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ExpressVPN has been acquired by Kape
September 14, 2021: ExpressVPN one of the most popular VPN service providers, has been acquired by Kape Technologies. Some of the brands that are under Kape include Private Internet Access, Cyber Ghost VPN, Intego Antivirus, ZenMate VPN, webselenese, Restoro and DriverFIX. Read more about ExpressVPN Acquistion by Kape.
Mailchimp has been Acquired by Intuit for $2 billion
13 September 2021: Mailchimp, one of the most popular email marketing service providers, has been acquired by Intuit for $12 billion. The same company that owns Turbotax, Quickbooks, Mint, Credit Karam, etc. You can read the statement released by MailChimp founder Ben Chestnut about its acquisition.
Accurics has been acquired by Tenable
September 13, 2021: Cloud Security startup Accurics has been acquired by Tenable. The announcement was made by Accurics CEO and co-founder Piyush Sharma. Tenable is a cyber security company. Read more about Accurics acquisition by Tenable.
Mastercard has Acquired CipherTrace
9 September 2021: Mastercard has acquired cryptocurrency intelligence company CipherTrace. Mastercard is seeking to use CipherTrace technology to provide financial institutions with cryptocurrency security, monitoring and compliance. Read more about CipherTrace acquisition by Mastercard.
Jetpack has Acquired Social Image Generator WP Plugin
8th September 2021: Jetpack has acquired Social Image Generator WordPress Plugin for an undisclosed amount of money. Social Image Generator has now joined Automattic Inc brands, the company that owns WordPress.com, Jetpack, Tumblr, WooCommerce, etc. Read more about Social Image generator acquisition by Jetpack.
Cmd has been acquired by Elastic
25 August 2021: Cloud security company Cmd has been acquired Elastic, the same company that owns Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash, etc. You can read more about Cmd acquisition by Elastic.
Yoast has been acquired by Newfold Digital
12 August 2021: WordPress SEO company Yoast has been acquired by Newfold Digital. The same company that owns BlueHost, HostGator, iPage, Constant Contact, etc. Read more on what Yoast CEO Marieke van de Rakt had to say about the acquisition by Newfold Digital.
Canva has acquired Pixabay
17 May 2019: Canva, one of the most popular graphic design web application software has acquired free stock image website Pixabay for an undisclosed amount. Read more about Pixabay acquisition by Canva.
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