US blogging specialist buys Irish start-up

US-based Automattic, the company behind Internet blogging tool WordPress, has acquired Irish start-up Polldaddy, a venture that creates surveys and polls for web blogs, for an undisclosed sum

Marc Barber

Marc was editor of GrowthBusiness from 2006 to 2010. He specialised in writing about entrepreneurs, private equity and venture capital, mid-market M&A, small caps and high-growth businesses. More by Marc Barber