We tracked 5 startup acquisitions announced between 12–18 October 2026, across 4 regions. Only 2 disclosed a price, adding up to $1.33bn; the rest kept terms private, which is normal for venture-backed exits.
The largest was IonQ’s $1.3bn purchase of Elisity, which had raised $72m. Salesforce paid $30m for Loops.
Cybersecurity accounted for 1 deal and North America for 2.
Monday, 12 October 2026
Image: ElisityCybersecurity · North AmericaIonQ agrees to buy zero-trust security startup Elisity in all-stock deal worth up to $1.3 billionThe quantum computing company is paying entirely in its own shares for a network security business that raised about $72 million, and $150 million of the headline price depends on Elisity hitting performance targets after the deal closes.
Image: LoopsData & analytics · IsraelSalesforce agrees to buy AI analytics startup Loops for Tableau, in a deal reported at $30 millionSalesforce will fold Loops, a six-year-old Israeli startup that raised $14 million in a single seed round, into Tableau, betting that analytics software should explain why a business metric moved rather than just chart it.
Image: TjekCommerce & marketing · EuropeAxel Springer's Bonial takes majority stake in Copenhagen shopping-app company TjekThe deal takes Bonial, owner of Germany's kaufDA and MeinProspekt, from two markets to six. Tjek's co-founders Morten Bo and Jack Tolboe keep minority stakes and stay on as CEO and COO.
Photo: ctsnow / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Consumer & media · Latin AmericaDAZN acquires Latin American basketball streaming service Basket.TVThe six-year-old service streams about 4,900 games a season from more than 300 teams in six South American countries, giving DAZN domestic league rights in a region where it has so far had a significant presence only in Brazil.
Photo: Joonspoon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Enterprise software · North AmericaFreshworks agrees to buy Torii to add software and AI spend tracking to FreshserviceTorii, which raised $65 million including a $50 million round led by Tiger Global in 2022, is selling to Freshworks for undisclosed terms as companies try to measure what they spend on AI tools down to the token.