Flashy Finance Acquires BeeMee.Buzz

Flashy Finance Acquires StoryFire to Launch Flashy Social

May 8, 2025

Media & Entertainment

San Francisco-based Flashy Finance has acquired social video and streaming platform StoryFire and will fold the platform into a new product vertical called Flashy Social. The deal brings StoryFire’s ~2.5 million users into Flashy’s cultural finance ecosystem to enable creator monetization, token incentives, and next‑generation streaming mechanics.

Flashy Finance Acquires Funny Till U Die

April 15, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Flashy Finance (formerly Life DeFi) has acquired viral gaming and entertainment brand Funny Till U Die and will integrate the brand's IP and team into a new offering called Flashy Fun. Co-founder David Lucatch joins Flashy Finance's executive team as the company embeds DeFi capabilities into games and social experiences to expand its consumer-facing Lif3 blockchain ecosystem.

Automattic Acquires Beeper

April 9, 2024

Software

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, has acquired messaging startup Beeper in a deal that closed April 1 for about $125 million. The Beeper team will join Automattic's messaging efforts (including last year’s Texts.com acquisition); Beeper founder Eric Migicovsky will lead messaging at Automattic as Head of Messaging and the product will be integrated and expanded under the Beeper brand.

Appspace Acquires Beezy to Create Unified Workplace Experience Platform

October 20, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Appspace Inc. has acquired Beezy, the digital workplace and intelligent intranet provider, to combine capabilities and deliver a unified workplace experience platform. The deal brings Beezy's enterprise intranet technology and customer base into Appspace's workplace experience portfolio to better engage employees across physical and digital touchpoints.

M33 Growth Makes Strategic Growth Investment in BeSmartee

February 23, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

BeSmartee, a digital mortgage platform provider, secured a strategic growth investment from Boston-based M33 Growth to accelerate product development and expand its customer base across banks, credit unions and non-bank lenders. The minority growth investment is intended to help BeSmartee scale operations and bring its mortgage POS technology to more financial institutions; terms were not disclosed.

Mortgage Advice Bureau Acquires Fluent Money from Beech Tree Private Equity for £95m

April 1, 2022

Financial Services

Mortgage Advice Bureau Plc has acquired Fluent Money from Beech Tree Private Equity for £95 million. The deal brings Fluent's digital mortgage, second-charge, equity release, bridging and insurance capabilities into MAB to accelerate product expansion and scale; Fluent is based in Bolton and employs over 450 staff.