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Lighthouse Acquires The Hotels Network

April 16, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Lighthouse, the London-based commercial platform for travel and hospitality, has acquired The Hotels Network, a Barcelona-based marketing personalization and direct-booking SaaS provider. The deal integrates The Hotels Network’s AI-driven personalization engine with Lighthouse’s pricing and market intelligence to expand Lighthouse’s commercial capabilities for hotels and boost direct channel revenue.

LeaseQuery Acquires Stackshine

August 8, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

LeaseQuery has acquired Stackshine, a Y Combinator‑backed SaaS spend management platform founded in 2019, to expand its product offering beyond lease accounting into SaaS operations and spend optimization. The deal will allow LeaseQuery customers to centralize visibility into two major cost areas—leases and SaaS subscriptions—helping finance and IT teams identify waste and reduce unnecessary spend.

Stake Acquires Circa to Add No-Fee Rent Payments and Collections

June 13, 2024

Payments & Fintech

Stake, the loyalty company for the rental economy, acquired rent payments platform Circa for $9.5 million in cash and stock. The deal integrates Circa’s payments technology and collections capabilities (branded Get Current) into Stake’s renter banking, loyalty, and incentive platform to deliver no-fee rent payments with instant Cash Back and industry-first delinquency management.

Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) Acquires Stardekk

February 15, 2024

Software

Lighthouse (formerly OTA Insight) has acquired Belgium-based Stardekk, a provider of hospitality channel management and distribution software. The acquisition — terms not disclosed — combines Lighthouse's data and AI-driven commercial platform with Stardekk's channel management reach to offer an integrated distribution and pricing solution for independent hoteliers.

Kraken Acquires Staked

December 21, 2021

Payments & Fintech

Kraken has acquired Staked, a non-custodial staking infrastructure provider, for an undisclosed sum to expand its staking product lineup and offer a non-custodial alternative to its custodial staking services. The deal strengthens Kraken's capabilities across additional proof-of-stake networks and brings Staked's institutional and retail clients into Kraken's broader crypto platform.

Wave Financial Acquires Cardano Staking Pool SkyLight

September 30, 2021

Financial Services

Wave Financial LLC acquired the Cardano staking pools SkyLight (SKY, SKY2) and will operate them through its Wave Pool, naming SkyLight founder Umed Saidov, CFA as Head of Staking Operations. The move expands Wave's digital-asset product set by enabling the firm's clients to stake Cardano through Wave's institutional platform as it grows its Cardano-related capabilities.