Next-generation vacation rental management company Evolve Vacation Rental Network acquired the technology and intellectual property assets of Everbooked, Inc., a dynamic pricing platform for the short-term rental category. Founded in 2011, Evolve has a portfolio of 9,000 properties and has secured $350 million in rental income
K1 Investment Management announced the acquisition of Actiance, a communications compliance, archiving, and analytics company. Pending regulatory approval from government authorities, Actiance will combine with K1’s portfolio company Smarsh, which provides comprehensive archiving solutions for compliance, e-discovery, and risk management. Actiance, founded in 1998, is
The travel tool Flight Deals Hound constantly scans for international and domestic flight deals near users’ specified locations, and sends personalized email alerts to them as soon as deals are found. Flight Deals Hound was created by Founder Anna Wu.
T-shirt design company Threadless announced that it has purchased shoe brand BucketFeet. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BucketFeet, founded in 2011, is a direct-to-consumer online shoe brand. With a network of 40,000 artists from more than 120 countries, BucketFeet’s goal is to
Chrome extension Gopher is a travel product providing better hotel deals automatically with cash back. It pops up when users view a hotel on major travel sites and shows a better deal via the hotel's official site – which is usually a lower room rate
American video game and entertainment media company IGN Entertainment announced the acquisition of Humble Bundle, an online digital distribution platform. Founded in 2011, Humble Bundle is a digital storefront for video games and ebooks that contributes parts of its revenue to charities. The company puts together
Google Cloud Platform announced that it has acquired software startup Bitium. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bitium is a Santa Monica-headquartered provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions, including single sign-on, password management, and analytics for small, medium, and enterprise businesses. Founded
OpenX, a global leader in quality programmatic advertising, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of privately held technology companies Mezzobit and PubNation. In the coming months, OpenX will integrate Mezzobit and PubNation's technology management and quality control technologies within its platform to provide
Acuant, a leading provider of data capture and authentication solutions, announced that it has acquired Ozone, a line of identity products, intellectual property (IP) and talent, from the Mount Airey Group, a provider of identity solutions used by federal organizations and agencies around the world.
Entertainment company LiveXLive today announced that it has acquired music startup Slacker Radio for $50 million. Slacker Radio, founded in 2006, is next-generation personalized radio that allows music lovers to choose from a broad selection of human-curated music, news and sports stations that are personalized