GeekWire

MARCH 4, 2022

Microsoft completed its $19.7 billion acquisition of voice technology company Nuance Communications on Friday morning, two days after clearing their final regulatory hurdle. Nuance and Microsoft announced the acquisition agreement 11 months ago , in April 2021. billion LinkedIn acquisition. Microsoft’s $68.7

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GeekWire

APRIL 13, 2024

Founded in 2006, DreamBox sells education technology software to K-12 schools and was acquired by Discovery Education in 2023. Woolley-Wilson stepped down from day-to-day duties at the company in October. She is on the board of Owl Ventures portfolio companies Quizlet and Class Technologies. It invested in DreamBox in 2015.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at the Microsoft Build developer conference in Seattle in May 2019. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) When I met Satya Nadella in 1992, we were both engineers at Microsoft, and I never would have guessed we’d go on to be life-long friends or that he’d end up running the company for over a decade.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 25, 2021

Charlie Bell (LinkedIn Photo). Longtime Amazon Web Services leader Charlie Bell has reportedly taken a job at Microsoft. Bell, a member of Amazon’s senior leadership team and a longtime linchpin of the company’s cloud business, left the Seattle company this month after more than 23 years.

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The Verge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft is acquiring Activision, the troubled publisher of Call of Duty , World of Warcraft , and Diablo. billion, far in excess of the $26 billion Microsoft paid to acquire LinkedIn in 2016. Microsoft plans to add many of Activision’s games to Xbox Game Pass once the deal closes. Image: Microsoft.

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GeekWire

JULY 7, 2023

With just six weeks before the company ran out of cash, she pulled together her advisors to brainstorm a plan B. They decided to sell the company. Jordan Allen , the founder of home-bidding platform Doorsey, said the decision to sell his company was a “no brainer.” ” The Spokane, Wash. ” Jordan Allen. .

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GeekWire

JANUARY 18, 2022

Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash is a whopper by every stretch of the imagination — the biggest in the company’s 47-year-history and more than double the $26 billion it paid for business social networking giant LinkedIn in 2017. Read more: Microsoft’s $68.7 To put the $68.7

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2020

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky. LinkedIn Photo). Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is laying off 6% of its employee base as fewer companies use its platform due to a reduced need for hiring amid the pandemic. The cuts affect 6% of the company’s workforce, LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky wrote in a note to employees.

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GeekWire

MARCH 21, 2024

(Geekwire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft is a powerhouse in the enterprise and has always recognized that the consumer market is important for the company’s growth, but it has often struggled to win the right level of consumer mindshare. Microsoft is better known as a tool for getting schoolwork done!

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GeekWire

JUNE 27, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) OwnTrail , a Seattle-based life-and-career social startup, is being acquired by Miami-based job search-and-apply platform Teal. The company will not take on OwnTrail’s three other full-time employees. The company will not take on OwnTrail’s three other full-time employees. Total funding is $1.5

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GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2024

LinkedIn Photo) Fullcast , a software startup that helps companies manage and automate their revenue-generating operations, is changing hands and its headquarters location after an acquisition deal. They just invested $8 million into the company. Ryan Westwood. They are still described as “co-owners.”

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GeekWire

APRIL 11, 2021

The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash.(GeekWire The news: Microsoft is in “advanced talks” to acquire Nuance Communications for $16 billion, according to a report from Bloomberg on Sunday. The company’s stock has nearly tripled since March 2020 and its market capitalization is $13 billion.

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GeekWire

JUNE 8, 2023

(Limeade Photo) Limeade , the employee experience software company based in Bellevue, Wash., agreed to be acquired by WebMD Health Services , part of digital health giant WebMD Health Corp. Limeade, founded in 2006, sells software that aims to help companies improve employee well-being and satisfaction. Revenue grew 13% to $14.3

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Microsoft won a key ruling in a lawsuit over a database of stolen account credentials. GeekWire File Photo) A federal judge granted Microsoft’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the company misused a security threat intelligence firm’s proprietary database of more than 360 million compromised account logins and passwords.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

(GeekWire File Photo) Sunny Gupta , who launched Apptio more than 17 years ago and helped build the Seattle-area company into an enterprise software giant, is stepping down as CEO. Gupta will transition to a new role as “chairman emeritus Apptio” and will be a strategic advisor to IBM, which acquired Apptio last year in a $4.6

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky discuss workplace trends in a webcast released Thursday morning , highlighting new research and product features from the company for remote and hybrid work. It coincides with Microsoft’s announcement that employees won’t be returning to the office Oct.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Manjure spent more than 17 years at Microsoft before he founded KenSci, a healthcare-focused machine learning and AI startup that helped healthcare organizations predict clinical, operational and financial risks by aggregating patient data from a variety of sources. The company was acquired by Providence Group in 2021.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Parthasarathy joined Avalara in 2019 after the company acquired his product data startup Indix. Avalara, which went public in 2018, was acquired late last year by Vista Equity Partners in a $8.4 The company reportedly went through layoffs last month. Sanjay Puri , another exec at Avalara, also recently left the company.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Microsoft Image. The European Commission gave unconditional approval to Microsoft’s pending acquisition of speech technology company Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion in cash, clearing the way for the second-largest acquisition in Microsoft history. billion deal for LinkedIn. billion deal for LinkedIn.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Microsoft saw some big growth in Microsoft Teams at the beginning of the pandemic, and it has kept accelerating over the past six months. During an earnings call with investors today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella reveled Microsoft Teams now has 115 million daily active users. Slack also saw some growth earlier this year.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2024

