While 2020 placed many companies' growth plans on pause for several months, other larger corporations took the opportunity to continue building their own pipeline.
Tampa Bay Inno has tracked acquisitions in the Tampa Bay tech scene throughout the last year and we've rounded up the ones you may have missed below.
August
• Austin-based Jobs.com acquired HireVergence, a Tampa-based IT and cybersecurity recruiting company.
• Chicago-based Motorola acquired Callyo, the St. Petersburg cloud-based application provider.
• Das Health Ventures Inc., a Tampa-based health information technology service provider, acquired New Hampshire-based Technology Seed LLC.
• Mad Mobile Inc., a Tampa-based mobile platform for enterprise restaurants and retailers, acquired Silicon Valley-based CAKE in August. It is a restaurant tech company owned by Sysco Corp..
September
• Michigan-based Pro-Vision Solutions snapped up Zone Defense LLC, a St. Petersburg tech company.
October
• Spectrio, a Tampa-based audio visual marketing company, acquired Pennsylvania-based Industry Weapon in October.
• Trash Butler, which was created by College Hunks Hauling Junk founders, made its first acquisition with Texas-based WellKept in October.
November
• ConnectWise, a Tampa-based software giant, acquired Tampa IT company Perch Security in November.
December
• Massachusetts-based Imprivata bought FairWarning, a Clearwater security company with a specialty in protecting electronic health records.
• Spectrio, which made its own acquisition in October, was acquired by New York-based private equity firm The Jordan Co. for an undisclosed amount.
• St. Petersburg-based The Penny Hoarder was acquired by Clearlink, a subsidiary of Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ:SYKE). Penny Hoarder is a personal finance digital media company and its stock will be purchased for$102.5 million.
