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Spearhead Integrated Marketing Communication has agreed to buy Smaato for $148m two years after the mobile advertising company raised series E funding from Singapore Press.
OpenText is set to acquire Recommind for $163m, giving an exit to SAP-backed Sapphire Ventures.
Sapphire Ventures has celebrated an exit following the acquisition of portfolio company Ping Identity by Vista Equity Partners.
BrightPoint, backed by EMC and originally known as Vorstack, is set to be acquired in all-cash transaction by ServiceNow.
The media company, which already held a 22% stake in fashion platform Stylight, has agreed to buy the remaining 78%, giving an exit to Tengelmann Ventures and Holtzbrinck Ventures.
Priceline has acqui-hired app prototyping tool developer Woomoo for an undisclosed amount, giving an exit to internet company Avos.
The two Australia-based, Rocket Internet-backed grocery e-commerce businesses have merged into a single company that will operate as ShopWings.
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