synopsis: MyECheck, Inc., the leader in electronic check solutions for internet and mobile payments, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the stock of Seergate, developer of a comprehensive electronic payment software platform for banks.

synopsis: Project Panther Bidco Ltd, a company controlled by Hip-hop star Jay-Z, is buying Aspiro, the world’s only vendor of complete hosted TV and music streaming services to partners that want to put their own branding on these services. Aspiro has over ten years’ experience in mobile technology and retail in northern Europe.

synopsis: PSAV has acquired American Audio Visual Center (American AVC), an in-house, high-end production company based in Scottsdale, AZ. American AVC has been supporting clients with "Extreme Customer Service" and cutting-edge technology support in partnership with over 65 hotels and resorts, as well as through a full-service boutique production division.

synopsis: DailyMail.com, a British tabloid that became an online behemoth with fast, salacious stories, announced that it has bought Elite Daily, a website aimed at millennials. Elite Daily, which describes itself as “the voice of Generation Y,” specializes in articles and videos intended to be shared online.

synopsis: MinuteBids, Inc, a Minneapolis based SaaS company in the real estate technology market, announced the acquisition of VendorMonkey, a Silicon Valley start-up. VendorMonkey is a subscription-based community showcasing industry specific ratings and reviews for multifamily housing service providers.

synopsis: Dejphon Chansiri, whose family owns Thai Union Frozen Group, has acquired a 100% stake in Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Sheffield Wednesday is one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fifth oldest in the English league.

synopsis: Swedish gaming operator Cherry has acquired a 51 per cent stake in affiliate marketing business Game Lounge as it looks to drive additional traffic to its iGaming brands. Game Lounge Limited is a Malta based company working within the I-gaming business.

synopsis: SolarWinds, a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management solutions, has acquired Librato, a San Francisco-based Cloud monitoring company. This addition to the SolarWinds® family represents the latest step in the company's efforts to offer solutions to monitor and manage Cloud-based applications and infrastructure.

synopsis: Search Technologies, the leading IT services firm specializing in the design and implementation of enterprise search and big data applications, has announced the acquisition of INCAD, a Prague-based technology company that provides search services and products in the Central European market.

synopsis: 3TL Technologies Corp. announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire RewardStream Inc. The company's Spark is a combination of software, promotion, and management tools that makes it quick and easy for marketers to incorporate digital, mobile, and word-of-mouth referrals into their customer acquisition and brand awareness mix.

synopsis: Slyce announced the acquisition of leading mobile couponing company, SnipSnap. The SnipSnap app, available for iOS and Android, allows a user a way to take a photograph of a retail coupon and instantly transform it into a digital, mobile format, which can be easily searched, retrieved, and shared with other SnipSnap users on their smartphones.

synopsis: IZEA, Inc., the leader in Social Sponsorship, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ebyline, Inc.. Ebyline is the premier marketplace for the creation of high-quality content for publishers and brands.

synopsis: Zomato, a leading restaurant search service, has announced their acquisition of Mekanist, a Turkish online social platform providing information on over 190,000 listed establishments including restaurants, cafes, and bars in Turkey, along with over 500,000 reviews from its 1.5 million strong user base.

synopsis: Flintfox, a leading provider of revenue management and pricing solutions for trade and retail, builds momentum with the opening of new offices and Microsoft AX consultancy AX Excellence acquisition. The acquisition of Singapore-based Microsoft Dynamics® AX consultancy AX Excellence will enable Flintfox to expand its operations.

synopsis: Capita plc, the UK's leading provider of BPO and integrated professional support service solutions, will acquire the assets of Constructionline, one of the UK’s largest procurement and supply chain management services.

synopsis: Hour Media, LLC has acquired Sacramento Magazine, a monthly publication focusing on all great things around and about Sacramento. It has articles in categories including Restaurant Directory, Restaurant Reviews and Blogs, On Wine, Dollar Wise Gourmet, Recipes, and more.

synopsis: Insign Communications, a digital marketing agency based in France, has announced their acquisition of Visuamobile, a software development agency that specializes in the design, development, and animation of mobile multi-platform services.

synopsis: eFront, the leading software provider of financial solutions for managing alternative investments, has been acquired by European private equity investor Bridgepoint. Headquartered in France, eFront provides end-to-end solutions dedicated to the financial services industry, specialising in enterprise risk management and alternative investments.

synopsis: Insight Venture Partners has acquired a majority stake in DaWanda, a marketplace for one-of-a-kind articles and handcrafted goods such as fashion, jewellery and home furnishings. The platform enables users to create store-fronts to sell their DIY goods or purchase items directly from the creator.

synopsis: Doble Engineering Company, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies, Inc., announced that it has acquired the assets of ENOSERV LLC. The acquisition positions Doble to more comprehensively meet the testing needs of electric power organizations facing changing regulatory, business and industry environments.

