Falcon.io, the The New York- and Copenhagen-headquartered leading social media and customer experience SaaS platform, announced its acquisition of the Bulgarian social media platform Komfo. The acquisition of Komfo consolidates Falcon.io’s position as the European market leader. The company enables its clients to explore the full potential of digital marketing by managing multiple customer touchpoints from one platform. Falcon.io’s diverse and global client portfolio includes Carlsberg, Toyota, William Grant & Sons, Momondo, Panasonic, Coca-Cola, and many more. The official statement of the company says that Komfo’s social advertising and analytics capabilities will strengthen the Falcon platform with even better services for social media listening, engaging, publishing, measuring and managing customer data.
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Takeaway.com, the leading online food delivery marketplace in Continental Europe, acquires BGmenu in Bulgaria and Oliviera in Romania for €10.5 million. Takeaway.com already owns the largest food delivery brands in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, and Austria. Recently, the company started in Vietnam and currently partners with more than 31 000 food chains and restaurants. To further accelerate growth, Takeaway.com will significantly invest in both Bulgaria and Romania.
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LINK Mobility Group ASA (“LINK”), Europe’s leading and fastest growing provider of B2C mobile messaging and mobile services, acquires the South-Eastern European mobile messaging activities currently owned by Allterco JSCo (“ALLTERCO”). The agreed enterprise value of the transaction is EUR 8.8 million. Under the deal, Allterco is selling to Norway’s LINK all its telecommunication companies in Europe – TERA COMMUNICATIONS AD, TERAVOICE EAD, ALLTERPAY EOOD, TERACOMM RO SRL (Romania), TERA COMMUNICATIONS DOOEL (Macedonia). With the investment from the acquisition, Allterco will focus on the development of IoT devices and services delivered by its wholly-owned subsidiary Allterco Robotics. Allterco Robotics was founded in 2015 and develops Internet of Things products under two brands – MyKi – kids smartwatches and pets trackers and Shelly – smart home controllers. Allterco is listed and publicly traded on the Bulgarian Stock Exchange.
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A decision on whether the American Academy of Blockchain will acquire SoftUni – the largest private software university in Bulgaria, will be announced soon. At the beginning of the year, Academy School of Blockchain, the world’s first accredited school for blockchain education and development signed a strategic partnership with SoftUni for block trainings around the world. The first one will take place in Vietnam. Founded in 2013, SoftUni is the largest private school in Europe and Eastern Europe’s leading provider of high quality IT development education. The partnership gives Sofia the opportunity to become a powerhub for blockchain and disruptive technology engineer trainings worldwide.
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