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NerdWallet Acquires Fundera

October 30, 2020

Financial Services

NerdWallet has acquired Fundera, a New York–based online marketplace that connects small and medium-sized businesses with lenders and other financial products. Fundera will become a NerdWallet subsidiary and its team will join NerdWallet as the company expands its offerings into the SMB lending and small-business financial guidance market.

Meltwater Acquires Owler

June 18, 2021

Data & Analytics

Meltwater has agreed to acquire crowd-sourced business information platform Owler for $24.5 million in a mix of cash and equity. The acquisition brings Owler's community-driven company data into Meltwater's media intelligence and social analytics offering to expand capabilities in sales intelligence, competitive intelligence and risk management.

Hg Acquires AuditBoard for Over $3 Billion

May 23, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Hg will acquire AuditBoard, a connected risk and audit SaaS platform, in a transaction valued at over $3 billion. AuditBoard, founded in 2014 and headquartered in California, serves more than 2,000 enterprise customers (including nearly 50% of the Fortune 500) and reported over $200 million ARR; Hg intends to support product innovation, international expansion and continued platform growth.

Sapporo Holdings Acquires Anchor Brewing Company

August 3, 2017

Food & Beverage

Sapporo Holdings Limited will acquire all equity interest in Anchor Brewing Company from parent Anchor Brewers & Distillers, LLC for $85 million, in a deal expected to close on August 31, 2017. Sapporo said the acquisition supports its "SPEED 150" plan to expand its North American beer business and will keep brewing operations in San Francisco while leveraging Sapporo's global distribution to grow Anchor internationally.

Fintech Acquires Armadillo Insight, LLC

April 28, 2020

Data & Analytics

Financial Information Technologies, LLC (Fintech) acquired Armadillo Insight, LLC, a Washington-based data analytics firm that transforms craft beer data into sales and marketing intelligence. The deal integrates Armadillo’s depletion and competitive-scan data into Fintech’s beverage-alcohol platform to expand analytics and CRM capabilities for suppliers and accelerate product placement across chain retailers.

Medallia Acquires Decibel

March 1, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Medallia Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Decibel, a leader in digital experience analytics, for approximately $160 million in cash. The deal, which includes the sale of Perwyn Growth Capital's investment, was expected to close in March 2021 and will add Decibel's always-on digital journey and experience capabilities to Medallia's Experience Cloud.