synopsis: Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, announces that it has acquired ReliaSoft Corporation, based in Arizona, USA. ReliaSoft is a leading provider of reliability engineering software, education, consulting and related services to product manufacturers and maintenance organisations around the world.

synopsis: Expedia, Inc. and Sabre Corporation announced that Expedia, Inc. has acquired Travelocity from Sabre Corporation. Travelocity is an online travel agency and one of the most recognized travel brands in North America, offering thousands of travel destinations to more than 20 million travelers per month.

synopsis: Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire Revolution Analytics, the leading commercial provider of software and services for R, the world’s most widely used programming language for statistical computing and predictive analytics. Their flagship Revolution R software and services suite, is the innovative leader in Big Data, enterprise analytics.

synopsis: Free Lance-Star Publishing LLC is selling its four radio stations to Alpha Media of Portland, Oregon. The Free Lance-Star Publishing Co. is a family-owned multimedia company. The sale involves WFLS-FM, WNTX-AM, WVBX-FM and WWUZ-FM, all Fredericksburg, Virginia-area stations.

synopsis: Crowd Mobile has acquired Kiss Hugs, a meetup app that connects users to people around their city and neighbourhood. If the user wants to be romantically involed with another, they can send them a kiss. If they just want to be friends, they can send them a hug.

synopsis: Precio Systemutveckling has announced that is has signed a letter of intent to merge with Fishbone Systems. Fishbone is a leading niche supplier of portal solutions and applications based on SharePoint and other Microsoft products. Precio is a software development specialist company with the focus on Microsoft-based solutions.

synopsis: Breaking Media, the leading digital-first B2B media company in law, finance, energy, defense, government and fashion, is pleased to announce the acquisition of MedCity Media, a digital publisher that covers the business of health care and life sciences innovation through its website MedCityNews.com.

synopsis: Private equity firm Écart acquired a majority interest in the Dutch firm Minox Software. Minox is a firm that provides accounting software to companies in the Netherlands, and is one of the five most used packages in the country, in particular in the SME segment.

synopsis: Apocope has announced the completion of their merger with Go Shop, an online retailer in Malaysia that offers an exciting array of electrical, electronic, home, kitchen, fitness, beauty, fashion accessories and other products. Apocope designs and develops web and native apps for brands and retailers to engage customers, increase sales & loyalty

synopsis: Word-of-mouth marketing agency Brains on Fire (BOF) has acquired and merged with Los Angeles-based design and digital consulting agency, Animal Volcano Design. Animal Volcano Design has worked with clients such as Fair Trade USA, HitRECord, GitHub, Pure Charity and Green Dot Public Schools.

synopsis: XING, an operator of a professional networking website, has entered into an agreement to acquire Intelligence Competence Center (Deutschland), the operator of the largest jobs search engine in German-speaking countries, Jobborse.com.

synopsis: Nielsen Holdings N.V., a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy, has acquired Brandbank, a world leader specialised in the process of digitally collecting, managing and distributing FMCG product and brand image content for retail syndication across in-store, print promotional and e-commerce platforms.

synopsis: Waterfield Technologies, a leading provider of voice and mobile applications for the enterprise, announced that it has acquired Chrysalis Software, Inc., a premier supplier of professional services and software for the contact center industry.

synopsis: Informa Healthcare announced the acquisition of Postgraduate Medicine, Hospital Practice and The Physician and Sportsmedicine from American Brands Corp. The three journals are all peer-reviewed and focus on the latest research, hopsital treatment protocol and sportsmedicine research respectively.

synopsis: Salient Management Company, developer of enterprise analytics systems, announced that it has acquired Orobi, Inc., a firm that provides analysis software and services for NBA basketball teams. The company has also hired Orobi's founder and former Orlando Magic VP of Information Technology, Jason Coleman, as Vice President of Salient Sports.

synopsis: Pinterest has acquired recommendation engine startup Kosei. Kosei allows customers to make better product recommendations on their sites, apps, and in ads. By looking at what users have browsed or purchased, Kosei’s machine learning engine compares that against commerce data sets, and predicts what someone is most likely to want to buy next.

synopsis: UPROXX a unit of Woven Digital, the publisher of fast-growing pop culture news and entertainment sites, announced that it has acquired basketball news site Dime Magazine, an independent destination for NBA and college basketball news, videos, and stories about the culture of the game from sneakers to the moves of the biggest players in the League.

synopsis: SignalShare has acquired Mountain View-based Incubite Inc., developer of the cross-platform messaging app, Chorus.im. The acquisition, which provides SignalShare with the engineering talent and HTML-based messaging IP to advance its Live-Fi nGage product suite, will help to accelerate browser-based fan engagement at live events.

synopsis: Evolve Media LLC, the largest publisher of enthusiast content on the web, announced the acquisition of Dogtime Media, the leading online pet publishing group. Dogtime Media publishes two leading pet sites: Dogtime.com and Cattime.com. Dogtime Media will reside under Evolve Media’s female and family focused publishing division, TotallyHer Media.

