2015 was another big year for mergers and acquisitions in the fintech industry. And whether they were the acquirer or the acquired, Finovate alums were very much a part of the M&A action.

Because terms of many deals were undisclosed, it is difficult to get a precise number on how much money was spent acquiring some of fintech’s most promising startups this year. But looking just at those acquisitions for which figures were available, we can see that 2015 was a banner year in M&A (more than $7 billion) — and that’s just counting alums.

So from the $5 billion deal between FIS and Sungard to the “alum-acquires-alum” mergers of September 2015, let’s take a closer look at some of the major unions of the year that featured Finovate alums.

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December

• “Q2 Acquires Social Money in $10 Million Deal”
  • Q2 (formerly Q2ebanking), FinovateSpring 2011
  • Social Money (formerly Virtual Piggy), FinovateSpring 2013
• “Ciright One Purchases Stratos Card”
  • Stratos Card, FinovateSpring 2015

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October

• “Digital Asset Holdings Acquires Blockchain-as-a-Service Innovator, Blockstack.io”
  • Blockstack.io, FinovateFall 2015, FinDEVr 2015

• “Ciright One Acquires GoNow Technologies”
  • GoNow Technologies, FinovateSpring 2013

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September

• “Finicity Acquires Aurora Financial Systems””
  • Finicity, FinovateSpring 2015, FinDEVr 2015
  • Aurora Financial Systems, FinovateSpring 2015

• “Banking Suite Provider Urban FT Acquires Wipit”
  • Urban FT, FinovateFall 2015
  • Wipit, FinovateSpring 2014

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August

• “BlackRock Acquires Online Investment Advisor, FutureAdvisor”
  • FutureAdvisor, FinovateFall 2013

• “FIS to Acquire Sungard”
  • FIS, FinovateSpring 2015

• “Holy Yodlee! Envestnet to Buy Yodlee for $660 Million”
  • Yodlee, FinovateSpring 2015, FinDEVr 2015

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July

• “Closer Acquires Red Zebra Analytics”
  • Red Zebra Analytics, FinovateEurope 2014

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May

• “Guide Financial Acquired by John Hancock Financial”
  • Guide Financial, FinovateFall 2013

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April

• “Early Warning Acquires Authentify”
  • Authentify, FinovateFall 2011

• “Multifactor Authentication Specialist Toopher Acquired by Salesforce”
  • Toopher, FinovateFall 2014

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March

• “ReadyforZero Acquired by Avant in Cash and Stock Deal”
  • ReadyforZero, FinovateFall 2011

• “LearnVest Acquired by Northwestern Mutual for More than $250 Million”
  • LearnVest, FinovateFall 2013

• “Printer Giant Lexmark to Acquire Kofax for $1 Billion”
  • Kofax, FinovateSpring 2015, FinDEVr 2015

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February

• “Fidelity Investments Acquires eMoney Advisor for Reported $250 Million”
  • eMoney Advisor, FinovateFall 2014

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January

• “Akimbo Financial Acquired by Payment Data Systems”
  • Akimbo Financial, FinovateFall 2013

• “Kreditech Acquires Kontomierz (now Kontomatik) for Seven Digit Amount”
  • Kreditech, FinovateSpring 2014
  • Kontomatik, FinDEVr 2015

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If you’re a Finovate alum whose merger we’ve missed or acquisition we’ve overlooked, let us know. Send us an email at research@finovate.com.