlier IoT investments. Jeremy Cowan reports from a volatile marketplace.

Qualcomm Inc. has terminated its planned acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V. by Qualcomm River Holdings B.V., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary. 

IBM announced it has acquired Oniqua Holdings Pty Ltd., a global innovator in Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) Inventory Optimisation solutions and services focused on mining, oil & gas, transportation, utilities, manufacturing and other asset-intensive industries.

PTC announced at the sold-out LiveWorx 18 digital transformation conference a wide range of new initiatives for augmented reality (AR). These are coming out of its new business unit dedicated to the advancement and application of augmented reality in industrial settings.

Veea Inc., a global provider in smart applications, announced the acquisition of the UK-based Virtuosys Ltd., a company delivering Smart network solutions at the network edge.

The Berger-Levrault Group, publisher of software for administrative and local public bodies and the healthcare, medico-social, education and business sectors, acquired CARL Software on May 18th. CARL Software specialises in technical asset and maintenance management (CMMS / TAM).

The recently announced merger between US mobile operator rivals T-Mobile and Sprint in an all-stock transaction valued at US$26.5 billion (€22.33 billion) will be no slam dunk, according to data and analytics company, GlobalData.