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M&A roundup - week ending 7/11/15

by Steven Loeb, July 11, 2015

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Capital One buys Monsoon; Laundrapp scoops up Washbox; Splunk acquires Caspida

In order to rev up its design plans, Capital One bought development, design and marketing services firm Monsoon. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Oakland-based company has a team of 40 people, only some of which will be heading over to capital one. Monsoon itself will no longer exist, but those workers who don't go to Capital One will continue ...

M&A roundup - week ending 7/4/15

by Steven Loeb, July 4, 2015

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PayPal buys Xoom; Vivendi purchased 80% of Dailymotion; Uber shores up maps with Bing tech and team

Adding to the the growing list of payment startups that are exiting this year, PayPal acquired digital money transfer provider Xoom. The deal to buy the publically traded company was priced at $25 per share in cash, or approximately $890 million enterprise value. The San Francisco-based Xoom allows consumers to send money, pay bills and send mobile reloads to family and friends around the world by ...

M&A roundup - week ending 6/27/15

by Steven Loeb, June 27, 2015

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Verizon completed its purchase of AOL; Spotify picked up Seed Scientific; Lyft bought Leo

Verizon completed the deal, which was first announced in mid-May, to purchase AOL for $50 a share, or $4.4 billion. The purchase is widely seen as a way for Verizon to get its hands on AOL's video and advertising platform, which the company has built up in the years since its disastrous merger with Time Warner ended. The acquisition will help Verizon to ...

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