Category: Mergers and Acquisitions

HelpSystems announced today the acquisition of PhishLabs. PhishLabs sources intelligence across the internet to find and mitigate digital risks. The team and solutions from PhishLabs will join HelpSystems’ growing cybersecurity portfolio and pair well with HelpSystems’ email security, vulnerability management, and data protection solutions. “Digital transformation has made it critical for security teams to have visibility across the […]

TowerData, now celebrating 20 years in the industry has merged with FreshAddress. The merger is supported by a strategic investment from TZP Group a private equity firm. Together, FreshAddress and TowerData plan to frame themselves as a market leader in email verification and hygiene services. Tom Burke, CEO of TowerData, along with an experienced executive […]

J2 Global Inc. recently announced it intends to change its corporate name to Ziff Davis, Inc., upon completion of the planned spin-off of its Consensus business in Q3 2021. Following the spin-off, Ziff Davis is expected to trade under the Nasdaq ticker symbol ZD. The name change reflects the company’s position as a vertically focused […]

Mailgun, Mailjet and EmailonAcid have been acquired by Sinch, primarily an enterprise SMS vendor. The Sinch press release stated: Sinch acquires Mailgun and Mailjet, adding email capabilities for developers and marketers and strengthening position as a global CPaaS leader Acquisition boosts Sinch’s customer base to more than 180,000, annualized revenue run rate to USD 2.3 […]

Efficy recently announces the acquisition of Nordic data-driven marketing SaaS company APSIS from Norvestor, a Norwegian private equity firm. With this, Efficy expands its Nordic presence and marches on towards its ambition to reach a 5% market share of the European CRM market by 2024. APSIS serves close to 3000 customers globally, and with the […]

The owner of QuickBooks has announced they are acquiring Mailchimp for a deal worth US $12 billion. Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU), the global technology platform that makes TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, and Credit Karma, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Mailchimp. The planned acquisition of Mailchimp for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock. Their press release stated: Together, […]

Constant Contact, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) and Siris Capital Group, LLC (together with its affiliates, “Siris”), announced recently that it has completed its acquisition of SharpSpring (“SharpSpring”) (NASDAQ: SHSP). The transaction, which was originally announced on June 22, 2021, was approved by SharpSpring’s stockholders on August 25, 2021. In connection with the […]

In a move that signals the expanding size of the on-premise email MTA market SocketLabs, an emailexpert Festival of Email sponsor, has today announced it has completed its acquisition of EmailNinjas, a specialist agency that specialises in working with clients wishing to deploy on-premise MTA’s.  Mike Hillyer, CEO & Founder of EmailNinjas has a long history in the email […]

SparkPost today announced it has launched SparkPost Deliverability Analytics. The new tools are slated to reduce the time and effort it takes SparkPost sending customers to make data-driven decisions quickly. SparkPost customers will be armed with data-based insights to triage email campaign performance issues early, and respond to those issues with a view to improving audience […]

Cofense recently announced the acquisition of Cyberfish, provider of next-generation phishing protection powered by Computer Vision and advanced Machine Learning (ML) technology. By integrating innovative machine learning capabilities from Cyberfish with Cofense’s detection and response technology, Cofense will bring to market a holistic, advanced automation solution for email protection, detection, and response. With the acceleration of […]

Emailable a list verification solution announced that it has acquired DataValidation. Founded in 2007, DataValidation was an early email validation services on the market. Over the next year, Emailable states it will work to consolidate both companies’ infrastructure and strategies. Within the next month, existing DataValidation customers will have access to both platforms. “This acquisition […]

Barracuda Networks, Inc. recently announced it has completed its acquisition of SKOUT Cybersecurity, a Melville, NY-based leader in cyber-as-a-service software for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and provider of an extended detection and response (XDR) platform and service.     Acquisition highlights:     Expands Barracuda’s solutions for MSPs, offering XDR platform for proactive real-time continuous security monitoring with response services for managed endpoints, networks, and cloud.  SKOUT’s XDR platform connects with critical security infrastructures such as email, firewall, identity and access, and a 24×7 SOC that aids the detection of and response to cyberattacks. Enables customers […]