mergers and acquisitions

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires AI startup Meta, will offer its services for free
By Jonah Comstock | 05:53 pm | January 24, 2017
The Chan Zuckerberg Inititative, a philanthropic initiative from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr.
Fitbit acquires software assets of Vector Watch, another smartwatch company
By Jonah Comstock | 03:50 pm | January 10, 2017
Following on its acquisition of Pebble, and the company's announcement just this week that it would be developing an app store, Fitbit has announced another smartwatch acquisition: Vector, a year-old Romanian startup that boasts a smartwatch with a 30-day battery life.
Castlight Health to acquire Jiff for $135 million
By Jonah Comstock | 02:51 pm | January 05, 2017
San Francisco-based Castlight Health, which offers consumers a personalized health shopping platform, has announced the strategic acquisition of Mountain View, California-based digital health benefits platform Jiff.
Fossil Group acquires Misfit for $260 million
By Jonah Comstock | 08:11 am | November 13, 2015
Fossil Group will buy wearables company Misfit for $260 million, the companies announced last night.
Walgreen's Rite Aid purchase could bring new digital health partners
By Jonah Comstock | 10:34 am | October 28, 2015
Higi is one digital health company that has a relationship with Rite Aid.
Rock Health: $2.1B in digital health funding so far this year
By Jonah Comstock | 07:14 am | July 07, 2015
The year so far has seen 136 digital health investment deals over $2 million, for a total of $2.
Nortek Security acquires Numera's mPERS, telehealth businesses
By Jonah Comstock | 10:17 am | July 02, 2015
Seattle, Washington-based Numera, a longtime mobile health company that offers mobile personal emergency response devices as well as other telehealth tools, has had its mPERS and telehealth assets acquired by Carlsbad, California-based Nortek Security and Control.
Exclusive: Under Armour acquihires Gritness, a group workout finder app
By Jonah Comstock | 07:36 am | July 01, 2015
Austin, Texas-based Gritness, a recent member of the StartUp Health accelerator, has been quietly acquired, StartUp Health revealed in its mid-year report.
Medtronic to focus on smaller acquisitions, expand diabetes business
By Jonah Comstock | 08:11 am | June 03, 2015
Medtronic's Guardian Mobile CGM app, yet to be released in the US.
Welltok buys health analytics company Predilytics to boost consumer-facing CafeWell
By Jonah Comstock | 09:55 am | May 19, 2015
Denver-based Welltok, the health management company that makes the CafeWell Health Optimization Platform, has acquired Predilytics, a Burlington, Massachusetts-based predictive analytics company, for an undisclosed amount.