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Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, New York-based developer of mobile applications, to bolster Adobe's team. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Thumb Labs, it will finish fulfilling its existing client obligations, and...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired Makani Power, a developer of airborne, wind turbine systems to generate energy. Financial details of the buy were not announced. according to Makani Power, the acquisition is the formalization of a "l...

Sunnyvale-based Blue Coat Systems has acquired security analysis hardware developer Solera Networks, the company announced this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. Blue Coat said it will use So...

San Jose-based Ubiquity Networks, which develops wireless networking equipment, has filed for a secondary offering, the firm said in a filing Friday. Ubiquiti said it will 7,700,000 shares of its stock in the secondary IPO, but will not be ...

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo! has officially announced that it is buying photo blogging site Tumblr, in a deal worth approximately $1.1 billion in cash. According to Yahoo, it has a promise "not to screw it up", and will allow Tumblr to be indepen...

Foster City-based insurance software developer Guidewire said last week that it has acquired Millbrook, a provider of business intelligence and data products for the property and casualty insurance business. Financial details of the acquisi...

Sunnyvale-based Aruba Networks has acquired Meridian Apps, a developer of Wi-fi based, indoor location services technology. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Aruba Networks said it will use the technology for wayfinding and c...

Yahoo is hoping to get its cool back by buying popular photo-blogging site Tumblr, according to a report late Thursday. According to the report from AllThingsD, Tumblr is currently valued at around $1 billion. AllThingsD cited "sources clos...

San Mateo-based cloud-based marketing software developer Marketo priced its IPO last night, and will start trading this morning on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Marketo said it priced at $13.00 per share, and will offer up 5,750,000 shar...

Mellanox Technologies, the developer of interconnect hardware for the server and storage market--and which has been a pioneer in the Infiniband market--has acquired optical photonics firm Kotura. Mellanox said it would pay $82M in cash for ...

In the latest surge for acq-hires over the last few days, @WalmartLabs, the technology arm of Walmart's e-commerce division, said it has acquired two companies, OneOps and Tasty Labs. OneOps is a developer of platform-as-s-service products;...

San Francisco-based RichRelevance said Monday that it has acquired Avail, the European online merchandising and personalization firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Avail was based in Sweden, and offered up e-commerce person...

San Ramon-based 8KMiles, a provider of secure, cloud computing services to the government and enterprise market, said today that it has acquired FuGen Solutions. FuGen Solutions is a developer of identity management software. 8Kmiles said i...

San Francisco-based peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace operator RelayRides said this morning that it has acquired Wheelz, a competing car sharing marketplace operator. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. RelayRides said the acq...

San Francisco-based Twitter has acquired data visualization and analytics firm Lucky Sort, Lucky Sort said Monday. Size of the buy was not announced. Twitter will be moving much of Lucky Sort's team to San Francisco, to bolster its revenue ...

San Francisco-based Crocodoc, a developer of software tools to allow the embedding and viewing of documents in web pages, has been acquired by Box, the two companies said Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Cr...

Palo Alto-based Ubalo, which is developing large-scale computing technology, has been acquired by Twitter. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Ubalo was backed by Harrison Metal. Ubalo said that Twitter will acquire both the te...

Salesforce.com is sharpening its software development efforts with a new team from social bookmarking startup Clipboard. Clipboard and Salesforce.com announced the acquisition Thursday, in a deal which has pegged at between $10M and $20M. A...

San Jose-based Yastax Technology, a developer of data analytics and visualization software for the defense, intelligence and commercial markets, said Wednesday that it has acquired Flexpoint Technology. FlexPoint is a provider of IT service...

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo appears to be an acquisitive mood today, with two companies--Milewise and GoPollGo--both saying they were acquired by Yahoo this morning. Financial details of the two, separate transactions were not announced. Milewise...

San Mateo-based NetSuite announced today that it has acquired OrderMotion, a developer of software used for B2B and B2C billing, ordering, and fulfillment. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the company. NetSuite sai...

San Francisco-based real estate site Trulia said this morning that it is acquiring Market LEader, a provider of customer relationship management (CRM) software for the real estate industry. Trulia said it would pay approximately $355M, or a...

San Francisco-based About.me, an online service which lets users create their own, one-page profile about themselves on the Internet, said Tuesday that it has acquired Wefollow, an online directory of people other users can follow from thei...

Palo Alto-based Nest, the developer of smart, user-friendly thermostats, said Tuesday that it has acquired MyEnergy, a developer of a service to help users track their electric, gas, and water use. Financial details of the buy were not disc...

San Mateo-based online marketing automation software developer Marketo has set the estimated range for its IPO this morning. Marketo said it hopes to offer 5,750,000 of its shares at between $11.00 and $13.00 per share. The firm said it has...

Santa Clara-based security software developer McAfee, which is owned by Intel, said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Stonesoft Oyj, a developer of firewall products. McAfeee said it will pay approximately $389M in cash for Stoneso...

San Francisco-based Astrid, the developer of productivity software and to-do list applications, has been acquired by Yahoo, the firm announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Astrid's team joins Yahoo's mobile tea...

San Francisco-based Jawbone, the developer of headsets and other audio devices, said Tuesday that it has acquired BodyMedia, whic develops wearable health and exercise tracking monitors. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, howeve...

San Francisco-based Pramati, which provides software engineering services and incubation services, said today that it has acquired certain assets of WaveMaker from VMware. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. WaveMaker was a devel...

Sunnyvale-based flash memory manufacturer Spansion announced today that it has acquired the microcontroller and analog business units of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. According to Spansion, it will pay approximately $110M, plus $65M for in...

Redwood City-based photo site Shutterfly has acquired MyPublisher, the photo book software and services firm, the company announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Shutterfly, the move will combine ...

Mountain View-based Conceptus, a developer of non-surgical, permanent birth control devices, has been acquired by Bayer Healthcare, the two announced this morning. According to the two, Bayer HealthCare has signed a merger agreement with CO...

Petaluma-based carrier-grade, optical networking equipment maker CYAN set its initial estimated IPO range Thursday, saying that it will offer up 8,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $10.00 and $12.00 per share. The firm's IPO is ...

San Francisco-based Parse, a developer of mobile backend software used by mobile app developers, has been acquired by Facebook, the company announced Thursday. Size of the acquisition deal was not disclosed, however, the deal is reportedly ...

Wavii, the developer of natural language processing software, has confirmed its acquisition by Google, saying this moring that it will no longer continue to offer its service, but will by applying its research at Google. Financial details o...

Santa Clara-based LongJump, which develops platform-as-a-service products, helping enterprise developers deploy their applications in public or private clouds, has been acquired by Software AG. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed....

Redwood City-based Actian, the developer of big data management software and analytics software, said this morning that it has acquired ParAccel, a developer of high performance analytics software. Financial details of the buy were not disc...

San Francisco-based MuleSoft, the developer of software integration tools, has acquired ProgrammableWeb, an online site which helps developers find web, mobile, and other application APIs. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Mule...

Mountain View-based Google's sale of Motorola Home to ARRIS Group has closed, according to ARRIS, in a deal that was worth $2.2 billion cash plus 10.6M shares of the stock of ARRIS. ARRIS, which develops video and broadband technology, sai...

San Jose-based Haystax Technology, a developer of big data and information integration tools for the intelligence, defense and security market, said Tuesday that it has acquired Digital Sandbox, a developer of threat and risk analysis softw...

San Francisco-based Mashery, which develops application programming interfaces (APIs) for companies to extend out their web services to third party developers, has reportedly been acquired by Intel. Financial terms of the buy were not discl...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired mobile sensing technology developer Behav.io, according to the startup Friday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Behav.io was founded by Nada Aharony, a former Google employee; Aharony wa...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn said Thursday that it has acquired Pulse, the developer of the popular newsreading application. LinkedIn paid $90M for Pulse. LinkedIn said it would use the acquisition to help LinkedIn become the "definitive pr...

Palo Alto-based social networking giant Facebook has acquired Osmeta, a Mountain View-based startup developing mobile software technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Osmeta was in stealth mode, and was headed by Amit Sin...

San Francisco-based Coupa Software, which develops spending management software for corporations, said Wednesday that it has acquired Xpenser, a developer of cloud-based, expense management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disc...

San Jose-based solar cell developer TetraSun, which is owned by JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation and other investors, has been acquired by solar module manufacturer First Solar. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the...

Palo Alto-based virtualization software developer VMware has sold one of the product lines it acquired in its acquisition of Shavlik Technologies in 2001, to LANDesk Software, the firms said today. Financial details of the sale were not dis...

San Francisco-based Adknowledge said Monday tha tit has acquired SocialWeekend Labs (Montipay), which develops Facebook and mobile applications focused on helping developers find users. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. Accord...

San Francisco-based FITIQUETTE, a developer of "virtual fitting rooms" for online shoppers, has been acquired by Myntra, an India-based e-commerce retailer. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Fitiquette developed online technolo...

Microsoft Mediaroom, the Mountain View-based unit of Microsoft which develops IPTV software, has been acquired by Ericsson. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Mediaroom, which has more than 400 people worldwide, develops...

San Jose-based FICO, the firm behind the FICO credit score, said this week that it has acquired Infoglide Software, a developer of fraud detection and security software. Financial terms of the acquisition wer enot announced. Infoglide was v...

Fans of the non-digital, paperback Frommers will be relieved to hear that Arthur Frommer, the travel guru behind the books, has re-acquired the rights to his travel brand from Google. The deal was first reported by the Associated Press. Goo...

San Jose-based networking equipment provider Cisco announced this morning that it would acquire UK-based 3G and LTE technology developer Ubiquisys, in a deal worth $310M in cash. Cisco said the buy would strengthen its mobility expertise. U...

San Mateo-based Marketo, which develops online marketing automation software, has filed for its IPO, saying Tuesday that it is looking to raise $75.0M on the The NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "MKTO". The company's IPO is being under...

San Jose-based MegaChips Corporation said Monday that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Kawasaki Microelectronics, have merged, and will become MegaChips Technology America Corporation. The two said the move would give its customers the c...

San Francisco-based Goodreads, which operates an online community for book readers, and features a large database of book reviews, has been acquired by Amazon.com, Amazon announced Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were...

Expectional Cloud Services, the San Francisco software startup behind Airbrake.io, Redis to Go, and Exceptional.io, has been acquired by cloud hosting firm Rackspace. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Execptional develops too...

Brisbane, California-based SARcode Bioscience said Monday that it is in an acquisition deal with Shire US Holdings, the global specialty biopharmaceuticals firm. SARcode said that Shire will pay $160M plus additional, undisclosed payments b...

Cherry, the mobile carwashing service headed by Travis VanderZanden, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Lyft, the firms said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cherry was venture backed by Shasta Ventures, Founders ...

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said Monday that it has acquired Summly, a mobile applications firm headed by 17-year old Nick D'Aloisio. Summly provides snapshots of stories pulled from articles and web pages, making it easier for mobile users to br...

Mountain View-based Coupons.com said Monday that it has acquired Kitchme, which develops meal planning and shopping web applications. KitchMe's apps allow users to track their shopping lists, and then find coupons for the items in their lis...

Palo Alto-based software developer TIBCO announced today that it has acquired Maporama Solutions, a developer of cloud-based location intelligence and geospatial analytics software. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Maporama...

San Jose-based networking products maker Cisco announced this morning that it has acquired SolveDirect, a Vienna, Austria-based developer of cloud-based, services management integration software and services. Financial details of the acquis...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle has acquired telecom equipment developer Tekelec, Oracle announced this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Tekelec is a developer of network signaling, policy control, and subscriber data man...

WiFiSlam, which develops technology for indoor geolocation of smartphones, has been acquired by Apple. Financial details of the deal were not announced by Apple, however, the acquisition has been pegged at $20M by multiple sources. WiFiSlam...

San Francisco-based Marin Software hit the markets this morning, after pricing at $14.00 per share last night, above its initial estimated IPO range of $11.0 to $13.00 per share. The firm, which is now trading on the NYSE as MRIN, was tradi...

Tiny Post, the developer of a mobile app that lets you send photos with messages written over them to friends, has been acquired by TripAdvisor, TripAdvisor announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. TripAdviso...

Redwood City-based Model N, the developer of enterprise software used for pricing strategy, surged in its IPO debut Wednesday, pricing at $15.50 per share, above it initial $12.50 to $14.50 per share estimated range, and surged as high as $...

Yahoo announced this morning that it has acquired Jybe, the developer of personalized recommendations software, which had been founded by a team of former Yahoo employees. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Jybe was founded by A...

Palo Alto-based Sharethis announced today that it has raised $23M in a Series C funding round, and acquired Socialize, a developer of social application software. The new funding came from T-Venture, the venture arm of Deutsche Telekom, and...

San Rafael-based CAD software developer Autodesk has acquired Firehole Composites, a developer of design and analysis software for composite materials, the firm announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Auto s...

San Francisco-based Creativebug, the online arts and crafts video learning site, has been acquired by Demand Media. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Creativebug, which was founded and is headed by Jeanne Lewis, becom...

San Francisco-based financial software developer Advent Software said Monday that it has abandoned plans for a sale, saying that a recent review of its "strategic alternatives" has led it to continue as an independent company. The firm said...

San Francisco-based Dropbox has acquired mobile app developer Mailbox, which makes mobile email applications. Financial terms of the deal were not announced, although multiple reports peg the value at around $100M in cash and stock. Mailbox...

San Francisco-based private equity firm JH Partners said Thursday that it has sold one of its portfolio companies, CHEFS Catalog, to Target Corp.. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. JH Partners had acquired Colorado Springs-bas...

PayPal, the payment arm of San Jose-based eBay, announced Wednesday morning that it has acquired Duff Research, a developer of mobile app developers based in Sunnyvale. financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PayPal said it will hir...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire Nimbula, a venture backed provider of private cloud infrastructure management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Nimbula was venture back...

Redwood City-based smart grid technology provider Silver Spring Networks debuted on the public markets this morning, surging as much as 24% in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm debuted under the symbols SSNI, pricing ...

San Francisco-based nCircle, a developer of IT risk management, auditing, and security performance management software, has been acquired by fellow security software developer Tripwire. Financial details of the acquisition were not announce...

San Jose-based Cadence, the provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software, said Monday afternoon that it is acquiring Tensilica, the provider of semiconductor IP. Cadence said it will pay approximately $380M in cash for Tensilica....

Stripe which develops software to help offload the handling of credit cards for developers, has acquired a three man startup, Kickoff, a developer of chat and task management applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Stri...

San Francisco-based Trulia announced this morning that it has launched its follow on offering of 5.25 million shares of its common stock. The offering, which is being run by Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities and RBC Capital, ...

San Francisco-based Marin Software, which develops online advertising software, has set a range of its initial public offering. The firm said it now expects to sell 7,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $11.00 and $13.00 per share...

Milpitas-based optical networking equipment firm JDSU said this morning that it has acquired Arieso, a developer of location-aware software used by mobile network operators to manage their 2G, 3G and 4G/LTE network performance, JDSU said it...

Model N. the Redwood City-based developer of enterprise software for managing pricing, incentives, contracts, and rebates, has set its IPO offering range, saying that it now expects to IPO at between $12.50 and $14.50 per share. The firm ha...

Twistage, a San Francisco-based developer of digital media management tools, has been acquired by printer maker Lexmark. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Lexmark announced the acquisition of Twistage along with AccessVia, a ...

San Mateo-based Marketo, which develops online marketing automation tools, said it is planning a registered initial public offering of its common stock this morning. The firm said it expects the offering to commence after an SEC review of a...

San Francisco-based real estate site Trulia has filed for a follow on offering saying it is looking to raised up to $100M in another common stock offering for the company. The firm--which is currenlty listed as TRLA on the New York Stock Ex...

Hayward-based Solta Medical, the developer of medical aesthetics products, said this week that it has completed its acquisition of Sound Surgical Technologies. The deal was worth $25.5M in Solta common stock, $5.0M in cash, plus up to $9.5M...

ObjectRocket, the provider of cloud-based, MongoDB database services which has its sales offices in Pleasanton, has been acquired by cloud hosting provider Rackspace, Rackspace announced Wednesday morning. Financial details of the buy were ...

Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networks, the venture backed develops of smart grid software for the utility industry, has set the estimated pricing range for its IPO. According to a filing from the firm late yesterday, it estimates that t...

San Francisco-based Practice Fusion, a developer of web-based, electronic medical records software, said today that it has acquired 100Plus, a developer of personalized health prediction software based on data analytics and game mechanics. ...

San Jose-based Cisco said today that it has completed its acquisition of Israeli mobile network software firm Intucell. Intucell was based in Ra'anana, Israel. Intucell's software was used by mobile carriers to automatically manage and opti...

San Francisco-based Anaplan, which develops cloud-based software for creating sales, operations, and finance models and business plans, said today that it has cauqired Vue Analytics, the firm's Master Reseller in the UK and Ireland. Financi...

Redwood City-based SEVEN Networks said today that it has acquired SNRLabs, a developer of mobility and Wi-Fi quality-of-experience technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. SEVEN Networks said the buy will help it add seaml...

San Francisco-based SideCar said this week that it has acquired Heyride, the developer of a mobile ridesharing application, based in Austin. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. SideCar said the buy will extend its community and o...

San Francisco-based Capsilon, a developer of cloud-based document sharing and related products for mortgage lenders, has acquired DocVelocity, a document imaging business for mortgage lenders, from Flagstar Bancorp. Financial terms of the b...

Redwood City-based Model N, which develops enterprise software for managing pricing, contracts, incentives, and rebates for the life science and technology industries, has filed for a $75M IPO. The firm said it is looking to trade as MODN. ...

San Francisco-based Marin Software, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised $75M in an IPO on the NYSE. The firm, which develops online advertising software, said it intends to trade under the symbol MRIN. The IPO is being...

Palo Alto-based VMware said Monday that it is in a definitive agreement to buy Virsto Software, a Sunnyvale-based developer of software for optimizing storage for virtual environments. Financial terms fo the deal were not announced. Virsto'...

Sunnyvale-based M.dot, a developer of a mobile app which lets small businesses create their own mobile websites using their iPhone, has been acquired by domain registration firm GoDaddy. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Go dad...

Mountain View-based Twitter said Tuesday that it has acquired Bluefin Labs, a developer of social television analytics tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, the NY Times reports the price is around $100M. Bluefin La...

