Big names like Zillow and Salesforce were among the companies that came shopping for Chicago tech firms in 2021.
Topping the year’s list of M&A deals was Grubhub’s acquisition to Just Eat Takeaway.com, which was finalized in June for $7.3 billion. Other mega-deals include tastytrade’s $1 billion deal to IG Group, and Tock’s $400 million acquisition by Squarespace.