LinkedIn Photo) — Brian Cook , former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs , a Seattle startup developing AI synthetic voice technology. Cook helped start Nintex in 2004 and was chairman of the business process automation software company until 2018. Brian Cook. Samir Sherif. (F5

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Singh said he was attracted to Zenoti’s innovative culture and rapid growth, noting that the company is expanding its core software solutions into areas like payments, supply chain and fintech. Singh previously served as president and CEO of Caradigm, a healthcare joint venture created by Microsoft and GE Healthcare.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2021

The European Commission has approved Microsoft’s $7.5 billion deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of Doom and Fallout studio Bethesda Softworks. Microsoft’s deal has been approved by the EU without conditions, as it “does not raise serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market.”

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GeekWire

APRIL 10, 2023

Phyllis Campbell (left) and Ryno Blignaut. — Seattle-based fintech company Remitly added two new board members: Ryno Blignaut and Phyllis Campbell. He spent more than 15 years at Microsoft and also held leadership roles at Bungie , helping develop the first Halo games. Hey folks, I am indeed leaving Microsoft. Camas, Wash. .

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GeekWire

JULY 27, 2021

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Microsoft posted quarterly profits of $16.5 The results close out Microsoft’s 2021 fiscal year with fresh evidence that its business has been strengthened by the digital acceleration brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Microsoft acquired the business social network for $26.2

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GeekWire

JANUARY 29, 2024

. “After 30+ years in the operational trenches, I’m now focusing on advising and consulting with startup founders, CEOs, and VC’s, helping them turn great ideas into great companies,” Cotter wrote in a blog post. He previously co-founded an e-commerce message startup called MessageYes that was acquired by Nordstrom in 2018.

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GeekWire

MAY 3, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) Tableau Software has a new leader, as Salesforce veteran Ryan Aytay was named CEO of Tableau on Tuesday. billion to acquire Seattle-based Tableau, a leader in the data visualization sector. The company continues to face competition in the business intelligence software sector from Microsoft and others.

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The Verge

MARCH 26, 2021

Community, community, community Microsoft is reportedly having discussions with Discord to buy the communications app. The Wall Street Journal reports that Microsoft is in “exclusive talks” to acquire Discord, and a deal could close next month. Microsoft wants its own community. Image: Discord. A creator community.

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GeekWire

MARCH 30, 2023

GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) — Microsoft executive Charlie Bell joined the board of directors of customer engagement software giant Twilio. Bell is executive VP of security, compliance identity and management at Microsoft, and is a member of the company’s senior leadership team.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Microsoft reached a deal to acquire AT&T’s advertising technology division, Xandr , seeking to strengthen its own advertising business as the industry shifts away from online tracking technologies. The Redmond company reported $2.7 The companies say the acquisition will require customary regulatory approvals.

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GeekWire

JUNE 9, 2023

Microsoft says the lawsuit mischaracterizes its contract with Hold Security, and the company will seek to dismiss it. Microsoft says the allegations mischaracterize its agreement with the firm. ” “This was a critical aspect of the parties’ understandings and agreement,” it adds.

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APRIL 13, 2021

Microsoft's decision to acquire speech-recognition firm Nuance Communications for $19.7 billion, the company's biggest purchase since forking out $26 billion for LinkedIn, could provide a real boost for voice technology, analysts said.

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JULY 27, 2023

Madrona Venture Group Photo) — James Phillips , a former corporate vice president and president at Microsoft, joined Google Cloud as a vice president. Phillips left Microsoft last year after spending a decade at the Redmond, Wash., Last year, Phillips joined Stripe after leaving Microsoft but departed one month later.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 17, 2023

The company, which sold a wall-mounted mirror that streams workout classes, was acquired by Lululemon for $500 million in 2020. The company is announcing a seed round and strategic partnerships “soon,” CEO and founder Monica Plath said in a press release. Smedley did not ship any games at Amazon, Bloomberg noted.

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GeekWire

APRIL 18, 2023

Figma employees in the company’s WeWork space in downtown Seattle. Figma Photo via LinkedIn) Figma , the San Francisco startup that makes cloud-based design collaboration software, has opened a small engineering hub in Seattle. The company is working out of a WeWork space at 1201 Third Ave. and Europe.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2023

LinkedIn Photos) A Seattle startup founded by veteran entrepreneurs is raising investment for its artificial intelligence tool that helps account executives engage with customers. They both previously co-founded Profoundis, a Kerala, India-based tech software development company. A new SEC filing revealed that Docket raised $5.35

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GeekWire

JULY 8, 2021

The company, acquired by global automotive giant Lear in 2019, develops connected-car software for automakers including Toyota, GMC, Hyundai, and others. Xevo has more than 200 employees, with about 150 based in the Seattle region, according to LinkedIn. Lear, based in Southfield, Mich.,

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