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SoftBank to acquire ARM for $32B, eyes IoT portfolio boost

Japan-based multinational telecommunications and internet corporation, SoftBank, has agreed to buy British semiconductor and mobile microprocessor company, ARM for $32.5 billion (£24bn), in an...

Baidu invests in ZestFinance, to aid credit scoring in China

California-based fintech firm, ZestFinance that offers machine learning and data science for credit-scoring claims to have secured a strategic investment from Chinese web services...

AWS bolsters cloud capabilities, buys IDE startup, Cloud9

Amazon Web Services (AWS), in efforts to bolster its cloud computing capabilities has acquired San Francisco-based Cloud9, an online integrated development environment (IDE) for...

Google aids Spaces, acquires group collaboration app, Kifi

Google, in its efforts to build and broaden Spaces, its group chat and collaboration tool (application) has acquired California-based Kifi. A FortyTwo production, Kifi...

eBay eyes AI, acquires analytics platform, SalesPredict

California-based e-commerce platform, eBay that enables buying, selling and auctioning of goods has announced the acquisition of Israeli predictive analytics company, SalesPredict, to gain...

EarnUp secures $3M, eyes platform development

San Francisco-based EarnUp that develops, builds and operates consumer financial technology platforms, has secured $3 million in seed funding and has come out of...

HourlyNerd raises $22M, plans software and product development

Boston-based online platform, HourlyNerd which connects freelance business management consultants and enterprises has raised $22 million in a Series C funding round. The round...

Airwallex raises $3.75M to enhance cross-border payment options

Melbourbe-based fintech startup, Airwallex has raised a total of $3.75 million in pre-launch Seed funding, according to Financial Review. The round was led by...