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NEW UPDATE REPORT – Strategic Merger Between DCM and RRD Canada Sparks Industry Consolidation with Beneficial Synergies

March 10, 2023 Chris Thompson

We have written a 10-page Update Report on DATA Communications Management(DCM), a Canadian-based communications and marketing solutions provider that offers comprehensive online and offline communications and marketing solutions to businesses. The update report provides highlights of the Company’s recent announcements to acquire RRD Canada and preliminary full-year financial results for 2022 with revenue in the range of $270 million to $274 million, a 15% to 16.5% increase compared with 2021. [more]

Enghouse to Acquire Video Technology Platform Qumu in All-Cash Offer

December 21, 2022 Chris Thompson

Enghouse Systems, a global provider of enterprise software solutions, announced that it has reached an all-cash agreement to acquire Qumu Corporation, a provider of cloud-based enterprise video technology, for US$18.0 million. The offer price represents a premium of approximately 105% over the closing price of Qumu on December 16, 2022. [more]

Electronic Arts Acquires Glu Mobile to Boost Online Gaming Portfolio

February 12, 2021 Chris Thompson

Video game developer Electronic Arts announced the acquisition of mobile game developer Glu Mobile for $2.1 billion, a 36% premium to the market. [more]

Cannabis Update: US Moves Closer to Federal Regulation, M&A Activity Surges, and Edibles Demand Increases

January 15, 2021 Jay Yi

The cannabis industry recently saw heightened activity as the United States moved closer towards federal regulation while several M&A deals were announced. In addition, the cannabis edibles market sharply increased as more consumers tried edibles for the first time. [more]

Hyundai to Acquire Controlling Interest in Robotics Company Boston Dynamics from SoftBank

January 6, 2021 Jay Yi

Last month, Hyundai Motor Group, a South Korean multinational conglomerate, announced an agreement to acquire a controlling interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank. [more]

LegalTech Company Dye & Durham to Acquire DoProcess for $530M

January 3, 2021 Jay Yi

Dye & Durham, a Canadian LegalTech company that recently launched an IPO, announced the acquisition of DoProcess for $530M. Shortly after, Dye & Durham announced another acquisition with a majority stake investment in Courthouse Solutions. [more]

ServiceNow to Acquire Canadian Artificial Intelligence Start-Up Element AI

December 22, 2020 Jay Yi

ServiceNow, a U.S. cloud-based software company, announced the acquisition of Element AI, a Canadian artificial intelligence software company. The acquisition involves plans to build the first AI Innovation Hub in Canada. [more]

Equinox Gold to Acquire Premier Gold in a Friendly Acquisition

December 19, 2020 Chris Thompson

Equinox Gold and Premier Gold announced that Equinox Gold will acquire Premier Gold and concurrently, Premier Gold will spin-out its Nevada-based assets into a new company to be called i-80 Gold Corp. Transaction values assets at ~US$160 per reserve ounce and ~US$50 per resource ounce. [more]

Salesforce Acquires Slack for $28B to Create a Work-From-Anywhere Platform

December 7, 2020 Jay Yi

Salesforce, a leading CRM platform, announced the acquisition of Slack, an enterprise communications platform. The transaction provided Slack with an enterprise value of $28 billion and an EV/Revenue of 32x based on Slack’s forecasted revenue for 2021. [more]