Botify Launches First Enterprise Organic Search Solution on Google Cloud Marketplace 

Botify, the leading enterprise software company for performance-driven organic search, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud through the launch of SpeedWorkers on Google Cloud Marketplace. The expanded partnership makes it easy for Google Cloud customers to purchase the solution alongside their investment in Google Cloud.

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France is a booming unicorn factory. Here's how it went from a single $1 billion startup to 25 in just over six years.

Paris has long lagged behind its European peers for VC investment. Now, the city is flush with unicorns.

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Refurbished tech marketplace Back Market has raised $510 million in fresh funds as valuation soars to $5.7 billion

Back Market, a startup that sells refurbished tech like iPhones and games consoles, has raised $510 million in new funding.

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Synaptics (SYNA) is a Great Momentum Stock: Should You Buy?

Momentum investing revolves around the idea of following a stock's recent trend in either direction. In the 'long' context, investors will be essentially be "buying high, but hoping to sell even higher." With this methodology, taking advantage of trends in a stock's price is key; once a stock establishes a course, it is more than likely to continue moving that way. The goal is that once a stock heads down a fixed path, it will lead to timely and profitable trades.Even though momentum is a popular stock characteristic, it can be tough to define. Debate surrounding which are the best and worst metrics to focus on is lengthy, but the Zacks Momentum Style Score, part of the Zacks Style Scores, helps address this issue for us.Below, we take a look at Synaptics (SYNA), a company that currently holds a Momentum Style Score of A.

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Botify cofounders Adrien Menard, CEO; Stan Chauvin, and Thomas Grange

Botify helps the New York Times and Expedia rank more highly on Google. Check out the pitch deck it used to raise $55 million.

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• Synaptics Inc (NASDAQ:SYNA) agreed to acquire voice and wireless chipset solutions provider DSP Group Inc (NASDAQ:DSPG) in an all-cash transaction of $22 per share.
• The purchase price implies a 17.9% premium to DSP's Friday closing price of $18.66.
• The combination is likely to generate annual run-rate synergies of $30 million and is immediately accretive to Synaptics' non-GAAP earnings.
• Synaptics will finance the acquisition via a combination of cash on hand and debt. The transaction will close by the end of CY21.
• DSP Group's SmartVoice products will help Synaptics create a complete portfolio to serve existing customer needs and address the significant future market.
• Additionally, the combination further strengthens Synaptics' wireless connectivity portfolio by adding DECT Ultra Low Energy (ULE), enabling a fully-featured intelligent home security solution.
• Synaptics held $836.3 million in cash and equivalents as of June 30.
• Price Action: DSP shares traded higher by 17.10% at $21.85 in the market session on the last check Monday.

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More unicorns were created in the second quarter than all of 2020, as 2021 venture funding continues to break records. Here are all 136 of them.

Between April and June, 136 startups crossed the billion-dollar valuation mark for the first time, according to CB Insights, which released its quarterly report on venture capital trends this week.

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Refurbished electronics marketplace Back Market has raised $335 million in fresh funding. The company was founded in 2014.

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