Zillow Group Acquires ShowingTime from Accel-KKR for $500M

ShowingTime Acquires Centralized Showing Service (CSS)

September 5, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

ShowingTime.com, Inc. acquired Centralized Showing Service, Inc. (CSS) to combine their residential real-estate showing management capabilities and accelerate platform growth. The acquisition was financed with debt from Accel‑KKR Credit Partners and Wells Fargo Capital Finance to support the deal while avoiding equity dilution.

StoreForce Acquires ThinkTime with Backing from Accel-KKR

August 1, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

StoreForce, a Toronto-based retail operations software provider, has acquired ThinkTime, a Chicago-based retail execution and task-management software vendor. The deal comes after StoreForce received a majority investment from tech-focused private equity firm Accel-KKR, and is intended to expand StoreForce's retail execution, tasking and ticketing capabilities as an add-on to its platform.

Zillow Group Acquires Follow Up Boss

November 1, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Zillow Group has agreed to acquire Follow Up Boss, a real-estate-focused CRM, for $400 million in initial cash plus up to $100 million in potential earnout. Follow Up Boss will remain an independent brand, its ~100 employees (including co-founders Dan Corkill and Tom Markov) will join Zillow, and the product will continue to support third-party integrations.

Hudson Hill Capital Acquires Majority Stake in MarketTime

December 5, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Hudson Hill Capital has made a significant majority investment in MarketTime, a Dallas-based SaaS platform that automates wholesale retail commerce for brands, manufacturers, agencies, and retailers. The partnership will support product feature expansion (including payments capabilities) and go-to-market growth to accelerate customer adoption and GMV on the MarketTime platform.

Tulip Acquires Timekit

November 24, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Tulip, a provider of cloud-based retail mobile and clienteling solutions, has acquired Timekit, an API-first appointment scheduling and resource management platform based in San Francisco. The deal will integrate Timekit's scheduling API into Tulip's Clienteling application to expand Tulip's omnichannel retail capabilities and accelerate product innovation.

Airbnb Acquires HotelTonight

April 15, 2019

Consumer Products

Airbnb has completed its acquisition of HotelTonight, integrating the last-minute hotel-booking app into Airbnb’s broader travel platform. HotelTonight will continue to operate its app and website, with co-founder Sam Shank joining Airbnb to lead the boutique hotel category and help expand Airbnb’s lodging offerings.