Acquiring Company
Eyecbetter
Acquired Company
SeedInvest Assets
Description
StartEngine has officially acquired assets of fellow equity crowdfunding platform, SeedInvest, from Pluto Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Circle Internet Financial. The announcement comes on the heels of clearance from FINRA, the regulatory authority for broker-dealers.
M&A Insights
Based on deal dataIntegration timeline
70% of M&A integrations take 12-24 months to complete
Tech stack consolidation
83% of merged companies consolidate technology vendors within first year
Post-acquisition investment
Companies increase IT spending by 23% on average after acquisitions
Success factor
M&A deals with strong technology integration plans are 2.5x more likely to succeed