If you ask Emmet O’Neill, acquisitions aren’t always a good thing.  “I’ve worked in technology for 27 or 28 years so I’ve been involved in quite a few acquisitions on both sides of the table,” he said.  “I’ve been fortunate enough to be in businesses that have been acquired and I have been fortunate enough to be in a position where we could acquire businesses. Honestly, nine times out of 10, they’re a disaster.” But that hasn’t been the case for StoryToys, the kids’ video games company he leads, which was acquired in 2021 by British games developer Team17 for…

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