10 tech acquisitions from 2016 you should know
Dec22
2016 has been quite a year, and has spared no one its many, many surprises. So too in tech we’ve seen some pretty surprising deals take place. From toy manufacturers buying IoT startups to traditional retailers paying billions for e-commerce unicorns, deals coming straigh-out-of-left-field abound. The ultimate goal of any startup is an exit. Exit strategies fall mainly into two camps: IPO, or get acquired. There is of course always the third option of failing entirely, but that’s certainly the least desirable path. Acquisitions can tell us a lot about the state of the startup world. One thing that stands…
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