Google has acquired Channel Intelligence, a developer of software and services which helps companies list their products in Google Shopping and other similar online shopping sites. The deal was worth $125M. Channel Intelligence was based in...

San Francisco-based software-as-a-service provider New Relic said today that it has raised $80M in a mezzanine financing round, to help the firm expand into the mobile market, extend in Europe, and prep for a public offering. The financing ...

IGN Entertainment, the San Francisco-based online publisher of video game, entertainment, and men's lifestyle websites, has been acquired by Ziff Davis, itself owned by J2 Global. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. J2 Global is ...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle announced this morning that it is buying Acme Packet, the developer of session border control technology, in a deal worth $1.7 billion. Oracle will pay $29.25 per share for Acme Packet, whose networking equipment...

Redwood City-based Star Analytics has been acquired by IBM, the two companies announced Friday, to help advance IBM's business analytics initiatives. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Star Analytics develops software used by co...

Larkspur, California-based mobile banking developer mFoundry has been acquired by mobile financial services firm FIS, in a deal worth $120M in cash. FIS said that it acquired the remaining 78 percent ownership of mFoundry it did not already...

San Jose-based Cisco said Tuesday that it has acquired Czech network security firm Cognitive Security. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cisco said that the buy will boost its network security platform. Cognitive Security was b...

Hayward-based Solta Medical, which develops medical aesthetics products, has acquired SOund Surgical Technologies, in a deal worth $25.5M in stock, $5.0M in cash, plus up to $9.5M in earnout. Sound Surgical Technologies develops surgical an...

San Francisco-based PageLever, a developer of advertising analytics tools for Facebook, has been acquired by Unified. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Both of the firms are Facebook Preferred Marketing Developer, developing ...

San Francisco-based OpenTable said today that it has acquired Foodspotting, which develops mobile applications for finding and sharing information about dishes at restaurants. OpenTable said it paid approximately $10M in cash for Foodspotti...

San Jose-based networking equipment manufacturer NETGEAR said Monday that it has acquired selected assets and operations of the AirCard business of Sierra Wireless. The deal is worth approximately $138M in cash. NETGEAR said that the AirCar...

Redwood City-based Reputation.com, which provides online privacy and reputation management services, said today that it has acquired Reputation 24/7, a United Kingdom-based online reputation management firm. Financial terms of the buy were ...

Mountain View-based Twitter has acquired Crashlytics, a developer of mobile application testing tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Crashlytics it will use the merger with Twitter to "take our platform to an e...

Emeryville-based NextBus, which develops real-time, passenger information systems used by transit agencies, was acquired last week by Cubic Transportation Systems. Cubic said it paid CAD$20.75M to purchase NextBus from Webtech Wireless, Inc...

San Francisco-based Lindenlab, the developer of virtual worlds such as Second Life, has acquired a developer of the iPad game Blocksworld. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Blocksworld's iPad game allows players to create the...

Cisco has just unloaded its Home Networking Business Unit--which sells the Linksys brand of home networking and wireless routing equipment--to computer accesories maker Belkin, Belkin announced Thursday. Financial terms of the sale were not...

Automattic, the software developer behind the popular WordPress blog software, has acquired Spimerium, a developer of data synchronization tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Simperium, which also develops the Simplenote n...

San Francisco-based Snip.it, the developer of a social tool for sharing web pages, news, and other information with others, has been acquired by Yahoo. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Snip.it said it would be shutting...

San Jose-based Cisco said today that it is acquiring Intucell, an Israeli developer of advanced self-optimizing network (SON) software, used for managing, configuring, and automatically healing cellular networks. Cisco said it will pay $475...

Mountain View-based MAP Pharmaceuticals, a publicly held developer of biopharmaceuticals aimed at treating migraines in adults, has been acquired by Allergan. The two said that Allergan will pay $25.00 per share for MAP, or approximately $9...

Mountain View-based flash-storage developer Violin Memory said Friday that it has acquired GridIron Systems, a developer of storage area network acceleration devices. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Gridiron is venture backed...

Campbell-based YouSendIt, the developer of software which makes it easier for users to send large attachments and store files in the cloud, said Tuesday that it has acquired Found Software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. You...

San Francisco-based online legal documents and marketplace Rocket Lawyer has acquired LawPivot, an online legal question and answer service, the firms said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. LawPivot was based in Mountain...

San Francisco-based Adura Technologies, a developer of wireless communications, control, and energy management products for the lighting industry, has been acquired by Acuity Brands. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Adura Tech...

San Mateo-based Epocrates, the publicly held developer of mobile medical applications, has been acquired by Athenahealth, the two said this week. Athenahealth said it would pay $11.75 per share in cash, or approximately $293M, for Epocrates...

Emeryville-based art e-commerce retailer Art.com said Monday that it has acquired Zenfolio, the operator of a website aimed at helping professional and amateur photographers to sell and market their photos and services. Financial terms of t...

Redwood City-based Shutterfly said this morning that it has acquired Palo Alto-based Thislife, the developer of an online photo and video sharing service. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Thislife was founded by Andrea and Mat...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said this morning that it has acquired ALK Technologies, a provider of mapping products for the transportation, logistics, and mobile workforce market. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Trimble said that...

Palo Alto-based photo pinning and sharing site Pinterest has acquired fellow Palo Alto-based Punchfork, an online service which helps cooks find new recipes and share them with friends and family. Financial terms of the buy were not announc...

San Jose-based TSSLink, a provider of professional IT services, has been acquired by Avnet. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. TSSLink is a provider of technical support, consulting and outsourcing services, field product instal...

Zipcar, the car sharing operator which has major presence in the San Francisco Bay Area, has been acquired by Avis Budget Group, the car rental operator. AVIS said it has agreed to acquire Zipcar for $12.25 per share, or approximately $500M...

San Jose-based Adobe Systems said Friday that it has acquired Behance, a developer of service for showcasing the work of designers and artists. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, reports are that the deal was worth nort...

Redwood City-based Ascend Clinical, a provider of end-stage renal disease laboratory testing, has acquired the diagnostics laboratory business of PathCentral. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. PathCentral provides diagnostics t...

San Francisco-based Bloomspot, a provider of daily deals and local offers, has been acquired by Chase Bank. Financial terms of the deal were not announced, however, Dow Jones placed the deal at around $35M, citing a source close to the comp...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said this morning that it is acquiring Eloqua in a deal worth approximately $871M, or $23.50 per share. Eloqua is a developer of cloud-based software used for marketing automation and revenue performance manageme...

San Francisco-based Riverbed said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of OPNET Technologies, which develops application and network performance tools. The deal was originally announced in October, and is worth approximately $1 bil...

San Francisco-based Dropbox has acquired Snapjoy, the developer of software which lets users browse and manage the photos they have posted across different photo services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Snapjoy said that, wi...

San Jose-based Cisco said Tuesday that it has acquired BroadHop, a developer of network policy control and services creation tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. BroadHop was based in Denver, and backed by Peninsula Venture...

Sunnyvale-based Blue Coat Systems, the developer of web security tools, is acquiring Crossbeam Systems, a developer of network security tools. Blue Coat announced the buy Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Both B...

Sunnyvale-based processor firm MIPS is being sold to Imagination Technologies, after Imagination outbid Ceva for MIPS. Imagination Technologies agreed to pay $100M for MIPS, up significantly from its original offer of $60M for the company; ...

San Francisco-based Airbnb said Thursday that it has acquired Localmind, a developer of a platform which crowdsources information on the "local scene" from users. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Airbnb said it has acquired th...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said Thursday that it has acquired DataRaker, a developer of a cloud-based, analytics platform for electric, gas and water utilities. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. DataRaker's software is used to...

Foster City-based SolarCity, the provider of solar power purchase agreements for the solar installation market, debuted in its IPO this morning, after pricing at $8 per share Wednesday evening. The firm was trading as high as $11.00 in morn...

San Francisco-based cloud storage provider Dropbox has acquired AudioGalaxy, the operator of an online music streaming service. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The buy appears to be primarily an employee acquisition for Dropb...

San Mateo-based SolarCity, the provider of solar power financing programs, has lowered its IPO pricing, and boosted its offering size, ahead of a possible IPO. SolarCity said it is now offering to sell 11,434,988 in its IPO, and estimates t...

San Mateo-based Oodle, the online aggregator of classified ads, has been acquired by QVC. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Oodle said it was profitable and cash flow positive, but decided to sell to QVC to increase its growth ...

Sunnyvale-based Endace, which develops network monitoring and performance management appliances, has been acquired by networking equipment firm Emulex. The deal was worth approximately $130M. Endace develosp equipment which allows customers...

San Francisco-based Skyrockit, a mobile entertainment studio backed by Intel Capital, Asuka DBJ Partners, and individual investors, has sold off its music label assets to Mandalay Digital Group. Financial terms of the sale were not disclose...

Santa Clara-based Citrix said Wednesday that it is acquiring Redwood City-based Zenprise, the developer of mobile device management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Citrix said it would integrate Zenprise into its Ci...

San Francisco-based online video streaming service and startup OnTheAir has been acquired by Yahoo. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. OnTheAir's products had allowed for multi-user, live chat streams with online video hosts....

Sunnyvale-based ad retargeting technology firm Buysight has been acuqired by Advertising.com, the ad business of AOL. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Buysight had been founded in 2008, and was venture backed by ONSET Ventur...

Portland- and San Francisco-based Urban Airship, which develops of mobile messaging and push notification software, said this morning that it has acquired Tello, a developer of Apple Passbook management services. Tello was based in Palo Al...

San Mateo-based Attributor, which develops software to protect electronic books from online piracy, has been acquired by Digimarc Corporation. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Digimarc is a developer of digital watermarking te...

Mountain View-based Synopsys said Sunday that it has completed its acquisition of Taiwanese IC design software maker SpringSoft. THe deal was worth approximately $417M. Synopsys had announced the acquisition in October. Synopsys said the bu...

Google has acquired BufferBox, a Canadian developer of temporary delivery boxes for accepting packages for retail packages, BufferBox said Friday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, one report places the size of the acq...

San Jose-based SunPower, the developer of solar panels and projects, has sold a 5 megawatt solar farm to a group of investors. D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments and Bright Plain Renewable Energy said this week that they have acquired the West...

San Jose-based Cisco said this morning that it is acquiring Sunnyvale-based Cariden, a developer of network planning, design, and traffic management products. Cisco said it will pay approximately $141M in cash plus retention-based incentive...

San Francisco-based >Havok, which develops 3D simulation software, has acquired German firm Rocketbox Studios GmbH, the firm said late Tuesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Rocketbox Studios is a provider of 3D character m...

San Mateo-based SolarCity is rapidly moving towards its goal of having an IPO before the end of the year, and has set an initial estimated public offering range this morning. The firm said it estimates that its IPO price per share will be b...

San Francisco-based HotPads, an online mapping site focused on real estate rentals, has been acquired by real estate listings site Zillow. Zillow said it would pay $16M in cash for HotPads. HotPads employees 19, and will remain in San Franc...

A recently published report says that Petaluma-based Cyan is planning an IPO next year, and has hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan as bankers on the deal. The report, from Dow Jones, said the IPO is planned for 2013. Cyan is backed by Azure C...

San Mateo-based SolarCity hopes to hit the public markets before the end of the year, according to reports. The reports say that SolarCity plans to go public before the end of the year, after delays caused by Hurricane Sandy. SolarCity has ...

No, Mountain View-based Google has not acquired wireless hotspot provider ICOA, despite what an apparently fake press release says. The release--put out on PRWeb--claimed that ICOA had been acquired for $400M by Google. That release--despit...

San Jose-based Cisco said Sunday that it will pay $1.2 billion in cash for San Francisco-based networking products company Meraki. Cisco said the buy will help expand its network offerings, particularly in the midmarket business area....

Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless, which provides carrier-class WiFi equipment for communications carriers, slipped slightly in its IPO Friday morning. The firm priced at $15 per share, selling 8.4 million shares of its stock last night. The ...

Santa Clara-based Gale Technologies, a developer of IT and infrastructure management and automation tools, has been acquired by Dell, Dell said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Gale Technologies was led by Narim...

Sunnyvale-based network attached storage giant NetApp has acquired CacheIQ, which was working of caching file storage technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. CacheIQ had been based in Austin, and had been buildling produc...

San Jose-based Cisco announced this morning that it is buying Santa Clara software firm Cloupia. Cicsco said it will pay approximately $125M in cash plus retention-based incentives for Cloupia, which becomes part of its Data Center Group. C...

Berkeley-based earthmine, a developer of 3D, mobile mapping systems for capturing 3D, street-level images, has been acquired by Nokia. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Earthmine said it expects its team to join Nokia's Locatio...

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which has offices in both San Francisco and Chicago, said this morning that it has acquired Crossbeam Systems, a developer of network security products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Crossbe...

Mountain View-based Appcelerator said earlier this week that it has acquired Nodeable, which develops software for real-time processing of data for big data applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Nodeable was venture b...

Milpitas-based Appro International, a developer of clustered, high performance computing (HPC) systems, has been acquired by supercomputer maker Cray. Cray said it will pay $25M in cash for Appro, and make the firm its new Cluster Solutions...

KAYAK, the online search engine, has been acquired by competitor Priceline in a $1.8 billion deal. Priceline said it would pay $40 per share of newly-public KAYAK in its deal, which is a combination of stock and cash. KAYAK had its IPO only...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle announced this morning that it is acquiring Instantis, a developer of cloud-based portfolio management (PPM) products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Instantis was venture backed by U.S. Venture P...

Sunnyvale-based processor developer MIPS Technologies said Monday that it has sold off both its patents, as well as the company itself, in two separate deals. MIPS said it has sold its patents to Bridge Crossing LLC, an acquisition vehicle ...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software said Monday that it has acquired two companies, Meetings.io and Producteev. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Jive makes social software for businesses, Meetings.io develops a real time video and c...

San Francisco-based Longboard Media, a provider of online advertising services for retailers, has been acquired by ratings and reviews provider Bazaarvoice, in a deal worth $32.7M. According to Bazaarvoice, it is paying $26.9m in cash plus ...

Roseville-based Revionics, a provider of merchandise optimization software for e-retailers, said today that it has acquired the assets of SkuLoop, a provider of social commerce and promotions software owned by GIIV, Inc. Financial terms of ...

Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless has set its initial public offering range, saying this morning in a filing that it expects to price its shares at between $13.00 and $15.00 in its IPO. The offering would raised $144.9M for the company, if pr...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said Friday that it has acquired Vico Software, which develops software for the commercial construction industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Trimble said the asset acquisition will help ex...

The recent, high profile success of IPOs from a number of enterprise software companies has Cupertino-based SugarCRM eyeing an IPO next year, according to a report today. Larry Augustin, CEO of the company, said that the firm may look to ri...

Fremont-based Crossing Automation, a developer of automation tools for the semiconductor market, has been acquired by Massachusetts-based Brooks Automation. According to Brooks, the deal is worth $63M in cash. The company said that Crossing...

Mobile trip and travel planning app developer Worldmate, which is based in San Francisco, has been acquired by travel firm Carlson Wagonlit Travel, according to reports this morning. Details of the acquisition were not announced, however, T...

Menlo Park-based Silver Tail Systems, a developer of web fraud detection software, has been acquired by EMC Corporation, the two said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Silver Tail Systems was venture backed by And...

San Francisco-based Riverbed Technology, which develops WAN optimization and network management products, said today that it has acquired OPNET Technologies, a provider of application and network performance management products. The deal is...

San Francisco-based TokBox, a provider of live video calling services and mobile apps, has been acquired by Telefonica, Telfonica announced Thursday. Financial details of the buy were not announced. TokBox was venture backed by Bain Capital...

Yahoo announced this morning that it has acquired Stamped, a Google Ventures backed develops of mobile software. Yahoo said the entire Stamped team has joined Yahoo, and will create a new center in New York to work on mobile product develop...

San Mateo-based Actuate said Tuesday that it has acquired Quinterian S.L., a provider of data mining, social media analytics, and predictive analytics software. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Actuate said that Quiterian's...

San Francisco-based Yelp said this morning that it has acquired European local reviews site Qype, in a deal worth approximately $50M. Yelp said the buy will help it accelerate its international expansion, and brings its more than wo millio...

San Jose-based MicroProbe, which develops wafer test equipment used in systems-on-a-chip (SoC) testing, is now officially part of FormFactor, FormFactor said today. The deal, which was worth $100M in cash and $16.8M in stock, had been annou...

Sunnyvale-based Zmanda, which develops open source and cloud-based backup tools, has been acquired by Carbonite, a provider of cloud-based backup services for consumers and SMBs. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Carbonite said...

Twitter has acquired Cabana, a developer of a mobile app platform. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cabana said its team will be joining Twitter, and it will be shutting down its service as of December 1st. Cabana had been bac...

Redwood City-based Sensage is now officially part of KEYW Holding Corporation, KEYW said today, becoming part of KEYW's cyber awareness products. SEnsage is a developer of security and event log analysis software. The deal was worth $15.0M ...

Sunnyvale-based TeleNav, the developer of navigation and location-based advertising software, said today that it has acquired ThinkNear, a developer of hyper-local mobile advertising technology. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M, split betwe...

Santa Clara-based StorSimple, which develops backup and storage migration software, has been acquired by Microsoft. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. StorSimple was venture backed by Ignition Partners, Index Ventures, Mayfield,...

Cupertino-based Roamware, a provider of mobile roaming services for mobile operators, said Monday that it has acquired IPcom S.A., a provider of mobile value added services solutions from Uruguay. Financial terms of the buy were not disclos...

Dublin, California-based Epicor said today that it has completed its acquisition of Solarsoft Business Systems, in a deal worth $155M. Solarsoft is a developer of software for monitoring business operations, aimed at such industries as lumb...

Milpitas-based JDSU said this morning that it has sold its holographic security business to OpSec Security. Financial terms of the sale were not announced. JDSU said its holographic security business serves the transaction card market, and ...

Pleasanton-based Workday popped in its initial public offering debut this morning, trading as high as $49.23 in morning trading, after pricing above estimates at $28.00 per share, well above a raised $24 to $26 IPO estimated range. The firm...

Santa Clara-based Ambarella, which develops video processing systems-on-a-chip (SoC) technology, was up slightly in its IPO Wednesday, after pricing at $6 per share, below its initial offering range of $9 to $11. The firm debuted on the NAS...

San Francisco-based Twitter has acquired mobile video sharing software startup Vine, which was based in New York, according to reports. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vine's software--which had yet to be released--wa...

