Yext Acquires Places Scout

Jobplex Acquires Her Scout

March 11, 2026

Staffing & HR

Jobplex, the Chicago-based partner company of DHR Global, acquired Her Scout, a boutique recruiting firm focused on early- and growth-stage technology startups. Jobplex also named Her Scout’s founder, Amy York, as a partner in its advanced technology practice to expand capability around emerging and founder-led businesses.

Senzing Acquires Placekey

December 16, 2025

Data & Analytics

Senzing, a provider of real-time entity resolution technology, has acquired the Placekey service and technology, bringing the open universal identifier for places data under Senzing's ownership. Placekey will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary and remain freely available while benefiting from Senzing's resources to accelerate innovation and expand use cases for location data interoperability.

Coupa Acquires Scoutbee to Expand Supplier Discovery and Intelligence

October 6, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Coupa, the AI platform for total spend management, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Scoutbee, an AI-powered supplier discovery platform and network. The combined offering will integrate Scoutbee’s AI search, supplier network and dataset, and collaboration tools with Coupa’s platform and 10M+ buyer-supplier ecosystem, aiming to improve supplier discovery, onboarding, and transactions.

Yext Acquires Hearsay Systems

June 10, 2024

Software

Yext, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hearsay Systems for $125 million plus up to $95 million in performance-based consideration. The acquisition combines Yext's digital presence platform with Hearsay's compliance-driven digital client engagement solutions for financial services to expand capabilities, cross-sell into regulated customers, and unify multi-channel customer engagement.

Precisely Acquires PlaceIQ

January 19, 2022

Data & Analytics

Precisely, a global data integrity software company, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlaceIQ, a location data and technology provider used for marketing and business decisions. The deal expands Precisely’s data integrity portfolio with mobile location data to support advertising measurement, attribution, and broader enterprise data management offerings.

Foursquare Acquires Placed from Snap Inc.

May 30, 2019

Data & Analytics

Foursquare has signed an agreement to acquire Placed from Snap Inc., adding Placed Attribution to Foursquare’s location technology product suite. The deal is supported by a $150 million investment in Foursquare led by The Raine Group to fund the acquisition and accelerate R&D; Placed founder David Shim will join Foursquare’s executive team.