A wide range of acquisitions came about in Boston this month, taking the leadership of several local companies elsewhere in the country, including some powerhouse deals such as Hyundai Motor Group closing its deal to acquire Boston Dynamics (scroll down to see what the Spot robots think about the deal).
On your way there, check out the highlights of the local M&A news that appeared in the BostInno Beat newsletter in June.
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Epstein Financial Services, an independent investment firm, was acquired by HUB International Ltd, a Chicago-based global insurance broker with a major Boston presence.
Attentive, a text message marketing company, acquired Privy, an ecommerce marketing company for small businesses. Privy will remain a standalone division of Attentive. It will use Attentive technology to advance its marketing capabilities.
Explora BioLabs, a national animal testing lab for the life sciences industry, has acquired Cambridge-based Novalex Biotech Resources LLC, a preclinical vivarium service provider.
Hyundai completed its acquisition of robot maker Boston Dynamics. The deal values Boston Dynamics at $1.1B.
Catapult Sports, an athletics software analytics company acquired SBG Sports Software (SBG), a video and data analysis company for elite sports teams and motorsports.
2U, an education technology company, has acquired edX, the online-learning marketplace, for $800M in cash. The acquisition allows them to combine technologies to help expand access and affordability to online learning.
And now ... the Spots are "on it":