Pleasanton-based Workday, which develops human resources software-as-a-service, has bumped its initial estimated IPO pricing range to between $24.00 and $26.00 per share, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Tuesday morning. The fir...

Santa Clara-based Accept Software, a developer of collaborative product planning software, has been acquired by Artemis International, a fellow developer of project and portfolio management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disc...

Emeryville-based Lithium, which develops a range of social software, has acquired Social Dynamx, a developer of software for managing customer care and interaction online. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Social Dynamx was bas...

Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks said Friday in a filing that it is looking to raised $225M in a secondary public offering, four months after its successful IPO on the NYSE. The firm now trades as PANW. The firm did not specify which of...

San Mateo-based SolarCity, the provider of solar financing via power purchase agreements (PPA), has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $201.25M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as SCTY. The firm's IPO is being ...

Sunnyvale-based Ruckus Wireless, which develops outdoor and indoor Wi-Fi network systems aimed at wireless carriers, filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M in the offering. The firm said it hopes to list as ...

Campbell-based Barracuda Networks has raised $130M in a funding round, according to reports this week, from Sequoia Capital and Francisco Partners. According to Bloomberg, the funds will go to cash out the firm's founders and early employee...

South San Francisco-based KaloBios Pharmaceuticals has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised $60M on the NASDAQ Global Market as KBIO. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Leerink Swann, William Blair, and Needham & Compa...

San Francisco-based Autodesk said this morning that it has acquired the Qontext enterprise social collaboration software from Pramati Technologies. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Autodesk said it has acquired Qontext's techn...

HotelTonight, the San Francisco developer of last-minute, hotel booking applications, said this morning that it has acquired fellow San Francisco firm PrimaTable, which develops inventory demand forecasting and pricing tools for restaurants...

Startup Weekend, the group which runs the ubiquitous startup events, said today that it has acquired StartupDigest, the email newsletter provider which points entrepreneurs to local, startup events. According to Startup Weekend, it is turni...

San Francisco-based 1000memories, which operates an online site focused on scanning and organizing old photos, has been acquired by Ancestry.com, the Provo, Utah-based family history website. Financial terms oft he buy were not disclosed. 1...

San Francisco-based AppCentral, which develops mobile application management software, has been acquired by Good Technology, the firms said today. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Good Technology is a developer of enterprise...

Mountain View-based SOASTA, which develops cloud and mobile testing tools, said today that it has acquired LogNormal, which develops performance measurement apps aimed at mobile and web applications. Financial terms of the buy were not disc...

San Francisco-based Autodesk said Monday that it has acquired certain assets of HSMWorks, a developer of computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. HSMWorks, which was based in Copenhagen, de...

Mountain View-based Facebook hires away founders of Carsabi, a provider of information on used cars, according to the company's founders. According to Christopher Berner and Dwight Crow, Facebook is hiring the two founders, but is not buyin...

Santa Clara-based thin film solar panel manufacturer Miasole has been acquired by a Chinese company for $30M, according to reports over the weekend. Those reports said that Hanergy Holding Group of Beijing has acquired Miasole, which raise...

San Francisco-based mobile payments firm Square has acquired a New York design firm, 80/20, 80/20 said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. 80/20 is a provider of user interface and design services, serving such clients as ...

Alameda-based Singulex, a developer of diagnostics tests for diagnosing and monitoring chronic diseases, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $86.25M on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm, whose initial tests a...

Pleasanton-based Workday has set its initial offering range for its IPO, saying that it now anticipates offering up 22.75M shares of its Class A common stock at between $21.00 and $24.00 per share. Workday, which develops enterprise applica...

Redwood City-based Qualys, a provider of cloud security software, priced its IPO last night at $12.00 per share, raising $90.9M in its offering. The firm was slightly up in morning trading on Friday. Qualys was venture backed by Trident Cap...

Santa Clara-based Power Analog Microelectronics (PAM), a developer of analog and high voltage power ICs, including Class D audio amplifiers, DC-DC converters, and LED backlighting drivers, has been acquired by Diodes, Inc.. Financial terms ...

Electronic Arts, which is based in Redwood City, has acquired videogame studio ESN, the studio behind Battlefield 3. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ESN announced the acquisition on its blog early this morning, saying that th...

San Jose-based Cisco said this morning that it has acquired ThinkSmart Technologies, a developer of Wi-Fi location data analytics software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cisco said the acquisition will help provide better c...

San Jose-based Cypress Semiconductor said Tuesday that it has increased its offer for memory maker Ramtron, to $3.10 per share, and has extended its tender offer to October 9, 2012. The deal values Ramtron at around $109.8M, and comes after...

Redwood City-based Shuttefly said earlier this week that it has acquired Penguin Digital, a mobile application developer behind Mobile Photo Factory. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Penguin Digital was based in New York, wher...

Sunnyvale-based Cortina Systems, a developer of network semiconductors, has dropped its IPO plans, saying in a filing with the SEC Thursday that it has elected not to proceed with its offering. The company did not give a reason for the with...

San Francisco-based real estate site Trulia rose this morning in its IPO, after pricing last night at $17.00 per share. The firm was trading as high as $25.00 in trading. Trulia is now listed on the New York Stock Exchange as TRLA. Trulia i...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble announced this morning that it has acquired Logicwave, a Netherlands-based developer of software for automating payroll and expense for the transportation and logistics industry. Financial details of the buy were not...

Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networks is raising $12M more in a funding round, according to an updated S-1 from the company. The firm, which is in IPO registration, said that Foundation Capital, its largest shareholder, will buy the sha...

San Carlos-based App Ant Studios, which develops mobile games for iPhone and Android, has been acquired by Japanese mobile gaming firm GREE. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. App Ant helped develop GREE's Dino Life Android titl...

San Francisco-based social software developer Spigit said this morning that it has acquired Crowdcast, a fellow San Francisco develops of social business software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. Crow...

San Jose-based Ditech Networks, which develops voice processing technology used by carriers for understanding human speech, has been acquired by speech recognition technology provider Nuance. The deal is worth approximately $22.5M, or $1.45...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said Monday that it has acquired SelectMinds, a developer of cloud-based social recruiting software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. SelectMinds was based in New York, and was headed and founded by...

San Francisco-based social games developer Zynga has acquired A Bit Lucky, a developer of multi-platform games, based in San Mateo. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Zynga said that it will add all twenty of A Bit Lucky's empl...

Mountain View-based Google said this morning that it has acquired Nik Software, the maker of a popular collection of photographic plug-ins and filters. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Nik Software was based in San Die...

San Jose-based Xilinx said today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Modesat Communications, a developer of wireless backhaul products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Modesat was based in Estonia, and als...

Mountain View-based Complete Genomics has found a buyer for the firm, Chinese company BGI-Shenzhen. the two said this morning. The two said that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement where BGI Biotech will pay $3.15 per share...

Milpitas-based Aquantia, which develops 10 Gigabit Ethernet semiconductors, reported this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the 10GBASE-T assets of PLX Technology. Financial temrs of the buy were not disclosed. Aq...

Redwod City-based Sensage, the developer of security and event monitoring and analytics software, has been acuqired by KEYW Corporation, the two said Thursday. KEYW Said it will pay up to $18.0M in cash, and up to $16.5M in KEYW common stoc...

San Bruno-based real estate marketing tools developer Proxio announced this morning that it has acquired SocialKandy, a developer of real estate applications for Facebook. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Proxio said that Soci...

Santa Clara-based Citrix said Tuesday that it has acquired Beetil, which develops cloud-based, service desk technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Beetil was based in New Zealand, and provides incident tracking, end user...

Mountain View-based Adaptive Planning said this morning that it has acquired myDials, which develops cloud-based, data visualization software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Adaptive Planning said the acquisition would help ...

Redwood City-based Truaxis, formerly known as Billshrink, has been acquired by MasterCard. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Truaxis was founded by Schwark Satyavolu, and was venture backed by Bessember Venture Partne...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired a developer of malware and virus scanning technology, VirusTotal, which operates a free, online service that analyzes suspicious files and URLS. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. VirusT...

San Francisco-based Performance Marketing Brands, which operates shopping reward programs, said yesterday that it has acquired OneReceipt, a developer of a free, mobile and web app for organizing receipts. Financial terms of the buy were no...

eBay said Thursday that it has acquired Svpply, an online social curation and e-commerce focused visual shopping site based in New York. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Svpply lets users bookmark and curate lists of their fa...

Social media management software firm HootSuite is acquiring San Francisco competitor Seesmic, the two companies announced today, and plans to transition Seesmic's business users to HootSuite's social media management tools. Financial terms...

San Francisco-based WideOrbit, which develops advertising management software for the media industry, said Wednesday that it has acquired OneDomain, a software company that develops media planning, research, and businessinteligence software...

Sunnyvale-based Good Technology, the developer of enterprise mobility and management software, said yesterday that it has acquired Copiun, a developer of mobile file sharing and document synchronization software. FInancial terms of the buy ...

Campbell-based Move, the real estate website operator behind Realtor.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired TigerLead Solutions, a developer of real estate lead generation and lead management solutions. Move said it paid $22M in cash for Ti...

San Jose-based MicroProbe, a developer of wafer test equipment used for systems-on-a-chip testing, has been acquired by FormFactor. FormFactor said it will pay $100M in cash plus $16.8M in stock for MicroProbe's parent firm, Astria Semicond...

Mountain View-based Google has hired investment bank Barclays to sell off Motorola Mobility's Home Business unit, which it acquired earlier this year. The report came from Bloomberg, citing two people "familiar with the situation". Bloomber...

Pleasanton-based Workday, the developer of cloud-based, enterprise applications for payroll, human resources, financial, and other management, filed for an IPO Thursday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $400M in its public offering....

LifeLock, a provider of identity theft protection services which is backed by a number of Bay Area investors, has filed for a $175M IPO. The company--which is venture backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Go...

San Francisco-based Mailgun, the developer of a cloud-based, email services API, has been acquired by cloud hosting firm Rackspace Hosting. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been announced. Mailgun was a Y Combinator startup, and ...

San Jose-based programmable logic provider Xilinx said this morning that it has acquired PetaLogix, a developer of embedded Linux software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Xilinx said the buy would help strengthen its...

San Francisco-based online mobile retailer LetsTalk.com has been acquired by wireless distribution firm BrightStar, BrightStar announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to the firms, LetsTalk w...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said this morning that it has agreed to acquire TMW Systems, a developer of enterprise software for the transportation and logistics market. The deal is worth $335M in cash. TMW Systems was based in Beachwood, Ohio, ...

Mountain View-based Facebook has acquired Threadsy, the firm behind the Facebook analysis service Swaylo, Threadsy said over the weekend. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Threadsy said that SwayloPro, the premium versi...

Santa Clara-based Ambarella looks to be kicking back into gear with its IPO plans, saying today that it has filed an updated S-1. The firm, which develops semiconductors used for high definition video capture and display, has applied to lis...

San Francisco-based Giftiki, a collaborative, group gifting service, has been acquired by launch buzz startup LaunchRock, the firm said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Giftiki was venture backed by Tim Draper...

Palo Alto-based videogame streaming company OnLive has been turned over to its creditors, as part of an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors, the firm revealed over the weekend. As part of the move, OnLive laid off all of its employees, ...

Electronic Arts has been in talks with a number of private equity firms about a buyout, according to a report yesterday from the New York Post. The report said EA has talked with KKR and Providence Equity Partners, among others about an acq...

San Francisco-based real estate search site Trulia has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raised up to $75.0M in an IPO on the NYSE. The firm said it is looking to trade as TRLA. The IPO is being underwritten by J.P...

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com said Monday afternoon that it has completed its acquisition of Buddy Media, the developer of social media marketing tools. Salesforce.com had said it would pay $689M for Buddy media in June. Buddy Media's ...

Redwood City-based Actian said Monday that it has made a proposal to acquire IT software maker Pervasive Software. Actian said it has offered to pay $8.50 per share in cash for Pervasive, making the deal worth around $154M. Actian said that...

Clutch.io, a San Francisco developer of A/B website testing tools, has been acquired by Twitter. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Clutch.io said that Twitter has acquired the IP of Clutch.io, hired its team, but wil lb...

Mountain View-based Google is set to buy travel publisher Frommer's, according to multiple reports today. Financial details of the acquisition have not yet been announced. Frommer's, which publishes a lengthly list of travel books and guide...

Mountain View-based Google has cut 4,000 employees out of its new Motorola Mobility unit, out of around 20,000 employees, the company said today via a regulatory filing. Two thirds of those cuts were outside the U.S. Google said the cuts co...

San Francisco-based Cloud Nine Media, a developer of Wi-Fi sponsorship and location-based advertising technology, has been acquired by Wi-Fi network provider Boingo Wireless. Financial terms of the deal were not announced by the companies. ...

San Francisco-based 99designs, an online marketplace for graphic designs and logos, said today that it has acquired 12designer, a creative design firm in Germany. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. 99designs is venture backed by...

San Francisco-based Bleacher Report, the online sports site, has been acquired by Time Warner in a deal worth somewhere under $200M. The acquisition was made by Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit. Bleacher Report was headed by Brian Gre...

San Francisco-based Jobscience, a developer of talent management and staffing software, said today that it has acquired Atomkeep, a developer of software which helps users synchronize their profiles across different social networks. Financi...

Pleasanton-based IronPlanet, an online marketplace for used, heavy equipment, said Friday that it is withdrawing its IPO. The firm cited "current market conditoins" for the move. IronPlanet had originally filed for its IPO in 2010. The firm...

Mountain View-based Synopsys, the developer of electronic design automation software tools, said today that it has acquired SpringSoft, a Taiwanese developer of specialized IC design software. Synopsys said it will pay approximately $406M f...

San Mateo-based mobile game developers The Playforge has been acquired by Saban Brands, the investment arm of media mogul Haim Saban. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The Playforge develops the popular iOS game Zombie Farm, an...

CodeEval, the San Francisco-based developer of online interviewing tools which test the programming and software chops of potential employees, has been acquired by HireVue, a developer of online interviewing tools. Financial terms of the bu...

San Francisco-based Inmobi, which operates a mobile advertising network, said Tuesday that it has acquired Metaflow Solutions, a developer of mobile content distribution software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. InMob...

Redwood City-based Wildfire, a developer of social media marketing software, has been acquired by Google. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Wildfire--which says it now has almost 400 employees--said it will continue to help bra...

San Jose-based Cisco said this morning it has completed its acquisition of NDS Group Ltd., a developer of video software and content security products. Cisco had said in March that it would pay approximately $5 billion for NDS. NDS becomes ...

Mountain View-based Synopsys, the provider of design and verification software for the semiconductor industry, said this morning that it has acquired Ciranova, a provider of electric design automation software. Financial terms of the buy we...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said this morning that it has acquired Xsigo Systems, a developer of network virtualization technology. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Oracle said the buy will help bolsters its virtuali...

Santa Clara-based VIVOtech, the developer of NFC-based, contactless payment readers and systems, is shutting down, according to a report this morning from NFC Times. The report says that the firm, facing cash flow problems, is holding confe...

San Francisco-based MarkMonitor, which develops online brand protection services and technology, has been acquired by Thomson Reuters, the publisher said Thursday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. MarkMonitor becomes p...

Cupertino-based Apple has agreed to acquire AuthenTec, a developer of fingerprint sensors and other security products, in a deal worth $356M, AuthenTec said this morning. According to AuthentTec, Apple will pay $8.00 per share for the publi...

Palo Alto-based virtualization software developer VMware said today that it is buying a developer of network virtualization technology, Nicira, in a deal worth approximately $1.05 billion in cash plus approximately $210M in assumed, unveste...

Email application developer Sparrow, which is based in France, has been acquired by Google, Sparrow said Friday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Sparrow said its team is joining Gmail's team. Sparrow was headed by Dom...

San Jose-based Integrated Silicon Solutions, a fabless semiconductor firm focused on the automotive, communications, industrial, and other markets, said Thursday that it has acquired Chingis Technology Corporation, a provider of NOR flash m...

Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks has priced its IPO, at $42.00 per share, and expects to list on the NYSE as PANW tomorrow. The pricing is above the firm's recently increased, estimated pricing range, which was upped to between $38.00 a...

San Francisco-based Hammer is now officially part of Microsoft, Microsoft said today, after all closing conditions were met in the deal. Microsoft paid $1.2 billion in cash for Yammer, which becomes part of the Microsoft Office Division....

Redwood Shores-based Oracle announced today that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Skire, which provides capital program management and facilities management applications software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclo...

Mountain View-based online small business accounting software developer Outright has been acquired, by Go Daddy, the Internet domain name and web hosting provider. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies. Ou...

Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks has increased its estimated IPO range, saying in a filing Tuesday that it now expects pricing at between $38.00 and $40.00 per share. The firm had initially estimated a pricing range of $34.00 to $37.00 ...

PayPal has acquired San Francisco-based Card.io, the company said Tuesday. Card.io develops technology which allows developers to capture credit card information using their smartphone camera. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed....

Alviso-based digital video recording service Tivo is buying TRA, Inc., a provider of database which tracks how TV advertising is influencing consumers. TiVo said it is paying approximately $20M for New York-based TRA, which it says has the ...

San Francisco-based 3D CAD software firm Autodesk announced today that it has acquired Socialcam, the mobile video service. The deal was worth $60M. Socialcam develops iOS and ANdroid apps, which allow users to capture, edit, and share vide...

San Francisco-based personalized DNA and genetics testing firm Navigenics has been acquired by Life Technologies, a developer of life sciences equipment. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Navigenics was venture backed b...

Private equity firm Francisco Partners said this morning that it has acquired Cross Match Technologies, a developer of biometric identity management systems and software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cross Match, which was...

Milpitas-based Gigamon has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $100M under the symbol GIMO. The developer of network traffic hardware is venture backed by Highland Capital Partners. The IPO is being underwritte...

Emeryville-based MobiTV, the provider of mobile television services and on-demand streaming for those devices, has abandoned its IPO plans, saying Friday in a filing that it is withdrawing its IPO registration. The company cited "unfavorabl...

Mountain View-based 23andMe, the personalized genomics firm headed by Anne Wojcicki, said Tuesday that it has acquired CureTogether, a site focused on health based communities. Financial temrs of the buy were not disclosed. 23andMe said the...

San Francisco-based Involver, a developer of social marketing software, has been acquired by Oracle, the two companies said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Involver was venture backed by Bessemer Venture...

Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks, the developer of network security and monitoring devices, has set its initial estimated IPO pricing range at between $34.00 and $37.00 per share. The firm is expecting to list on the New York Stock Exch...

A report today from the Wall Street Journal says that customer support startup GoInstant is being acquired by San Francisco-based Salesforce.com, in a deal worth more than $70M. GoInstant has raised $1.7M in seed funding from Josh Felser an...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said this morning that it has acquired WinEstimator, a provider of construction cost estimating and cost modeling software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Trimble said WinEstimator will become part o...

Berkeley-based MOG, the online, streaming music services, has been acquired by electronics maker Beats Electronics. Beats Electronics is the maker of the Beats By Dr. Dre headphones. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. MOG was ve...

Milpitas-based flash memory manufacturer SanDisk said Tuesday that it has acquired Schooner Information Technology, a developer software for managing flash-optimized database and data storage. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ...

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com has acquired Thinkfuse, a developer of software used for managing group communications, status reports, and project updates. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Thinkfuse was backed by SV Ange...

San Francisco-based Yammer has been acquired by Microsoft for $1.2 billion in cash, Microsoft confirmed Monday. Yammer, headed by David Sacks, provides a micro-messaging service targeted at enterprises, which functions much like a private T...

San Mateo-based Brand.net, a provider of online display, video and mobile advertising, has been acquired by Michigan-based Valassis. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Valassis said it would use the acquisition to enhance its di...

Fremont-based Network Equipment Technologies, the developer of networking and communications equipment, has been acquired by Sonus Networks, a developer of SIP communications gear, in a deal worth approximately $42M. Sonus said it would pay...

Santa Clara-based chipmaker Intel has picked up a bundle of patents in a big, $375M deal, according to the firm today. Intel said that it has signed an agreement to buy roughly 1,700 patents from InterDigital, for $375M in cash. Intel said ...

Mountain View-based social networking site Facebook said today that it has acquired San Francisco-based Face.com, a developer of facial recognition software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Face.com said the company's team wo...

Sunnyvale-based power semiconductor maker Summit Microelectronics has been acquired by Qualcomm, Qualcomm said this morning. Financial details of the deal were not announced by the companies. Qualcomm said that all employees of Summit Micro...

San Rafael-based CAD software firm AutoDesk said last Friday that it has acquired Vela Systems, cloud and mobile field management software for the construction industry. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Vela Systems was bas...

Redwood City-based Qualys, a developer of cloud-based security and compliance software, has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO as QLYS. The firm has not yet selected an exchange. The company's ...

San Mateo-based schoolFeed, a startup developing Facebook applications to help people connect with their high school class, has been acquired by United Online. Financial terms of the deal were not announced by the companies. schoolFeed--whi...

San Francisco-based ON24, which provides webcasting and virtual event services to enterprises, said Tuesday that it has acquired a European provider of virtual event services, IMASTE. Financial term sof the buy were not disclosed. IMASTE, w...

Mountain View-based Complete Genomics, the onetime high flying provider of whole human genome sequencing services, said today that it has cuts its staff, and has hired an investment banking firm to assist in "strategic alternatives." The fi...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired a developer of mobile document viewing and editing tools, Quickoffice, Quickoffice said Tuesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. QuickOffice makes software for both Android and iOS whic...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle is continuing to sharpen its social media and marketing offerings, saying Tuesday morning that it has acquired Collective Intellect, a developer of cloud-based, social intelligence software which helps companies ...

Mountain View-based instant messaging and chat service Meebo has been acquired Google, the firm said Monday afternoon, to bolster Google+. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. The deal was rumored to be worth over $100M, but the c...

San Francisco-based Zynga has acquired game development firm Buzz Monkey, according to reports today. Financial details of the buy have not been announced. Buzz Monkey was based in Eugene, Oregon. Buzz Monkey apparently employs over 50 deve...

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com said this morning that it has acquired Buddy Media, a provider of social media marketing software, in a deal worth $689M. Salesforce said the deal was a combination of cash and equity, split beteen $467M i...

San Mateo-based VSS Monitoring, a developer of network switching analysis tools for the high speed communications market, has been acquired by Danaher, a manufacturer of a wide range of science and technology products. Financial terms of th...

The $40M acquisition of San Francisco-based RentJuice, the developer of rental marketing software for property managers, landlords, and rental agents, has completed, according to acquiring real estate company Zillow. The deal was announced ...

Redwood City-based photo sharing and printing site Shutterfly said Wednesday that it has acquired Photoccino, an Israeli firm developing photo ranking and analysis software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Shutterfly ...

Mobile IQ, the developer of mobile publishing tool Pressrun, has been acquired by Quark, the software developer which develops desktop publishing tools. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Pressrun develops software which...

Mountain View-based Facebook is reportedly in talks to acquire opera Software, the developer of mobile web browsing software. The two firms have not commented on the rumors. Opera Software is based in Oslo, and is publicly listed. Analysts ...

Millbrae-based PowerReviews, which develops Internet ratings and reviews software for e-commerce retailers, has been acquired by Bazaarvoice, a competing ratings and reviews software firm. Bazaarvoice said it will pay $151.9M for PowerRevie...

Palo Alto-based TrustedID, which provides credit and identity protection services, said today that it has acquired Catalog Choice, the operator of a mail preference service which makes it easier for consumers to opt out of unwanted catalogs...

Redwood Shores-based database giant Oracle announced this morning that it has acquired Atlanta-based Vitrue, which develops social marketing software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Vitrue's software helps marketers runs cam...

Cupertino-based disk drive maker Seagate Technology said this morning that it is acquiring a controlling interest in French storage products maker LaCie, in a deal worth approximately $186M. According to Seagate, it will acquire the shares ...

Sunnyvale-based Ariba, the publicly held developer of business and procurement software, has been acquired by SAP AG, in a deal worth approximately $4.3 billion. The two firms said Tuesday afternoon that SAP will pay $45.00 per share for Ar...

Menlo Park-based Syncplicity, a developer of file synchronization and cloud-based storage services, has been acquired by EMC. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Syncplicity was venture backed by True Ventures and angel...

Mountain View-based Google reported this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. Google had originally announced the $12.5 billion deal in August of last year. As part of the acquisition, Google CEO Larry Page sa...

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said over the weekend that it is selling its stake in Alibaba, a deal expected to provide the firm with approximately $7.1 billion. The deal is made up of $6.3 billion in cash, plus up to $800M in Alibaba preferred sto...

Despite a long awaited IPO, the initial public offering of Facebook stalled out Friday, as the firm close up only slightly above its IPO price of $38.00, at $38.23. Facebook traded up slightly for part of the day, as high as $45.00 per shar...

On a busy day over at Facebook, the now-public social networking site has acquired Karma, a developer of mobile, social gifting applications which are integrated with Facebook. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Karma said that...

Mountain View-based Facebook has priced its IPO at $38.00, at the high end of its already increase offering range, which was between $34.00 and $38.00 per share. The IPO--which will be the largest IPO of a technology company, ever--will sta...

Santa Clara-based Agilent said Thurdsay that it has acquired Daiko, a Denmark-based cancer diagnostics firm, for $2.2 billion. Agilent said the deal is the largest acquisition in its history. Dako will go to complement Agilent's existing bi...

Redwood City-based data center operator Equinix said Wednesday that it has acquired Ancotel, a provider of carrier neutral colocation and interconnection services in Europe. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Equinix said that...

A report this morning issued by PricewaterhouseCoopers said that "IPO fever" is increasing the valuation of technology companies, which as slowed the pace of mergers and acquisitions in the technology market. The report, which analyzed IPO ...

Under what looks to be a severe oversubscription to Facebook's upcoming IPO, the company filed a new S-1 this morning, saying that it will now offer up 421,233,615 shares of its stock in its IPO offering, expected to price Thursday evening ...

Lightbox, a developer of photo sharing services for Android, is being acquired by Facebook, the company told its users Tuesday morning. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. According to Lightbox founders Thai Tran and Nilesh Patel...

As the frenzy towards the IPO of Facebook builds, the social networking site said in a filing that it has raised its initial public offering price to between $34.00 and $38.00 per share. The pricing range is up significantly from its initia...

Santa Clara-based NVIDIA, the developer of graphics chips, has tied with patent storehouse Intellectual Ventures to acquire approximately 500 patents from IPWireless. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. NVNDIA and IV said that t...

Wild Needle Games, a developer of female-focused casual games, has been acquired by Zynga, according to multiple reports. Rumored price of the deal was $3.8M. Wild Needle was backed by Shasta Ventures, Rick Thompson of Playdom, along with o...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo has completed its sale of SonicWall to Dell, the firm said last week. The deal was announced in March, and completed on May 9th. Financial details of the deal have not been announced. Thom...

Redwood City-based OncoMed Pharmaceuticals filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raised up to $115M on the NASDAQ Global Market as OMED. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Jefferies, Leerink Swann, Piper Jaffray, and...

San Mateo-based WageWorks, which provides health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and commuter benefits and other programs for employers, priced its IPO last night at $9 per share, raisin...

Mountain View-based Audience, the venture backed developer of technology to improve the voice quality of mobile phones, debuted this morning on the NASDAQ as ADNC, opening at $19.00, above its pricing last night at $17.00 per share, and wel...

San Jose- and Israel-based XtremIO, which develops flash-based storage arrays, has been acquired by EMC, EMC confirmed today. Financial details of the deal, which was rumored to be worth between $400M and $450M, were not announced. EMC said...

Redwood City-based Digital Resources Group (DRG), a provider of information security assessment and data protection services, has been acquired by Coalfire, a provider of information technology, risk, and compliance services and products. F...

Palo Alto-based mSpot, a developer of digital media and content for the mobile phone market, has been acquired by Samsung, Samsung announced Wednesday afternoon. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Samsung said the deal includes...

San Bruno-based IPWireless, a developer of 3G and 4G LTE wireless broadband network equipment aimed at the military and first responder market, has been acquired by General Dynamics. Financial terms of the cash deal were not disclosed. IPWi...

San Jose-based SonicWall, the developer of network security, remote access, email security, and backup and recovery tools, is now officially part of computer maker Dell, Dell announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition have n...

Mountain View-based Evernote, fresh off a gigantic, $70M funding round, has started shopping, saying today that it has acquired digital handwriting application Penultimate. Penultimate is one of the most popular, iPad applications, allowing...

San Francisco-based BankOns, a developer of software to help provide local users with deals and coupons based on their purchasing activity, has been acquired by Capital One, the firm announced today on its web site. Financial details of the...

Mountain View-based Facebook said late last week that it has acquired Glancee, a developer of location-based applications. Financial terms of the acq-hire were not disclosed. Facbeook said it has added all three of Glancee's co-founders to ...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn said last night that it has acquired SlideShare, in a deal worth approximately $118.75M. Mountain View-based SlideShare, which is led by Rashmi Sinha, was venture backed by Venrock, the only investor in the firm...

San Jose-based Cisco said today that it is acquiring Truviso, the Foster City-based developer of network data analysis and reporting software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Truviso was venture backed by Diamondhead Venture...

Menlo Park-based social networking site Facebook set the estimated pricing range for its IPO at between $28.00 and $35.00 per share Wednesday, in a filing with the SEC. According to the firm, it is offering up 337,415,352 shares of its Clas...

San Francisco-based Tealeaf Technology, which develops customer experience analytics software, has been acquired by IBM, IBM said Wednesday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Tealeaf's analytics software is used by such compani...

Santa Clara-based Intel has completed its acquisition of the interconnect hardware assets of supercomputer maker Cray, Cray said Wednesday. The deal, which was worth $140M in cash, had been announced on April 24th....

San Francisco-based RentJuice, which develops rental marketing software, has been acquired by real estate site Zillow, in a deal worth $40M in cash, Zillow announced Wednesday. RentJuice was venture backed by Highland Capital, Sandwidth Ven...

San Jose-based mixed signal semiconductor maker IDT said Monday afternoon that it has acquired two firms, in separate transactions. According to IDT, it has acquired Sunnyvale-based PLX Technology, in a deal worth approximately $330M, and s...

Mountain View-based Audience, the developer of technology for improving the voice quality of mobile phones, has set an initial pricing range of between $14.00 and $16.00 per share, according to a filing by the firm. The company said it is n...

San Mateo-based SolarCity, which provides financing for solar power project installation through residential power purchase agreements (PPAs), said today that it has filed for an IPO, currently being reviewed by the SEC. SolarCity said it s...

Mountain View-based Intuit said this morning that it is buying San Francisco-based Demandforce, in a deal worth approximately $423.5M. Demandforce develops software-as-a-service applications used to automate marketing and customer support a...

Mountain View-based Google is further narrowing its product focus, saying Thursday that it is selling its Google SketchUp team and technology to Trimble. Financial terms of the sale were not announced. The firm said the move will help Sketc...

Palo Alto-based Archives.com, a venture backed developer of family history services and software, has been acquired by genealogy giant Ancestry.com, in a deal worth $100M in cash plus assumed liabilities. Archives.com, which is run by Infle...

Sunnyvale-based TorreyPoint, a provider of information systems consulting, said earlier this week that it has acquired Proteus Networks, a provider of IT consulting services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Proteus Networks s...

Redwood City-based Shutterfly said today that it has been selected by Eastman Kodak Company as the only bidder for the assets of its Kodak Gallery online photo services business. Shutterfly had offered up $23.8M to acquire the assets of the...

Menlo Park-based KANA Software, the developer of customer service management software, said yesterday that it has acquired Trinicom. Trinicom is a developer of web-based customer service software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not...

Santa Clara-based chip maker Intel has acquired the interconnect hardware development program of supercomputer maker Cray, Cray said late Tuesday, in a deal worth $140M in cash. Cray said it has agred to sell its interconnect hardware devel...

Palo Alto-based Cetas, a developer of cloud data analytics software, has been acquired by VMware, the firms said Tuesday, and will be integrated Cetas into VMware's cloud application platform and services. Financial terms of the buy were no...

San Francisco-based The Nile Project, the online travel site operator which operates NileGuide, 10Best, and Localyte, has been acquired by New York-based Travora Media. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Josh Steinitz, C...

San Jose- and Israel-based XtremIO, which develops flash-based storage arrays, is in talks to be acquired by storage giant EMC, for between $400 to $450M, according to multiple reports today. According to Israeli business media, EMC's senio...

Menlo Park-based Facebook and Microsoft said today that the two are in a deal, where Microsoft will assign Facebook the rights to purchase a portion of the patents it recently acquired from AOL, for $550M in cash. The two said the deal give...

Los Gatos-based Roving Networks, a developer of low-power, embedded Wi-Fi and Bluetooth products, has been acquired by microcontroller developer Microchip Technology, Microchip said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not ...

San Francisco-based Splunk, which develops enterprise indexing and analysis software, had a robust debut this morning on the Nasdaq As SPLK, after pricing at $17.00 per share last night. As of around 9am this morning, the company was tradin...

San Francisco-based Splunk, the developer of enterprise indexing software, has bumped its anticipated IPO pricing range, according to a filing from the firm. Splunk said it is now anticipating an offering of 13,500,000 shares of its stock a...

San Mateo-based Marketo, a developer of marketing automation tools, said this morning that it has acquired Crowd Factory, a developer of social marketing campaign management software. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced....

San Francisco-based Ditto.me, an online service which helps users discover new restaurants, movies, and other things from their mobile phone, has been acquired by Groupon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ditto.me said...

Mountain View-based Symantec said today that it has completed its acquisition of Nukona, the developer of mobile application management software. Symantec did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which was originally announced on April...

San Francisco- and Shanhai-based Concept Art House, a provider of graphic and artistic design services for videogame makers, has been acquired by Zattikka, a new London-based videogame and content studio. Financial terms of the acquisition ...

San Francisco- and Shanhai-based Concept Art House, a provider of graphic and artistic design services for videogame makers, has been acquired by Zattikka, a new London-based videogame and content studio. Financial terms of the acquisition ...

Redwood City-based Openwave Systems announced today that it has sold off two of its product businesses, its Mediation and Messaging product lines, to private equity firm Marlin Equity Partners. Financial details of the transaction were not ...

San Francisco-based TagTile, a developer of loyalty management software for local businesses, has been acquired by Facebook, TagTile said Friday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. TagTile was founded by Abheek Anand and Soham M...

Palo Alto-based TIBCO Software said late Thursday that it has acquired LogLogic, a privately held developer of log and security management software, for approximately $130M. LogLogic said the buy will help expand its operational intelligenc...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said this week that it has completed its acquisition of Taleo, which develops talent management and recruiting software. Oracle had said in February that it would acquire Taleo for $1.9 billion, or $49.00 per sha...

South San Francisco-based Hyperion Therapeutics has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $57.5M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The firm has applied to list as HPTX. Hyperion is a developer of biopharmaceuticals...

Shattering hopes for the solar power market, Oakland-based BrightSource Energy said in a regulatory filing this morning that it is withdrawing its IPO. Citing "current market conditions", BrightSource said it has decided not to proceed with...

San Francisco-based Yammer said Wednesday that it has acquired OneDrum, a UK-based firm developing file sharing and collaboration software for the business market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Yammer said that all of OneDr...

Santa Clara-based Citrix said today that it has acquired Podio, a developer of collaborative work software for teams. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Podio's collaboration software provides social features and more to help bu...

The Menlo Park-based touchscreen business of TE Connectivity, has been sold to private equity firm Gores Group, in a $3890M in cash deal, the firms said this morning. According to Gores, it is in a definite agreement to acquire TE Connectiv...

SAP said today in San Francisco that it plans to acquire Syclo, a developer of mobile application and technology products. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Syclo is based near Chicago, Illinois. Syclo's products are us...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo is buying a controlling interest in Minneapolis-based Network Instruments, a developer of network and application management software and hardware. Financial details of the deal were not d...

According to a report today, the un-named AOL subsidiary sold to Microsoft yesterday in the $1 billion patent sale was one other than Netscape, the original web browser firm co-founded by Marc Andreessen, the now venture capital investor. T...

South San Francisco-based KAI Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceuticals firm development treatment of secondary hyperparathroidism in patients with chronic kidney disease on dialysis, has been acquired by Amgen, the firms said today. Amgen said...

Mountain View-based Facebook said today that it has agreed to acquire Instagram, in a deal worth $1 billion in cash and stock. Facebok's Mark Suckerberg said that Instagram's team will be joining the social networking site, but will continu...

San Francisco-based Splunk, which develops enterprise indexing software, has set the initial pricing range for its IPO. The firm said in a filing this morning that it expects to price its IPO at between $8.00 and $10.00 a share. The firm ha...

