Fusion & Acquisition

💸 Rydoo acquires Semine, an AI-powered expense management tool, merging technologies to eliminate manual expense management for businesses. Founded in 2015, Semine serves 10,000 clients with automated invoice processing and real-time expense insights. The integration aims to enhance Rydoo's product portfolio and international growth. Semine's finance model captures over 100 data points per invoice, boasting a 117% net retention rate and less than 1% churn. CEO Bjørn Røsten highlights shared technological passion and excellence.

🏠 Le 15 juillet 2025, ActivumSG, un investisseur immobilier européen majeur, acquiert une part majoritaire de Centralis, opérateur allemand de résidences services. La transaction inclut 9 actifs à Berlin, Bonn, Lübeck, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Hambourg et Nuremberg, totalisant 550 clés et 23,000 m² de surface. Tous les actifs sont pré-loués à des opérateurs technologiques avec des baux longs indexés sur l'inflation. Centralis, fondée en 2020, prévoit de doubler son portefeuille d'ici fin 2025.

💻 AiOla secures $25 million in Series A2 funding, with United Airlines Ventures investing. Founded in 2019, the Israeli startup offers AI conversational models in 100+ languages, turning oral data into structured, actionable insights. AiOla's patented voice recognition boasts 95% precision in industry-specific jargon, appealing to United Airlines. In 2024, AI-powered voice solutions grew 25% to $5.4 billion. Total funding for AiOla now stands at $58 million.

💵 Pandox AB, in partnership with Eiendomsspar, announces a cash tender offer for Dalata Hotel Group plc, valued at €1.4 billion, on July 15, 2025. The transaction enhances Pandox's Northern European hotel portfolio, with funding from Pandox, Eiendomsspar, and DNB Bank ASA credit. Dalata's portfolio includes 4-star hotels in strategic locations. Pandox Ireland Tuck Limited, owned 91.5% by Pandox and 8.5% by Eiendomsspar, executes the acquisition.

📈 Holiday Pirates appoints Mila Genova as CMO, increasing female representation to 60% in its executive committee, above the tech sector's 32% average. RoomRaccoon and HiJiffy automate 90% of hotel communications. 15below acquires Airport AI, enhancing airport communication; 80+ airports use this AI. OUIGO extends OUIGOSWAP to all trains, enabling ticket resales with 80% value recovery. Sojern and HotelKey integrate real-time customer feedback in PMS. Duetto partners with The Hotels Network to optimize direct bookings using real-time data.

🚀 Indigo Ventures, the venture capital arm of Indigo Airlines, completed its first funding round with a $52 million investment in India-based Jeh Aerospace. The fund targets early-stage startups in aviation, aerospace, and space sectors. Indigo aims to support digital transformation in travel, with the leisure travel market projected to reach $15 trillion by 2040, driven by emerging markets like India, China, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam, surpassing traditional markets like the US and UK.

🚀 GeniusTravel raises €2 million to expand in Europe. In 2025, the AI-powered travel app aims to simplify booking travel packages. Anonymous investors funded the expansion to markets including the Netherlands. GeniusTravel's app integrates AI for easy package searches, leveraging Expedia's inventory. Available on iOS and Android, users can input preferences and budget for tailored recommendations. The app bridges online convenience with travel professionals' expertise, following three years of development.

✈ Air France-KLM plans to increase its stake in SAS from 19.9% to 60.5% by acquiring shares from Castlelake and Lind Invest. Expected completion: H2 2026, pending regulatory approvals. Denmark retains 26.4% stake. Transaction value depends on SAS’s EBITDA and net debt. SAS to join SkyTeam, enhancing code-sharing and interline agreements. Integration includes commercial, loyalty, operations, and governance aspects. Strategic move boosts Air France-KLM's footprint in Scandinavia.

🌟 Paris Society (Accor) announced the sale of its nightlife segment to founder Laurent de Gourcuff on July 8, 2022. This strategic move refocuses on high-end dining. Accor, which acquired Paris Society in 2022, found nightlife less aligned with its global hotel and gastronomy strategy due to lower returns. Laurent de Gourcuff now controls 70% of the nightlife group, partnering with Pernod Ricard. This sale reflects a portfolio rationalization amid economic uncertainty.

🚗 Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is expanding its autonomous vehicle testing to Philadelphia and New York in 2025, following deployments in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. This testing involves human drivers initially, to map and adapt vehicles to new environments. Key areas include complex sections of Philadelphia and Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Jersey City. Data collected will enhance AI models. Necessary permissions are required for testing in New York before full deployment.