We tracked 10 startup acquisitions announced between 11–17 May 2026, across 6 regions. Only 1 disclosed a price, adding up to $205m; the rest kept terms private, which is normal for venture-backed exits.
The largest was Akamai’s $205m purchase of LayerX, which had raised $45m.
AI accounted for 3 deals and North America for 3.
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Cybersecurity · IsraelAkamai to acquire browser security startup LayerX for $205 millionLayerX secures the browsers employees already use, and Akamai is paying about $205 million in cash for a company expected to reach roughly $10 million in annual recurring revenue by year-end.
Photo: Santeri Viinamäki / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Fintech · EuropeNAB acquires Pay by Bank fintech Banked after four years as an investorNational Australia Bank first invested in London-founded Banked through NAB Ventures in 2022 and has used its account-to-account payments technology since 2024; it now owns the company outright.
Photo: Mañico / Wikimedia Commons, CC0AI · IndiaNumero acquires Chennai AI accounting startup Royu in cash-and-stock dealRoyu was less than a year old when Numero bought it; its cofounder told Inc42 the price ran to a double-digit number of millions of dollars.Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Photo: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 deTravel & hospitality · IsraelHBX Group buys Israeli travel startup Bridgify for €3 million upfront plus performance paymentsHBX paid only €3 million (about $3.4 million) upfront; most of the price depends on how Bridgify performs, and Calcalist reported the total could reach hundreds of millions of dollars.
Photo: Estormiz / Wikimedia Commons, CC0Commerce & marketing · North AmericaInsider One acquires Bluecore, the New York retail marketing unicornBluecore, valued at $1 billion in 2021, brings Insider One a shopper identity graph that processes more than 10 billion events a day and a base of over 400 US enterprise retail brands.
Photo: Bjoertvedt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Fintech · Latin AmericaVisma acquires Brazilian tax-automation startup Dootax alongside payments fintech Pag UtilDootax processes about R$6 billion (roughly $1.1 billion) in tax payments a month for around 1,000 Brazilian companies, and Visma is buying it as Brazil prepares to replace five taxes with a dual VAT system.Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0AI · North AmericaCelonis agrees to acquire MIT-rooted decision intelligence startup Ikigai LabsAs part of the deal, Celonis gains exclusive rights to MIT patents that Ikigai had licensed, and MIT becomes a Celonis shareholder.
Photo: EditorInfoBusiness / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0AI · EuropeCoupa acquires Prague document-processing startup Rossum, its invoicing partner since 2024Coupa is buying the company whose AI model already reads invoices inside its accounts payable product, and plans to use it across its whole source-to-pay platform.
Photo: Shixart1985 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Healthtech & bio · North AmericaFunction Health acquires supplement-rating app SuppCo from GroupMe founder Steve MartocciFunction, which sells lab and imaging tests to consumers, bought an app that rates more than 35,000 supplements and lab-tests products it buys anonymously off the shelf.