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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

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Around the turn of the century, Autonomy Corporation was one of the darlings of the UK technology industry, specializing in knowledge management and enterprise search. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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Kenya-based aquaculture tech Victory Farms nets $5M funding to expand into new markets

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Joseph Rehmann founded Victory Farms in 2015. In 2015, Rehmann teamed up with his longtime business partner Steve Moran to explore Lake Victoria and perform some feasibility studies on how they could use technology to disrupt the country’s cold chain markets. billion fish deficit.

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Battery Ventures Sees AI’s Massive Impact On Tech, And It’s Here Already

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Battery has made investments in Arize , Weaviate and Galileo in technologies that assist companies with model management and performance. Thakker joined Battery in 2015 to build out its infrastructure, data and cloud practice. And so, we’re seeing this innovation fully impact productivity in the tech sector.”

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Why, and when, CIOs deserve a seat at the M&A negotiating table

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When one company acquires another, it’s typically to enter a new market, gain market share, or obtain a new technology. I know that sounds so ‘duh,’ but often people make acquisitions and only then realize what they bought, technology-wise,” he says. You’re buying people just as much as you’re buying technology,” he says.

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Vyrill, winner of the TC Early Stage Pitch-Off, helps brands discover and leverage user-generated video reviews

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Vyrill helps brands discover and leverage video reviews created by authentic customers and users. The company presented its product at TechCrunch Early Stage: Marketing & Fundraising, where it beat out nine other companies, winning the pitch-off. Vyrill claims to have the solution. million pre-seed round in 2018.

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Puls Technologies lands $15M to provide on-demand home repair service

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That’s where Puls Technologies come in. Puls raises $50 million for in-home technical support. The company initially got started in 2015 as a mobile phone repair service, and in 2020 underwent a management shift that pivoted the business model to memberships, Gabi Peles, Puls CEO, said via email. Puls Technologies app.

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Berlin’s Kaiko Systems nets €2M to help maritime technical operations go paperless

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The average cost of shipping a standard large container reached $10,000 in 2021 , but from 2015 to 2020, the number largely trended below $2,000. The spike in cost was in part due to an increase in global consumption, ports shut down by COVID-19 and supply chain disruptions during the outbreak, the founder explained.