San Mateo-based CafePress said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Logo'd Softwear, a provider of personalized apparel and merchandise for groups. The deal was worth $8.3M, including $7.5M in cash plus 45,060 shares of Caf...

Santa Clara-based Palo Alto Networks filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $175M on the markets. The firm develops network security and traffic monitoring products, including firewalls, intrusion detection system...

Dublin, California-based Epicor Software, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, said Thursday that it has acquired Internet AutoParts, a developer of business-to-business e-commerce software for the automotive replacem...

Mountain View-based mobile social networking software developer Loopt has officially been swallowed by prepaid debit card provider Greent Dot, after the official close of the $43M acquisition of Loopt. According to Green Doot, Loopt will re...

San Francisco-based consumer electronics warranty provider SquareTrade, which is backed by Bain Capital, has acquired TechForward, a provider of guaranteed buyback programs for the consumer electronics market. Financial terms of the buy wer...

San Jose-based Wyse Technology, the manufacturer and developer of think client terminals, has inked a deal to be acquire by computer manufacturer Dell. Financial terms of the deal were not announced by the companies. Dell said the buy will ...

Mountain View-based Symantec said this morning that it has completed its sale of its 49 percent stake in Huawei Symantec Technologies Co., Ltd., to Huawei for $530M. Symantec had announced it would sell the joint venture in November of 2011...

San Bruno-based SocialShield, a developer of a service which helped parents monitor the social networking activity of their children, has been acquired by Avira. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Avira said it will add SocialSh...

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy, which develops microinverters for the solar power market, hit the market this morning, selling 9 million shares of its stock at $6 per share. The firm priced last night below its initial estimated trading rang...

San Francisco-based social games maker Zynga said last night that it has priced its secondary offering, at $12.00 per share. The firm is selling 42,969,153 shares of its Class A stock, all of it from existing stockholders. Zynga has said it...

Redwood City-based games developer Kabam said this morning that it has acquired social games maker Gravity Bear. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Gravity Bear develops 3D games, including Battle Punks, a role playing combat g...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said this morning that it has acquired ClearTrial, a developer of cloud-based, clinical trial tracking software. Financial terms of the by were not disclosed. Oracle said that ClearTrial's software helps make the...

San Jose-based Cisco said this morning that it has acquired ClearAccess, a provider of software used for the provisioning and management of residential and mobile devices. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. Cisco said the buy in...

San Rafael-based Clairmail, the developer of mobile banking and payment software, has been acquired by UK-basd Monitise plc, Monitise said over the weekend. The deal is worth approximately $173.2M in an all-stock share purchase. Clairmail w...

Sunnyvale-based AMD has completed its acquisition of SeaMicro, the firm said Friday afternoon, in a deal worth approximately $334M net of cash assumed. AMD had announced its acquisition of SeaMicro in February. SeaMicro is a developer of sp...

San Jose-based optical communications and laser manufacturer Oclaro said this week that it is in a definitive agreement to transfer its Shenzhen, China final assembly and test operations to Venture Corporation Limited. Financial details of ...

Online auction site eBay has sold its Rent.com subsidiary to PRIMEDIA, PRIMEDIA announced Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. PRIMEDIA said the move will bolster its line of apartment and rental home resource...

San Jose-based Cisco has completed its acquisition of Lightwire, the developer of optical interconnects for the networking industry, the firm said earlier this week. The deal was worth $271M in cash plus retention for Lightwire, which had b...

Oakland-based solar thermal power developer BrightSource Energy set an estimated IPO pricing range Wednesday evening, saying that it estimates that its IPO price will be between $21.00 and $23.00 per share. The firm, which has applied to li...

San Francisco-based person-to-person marketplace Airbnb has acquired British room rental startup Crashpadder, Crashpadder told its users Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Crashpadder said it has 7,000 hosts in ...

San Francisco-based social gaming firm Zynga has acquired OMGPOP, the developer of the popular mobile game Draw Something, in a deal worth $200M, according to multiple reports Wednesday morning. OMGPOP is based in New York, had raised aroun...

San Francisco-based Pivotal Labs, the developer of agile software development tools headed by Rob Mee, has been acquired by data storage giant EMC, EMC said Tuesday afternoon. Financial terms of the all-cash deal were not announced. Accordi...

BroadLight, a developer of optical networking components which has its U.S. headquarters in Santa Clara, has been acquired by Broadcom for $195M in cash. BroadLight develops fiber access PON (Passive Optical Network) processors, and has its...

San Mateo-based CafePress has acquired the assets of Logo'd Softwear, a provider of personalized apparel and merchandise for groups and organizations, the firm has disclosed in a regulatory filing. According to the filing, it paid $8.3M for...

Emeryville-based Exponential Interactive has filed for an IPO, saying late last week that it is looking to raise $75M on the public markets as "EXPN". The IPo is being underwritten by Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets, and ...

San Jose-based Micrel, a supplier of analog communications chips and Ethernet ICs, said yesterday that it has acquired PhaseLink, a developer of clock and timing chips. PhaseLink is based in Taiwan, with operations in Silicon Valley. Financ...

Moving one step further towards its IPO, San Mateo-based CafePress said Thursday in a filing that it now expects its initial public offering to price between $16.00 and $18.00 per share. CafePress is planning on selling 4,500,000 shares of ...

San Jose-based Cisco said today that it will pay approximately $5 billion for NDS Group Ltd., a developer of video software and content security products. NDS is based in London. Cisco said it will use NDS to complement and accelerate its V...

Defunct unified social networking and email service Threadsy has found a buyer, in the form of unified relationship management service MyLife. MyLife said today that it has acquired the technology of Threadsy, but did not disclose financial...

Some of the institutional investors in Zynga are looking to cash out of the social gaming firm, via a secondary offering from the company, according to an S-1 filed by Zynga today. Zynga said it has filed for a $400M, secondary offering, wh...

San Jose-based SonicWALL, the provider of network firewall and security products, is being acquired by Dell Computer, Dell said this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. SonicWALL was owned by private equity firm ...

San Francisco-based photo blogging and sharing site Posterous has been acquired by Twitter, Posterous announced Monday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Posterous, it will continue to run its Pos...

Mountain View-based Loopt, the mobile social networking provider headed by Sam Altman, has been acquired by Green Dot Corporation, a provider of prepaid debit cards, in a deal worth $43.4M in cash. Loopt, which was venture backed by New Ent...

Yobongo, the developer of a mobile chat app for the iPhone, has been acquired by Palo Alto-based Mixbook. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Yobongo said its entire team is joining Mixbook. Mixbook develops a service to help use...

Oakland-based Self Aware Games, the developer of the mobile game titles Fleck, Card Ace: Casino, and Taxiball, has been acquired by Big Fish Games. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Big Fish acquired by Self Aware and parent fi...

Magnachip Semiconductor, the Korean-based developer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors which bases its U.S. operations in Cupertino, said today that it has completed its acquisition of Korean semiconductor firm Dawin Electronics Co. ...

Palo Alto-based Varian Medical Systems, which manufactures medical devices and software for the radiotherapy, radiosurgery, and brachytherapy market, announced today that it has acquired InfiMed, a developer of workstations for processing d...

San Francisco-based digital music distributor INgrooves said last week that it has acquired Fontana Distribution, a music distributor owned by Universal Music Group. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to INGrooves, th...

Redwood City-based Amobee, the venture-backed developer of mobile advertising technology , has been acquired by SingTel, in a deal worth $321M. According to Singapore Telecommunications Limited, the acquisition will help expand its presence...

San Francisco-based restaurant reviews site Yelp has priced its IPO, saying late Thursday evening that it priced its stock at $15.00 per share. The firm is expected to begin trading this morning on the New York Stock Exchange as YELP. The I...

Sunnyvale-based PMC-Sierra said this morning that it has acquired the 12 Gb/s SAS Expander product line owned by Maxim. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to PMC, it has acquired the Server Storage 12 Gb/s Expa...

Intel has completed its acquisition of the Infiniband networking assets of QLogic, which was worth $125M in cash. The deal had earlier been announced by the two firm on January 23rd. QLogic is selling its InfiniBand product line to focus on...

Sunnyvale-based AMD said Wednesday that it is acquiring SeaMicro, a manufacturer of specialized, high density servers for the data center market, in a deal for $281M in cash. According to AMD, the deal will help it address the cloud data ce...

Palo Alto-based Uptake, which operated an online travel review and travel information site, has been acquired by Groupon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, AllthingsD reported the sale in the "teens" of millions. Uptak...

Sunnyvale-based Trident Microsystems, the bankrupt developer of set-top box semiconductors, has been sold to connected home semiconductor maker Entropic Communications, Entropic said Monday. Entropic said it will pay $65M for the assets of ...

San Francisco-based Dropbox, the provider of online storage services, has acquired collaboration software firm Cove. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Cove was in stealth mode, and had been formed by former Facebook execs Adity...

San Jose-based Cisco said last week that it intends to acquire Lightwire, a developer of optical interconnects. Cisco said it would pay approximately $271M in cash and retention-based incentives for Lightwire. Lightwire integrates both acti...

Sunnyvale-based Critical Path has acquired San Mateo-based Laszlo Systems, a developer of interactive web application software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Critical Path said the buy would allow it to deliver a unified ap...

San Francisco-based Recurve, the developer of a cloud-based, residential energy auditing service, has been acquired by smart grid firm Tendril. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Tendril said the asset acquisition includ...

Mountain View-based Synopsys said today that it has completed its acquisition of San Jose-based Magma Design Automation. The deal was worth approximately $523M, or $7.35 per Magma share in cash. Magma is a developer of software used in the ...

San Francisco-based Rapportive, which develops a Gmail plug-in for displaying social networking information about your contacts in your email, has confirmed its acquisition by LinkedIn. Financial details of the acquisition were not announce...

eBay said late Tuesday evening that it has agreed to acquire WHI Solutions, which provides software and digital catalogs for the auto parts distribution market. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. eBay said it will integr...

Sunnyvale-based Juniper Networks said today that it has acquired San Francisco-based Mykonos Software, a developer of intrusion prevention and security software. Juniper said it paid $80M in cash for Mykonos. Mykonos Software, which is head...

San Francisco-based Sugar, Inc., the online publisher of women's websites and blogs which is backed by Sequoia Capital and Institutional Venture Partners, said Tuesday that it has acquired fellow San Francisco firm Circle Of Moms. Circle of...

Santa Clara-based NetLogic Microsystems is now officially part of Broadcom, the two said this morning, after the acquisition of NetLogic by Broadcom completed. The deal was worth $3.7 billion, and had originally been announced in September....

Foster City-based E2Open, which operates a cloud-based business trading network, has filed for an IPO. The firm said it is looking to raise up to $86.25M in its IPO. The company has not set an exchange. The IPO is being underwritten by BofA...

San Francisco-based Loyalize, a developer of technology which allows audiences to interact with a show or brand during live TV shows, has been acquired. According to loyalty program operator Viggle, which is ownd by Function(x) Inc., it has...

San Francisco-based restaurant reviews site Yelp has set its IPO pricing range, saying that it expects to offer up 7,150,000 shares of its common stock at between $12.00 and $14.00 per share. Yelp is looking to trade on the New York Stock E...

Sunnyvale-based BlueCoat Systems, the developer of web security and WAN optimization hardware, is now officially owned by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. According to Thoma Bravo, it paid approximately $1.3 billion for Blue Coat. Blue Coat...

Milpitas-based SanDisk, the maker of flash memory, said this morning that it has acquired FlashSoft, a provider of caching software for the solid state disk drive (SSD) market. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. SanDisk said it ...

Satellite navigation provider Garmin said this morning that it has agreed to acquire Soquel, California-based Interphase Technologies, a developer of phased array scanning sonar technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Gar...

Folsom-based Global Digital Solutions, a provider of telecom engineering and consulting services, said today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Sacramento-based KRS Construction, provider of underground construction services f...

Netvibes, the developer of business dashboards software which is based in Europe, but has offices in San Francisco, has been acquired by Dassault Systemes. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Netvibes was backed by Accel Partners...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Francisco Partners said today that it has acquired Concerro, a provider of healthcare staffing and scheduling software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Francisco said the buy came throu...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said this morning that it has acquired Taleo, the provider of human resources and talent management software, for $1.9 billion. ORacle is paying $46.00 per share for Taleo. Taleo's talent management software is u...

San Francisco-based GigaOm, the online technology news and analysis site started by Om Malik, has acquired paidContent.org, an online news site covering the business of content. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. paidCo...

San Francisco-based Rapportive, the developer of a Gmail plug-in for pulling in social networking information alongside your email, has reportedly been acquired by LinkedIn. Financial terms of the deal have not been announced, and the deal ...

San Francisco-based CaseCentral, a venture-backed developer of e-discovery software, has been acquired by Guidance Software. The deal is worth $17.1M now, plus up to $33M in earnout over the next three years. CaseCentral was venture backed ...

San Francisco-based Klout, which measured "social influence" of people on the web, said today that it has acquired Blockboard, a developer of local community software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Blockboard provides a way...

San Francisco-based stealth startup firm Adku has been acquired by daily deals site Groupon, the company said Monday, in a deal rumored to be worth around $10M. Adku was working on e-commerce and shopping technology. Adku had been backed by...

Sunnyvale-based Rambus said today that it has acquired non-volatile, solid state memory technology developer Unity Semiconductor, in a deal worth $35M in cash. Rambus said it has added Unity's team members as part of the acquisition. Unity...

Sunnyvale-based ShoreTel, the provider of unified communications products and IP phone systems, said Wednesday that it has acquired M5 Networks, in a deal worth $146.3M. The deal includes $84M in cash plus 9.5 million shares of ShoreTEl com...

Palo Alto-based TrustedID, the venture backed provider of credit and identity protection services, said today that it has acquired Reppler.com, a reputation management and protection service. Financial details of the buy were not announced....

Menlo Park-based Facebook has filed for its IPO, saying Wednesday afternoon that it is looking to raise up to $5 billion trading as FB. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co., BofA Merrill Lynch, B...

Mountain View-based Facebook is getting set to file for its IPO, according to reports, in what could be one of the biggest IPOs this year. No details of the IPO have been filed yet, but the WSJ reports Morgan Stanley is the lead underwriter...

Santa Clara-based Intel has just amassed a large number of patents from streaming video firm RealNetworks, as the two said today that they have signed an agreement where RealNetworks will sell a chunk of patents and its next generation vide...

San Francisco-based Tynt Multimedia, a developer of software used to analyze the social habits of web visitors, has been acuqired by 33Across. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. 33Across said that it has acquired all of ...

San Mateo-based Guidewire, which develops insurance underwriting software, has priced its IPO at $13.00 per share, above its initial range of $10.00 to $12.00. The firm has raised $115M via its sale of 8.85M shares, above the initial offer ...

Sunnyvale-based Dasient, a developer of security software to protect against malware has been acquired by Twitter. Financial details of the buy were not announced. Dasient said it will brings its technology, tools, and team to the revenue e...

Mountain View-based Synopsys, which develops semiconductor design verification software, said Monday that it has closed on its acquisition of ExpertIO, a provider of verification IP for standard protocols. Financial terms of the buy were no...

San Mateo-based Redbeacon.com, which operates an online services to help connect consumers with local contractors, has been acquired by The Home Depot. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to Home Depot, Redbeacon will r...

Santa Clara-based NetOptics, a provider of hardware and software products to the enterprise and business market, reported today that it has acquired two firms. The firm said it has acquire Australian distributor Triplelayer, and sister comp...

Intel has acquired the InfiniBand business of networking adapater maker QLogic, in a deal worth $125M. QLogic said it would sell its InfiniBand product lines and assets to Intel as an effort to greater focus to growth opportunities in the c...

San Francisco-based Mertado, which operates a social shopping service on Facebook, has been acquired by Groupon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Mertado was venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, Redpoint Ventures,...

Twitter has acquired a Vancouver, Canada startup, Summify, which develops software to create email summaries from social media updates. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Summify was founded in Romania, and moved to Vancouver t...

Palo Alto-based Apigee said today that it has acquired San Francisco-based Usergrid, a developer of cloud-based software used for providing services to mobile apps. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Apigee, which provides appl...

San Francisco-based 6waves Lolapps, a social games developer, said today that it has acquired Escalation Studios, a Dallas-based mobile game developer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. 6waves said the buy brings its ov...

Mountain View-based Symantec said today that it has acquired LiveOffice, a provider of cloud-based, email archiving. Symantec said it would pay approximately $115M for LiveOffice. LiveOffice was backed by Summit Partners. Symantec explained...

Mountain View-based Audience, a provider of technology for improving the voice quality on mobile phones, filed for an IPO Friday, saying it is looking to raise up to $75M in its IPO. The firm said it will either list on the NASDAQ Global Ma...

San Jose-based Adobe Systems said Sunday that it has completed its acquisition of Efficient Frontier, the digital advertising firm. Adobe had said it would buy Efficient Frontier in November. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been...

San Francisco-based Splunk, a developer of real time indexing software used for enterprise computing, has filed for an IPO. According to an S-1 filing by the firm, it is looking to raise up to $125M in its IPO, and hopes to trade as SPLK. T...

Redwood City-based openWave Systems said this morning that it is looking to pursue "strategic alternatives" for its mediation and messaging product business. According to the company, it has retained Jeffries & Company to advise the firm on...

Cupertino-based Apple said Wednesday that it has acquired Anobit, an Israeli developer of flash storage products. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, although the acquisition has previously been reported to be worth as mu...

San Jose-based ThreatMetrix, a provider of security software, said yesterday that it has acquired TrustDefender, a provider of secure browsing technology based in Australia. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Andreas Bau...

San Francisco-based Riverbed said today that it has acquired the assets of Expand Networks, an Israeli firm that develops WAN optimization and acceleration tools. Riverbed said the asset acquisition was out of liquidation, and did not inclu...

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which has offices in San Francisco, said today that it has acquired Nevada City, California-based Telestream. Telestream is a provider of video transcoding software. Financial terms of the buy were not discl...

Belmont-based Sezmi, the online video processing and technology provider, has been sold to Czech-based video management technology developer KIT Digital. KIT Digital said it paid $27M in a mix of stock and cash, plus earn out for Sezmi. Sez...

Milpitas-based LSI Corporation said Wednesday that it completed the acquisition of Milpitas-based SandForce. LSI had announced its acquisition of venture-backed SandForce in October. The deal was worth $322M. SandForce was venture backed by...

