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May 01
ActiveCampaign Raises US $240MN

ActiveCampaign surpasses US $165 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) and announces US $240 million in a Series C financing round to further enhance its position in the CXA category and improve the customer experience of more companies around the globe. The round, which brought total financing raised to date to US $360 million, was led […]

Apr 28
MessageBird Acquires SparkPost for $600MN

MessageBird today announces it has entered into definitive documentation to acquire US based SparkPost, the world’s largest, first and only predictive email intelligence platform. The deal values SparkPost at $600 million, and the transaction is expected to close in Q2 following receipt of customary regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The acquisition represents […]

Apr 16
ConvertKit acquired FanBridge

ConvertKit announced the acquisition of FanBridge, an email marketing platform serving musicians since 2006. The combined platform will help musicians and other creators grow an audience of dedicated fans, build a direct relationship with those fans through email, and sell digital products and services to earn an income. With this acquisition, ConvertKit is doubling down […]

Jan 28
SparkPost Lands $180 Million Strategic Growth Investment

SparkPost recently announced it has secured $180 million from LLR Partners, NewSpring Capital and PNC Bank to invest in the next era of growth of its market-leading email technology. With the major shift to embrace and deploy digital marketing solutions in 2020 and beyond, B2C and B2B enterprises have turned to SparkPost to power their […]

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Nov 18
Klaviyo Raises $200MN in Series C Funding

Klaviyo, a customer data and marketing platform for online businesses, today announced it has raised $200 million in Series C funding, led by Accel with participation from existing investor Summit Partners. The new financing brings Klaviyo’s total funding to date to $358.5 million. The investment will help further fuel Klaviyo’s rapid growth through R&D, hiring, […]

Nov 03
Stensul raised $16 MN to help email marketing teams become more agile

stensul announced it has raised $16 million in Series B funding, led by USVP, with participation from Capital One Ventures, Peak State Ventures, as well as existing investors Javelin Venture Partners, Uncork Capital, First Round Capital and Lowercase Capital. The funding round also included a number of executives from leading enterprise software firms including Okta […]

Nov 02
CM Group Acquires Selligent

CM Group, a family of martech companies focused on multichannel campaign management and email marketing, today announced the acquisition of Selligent Marketing Cloud (Selligent) the organization’s fifth acquisition in 24 months. CM Group, whose majority owner is Insight Partners, purchased Selligent from HGGC. This purchase further extends CM Group’s lead as the largest family of multichannel marketing […]

  • Finance
Aug 26
Movable Ink Raises $30 Million(Series C)

Movable Ink, a leading software company powering creative personalization for the world’s largest brands, today announced it has raised $30 million in a Series C funding round with capital from Contour Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Silver Lake Waterman. Movable Ink has raised $39 million in funding to date. Since its founding in 2010, Movable [...]

Aug 19
$8BN for IronScales Anti-Phishing Technology

IRONSCALES, a pioneer of self-learning email security, recently announced it has closed an $8 million Series B extension led by Chicago-based venture and growth capital firm Jump Capital. "Phishing remains one of the largest attack vectors for cybercriminals. Even though enterprises are investing heavily in cloud-native security infrastructure, they still rely on legacy secure email [...]

Aug 19
Transactional Email Software Market Size 2020 – 2025

Transactional Email Software Market Size 2020 Explosive Factors of Revenue by Manufacturing Size, Share, Future Trends, Opportunities, Industry Expansion Strategies and Global Analysis by Forecast to 2025 Global “Transactional Email Software Market” Research Report 2020-2025 is a historical overview and in-depth study on the current and future market of the Transactional Email Software industry. The [...]

Jun 17
Outreach Announce Melissa Fisher as CFO on the back of $50mn Investment

SalesForce Ventures joins Investors backing Outreach  Outreach closed a $50 million funding round. Outreach remains a unicorn in the growing sales engagement category despite the turbulent times. The Outreach platform helps professionals utilise email for clients b2b sales journeys. Outreach also announced the expansion of its executive team today with the hiring of Melissa Fisher as its chief financial […]

Jun 02
Enterprise ESP MessageGears raises US$12mn

MessageGears, has just announced via Twitter that it has closed a $12 million growth financing led by Argentum and Bridge Bank. MessageGears’ is an email service provider and customer marketing platform that works with large brands. Their unique proposition is their stated ability to absorb customer data in its entirety and leverage this in real time to send […]

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