synopsis: The Nashville-based communications firms of DVL Public Relations & Advertising and Seigenthaler Public Relations, Inc., will merge to become DVL Seigenthaler and be acquired by global agency, Finn Partners. DVL Seigenthaler is the largest public relations agency in Tennessee and the only national firm with an office in the state.

synopsis: Gardner Business Media announced the acquisition of the AutoBeat Group from founder-publisher Bill Hampton, who will continue working as publisher of the AutoBeat properties. AutoBeat Group reaches some 155,000 subscribers worldwide with executive-focused online newsletters about the automotive business.

synopsis: Penton, North America's largest privately held professional information services company, announced that it has acquired iNET Interactive, a leading event and digital information company that focuses on the booming Cloud, Hosting and Data Center segments of the technology sector.

synopsis: Mavenir Systems®, a leading provider of software-based networking solutions, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Ulticom, Inc. Ulticom is a leading provider of telecom signaling solutions enabling the global transformation to 4G LTE, with key Diameter solutions deployed in ten tier one carrier networks globally.

synopsis: The Nashville Post has acquired regional online business publication Southern/alpha, a media property focused on covering technology ventures, and the entrepreneurs and investors behind those ventures, in the Southern United States.

synopsis: BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent to be combined with MonteCristo International Entertainment, LLC, where MonteCristo will hold a 55% equity stake in the combined company. BFS is an entertainment company focusing on the acquisition, distribution and production of film and television media.

synopsis: Inspired Gaming Group (Inspired), the leading supplier of Sports Betting and Gambling Video Lottery and Virtual Sports, announces that it has completed the acquisition of the main assets and employees of UK-based social games content developer, We R Interactive.

synopsis: SimplyCircle, the online communication hub for parents, schools, and clubs nationwide, announced the acquisition of Jooners. They provide online sign up sheets to take the headaches out of organizing. Jooners looks and feels like a paper sign up sheet, but one that is perpetually fresh, clean and up to date.

synopsis: SimplyCircle, the online communication hub for parents, schools, and clubs nationwide, announced the acquisition of Just Between Friends, an online platform that helps Parent Teacher Associations effectively manage their membership and efficiently communicate with their members.

synopsis: SimplyCircle, the online communication hub for parents, schools, and clubs nationwide, announced the acquisition of Qlubb, an online group management application for sports teams, scout troops and other types of clubs. Qlubb provides all the functions needed to easily and actively participate within a group.

synopsis: SimplyCircle, the online communication hub for parents, schools, and clubs nationwide, announced the acquisition of Causera, a fundraising platform for PTAs and other nonprofits. Using Causera, any organization can set up its own e-commerce site in 5 minutes or less. It’s also rich in features to match just about any fundraising need.

synopsis: Global private equity firm The Riverside Company announces the sale of its investment in Rameder Anhängerkupplungen und Autoteile GmbH to Munich-based private equity house Findos Investor. Rameder is a German online retailer of tow-bars, automotive carrier systems and related accessories.

synopsis: Ertel Publishing announced it purchased CHARLIE, a media company that produces a digital magazine focusing on art and culture in Charleston, S.C. Ertel Publishing has been a leader in the magazine industry for more than 20 years, and has had proven success in the fields of custom editing, design, promotion, and publishing.

synopsis: Pethealth Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired HumaneSolution.com, a web-based data management system for clinics operated by animal welfare organizations in the US and Canada which offer spay/neuter and wellness services to the public and other AWOs.

synopsis: Shoutz Inc., an award-winning marketing, technology and gaming company, has acquired Front Flip. The company creates a direct, trusted connection between businesses and their loyal customers. They make it fun and easy to build customer databases, reward guests for frequent visits, introduce them to new products and keep them coming back for more.

synopsis: Shoutz Inc., an award-winning marketing, technology and gaming company, has acquired Front Flip. The company creates a direct, trusted connection between businesses and their loyal customers. They make it fun and easy to build customer databases, reward guests for frequent visits, introduce them to new products and keep them coming back for more.

synopsis: Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery and music, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PremiumBeat, a leading provider of exclusive, high-quality music and sound effects for use in videos, films, television, apps, games, and other creative projects.

synopsis: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group (Holtzbrinck) and BC Partners (BCP) have agreed to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds advised by BCP) in its entirety with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education (MSE), namely Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and the global businesses of Macmillan Education.

synopsis: Shutterstock, Inc., a leading global provider of commercial digital imagery and music, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rex Features, the largest independently owned photographic press agency in Europe. Rex offers media companies and advertisers images and videos that capture the world around us with their live feed.

synopsis: Pamlico Capital, a private equity firm based in North Carolina, announced that it has acquired a majority interest in Dexter + Chaney, a provider of cloud-based construction accounting and project management software.