Santa Clara-based chip developer Marvell said Wednesday that it has acquired Xelerated AB, a developer of network processing and programmable Ethernet switches. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Xelerated AB is based in Sweden....

San Francisco-based private equity firm Francisco Partners said today that it has acquired Ichor Systems, a developer and manufacturer of process tools and related products. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Ichor, wh...

Silicon Valley-based Walmart Labs has acquired a developer of mobile applications based in Portland, Small Society, the two said today. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Small Society has developed apps for such customers as ...

Sunnyvale-based semiconductor maker Trident Microsystems reported this morning that the firm, along with its Cayman subsidiary, Trident Microsystems (Far East) Ltd., have filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The firm said the filing came as a r...

Pleasanton-based Callidus Software, which develops sales force management software, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired LeadFormix, a developer of marketing automation software. Callidus said it paid $9M in cash for LeadFormix, whic...

A new report this morning from Dow Jones VentureSource says that the number of exits of U.S., venture-backed companies was down in 2011, although total deal values were up. Dow Jones said it found that there were 522 mergers, acquisitions, ...

San Jose-based VeriFone Systems reported this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Point, a European payment and gateway services provider for retailers. VeriFone had said it would acquire Point in November. The deal is worth ap...

San Francisco-based Tealeaf, a developer of customer analytics and customer services management software, said Thursday that it has acquired Overstat, a fellow San Francisco firm developing cloud-based, website usability analytics software....

San Jose-based SunPower said Thursday that it has acquired Tenesol SA, a developer of solar power projects, in a deal worth $165.4M in cash. Tenesol SA is owned by Total SA, and is based in La Tour de Salvagny, France. As part of the deal,...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said this morning that it has acquired the StruCad and StruEngineer business from AceCad Software, in an expansion of its products for the construction industry. Financial terms of the acquisition was not announced. ...

Sunnyvale-based Cotendo, a provider of web acceleration technology, has been acquired by content delivery network operator Akamai, the two firms said this morning. The deal is worth $268M in cash. Cotendo's software helps accelerate both we...

San Jose-based eBay announced this morning that it has acquired BillSAFE, a German developer of payment technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. BillSAFE develops "purchase-on-invoice" technology, a popular form of payment...

Cupertino-based disk drive maker Seagate Technology said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of the hard drive business of Samsung Electronic Co., Ltd.. The deal includes Samsung's M8, high capacity 2.5-inch HDD line. The deal had...

San Francisco-based Leverage Software, a developer of enterprise social networking software, has been acquired by Telligent, a developer of enterprise social community software. Financia terms of the acuqisition were not disclosed. Leverage...

San Francisco-based VerticalReponse, a provider of email and online marketing services and tools, said Thursday that it has acquired Roost, a provider of social media marketing technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Roos...

San Francisco-based Zynga priced its IPO Thursday afternoon, at $10.00 a share, at the high end of its estimated $8.50 to $10.00 per share range. The social games maker has filed to list on the NASDAQ Global Select market as ZNGA. Zynga is ...

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com said Thursday that it has acquired Rypple, a developer of employee performance management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Salesforce.com said it did not expect the acquisition to h...

Sunnyvale-based security and compliance software firm ProofPoint has filed for an IPO, saying this morning that it is looking to raise as much as $50M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. THe firm said it will apply to trade as PFPT. The ...

San Francisco-based social networking site Hi5 has been acquired by fellow San Francisco social networking site Tagged, the firms said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The acquisition is the second for Tagged this month...

Palo Alto-based SurveyMonkey, the developer of web surveying software headed by Dave Goldberg, said today that it is acquiring partner MarketTools, the owner of Zoomerang, ZoomPanel, and TrueSample. Financial terms of the buy were not discl...

San Francisco-based SAY Media, a digital publishing firm, said today that it has acquired ReadWriteWeb, the online technology publisher started by Richard MacManus. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. SAY Media said that ReadWrit...

San Francisco-based Netpulse is announcing today that it has acquired San Francisco-based Virtual Active, a developer of exercise focused virtual reality products. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Netpulse said the ent...

San Francisco-based RichRelevance, a provider of e-commerce personalization software, said Monday that it has acquired Searchandise Commerce, a provider of advertising technology. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. RichRelevance...

San Francisco-based EzRez, a developer of travel, loyalty, financial services software, said Tuesday that it has acquired fellow San Francisco firm Topguest. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Topguest provides loyalty and socia...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, the maker of social networking software for businesses, surged in its IPO Tuesday morning, trading as high as $16.50 in morning trading. The firm raised $161M in its offering. Jive priced at $12.00 a share las...

Silicon Valley starutp Clever Sense, a developer of search engine and filtering technology, has been acquired by Google, Clever Sense said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Clever Sense was headed by Babak Phlavan...

San Mateo-based SuccessFactors said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Jobs2Web, which provides a suite of software to help with online recruiting. Financial terms of the deal have not been announced. Jobs2web was advised...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, which develops social networking software for business, has priced its IPO at $12.00 per share, above its initial, $8 to $10 per share range. Jive Software will start trading Tuesday on the NASDAQ Global Marke...

Mountain View-based YouTube, the online video site owned by Google, said Friday that it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York firm which processes music royalties. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. RightsFlow handles royalty pay...

Palo Alto-based Red Robot Labs, the make of the Life Is Crime Android game, said Friday that it has acquired UK-based Supermono, a developer of computer games. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Red Robot also said it has added ...

San Mateo-based comparison shopping site Nextag is expanding into the event ticket search area, saying this morning that it has acquired Palo Alto-based FanSnap. Financial terms of the buy were not announced. THe two said that FanSnap will ...

Sunnyvale-based Blue Coat Systems, the publicly held provider of WAN optimization and web security products, has been acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo. The firm said the transaction is valued at approximately $1.3 billion. Thoma ...

Santa Clara-based SiliconBlue, a developer of FPGA-based, single chip low power mobile chips, has been acquired by Lattice Semiconductor, in a deal worth $62M in cash. Lattice said it would buy SiliconBlue to boost growth of its products i...

San Francisco-based Tagged, which operates an online social networking site focused on meeting new people, said today that it has acquired Topicmarks. Topicmarks operated a site which summarized news articles, documents, and more to make th...

San Francisco-based Plum District, an online deals site focused on moms, said this morning that it has raised $20M in a Series C funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst Partners, and also included Comcast Ventures, Duke Univers...

San Mateo-based DemandTec, which develops marketing and sales software, is being acquired by IBM, in a deal worth $440M, the two firms said this morning. According to the two companies, IBM will pay $13.20 per share in cash for DemandTec, m...

Sunnyvale-based Affinity Circles, which operates an online private social networking stie for alumni and student groups, professional trade associations and sports teams, has been acquired by Climber.com. Financial terms of the buy were not...

Palo Alto-based HP announced this morning that it has acquired Hiflex Software GmbH, a developer of web-to-print and printing management information system products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Hiflex is based in Aachen, ...

More details of the acquisition by Facebook of location-based check-in service Gowalla emerged Monday, as both Facebook and Gowalla detailed the acquisition terms. Financial details of the deal were not released, however, Gowalla will be sh...

San Mateo-based eMeter, a developer of smart grid management software, has been acquired by Siemens, the firms said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. eeMeter develops software for electric, gas, and water utiliti...

San Mateo-based SuccessFactors, the developer of human resources software, is being acquired by SAP AG in a deal worth approximately $3.4 billion, the firms said over the weekend. SAP said it will pay $40.00 per share in cash to acquire Suc...

Facebook has acquired check-in and location guide firm Gowalla, according to a report this evening from CNNMoney. The report said that a source close to Gowalla disclosed the deal. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Go...

San Francisco-based social games developer Zynga has set the estimated pricing range for its IPO, in an updated filing Friday with the SEC. Zynga said it estimates it will offer 100,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $8.50 and $1...

Mountian View-based Google said Friday that its acquisition of New York-based Admeld has been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. Google had announced its proposed acquisition of Admeld in June, saying it would pay $400M for the sel...

Redwood City-based Electronic Arts said today that it has acquired KlickNation, a developer of free-to-play, social role playing games. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. KlickNation becomes part of BioWare Sacramento, h...

Santa Clara-based Affymetrix said Wednesday that it is acquiring eBioScience, a privately held developer of flow cytometry and immunoassay reagents for immunology and oncology research and diagnostics. The deal was worth $330M in cash. Priv...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Genstar Capital reported this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Insurity, the provider of software and services to the property and casualty insurance industry. Insurity was previously ...

Mountain View-based Synopsys, the developer of semiconductor design verification software, said Wednesday that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire San Jose-based Magma Design Automation. The deal is worth approximately $507M net of c...

San Rafael-based Autodesk said today that it has acquired Horizontal Systems>, a developer of cloud-based, Building Information Modeling (BIM) software for the architecture and engineering industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were n...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, the developer of social networking software for businesses, has set its IPO range, saying in a filing this morning that it expects to debut its IPO at between $8.00 and $10.00 per share. The firm is planning t...

San Jose-based Adobe said today that it has agreed to acquire Mountain View-based Efficient Frontier, a developer of online advertising buying and optimization tools. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Adobe said the buy will ad...

Whisper Sytsems, a developer of security and privacy tools for Android and other mobile devices, has been acquired by Twitter. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Whisper Systems announced the acquisition this morning, saying it ...

Milpitas-based Nanometrics Incorporated, a provider of process control systems used in the semiconductor industry, said yesterday that it has acquired Nanda Technologies, GmbH, a German developer of high-throughput, high-sensitivity defect ...

Sunnyvale-based BARRX Medical, a developer of minimally invasive medical devices, said yesterday that it has agreed to be acquired by Coviden. The deal is worth approximately $325M, plus future earn out. BARRX develops endoscopy devices use...

San Mateo-based Videosurf, a venture backed startup developing a video search engine, has been acquired by Microsoft, according to a report today. According to Israeli news site Calcalist, Microsoft paid around $70M for VideoSurf, which dev...

Santa Clara-based liveops, which develops cloud-based contact center outsourcing services, said last week that it is buying New Zealand-based Datasquirt. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Datasquirt develops contact management ...

San Jose-based eBay said this morning that it has acquired Hunch, the user recommendations startup co-founded by Chris Dixon, Tom Pinckney and Matt Gattis, and based in New York. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed, however, sever...

San Francisco-based Charles Schwab Corporation said Thursday that it has completed its acquisitoin of compliance software, Compliance11, Inc.. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Schwab originally announced the acquisition of Co...

San Francisco-based Yelp, the online restaurant reviews and guide site, has filed for an IPO. Yelp said it is looking to raise up to $100M in its IPO, under the symbol YELP. The firm has not yet selected an exchange. The firm's IPO is being...

Palo Alto-based TrustedID, a provider of privacy services aimed at credit and identity theft protection, has acquired Unsubscribe.com, the firm said Tuesday. Unsubscribe.com provided services to help users unsubscribe from unwanted emails. ...

San Jose-based Verifone said Monday that it has signed a deal to acquire Point, a Northern European provider of payment and gateway services and solutions for retailers, in a deal worth approximately $818M. Point was owned by Nordic Capital...

San Jose-based Cisco said Monday evening that it has completed its acquisition of BNI Video, the Massachuseets-based provider of video infrastructure and content delivery network analytics products. Cisco had earlier said it would pay $99M ...

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com said Monday afternoon that it has acquired Model Metrics, a provider of mobile and social cloud consulting. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Salesforce.com said that the buy will accelerate i...

Katango, a developer of social networking software backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has been acquired by Google, the firm announced Thursday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Katango--whose software auto-sorted user...

Sunnyvale-based Serious Energy, a developer of energy management products for building owners, said Wednesday that it has acquired Menlo Park-based Agilewaves, which developed building energy management systems. Financial terms of the buy w...

Australian startup Grabble said today that it has been acquired by Walmart, and has become part of Walmart's Silicon Valley WalmartLabs in Silicon Valley. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced by the company. Grabble was dev...

San Mateo-based Apture, which develops browser software to helps users view multimedia content on publisher web pages, has been acquired by Google, Apture said Thursday morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Apture had been...

Daily Deals site Groupon--and its many Silicon Valley investors--saw a huge run up in the IPO of the company Friday morning, with the stock trading as high as $30 in just a few hours, after pricing at $20.00 last night. Groupon, which is tr...

San Francisco-based dating site Zoosk has acquired Woo Media, the parent firm of dating site WooMe.com, the firms said today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. WooMe is now redirecting users to Zoosk. Woo Media was venture bac...

San Jose-based VeriFone Systems said Tuesday that it has acquired Global Bay Mobile Technologies, a developer of smartphone- and tablet-based shopping and payment applications. Financial terms of the buy wer enot disclosed. VeriFone said th...

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo announced today that it has agreed to acquire Interclick, the provider of online advertising targeting and optimization software. Yahoo said it would pay $270M for Interclick in cash, or $9.00 per share for the New Yor...

San Jose-based Adobe Systems said this morning that it has acquired Auditude, a provider of video ad management and monetization technology based in Palo Alto. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Adobe said the buy will h...

6wave Lolapps, the developer of social and mobile games, said last week that it has acquired Smartron5, a Beijing, China-based social gaming firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Smartron5, was backed by private equity group ...

Berkeley-based Berkeley Transportation Systems, a developer of software used to measure stops, delays, and travel time in transportation systems, has been acquired by Santa Ana, California-based Iteris. Financial terms of the acquisition we...

Redwood Shores-based Imperva has set its IPO pricing range, saying in a filing this morning that it is looking to sell 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at between $14.00 and $16.00 per share. The firm has applied to list as IMPV on the ...

Hayward-based Solta Medical, a developer of medical aesthetics products, said this week that it has expanded a credit line from Silicon Valley Bank. The firm said it has expanded the line from $18M to $28M, with the new $10m under a secured...

Milpitas-based Sandforce, a developer of semiconductors used for flash-based storage, has been acquired by LSI in a deal worth $322M in cash. LSI said that the acquisition will enhance its competitive position in the server and storage, PCI...

Redwood City-based Ziosoft, a developer of software used for 4D and 5d medical imaging on supercomputers, has been acquired by Nantworks, a technology incubation and development firm run by Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire investor in Los...

San Francisco-based Location Labs, a developer of mobile and location-based security software, said Monday that it has acquired two companies, Wirkle, and Volly. Both firms develop mobil eproducts. Financial terms of the acquisitions were n...

Mountain View-based Appcelerator, a developer of software used to develop mobile web applications, said today that it has agreed to acquire Particle Code, which develops mobile gaming and HTML5 development software. Financial terms of the b...

Redwood Shores-based Trion Worlds, a maker of online games, is eyeing an IPO, according to a report over the weekend. The firm has not yet filed any papers on its IPO. The news was reported by Reuters, which interviewed Trion's CEO Lars But...

Redwood Shores-based Orcale announced this morning that it has acquired RightNow Software, a developer of customer relationship management software. RightNow Software is a direct competitor to Salesforce.com in the CRM software category. Or...

Pleasanton-based Blackhawk Network, a provider of prepaid cards and other products which is a subsidiary of Safeway, said Friday that it has acquired Cardpool, the online marketplace for gift cards. Financial terms of the buy were not discl...

Redwood City-based Dermira said today that it has raised $42M in a funding round, and acquired Valocor Therapeutics. The funding came from Bay City Capital, New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Canaan Partners. Dermira is developing treatme...

Daily deals phenomenon Groupon said in a filing this morning that it will offer up 30M share of its common stock, at an anticipated range of between $16.00 and $18.00 per share, raising $621.0M for the daily deals site. Groupon is aiming at...

San Jose-based Cisco said this morning that it has acquired BNI Video, a developer of video back-office and content delivery network (CDN) technology. Cisco said it would pay $99M in cash and retention-based incentives for BNI Video, which ...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said today that it has acquired Endeca Technologies, a provider of business intelligence software based in Cambridge, Mass. Financial terms of the acquisition was not announced. Endeca's venture backers included ...

Pleasanton-based Polycom said this morning that it has acquired ViVu, the provider of streaming video collaboration software aimed at web applications. Financial terms of the cash deal were not announced. Vivu's software makes it easy for w...

San Francisco-based Zynga, the social games maker, updated its S-1 Thursday, saying that it has selected the NASDAQ Global Market as the exchange for its IPO. Zynga said it has applied to list on the exchange as ZNGA. Among other details re...

Voice over IP service Skype is finally becoming part of Microsoft, as Microsoft announced Thursday evening that it has finally cleared most of the regulatory hurdles involved and closed the $8.5 billion deal. Skype was most recently owned b...

San Jose-based Ubiquiti Networks said in a filing this morning that it now expects its initial public offering price to be between $15.00 and $17.00 a share, down from an earlier, $20 to $22 range. The maker of wireless equipment is selling...

Santa Clara-based Citrix said this morning that it has acquired ShareFile, a provider of cloud based data storage and sharing services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ShareFile provides a cloud-based, document sharing platfo...

Mountain View-based Coupons.com, the online coupon printing site, said today that it has acquired UK-based Couponstar Ltd.. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Coupons.com already owned 50 percent of Couponstar, which was a joint...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired SocialGrapple, a developer of a service to track the mention of brands and keywords in Twitter. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. SocialGrapple, on its site, said that its team will be jo...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn has acquired IndexTank, a developer of a online, search indexing service for websites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. IndexTank said that LinkedIn will continue to operate its service for the ne...

Redwood City-based BigBand Networks, a provider of broadband video services, has been acquired by ARRIS, ina deal worth $53M. According to ARRIS, it will pay $2.24 per share in cash for BigBand, worth a diluted equity value of approximatel...

Mountain View-based Friend.ly, a developer of question and answer tools for social networking sites, has been acquired by Facebook, friend.ly said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Friend.ly said its team will joi...

San Bruno-based Qumu, a provider of enterprise video communications software, has been acquired by DVD publishing firm Rimage Corporation, in a deal worth $52M. According to Rimage, it wil pay $39M in cash plus one million shares of its com...

San Mateo-based Keynote Systems, the developer of Internet and mobile traffic monitoring services, said this morning that it has acquired DeviceAnywhere, a developer of mobile testing and quality assurance tools. Keynote said it will pay ap...

Pleasanton-based ZELTIQ Aesthetics, the developer of an aesthetic medical product used for selectively reducing fat bulges, has set its initial IPO range, according to an updated S-1 from the company today. ZELTIQ said it estimates its IPO ...

