M&A Monthly Synopsis - Feb 2014

January had been a good month for M&A with Lenovo and Google making multi-billion dollar announcements.

Continuing on, here is a summary of technology deals in Feb 2014 ..

Feb 2014 Deal Quadrant*

* Log Scale; Best estimates used when values not available

Date Announced	Acquirer	Target	Valuation	Target Overview	Country	Links
2/3/2014	Monetise	Pozitron	$100 M	Pozitron delivers  mobile banking, payments and commerce solutions to businesses in its home market(Turkey),  the Middle East and internationally	Turkey	Official Annoucement Yahoo Finance
2/3/2014	McGraw-Hill	Engrade	$50 M	Engrade offers a cloud based open digital platform for K-12 education that unifies data, curriculum and every day tools to drive student achievement	United States	TechCrunch
2/4/2014	Renova Group	Octo Telematics	$547 M	Telematics offers insurance telematics services (“smart insurance”) and is a developer of a range of specialist applications for insurance and transport companies to optimize fleet management	Italy	Official Announcement
2/5/2014	Materialise	e-prototypy	N/A	E-Prototypy, a polish based company  is a provider of rapid prototypes and 3D printing services	Poland	3D Printing Industry
2/5/2014	Amazon	Double Helix Games	N/A	Double Helix is a game studio and is the developer of Killer Instinct, a well known game offered on XBox	United States	GameSpot
2/6/2014	OpenTable	Ness	$17 M	Ness is a provider of mobile personalized restaurant recommendations,	United States	Official Announcement
2/6/2014	LinkedIn	Bright.com	$120M	Bright.com allows users and job seekers to search for jobs that match their interests. Bright uses a magical combination of data science and machine learning algorithms to offer better matches.	United States	TechCrunch
2/6/2014	McGraw-Hill	Area9Aps	N/A	Area9 develops adaptive learning technologies that helps facilitate a better way of delivering training and education.	Denmark	Official Announcement
2/6/2014	First American Financial	Interthinkx	$155 M	Interthinkx is a provider of loan quality analytics, decision support tools and loan review services for the mortgage industry.	United States	Market Watch
2/7/2014	MakeMyTrip	EasyToBook	$5 M	Easy To Book is an Amsterdam-based hotel booking portal	Netherlands	TechCrunch
2/10/2014	Alibaba Group	AutoNavi	$1.58 B	AutoNavi is a publicly held chinese digital mapping and navigation firm	China	Reuters
2/11/2014	Yahoo	Wander	> $10M	Wander is a NY based app startup that lets users create a series of photographs in a package called a “Day,” which can be shared the next day.	United States	TechCrunch
2/12/2014	Galcon	CyberRain	N/A	CyberRain is a leading manufacturer of weather-based smart irrigation systems for residential and commercial landscaping applications.	United States	PRWeb
2/13/2014	Bit9	Carbon Black	N/A	Carbon Black offers solutions for endpoint threat detection and response	United States	VentureBeat
2/17/2014	Google	SlickLogin	N/A	SlickLogin uses smartphones and high-frequency sounds for identity verification on Web sites.	United States	eWeek cNet
2/18/2014	Click Software	Xora	~$15M	Xora provides cloud-based software solution for  mobile workforce management	United States	WSJ Frost & Sullivan
2/19/2014	Synopsis	Coverity	$350M	Coverity is a provider of software quality, testing, and security software that help developers reduce associated risks in the  code.	United States	Official Announcement SecurityWeek
2/19/2014	Facebook	WhatsApp	$16B	Popular messaging app with over 450 million users worldwide	United States	TechCrunch TheVerge
2/19/2014	True Position	Skyhook Wireless	N/A	Skyhook Wireless develops Wi-Fi positioning systems to provide location results in urban areas	United States	TechCrunch xConomy
2/21/2014	Apple	Burstly	N/A	Burstly is the owner of an in-app ad management platform called SkyRocket and the parent company of popular mobile app testing platform TestFlight	United States	TechCrunch TheNextWeb
2/21/2014	Google	Spider.io	N/A	Spider.io develops fraud detection technology designed to discover malicious code and scams that are embedded within links and media	United Kingdom	zdNet pcWorld
2/21/2014	Rovi	Veveo	$62M	Viveo is a video discovery startup that uses natural language processing and semantic technologies for intuitive video search and recommendations	United States	zdNet pcWorld
2/23/2014	Good Technology	BoxTone	N/A	BoxTone's   mobile management platform addresses customer requirements for Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile App Management (MAM), and Mobile Service Management (MSM)	United States	Official Announcement ZDNet
2/24/2014	Oracle	BlueKai	~$400M	BlueKai offers a cloud service that allows marketeers to understand who people are as they surf the web. That lets them find the right people to send their ads and offers to.	United States	MarketWatch BusinessInsider
2/24/2014	IBM	Cloudant	N/A	Cloudant is a a privately held database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider that enables developers to easily and quickly create next generation mobile and web apps.	United States	Official Announcement
2/24/2014	CloudFlare	StopTheHacker	N/A	StopTheHacker offers SaaS solutions for web malware, security and reputation protection.	United States	TechCrunch
2/24/2014	Monster Worldwide Inc.	TalentBin Gozaik	N/A	TalentBin & Gozaik are two startups offering tools for recruiting on social networks	United States	MarketWatch
2/26/2014	Workday	Identified	N/A	Identified is a a developer of HR analytics software that provides insights into job candidates and recruiting activity.	United States	Forbes TechCrunch
2/26/2014	Square	BookFresh	N/A	BookFresh’s software helps local sellers create self-service appointment booking experience that connects them with customers.	United States	BusinessInsider ZDNet