OpenTable, an online restaurant reservation provider, has acquired SingTel and Amex-backed Ness Computing, a US-based provider of personalised restaurant recommendations, for $17.2m.
Ness Computing, in February 2012, completed a $15m round of series B funding led by SingTel Innov8 and including participation from American Express Ventures.
Employees of both the US-based companies will now work together to integrate their respective technologies. The eleven Ness Computing team members joining OpenTable will be based in their San Francisco headquarters.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Ness to the OpenTable family,” said Joseph Essas, chief technology officer for OpenTable. “The…
