Thumbtack Acquires Charlotte’s StreetFair

Home365 Acquires Chicago-based Paper Street Realty

June 23, 2022

Real Estate

Home365, a San Jose-based PropTech platform, acquired Paper Street Realty to support management of its Chicago real estate investments and expand its OneRate NOI-backed offering into the Chicago market. The acquisition brings Paper Street's local team and management of more than 500 units into Home365's end-to-end property management and investment platform, enabling geographic expansion and local operational capability in Chicago.

Ally Financial Acquires Fair Square Financial for $750M

October 21, 2021

Financial Services

Ally Financial announced a definitive agreement to acquire Fair Square Financial for $750 million in cash, completing the deal in late 2021. The acquisition gives Ally a ready-made digital credit-card platform and consumer credit capabilities as it re-enters the credit-card market.

Thumbtack Acquires Setter

December 8, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Thumbtack has acquired Setter, a Toronto-based home management platform, to add personalized maintenance programs, virtual home consultations, and data-driven home care plans to its marketplace. The acquisition is intended to deepen homeowner engagement, accelerate growth, and give Thumbtack a presence in Canada's growing tech talent pool.

FivePoint Solutions Acquires Street Smart LLC

May 4, 2020

Software

FivePoint Solutions, a Lexington, South Carolina-based public safety technology company, acquired Street Smart LLC, a real-time information and intelligence platform for law enforcement. The acquisition will integrate Street Smart's real-time crime mapping, situational bulletins and geo-coded collaboration tools into FivePoint's officer and school safety and data-integration platform to expand capabilities for law enforcement customers.

Accenture Acquires Fairway Technologies

August 27, 2019

IT Services

Accenture has acquired U.S.-based Fairway Technologies, a provider of product and platform engineering services, to bolster Accenture's Product and Platform Engineering Services practice. Terms were not disclosed; Fairway comprises more than 80 engineering professionals with offices in San Diego and Irvine, California, and Austin, Texas.

Nextag Acquires Thingbuzz

October 18, 2011

E-Commerce

Nextag, the San Mateo-based shopping and product comparison website, acquired Thingbuzz, a Bay Area real-time social shopping platform, to integrate social media product conversations and reviews into Nextag's shopping experience. The acquisition is intended to add social shopping and real-time product discovery capabilities to Nextag's site; financial terms were not disclosed.