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Ellie Mae to acquire Velocify for $128 million

Ellie Mae, a cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Velocify, a sales acceleration platform, for $128 million in cash.

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017.

[Image courtesy: Velocify]

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