IBM Counts on Red Hat Acquisition to Deliver Growth

IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) recently reported its fourth quarter earnings that surpassed market expectations and sent the stock climbing 7% higher in the after-hours session. This was also the first time since 2011 that the company reported growth in revenues for the full year. Its robust performance was driven by growth in the cloud segment – an area of focus for IBM’s turnaround strategy.

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Cloud Stocks: Bootstrapped Unicorn Atlassian is Acquiring Capital Efficient Startups

According to a recent MarketsAndMarkets report, the global enterprise collaboration software market is estimated to grow 11% annually over the next five years to 59.86 billion by 2023 from $34.57 billion in 2018. Billion Dollar Unicorn Atlassian (Nasdaq: TEAM) is a leading service provider in this market which delivered a stellar quarterly performance recently.

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Is Percolate Ready to Acquire?

According to a MarketsandMarkets report published last October, the global content marketing platform market is estimated to grow from $4.12 billion in 2018 to $9.59 billion by 2023. That translates to an annualized growth rate of more than 18% over the five-year period. New York-based Percolate is among the leading content marketing solutions providers in the market. Here is its story. >>>

CarDekho Bootstrapped First, Raised Money Later, Acquiring Bootstrapped Startups

According to IBEF, the Indian automotive industry is expected to reach INR 16.16-18.18 trillion (US$ 251.4-282.8 billion) by 2026. The growth is expected to be driven by increasing middle-class income and a young population. Auto portal CarDekho was bootstrapped and profitable for six years before it raised external funding. It is a textbook case study of a capital-efficient startup that has acquired several bootstrapped startups as discussed in my recent article on Bootstrapping to Exit. >>>

Billion Dollar Unicorns: Taxify Makes it Difficult for Uber

There aren’t many stories that one hears about Billion Dollar Unicorn players out of East European countries like Estonia. But ride-sharing service provider Taxify is one such rare gem. The company is already giving Uber tough competition in Europe.

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What Capital-Efficient Startup Should Okta Acquire Next?

According to a Grand View Research report published last year, the global identity and access management (IAM) market is estimated to grow 13% annually to $22.7 billion by the year 2025. The growth is expected to be driven by the rising adoption of cloud services and mobile devices and the continued need to drive compliance to manage insider threat. Billion Dollar Unicorn Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) reported its third quarter results last month that surpassed market expectations.

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Cloud Stocks: Smartsheet Acquiring Bootstrapped Startups to Drive Growth

According to a MarketsandMarkets research report, the global Enterprise Collaboration Software market is expected to grow from $34.6 billion in 2018 to $59.9 billion by 2023, translating to an annualized growth rate of nearly 12% over the five year period. Billion Dollar Unicorn Smartsheet (NASDAQ: SMAR) recently announced its second acquisition in a bid to keep itself ahead of the pack in this high growth market.

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Espressive Bootstrapped First, Raised Money Later

Last year researcher Forrester released an employee experience playbook focused on driving improvement in overall employee experience. Forrester analysts had also pointed out how enterprises fail when it comes to delivering exceptional services to themselves or their employees. Service providers like Espressive are setting up shop to help enterprise departments overcome these shortcomings.

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