Make sure to subscribe to get ATW in your inbox, for free, each Monday. // M&A, Strategies, Alliances // Avnet has acquired Dragon Innovation, a startup-focused hardware accelerator program, as part of a strategy to boost its prototyping offering – which also saw it purchase Premier Farnell (and the element14 community), as well as Hackster.io. Tantalus has acquired Energate, adding the energy demand management software provider to Tantalus’ smart grid portfolio, which is pitched at utilities for better usage management. Zingbox has netted $22m in Series B funding, with Dell leading the round that the startup hopes will let it propel its IoT Guardian security offering to the big leagues. Osram has acquired Digital Lumens, a connected lighting platform provider…