Find out about the latest mergers and acquisitions, as well as the latest rounds of investments in leading companies from translation services to language technology
Shareholders of both RWS and SDL greenlight mega-deal that will create the world’s largest language service provider. RWS rallies back from post-deal announcement lows. Continue reading
Translation and localization startup TAIA raises EUR 1.2m in series A funding from Croatian venture capital to fuel software development and business growth. Continue reading
Swiss-German LSP Apostroph Group acquires rival GLOBAL TRANSLATIONS in Switzerland; forecasts double-digit revenue growth in 2020 despite unpredictability of Covid-19. Continue reading
Acolad owner and serial language industry dealmaker Benjamin du Fraysseix is set to close his largest deal yet as he acquires rival language service provider AMPLEXOR. Continue reading
Shares in translation, transcription, captioning, and subtitling provider Ai-Media open strong after Sydney IPO, boosting company’s market cap to nearly AUD 200m. Continue reading
UK-based e-commerce giant and owner of LSP Language Connect, The Hut Group, lists in London, raising GBP 1.88bn. Language Connect rebranding to THG Fluently. Continue reading
Belgium language service providers, ElaN Languages and OneLiner, announce merger. Johan Noël of ElaN discusses revenues, new deal wins, recent Dutch acquisition, and why they are crisis-resistant. Continue reading
Slator launches the Language Industry Investor Map, an interactive database of more than 180 investment transactions, spanning 5+ years of translation and localization investment. Continue reading
Jeff Brink, CEO at BIG on how latest acquisition ISI Language Solutions squares neatly with BIG’s regulated-industry growth strategy; shares future M&A plans for the rest of 2020. Continue reading
Localization SaaS startup Lokalise raises USD 6m in Series A from private investors and VC fund as investment in translation management systems accelerates. Continue reading
Google Cloud AI will provide automated translation services, such as chatbots and live translated captioning in a multiyear partnership with US telehealth platform Amwell. Continue reading
With projected EBITDA loss of over AUD 10m in 2020, translation and captioning provider Ai-Media is well on its way to raising more than AUD 60m in Sydney IPO. Continue reading
RWS set to acquire UK rival SDL in 1.1-billion-dollar, all-share deal — which is set to transform the language industry. Deal expected to close in Q4 2020, subject to conditions. Continue reading
Italy-listed natural language processing provider Expert System raises USD 29.4m in share placement; hires two C-level execs to drive Sales and Marketing. Continue reading
French machine translation provider SYSTRAN has a new owner, STIC Investments. Minority shareholders include SoftBank Korea, others. Plans M&A. Continue reading
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