Santa Clara-based Hitachi Data Systems, the data storage arm of Hitachi, Ltd., said this week that it is acquiring Shoden Data Systems, a provider of data center technology in South Africa and across the sub-Saharan African continent. Finan...

Mountain View-based Synopsys announced this morning that it has acquired Extreme DA, a developer of software used to improve integrated circuit design performance, power consumption, and manufacturing yields. Financial terms of the buy were...

A report today says that San Francisco-based Federated Media paid just under $100M in stock for Lijit, the blog widget and advertising network it acquired this week. The report came via Fortune, which cited "multiple sources" on the figure....

Santa Clara-based-based McAfee is buying NitroSecurity, a venture backed provider of security information and event management software, the firm said this morning. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. According to McAfee, the buy...

San Francisco-based Federated Media, the online advertising representation firm started by John Battelle, has acquired Lijit, a developer of blog widget software and operator of a blog advertising network. Financial terms of the acquisition...

San Jose-based software maker Adobe said Monday morning that it has acquired two companies, to bolster its software lineup. The firm said it has acquired Nitobi Software, the maker of the PhoneGap open source software for developing HTML5 m...

San Mateo-based social shopping site Kaboodle said Friday that it has merged with StyleSpot, an online fashion publisher and shopping site. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kaboodle, which is a subsidiary of Hearst Corporatio...

The capital equipment and assets of Intel spinout SpectraWatt, the defunct maker of photovoltaic cells for the solar power market, has been sold, for $4.945M, according to auctioneer Heritage Global Partners. According to the auctioneer, th...

Fremont-based Quark Pharmaceuticals said Wednesday in a filing that it is dropping its plans for an IPO. The company said that it is dropping the bid because "terms currently obtainable in the public marketplace are not sufficiently attract...

San Jose-based Atmel said this morning that it has acquired Advanced Digital Design, S.A., a Spanish developer of power line communications chips. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. ADD semiconductor designs systems-on-a-chip fo...

Santa Clara-based National Semiconductor is now officially part of Texas Instruments, TI announced this morning. TI had announced its acquisition of National Semiconductor in April, saying it would pay $6.5 billion in cash for the company. ...

Pleasanton-based Fulcrum BioEnergy, a producer of biofuels from municipal solid waste, has filed for an IPO, saying Thursday that it is looking to raise up to $115M in its IPO offering. The firm said it is looking to trade as FLCM, but has ...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said this morning that it has acquired GoAhead Software, a maker of embedded software for the communications and network equipment market. Financial details of the buy were not announced. ORacle said the acquisit...

Twitter, the micr-messaging site, has acquired a developer of social search activity, Julpan, Julpan announced today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Julpan, Twitter is acquiring the firm to integrate its...

San Francisco-based Tagged, a social networking site focused on meeting new friends, said Wednesday that it has acquired WeGame, an online site focused on letting users play games via its own gaming client. Financial terms of the buy were n...

San Francisco-based Vodpod, an operator of a social video sharing and aggregation site, has been acquired by Lockerz, the Kleiner Perkins backed social points and promotions site based in Seattle. According to Lockerz, it has acquired Vodpo...

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com has acquired Assistly, a startup delivering customer service software to small and emerging businesses, in a deal worth $50M. Salesforce.com said it will make Assitly part of its Service Cloud family. Assi...

Glam Media, the online content network focused on women, said Tuesday evening that it is acquiring Ning, the online social networking firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Ning was founded in 2004. Glam said that Ning has mor...

Palo Alto-based Varian Medical Systems and Seattle-based Calypso Medical Technologies said Monday that Varian is acquiring Calypso for $10M, plus potential earnout. Calpyso is a developer of tumor tracking and motion management systems for ...

San Jose-based Smartlogic, a developer of semantic search tools for the enterprise, said Thursday that it has acquired SchemaLogic, a developer of content management and semantics software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Sma...

Sunnyvale-based LitePoint, a developer of test equipment for the wireless market, has been acquired by Teradyne, in a deal worth $580M. According to Teradyne, it will pay $510M net of cash, plus up to $70M in earn out, for LitePoint, whose ...

Santa Clara-based Chegg is on an acquisition roll, saying today that it has acquired Zinch, an online site which allows students to showcase themselves to universities, helping them to gain scholarships and connections to admission officers...

Sunnyvale-based FriendFinder Networks, an operator of adult websites, and publisher of Penthouse, said today that it has acquired a daily deals site called JigoCity. FriendFinder said the deal is worth approximately $65M. FriendFinder said ...

Santa Clara-based NetLogic Microsystems, a developer of networking processors, has reached a deal to be acquired by Broadcom, for $3.7 billion. According to Broadcom, it will pay $50 per share for NetLogic, which makes knowledge-based proce...

San Jose-based Cisco said Friday that it has completed its acquisition of the assets of AXIOSS Software, which was previously a UK subsidiary of Comptel Corporation. Cisco announced the acquisition of AXIOSS in August. Cisco had said that i...

San Francisco-based Ebates said today that it has create a new company called Performance Marketing Brands, and acquired shopping site FatWallet.com and coupon site AnyCoupons.com. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. EBat...

Mountain View-based Google said Thursday morning that it has acquired Zagat, the restaurant reviews and ratings publisher. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Google said that Zagat will become a "cornerstone" of its local offer...

San Francisco-based OneTrueFan, a developer of a web-based community and check-in rewards system and widgets, has been acquired by BigDoor, a Seattle-based developer of gamification software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. O...

San Francisco-based Gild, an online site focused on helping software developers improve their skills, said Wednesday that it has acquired Coderloop, a site which provides fully automated code evaluation and scoring. Financial terms of the a...

San Jose-based BlueArc, the developer of network storage systems, has been acquired by storage giant Hitachi Data Systems, HDS said today, in an all-cash deal. Exact financial terms of the were not disclosed by HDS. The acquisition comes as...

San Ramon-based Right Hemisphere, a developer of visualization software for the enterprise, has been acquired by SAP, SAP announced Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. SAP said the buy would help add visualizat...

San Jose-based Integrated Device Technology has divested two video processing product lines, selling them to Qualcomm. According to IDT and Qualcomm, IDT is transferring the design team of its Hollywood Quality Video (HQV) and Frame Rate Co...

Sunnyvale-based TeleNav, the provider of wireless location-based services, said Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of goby, a developer of mobile applications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. TeleNav said m...

San Mateo-based Guidewire, a developer of insurance underwriting software, filed for an IPO Friday, saying it is looking to raise up to $100M in its offering. The IPO is being underwritten by J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities, Citigroup...

Palo Alto-based TIBCO Software said this week that it has acquired Nimbus Partners, a UK-based developer of business process discovery and analysis applications. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. TIBCO said Nimbus will comple...

Emeryville-based MobiTV has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC Wednesday that it is looking to raise up to $75M in an IPO under the symbol "MBTV." The firm's IPO is being underwritten by J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank Securities,...

San Francisco-based Scientific Conservation, Inc., a provider of building energy management software, said Monday that it has raised $9.6M in a third round of venture capital funding. The funding was led by Triangle Peak Partners, and also ...

San Jose-based Cisco said today that it has acquired San Francisco-based Versly, a developer of collaboration plug-ins for Microsoft Office. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Cisco said that Versly's employees will be i...

Sunnyvale-based Crocus Technology, a developer of magnetic semiconductors, said this morning that it has acquired the MRAM patent portfolio of NXP Semiconductor. Financial terms of the acquisitoin were not disclosed. Corcus said the patents...

The acquisition of San Jose-based Force10 Networks has completed, according to acquiring firm Dell. The deal, which had been announced in July, will bolster Dell's data center solutions, the company said today. Force10 had been venture back...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, the developer of enterprise social networking software, has filed for an IPO, saying Wednesday that it is looking to raise up to $100M on the public markets. The firm says it hopes to trade as JIVE, but has no...

San Francisco-based Engine Yard said today that it has acquired fellow San Francisco software maker Orchestra. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Engine Yard is a maker of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) tools for Ruby on Rails; Or...

San Francisco-base private equity firm Vector Capital said today that it has agreed to acquire two units from Motorola Solutions. The two said that Vector Capital will acquire Motorola Solutions' Point-to-Point (PTP or Orthogon) and Point-...

San Francisco-based Multifamily Technology Solutions, the parent firm of online housing rental marketplace MyNewPlace, has been acquired by RealPage. The deal was worth $74.4M, net of cash expected to be acquired. RealPage is a developer so...

San Mateo-based 3D CAD software firm Autodesk has acquired avatar creation software firm Evolver, according to details on the acquisition sent to Evolver customers by Autodesk. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Autodesk said ...

Skype announced this morning that it is in a deal to acquire Groupme, a provider of mobile group messaging services. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. GroupMe was based in New York, and founded in 2010. Skype said the buy will...

San Jose-based Cisco said Sunday that it has acquired the assets of AXIOSS Software, a developer of software for network services ordering and fulfillment. Cisco said it would pay $31M in cash for AXIOSS Software, which was formerly the UK ...

Santa Clara-based Chegg, the online textbook marketplace, said Friday that it has acquired Student of Fortune, an online tutorial marketplace firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Student of Fortune was based in Los A...

Mountain View-based Evernote said Thursday that it has acquired Skitch, the developer of a collaborative image editing app. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Skitch runs on the Mac and Android. Evernote also said it would make...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, which makes enterprise social networking tools, has hired on Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and UBS in preparation for an IPO, according to Bloomberg. The report cited anonymous sources close to the...

San Jose-based eBay said Wednesday that it has completed its acquisition of Magento, the developer of open source e-commerce software. The buy had originally been announced in June. No financial details of the acquisition have been announce...

San Mateo-based Digital Chocolate, the game publishing firm run by Trip Hawkins, said this morning that it has acquired Sandlot Games, a maker of casual games. Sandlot Games is known for its titles Cake Mania, Super Granny, Tradewinds, and ...

Google said today that it has acquired Motorola Mobility, the developer of mobile phone technology, in a deal worth $12.5 billion in cash. Google said it would pay $40 per share for Motorola mobility, using the buy to "supercharge the Andro...

eBay said today that it has completed its acquisition of mobile payments provider Zong. eBay said the deal was worth $240M. The deal had originally been announced on July 7th. Zong was based in Menlo Park, and venture backed by Matrix Part...

Santa Clara-based Citrix said Thursday that it has acquired RingCube, a developer of virtual desktop personalization software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. RingCube makes it easier for IT organizations to provide personali...

Fremont-based Plimus, a developer of e-commerce software, has been acquired by private equity firm Great Hill Partners, Great Hill said Monday. The deal was worth $115M. Great Hill said it acquired Plimus from Susquehanna Growth Equity LLC,...

Food Wishes, an online YouTube channel created by San Francisco resident "Chef John" Mitzewich, has been acquired by online food site Allrecipes.com, Allrecipes said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Food Wishes ...

Interactive games software firm Havok, which has offices in San Francisco, said today that it has acquired Trinigy, a 3D game engine provider. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Havok is owned by Intel. According to Havo...

San Francisco-based Bagcheck, an online social shopping and sharing service headed by Sam Pullara, has been acquired by Twitter. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Bagcheck, Pullara joins the Twitter enginee...

San Jose-based IO Turbine, a developer of software caching technology for VMware virtual environments, has been acquired by flash SSD maker Fusion-io. Fusion-io said it wpould pay approximately $95M for IO Turbine, and hire IO Turbine's 20 ...

San Mateo-based WageWorks, which provides health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and commuter benefits and other programs for employers, has dropped its expected initial public offering ...

San Francisco-based The Meltwater Group, a developer of social media monitoring tools and services, said today that it has acquired IceRocket, a developer of blog and social media search tools. Financial details of the buy were not announce...

Milpitas-based Grandis, Inc., a developer of spin transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM) memory technology, has been acquired by Samsung Electronics, Samsung announced Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced...

San Jose-based Vocera Communications, a developer of mobile communications products for the healthcare industry, said in a filing Monday evening that it is looking to raise up to $80M in an IPO. The firm said it has applied to list as VCRA ...

San Francisco-based InMobi, the venture-backed, mobile advertising network, said today that it has acquired Sprout, a developer of mobile HTML5 rich media advertising software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. InMobi i...

Foster City-based Sony Computer Entertainment announced this morning that it has acquired videogames developer SUcker Punch Productions. Sony said that the acquisition will help it in developing games on the PlayStation, and is the sixteent...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired The DealMap, the Menlo Park-based online aggregator of local deals. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The Dealmap announced the acquisition this morning. Dealmap was launched in May 2010,...

San Rafael-based 3D CAD software firm Autodesk said this morning that it has acquired Instructables, the San Francisco-based online community focused on do-it-yourself projects. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Autodesk said i...

San Jose-based Intermolecular, a provider of research and development for the semiconductor and clean-energy industries, has filed for an IPO, saying Friday that it is looking to raise up to $200M. The firm says it will apply to list on eit...

San Francisco-based Yelp, the local business and restaurants review site, said Thursday that it has hired Rob Krolik as CFO of the company. Krolik was CFO of publicly held Move, based in Campbell, California. Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO of Yelp ...

Sunnyvale-based InenSense has set the pricing range for its IPO, saying in a filing tht it is estimating its initial public offering price at between $8.50 and $10.50 per share. The firm is offering up 10,500,000 shares of its stock in the ...

San Francisco-based InQuira, a developer of knowledge management and customer service software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Thursday. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. InQuira's software is used for both ...

San Bruno-based Marketbright, a developer of marketing automation software, has been acquired by fellow online marketing firm Act-On Software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Marketbright was venture backed by Greycroft Partn...

Sunnyvale-based Innovalight, a developer of silicon ink products and technology, has been acquired by DuPont. DuPont announced the buy this morning, but did not disclose financial details of the acquisition. DuPont said the buy would streng...

Sunnyvale-based GestureTek, a developer of gesture recognition technology for the mobile phone market, has sold off a numbe rof its gesture regonition technology intellectual property assets to Qualcomm. Financial details of the sale were n...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said Thursday that it has acquired Ksplice, which operates a service to keep Linux updated with kernel security updates. financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Oracle said the buy would increase t...

Google has acquired startup Fridge, which was working on group collaboration and sharing tools, according to Fridge today. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Fridge said it will become part of the Google+ team, and will be clo...

Mountain View-based iGware, a developer of cloud software and infrastructure tools, has been acquired by Acer, Acer said today. Acer said it will pay $320M plus up to $75M in earnout. iGware's tools are used for supporting consumer devices,...

Palo Alto-based CX Inc., a provider of cloud storage and file management services, said today that it has acquired FileDen, a provider of online storage products, from myCloud Holdings. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed....

Sunnyvale-based Trimble said yesterday that it has agreed to acquire PeopleNet, a provider of onboard computing and mobile communications systems for the fleet transportation market. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PeopleNet...

San Jose-based Force10 Networks, a developer of 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching hardware, has been acquired by Dell Computer. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Force10 had been backed by Advanced Equities, Crosslink Capital, Mor...

Santa Clara-based Intel Corporation said this morning that it has acquired Fulcrum Microsystems, a developer of Ethernet switch silicon for data center networks. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Fulcrum is based in C...

San Rafael-based Autodesk, the developer of 3D cad software, said today that it has acquired Pixlr, an online, social site focused on creating, collecting, editing, and sharing images. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ...

Campbell-based Move, the parent firm of Realtor.com and other real estate websites, said today that it has acuqired SocialBios, the developer of online business referral and social search software. Financial details of thea cquisition were ...

Palo Alto-base dEchoSign, a developer of web-based, electronic signature software, has been acquired by Adobe Systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Adobe said EchoSign's technology will become a "key component" o...

Pleasanton-based Zeltiq Aesthetics, a provider of medical aesthetics technology for fat removal, has filed for an IPO. The firm is looking to raise up to $115M in its IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as ZLTQ. The firm's IPO is being underwri...

Redwood City-based games maker Electronic Arts said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired PopCap Games, in a deal worth $750M plus earnout. EA said it would pay $650M in cash plus $100M in shares of its common stock, plus unspecified earno...

Cupertino-based >Cloud.com, a provider of software infrastructure for cloud computing providers, has been acquired by Citrix Systems. Citrix did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Citrix said the buy would bolster its offerings for t...

San Francisco-based AddToAny, a developer of widgets for Wordpress and Drupal for social sharing, has been acquired by Seattle-based Lockerz. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. AddToAny was founded by Pat Diven II....

San Francisco-based Softagon Corporation, a developer of software for hedge funds, investment management firms, and other companies, has been acquired by Pariveda Solutions. Financial details of the deal were not announced. Pariveda is a Da...

Google has acquired Punchd, a provider of mobile loyalty card software applications. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Punchd was backed by 500Startups, and based in Mountain View....

Mountain View-based Symantec Corp. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Clearwell Systems. The deal had originally been announced on May 19th. Clearwell was venture backed by DAG Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia ...

Redwood City-based Silver Spring Networks has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $150M in its IPO. The firm said it has applied to list its stock on the NYSE as SSNI. Silver Spring Networks is a developer of smart gr...

Mountain View-based Aeroprise, a developer of IT management software, has been acquired by BMC Software, BMC said Thursday. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Aeroprise develops software which allows mobile users--inlcuding iPho...

San Jose-based eBay said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire mobile billing and payments firm Zong, which is based in Menlo Park. eBay said it would pay approximately $240M in cash for Zong. Zong was venture backed by Matrix Partners, Ad...

Milpitas-based JDSU said today that it has acquired the critical product design, patents, and assets for a concentrated photovoltaic solar product line from QuantaSol, a CPV provider in the UK. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed....

Sunnyvale-based ASIC Advantage, a developer of high-performance, high-voltage and radiation-hardened mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) solutions for the aerospace, automotive, communications, industrial and medical markets, has been acqu...

Pleasanton-based Callidus Software, the developer of sales team management software, said today that it has acquired iCentera, a developer of sales enablement software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. iCentra's software is us...

BackType, a developer of Twitter analytics tools, has been acquired by Twitter, BackType said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Backtype, which was backed in San Francisco, had been backed by such firms as 500 Startups, ...

Sunnyvale-based Finisar, the developer of fiber optic subsystems, said today that it has completed its acquisition of Ignis ASA, a publicly held Norwegian company. Ignis was listed on the Osla Stock Exchange AS IGNIS. The firm said it agree...

San Francisco-based Zynga has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC Friday that it is looking to raise up to $1 billion on the public markets. The firm's IPO is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs & Co., BofA Mer...

