Sentences with phrase «acquired by a bigger company»

Being acquired by a bigger company early in your venture's life cycle can be a sweet deal in its own right.

Most of the small and medium size utilities (with a million customers or fewer) are destined to be acquired by bigger companies.

Not exact matches

This has driven interest in acquisitions and joint ventures by big beverage companies like Starbucks, which acquired Atlanta - based tea retailer Teavana in 2012, and Hain Celestial, which says it plans to complete multiple acquisitions of ready - to - drink beverage brands valued at $ 5 million to $ 20 million.

He realized that would be where the next generation of big data companies would come in, leading him to found Action IQ after Aster Data was acquired by Teradata in 2011.

Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.

• Valor Water Analytics, a big data company providing financial and conservation solutions for water utilities, has been acquired by Xylem (NYSE: XYL).

As the holiday acquired nation - wide popularity, Alibaba became the first major company in 2009 to monetize the holiday by launching a special online sale and effectively transforming the day into the world's biggest 24 - hour online shopping event, one that reflects the growing wealth of China's middle - class.

Big biotech and pharma companies are absolutely dependent on being able to successfully innovate by partnering with and acquiring disruptive startups because of the nature of the patent cliff in pharmaceuticals.

Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent of consumers say that they believe the Internet of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.

The challenge they are facing is the same one faced by any big company acquiring a small innovative one.

Bilinkis had always dreamed about being acquired by a big American office - supply company; now he sometimes dreamed that he would be the one doing the buying.

Telus has tried to acquire the small provider on two occasions but was denied both times by the government, meaning there's zero chance the company can sell out for relative big bucks to an incumbent.

Connecticut - based Indeed, a job search site with a big Manhattan presence, was acquired by Japanese company Recruit Co. Ltd. for an estimated $ 1 billion.

Many of the recent Big Pharma deals and acquisition proposals have been motivated by the companies» desire to lower their tax rate by acquiring a foreign rival and moving their headquarters overseas in a process known as an inversion.

Theodore J. Forstmann, the financier who has said that he will not raise a new last investment fund, made what was likely to be his last big bet yesterday by acquiring a private fitness company for $ 1.6 billion.

Jeff Dworzanski, director of product innovation at Nothin» But, told NOSH that the rebrand is the biggest change for the granola cookie bites and snack bars company since being acquired by natural frozen food maker Dr. Praeger's in 2017.

Two Australian craft beer companies, 4 Pines from Sydney and Pirate Life from Adelaide, were both acquired by the world's biggest beer company, Anheuser - Busch InBev, in late 2017.

When one of Anatolia's biggest customers requested improved sensitivity levels and more reliable inspection capabilities, in particular to detect 2 mm stones in raisins and sultanas supplied in bulk to Japan, the company was advised by this customer to look at Ishida X-ray inspection equipment which had already acquired an excellent reputation for high inspection performance levels.

In 2015, it was acquired by a big media company.

Sales of e-cigarettes are rising amid a big push by tobacco companies: Marketwatch is reporting that America's number three cigarette - maker Lorillard, which acquired an e-cigarette brand last year, saw blu eCigs boost the company's second - quarter profits by 10 percent.

In 2009, BMS took a big risk jumping into the immunotherapy field by acquiring the company Medarex, which brought with it Yervoy, a member of a new class of cancer drugs.

Crucell was acquired this year by Johnson & Johnson, allowing the bigger company to get back into the vaccines market.

The medical products company agreed in April to be acquired by bigger rival Becton, Dickinson (BDX) for $ 24 billion.

I just got my first «big boy» job at the tender age of... 34, after a long time in academia and a startup stint that worked out pretty well (startup got acquired by public company)- so now it's the...

In mid-2016, Fairmont (and its sister brands Raffles and Swisshotels) were acquired by the French hospitality giant, Accor Hotels Group, making Accor the world's biggest hospitality company.

Data science is about to reshape marketing, Mr. Nix maintained, and the big advertising conglomerates would survive only by developing their own targeting technology — or acquiring companies like Cambridge.

In 2005, the next big chapter in Android's history was made when the original company was acquired by Google.

Market Leader, you know North America's biggest Real Estate Lead Generation Company, has been acquired by Trulia.com in the US.