Dublin-based Taleo Corporation, the developer of talent management, software-as-a-service, said today that it has completed its acquisition of European software firm >b>Jobpartners. The acquisition was worth $38M. Taleo said the acquisition...

San Jose-based Apache Design Solutions, a developer of electronics simulation software, has been acquired by ANSYS, a fellow simulation software developer, in a deal worth $310M in cash. Apache Design Solutions develops software used for de...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said today that it has agreed to acquire San Jose-based Pilalr Data Systems, the developer storage area networking equipment which is owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. Financial terms of the acquisition were not...

Santa Clara-based OmniVision Technologies, which develops CMOS digital imaging products, said today that it has acquired the wafer-level lens production operations from Tawianese firm VisEra Technology Company, Ltd.. VisEra currently provid...

San Jose-based BlueArc, the developer of high performance, network attached storage (NAS) devices, has filed for an IPO. According to the firm's filing with the SEC Friday, it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the Nasdaq Global M...

Novato-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical said Thursday that it is in a deal to buy a 133,000 square foot, bulk biologics manufacturing plant from Pfizer. the plant is located in Shanbally, Cork, Ireland. BioMarin said it paid $48.5M for the pla...

Redwood Shores-based Oracle said today that it has acquired Fatwire Software, a developer of web experience management software. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Oracle said the acquisition would complement its Oracle Fusion M...

Dublin, California-based Taleo, which develops software-as-a-service for talent management, said it has acquired European firm Jobpartners. The deal was worth approximately $38M. Jobpartners develops cloud-based, talent management software....

San Francisco-based Taulia, a provider of spending management software for SAP, said today that it has acquired billFLO, a developer of small business cash flow monitoring software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. bil...

Redwood Shores-based Imperva, a provider of security software, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raised up to $75M in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm has applied to list as IMPV. The firm's IPo is being unde...

San Jose-based Ubiquiti Networks filed for an IPO Friday, saying that it is looking to raised up to $200M in its public offering. Ubiquiti has filed to list on the NASDAQ Global Market as UBNT. Ubiquiti's IPo is being underwritten by UBS In...

San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of RAE Systems. The deal was worth $138M, and included the participation of CITIC Capital Partners. RAE Systems is a developer of gas...

Petaluma-based Enphase Energy, a developer of solar inverters, filed for an IPO Wednesday, saying that it is looking to raise up to $100M in an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market. The firm said it has applied to list as ENPH. The firm's IPO is...

The IPO frenzy was in full swing this morning, as Oakland-based Pandora Media debuted on the market in its IPO, trading as high as $26.00, after pricing Tuesday evening at $16.00. Pandora had already upped its initial trading range, pricing...

The frenzy for Internet IPOs continued unabated today, as Oakland-based Pandora Media, the online Internet radio station firm, has priced its IPO at $16.00 per share--well above its upgraded, $10.00 to $12.00 per share estimated pricing ran...

South San Francisco-based Envivio, a provider of IP video processing and distribution hardware, has set its pricing range, saying Tuesday that it is looking to offer 6,000,000 shares of its stock at between $10.00 and $12.00 per share. The ...

Santa Clara-based Ambarella, a developer of semiconductors for the video and image processing market, said last week that it has filed for an IPO. The firm is looking to raise up to $65M in its IPO. The IPO is being underwritten by Morgan S...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble, the developer of GPS related products, said today that it has acquired Yamei Electronics Technology, Co., Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of automotive anti-theft, GPS monitoring and tracking systems. Financial terms o...

Palo Alto-based VMware, the developer of virtualization software, said today that it has acquired Digital Fuel, a developer of IT financial and business management software-as-a-service. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed...

Pleasanton-based Callidus Software, which develops sales performance management software tools, said last week that it has acquired Litmos Limited, a developer of learning management systems. Financial details of the acquisition were not di...

Santa Clara-based NVIDIA said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Icera. The deal was worth $367M in cash. Icera was a developer of wireless modems for the 3G and 4G mobile market. NVIDIA had originally announced the acqui...

San Mateo-based CafePress, the online service which allows users to create their own custom merchandise, has filed for an IPO. The firm said it is looking to raise up to $80M in its IPO, which is being underwritten by J.P. Morgan, Jefferies...

Oakland-based Pandora Media, the online personalized radio station service, has bumped the number of shares and estimated opening price for its IPO, according to a regulatory filing by the firm Friday. The firm said it will now offer 14,684...

Pleasanton-based Prodiance, a developer of audit and enterprise risk management software, has been acquired by Microsoft, Microsoft announced Tuesday. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed. Prodiance wil lbecome a wholly owned sub...

San Francisco-based Scoreloop, a developer of mobile, social gaming developer tools, has been acquired by Research In Motion, RIM said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Scoreloop, the company will be...

San Jose-based eBay said this morning that it has acquired Magento, a developer of open source, e-commece software. Los Angeles-based Magento had previously raised funding from eBay. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. eBay said...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired PostRank, a developer of real-time analytics software which uses social web engagement and advertising. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. PostRank announced the deal on its homepage on F...

Oakland-based Pandora Media, the personalized Internet radio service, has set its IPO pricing range and shares, the firm said Thursday afternoon. In an updated S-1 filing with the SEC, the firm said it will offer 13,684,000 shares of its co...

Daily deals phenomenon Groupon has filed for an IPO, saying in a filing with the SEC Thursday afternoon that it is looking to raised up to $750M in the IPO. The firm said it has applied to list as GRPN, but has not yet selected an exchange....

Redwood City-based RockYou said Wednesday that it has acquired an Australian game development studio, 3 Blokes. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. 3 Blokes develops Facebok games, including Galactic Trader, a space tra...

Pleasanton-based Polycom and Palo Alto-based HP said today that the two are in a definitive agreement, where Polycom will buy the assets of HP's Visual Collaboration business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. HP's Visual Coll...

San Francisco-based Socialcast, a developer of enterprise social networking tools, has been acquired by VMware, the firms said Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Socialcast was venture backed by Baseline Venture...

Atari said this morning along with Chinese online game firm Perfect World Co., Ltd that the two have entered into an agreement will Perfect World will acquire 100 percent of Los Gatos-based Cryptic Studios, the online game developer. The de...

San Ramon-based Reply! Inc. said Thursday that it is acquiring Mountain View-based MerchantCircle, in a deal worth $60M. MerchantCircle operates an online business advertising service, and was venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, Scale...

Palo Alto-based Tesla Motors, the manufacturer of electric cars, has filed for a secondary IPO, saying this morning in an filing that it is looking to offer up 5,300,00 shares of its common stock in a new offering. The firm is looking to ra...

Twitter has acquired Twitter client software firm TweetDeck, the firm announced this morning, confirming months of rumors of a pending acquisition of TweetDeck by the company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, although the acq...

San Jose-based Atheros Communications, the developer of networking equipment, has officially become part of Qualcomm, Qualcomm said Tuesday. The deal was worth $3.1 billion. Qualcomm and Atheros initially announced the deal in January. Athe...

Palo Alto-based HP said Tuesday that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Printelligent. Printelligent is a provider of managed print services. financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Printell...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired Sparkbuy, the operator of an online, electronics comparison search engine. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The deal was announced by Sparkbuy on its web site Monday....

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, the developer of social networking applications for the enterprise, said today that it has acquired OffiSync, which develops connectors for Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office and Microsoft SharePoint. Financi...

San Jose-based Phase Matrix, a designer of RF and microwave test and measurement instruments, subsystems and components, has been acquired by National Instruments. National Instruments said it will pay $38M for Phase Matrix, which was found...

San Mateo-based Conduit, the developer of toolbar and browser apps, said today that it has acquired Wibiya, a web publishing platform which provides web apps to such sites as TheStreet.com, TheOnion.com, and Philly.com. Financial terms of t...

Sequoia Capital's Thursday was a great day, as it goes for venture capital firms, as two of its companies -- LinkedIn, and Clearwell Systems, had exits. Sequoia's biggest gain was via the huge IPO of LinkedIn, which more than doubled its in...

Mountain View-based Symantec said Thursday that it is in a definitive agreement to acquire Clearwell Systems, a developer of electronic discovery software. Symantec said it will pay approximately $390M for Clearwell, net of approximately $2...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn more than doubled its initial offering price, closing its first day in trading at $94.25. The firm, which debuted Thursday morning at $45.00 per share, had traded as high as $122.70 in extremly high demand for ...

Mountain View-based business social networking site LinkedIn surged to twice its IPO opening price in trading Thursday, trading as high as $92.99 in morning trading. The firm opened at $45.00 in its long anticipated IPO. LinkedIn is venture...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn has priced at $45.00 per share, selling 7.84M shares of its common stock in its IPO pricing Wednesday afternoon. The pricing was at the high range of its upped, $42.00 to $45.00 estimated pricing range from earl...

Sunnyvale-based Yahoo said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire 5to1 Holding Corp., an online network of media publishers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Yahoo said the acquisition would help it to build on oits p...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn has bumped its IPO pricing today, according to a regulatory filing, as it preps for its IPO Thursday. The firm said it will be offering up 7,840,000 shares of its common stock, at between $42.00 and $45.00 per s...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble, in another acquisition move today, said it has acquired Mytopo, an online provider of print and digital maps for outdoor enthusiasts. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. MyTopo allows users to cre...

San Francisco-based LinkedIn is expected to hit the markets Thursday in its IPO, according to reports today. LinkedIn is looking to sell 7,840,000 shares of its stock on the New York Stock Exchange as LNKD. The firm set its initial pricing ...

Milpitas-based flash memory firm SanDisk announced this morning that it is buying Pliant Technology, the developer of enterprise solid state disk drives. SanDisk said it would pay approximately $327M in cash, plus equity-based incentives, f...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble reported this morning that it has acquired Dynamic Survey Solutions, a Vermont-based developer of seismic survey software. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Trimble said that Dynamic Survey Sol...

Palo Alto-based virtualization software developer VMware said this morning that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Shavlik Technologies, a developer of cloud-based, IT management software for small and medium sized busine...

South San Francisco-based Solazyme has set its estimated initial public offering price, saying this morning in a filing that it anticipates that the IPO price for the firm will be between $15.00 and $17.00 per share. Solazyme has applied to...

Santa Clara-based Cell Biosciences, a developer of scientific equipment for protein analysis, said Thursday that it has acquired Brightwell Technologies, in a deal worth $9M in cash. Brightwell was based in Ottawa, Ontario, and develops mic...

Palo Alto-based Inside Network, which operates the Inside Facebook and Inside Social Games sites, has been acquired by WebMediaBrands. WebMediaBrand is paying $14M for Inside Network, including $7.5M in cash plus $6.5M in stock. WebMediaBra...

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo, which has offices in San Francisco, said today that it has acquired IT security and compliance software developer Tripwire. Tripwire was based in Portland. Financial details of the acquisition were not discl...

A report today says that daily deals phenom Groupon is on the verge of an IPO filing, even as the firm's bankers scramble to get the firm's finances and offering in order. The report came from AllThingsD, which said the IPO is expected to v...

San Jose-based Cadence Design Systems, the developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software, said this morning that it has acquired Altos Design Automation, a developer of foundation IP for the semiconductor industry. Financial term...

San Mateo-based Intelepeer, a provider of cloud-based communications services, has filed for an IPO. The firm said it is looking to raise up to $100M in its IPO, on either the New York Stock exchange or Nasdaq Global Market. The firm has ap...

Voice over IP service provider Skype has been acquired by Microsoft, the companies said this morning, in a deal worth $8.5 billion in cash. Microsoft is acquiring Skype from an investor group led by Silver Lake, including eBay International...

San Francisco-based social games developer Zynga announced this morning that it has acquired Wonderland Software, a UK-based maker of iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad games. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wonderland develops th...

Santa Clara-based graphics card and semiconductor firm NVIDIA announced this morning that it is buying Icera, a developer of baseband processors for the 3G and 4G cell phone and tablet market. The deal is worth $367 million in cash. Icera w...

Sunnyvale-based Trimble Navigation said today that it is buying Tekla Corporation, a developer of building information modeling software, in a deal worth approximately $489M. According to Trimble, the cash deal will have aan enterprise valu...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn has set the pricing range for its IPO, saying this morning that it anticipates the initial public offering price for the firm's IPO to be between $32.00 and $35.00 per share. The firm is selling 7,840,000 shares...

Santa Clara-based Aurora Networks, a provider of optical transport services for the cable operator market, said this week it has acquired GoBackTV. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. GoBackTV is based in Menlo Park, and had aro...

Mountain View-based LinkedIn has selected the NYSE for its IPO, saying today in a regulatory filing that it has applied to list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange as LNKD. The firm had earlier said it was deciding between the NASDAQ G...

San Francisco-based RPX, which provides a defensive patent licensing service, has debuted on the market today, raising $159.6M in its IPO. The firm sold 8.4 million shares of its common stock at $19.00 per share. The pricing was above earli...

San Francisco-based Flixster, the movie reviews and rating site, has been acquired by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group. Warner Bros. announced the acquisition this morning. No financial details of the buy were disclosed. Flixster was v...

Redwood City-based Electronic Arts said today it is buying an Australian mobile game developer, Firemint. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Firemint develops the iPhone and iPad games Flight Control and Real Racing....

San Francisco-based Salesforce.com said last night that it has completed its acquisition of Radian6, a developer of a social media monitoring platform. Salesforce.com had announced the $326M acquisition on March 30th. Radian6 was venture ba...

San Francisco-based Clickability, a developer of web content management software-as-a-service, has been acquired by content delivery provider Limelight Networks. Limelight said the deal was worth approximately $10M in a combination fo cash ...

Mountain View-based Krillion, a developer of local product search software and services, has been acquired by Local.com. According to Local.com, it paid $3.5M in cash for Krillion, which was venture backed by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners...

San Francisco-based Astro Gaming, which develops headphones for the computer gaming market, has been acquired. According to Skullcandy, which also makes audio headphones and accessories, it paid $10.8M to acquire Astro Gaming. The deal clos...

San Francisco-based ZipZapPlay, a maker of social games, has been acquired by PopCap Games, the Seattle-based developer of casual games. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ZipZapPlay had developed games Baking Life and Happy Ha...

San Francisco-based LoopNet, the operator of an online commercial real estate marketplace, has beena cquired by CoStar Group, CoStar said Thursday. The deal was worth approximately $860M, with an enterprise value of $762M. Both firms provid...

Los Gatos-based PicScout, a developer of software used to track image use, metadata, and licensing on the web, has been acquired by Getty Images. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Getty Images said the buy will build an...

Palo Alto-based Facebook has acquired Daytum, a New York-based developer of an iPhone application and service for organizing data. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Daytum said that founders Ryan Case and Nicholas Felton have ...

Yahoo said Wednesday afternoon that it has sold social bookmarking site Delicious to Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, the founders of YouTube. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed. According to Yahoo, it will continue to run Delicious ...

Sunnyvale-based Optomai, a semiconductor firm developing integrated circuits and modules for 40Gbps and 100Gbps fiber optic networks, has been acquired by M/A-COM Technology Solutions. M/A Technology Solutions announced the buy Tuesday. Fin...

San Mateo-based SuccessFactors said Tuesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Plateau, a developer of learning management systems. SuccessFactors said it would pay $145M in cash plus $145M in stock for Plateau, whic...

San Francisco-based SlideRocket, a developer online presentation software, has been acquired by Palo Alto-based VMware, the developer of virtualization software. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. SlideRocket was backed ...

San Mateo-based WageWorks, which operates health and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), and commuter benefits and other programs for employers, has filed for an IPO. The IPO is being underwritt...

Santa Clara-based Provigent, the developer of mixed signal semiconductrors for the microwave backhaul market, is now officially part of Broadcom. Broadcom said Monday that it has officially completed its acquisition of Provigent, a deal whi...

Palo Alto-based SurveyMonkey announced this morning that it has acquired Infinity Box, the makers of the Wufoo online web form development service. SurveyMonkey, which develops web-based survey products, did not disclose financial terms of ...

San Francisco-based Greystripe, an operator of a brand-focused, mobile advertising network, has been acquired by online advertising firm ValueClick, ValueClick announced this morning. ValueClick said it paid $70M in cash for Greystripe, whi...

Burlingame-based OpenFeint, the developer of mobile games for the Apple iPhone and Android, has been acquired by Japanese social gaming firm GREE. OpenFeint said that GREE has acquired OpenFeint for $104M, and will also be providing additio...

eBay said this morning that it has acquired Boston-based WHERE, a provider of a location-based, mobile discovery and advertising service. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. eBay said the acquisition is expected to enhance its po...

Twitter is in talks with Twitter client software firm TweetDeck, to acquire it for around $50M, according to reports today. The report, from the Wall Street Journal, appears to contradict earlier reports that TweetDeck was being acquired by...

San Francisco-based RPX said Monday in a filing that it expects that its IPO will debut between $16.88 and $18.00 per share. The firm is hoping to trade on the Nasdaq Global Market as RPXC. The firm says it will offer $7.3 million shares of...

Wal-Mart announced today that it has agreed to acquire Mountain View-based Kosmix, which develops software for filtering social media for users. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Koxmis was founded by Venky Harinarayan and Anan...

South San Francisco-based Envivio, a provider of video processing services for compression and transcoding of video across the Internet, has filed for an IPO. The firm said Friday that it is looking to raised up to $69M in an IPO on the Nas...

San Jose-based Cisco announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of NewScale, which develops IT management software. Financial details of the acquisition have not been announced by the company. NewScale was venture backed by Ches...

Sunnvyale-based Silicon Image said Thursday that it has acquired SiBEAM, also based in Sunnyvale, in a deal worth $25.5M in cash plus stock. SiBEAM is a developer of high speed, wireless communications products for uncompressed, HD video. S...

Palo Alto-based Jive Software, which develops social networking software for businesses, said today that it has acquired Proximal Labs. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Proximal Labs develops data mining software used to impro...

Mountain View-based Google has acquired PushLife, a developer of software for purchasing and sharing mobile content. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. PushLife, which announced the deal, said it would join Google's engineeri...

Social gaming giant Zynga has acquired another firm, this time a developer of an online site for tracking online poker. The firm has acuqired MarketZero, which develops PokerTableRatings, an online site for tracking the statistics of online...

Palo Alto-based VMware, the provider of system virtualization software, has taken over the Mozy online backup service, the company said today. Mozy, which is owned by VMware parent EMC, is based in Seattle. According to VMware, it has acqui...