Category: Finance
SendGrid recently announced that it has acquired the customer base of Message Bus. “This acquisition immediately adds scale to our expanding customer roster and we’re excited to bring Message Bus customers onto our platform,” said Sameer Dholakia, CEO of SendGrid. “This announcement underscores our momentum and rapid growth as we add nearly 1,500 new customers per […]
Constant Contact announced recently a $50 million stock repurchase program. Under the stock repurchase program, Constant Contact is authorized to repurchase up to $50 million of the company’s common stock. The company intends to purchase shares pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan through July 2016. Shares may also be repurchased from time-to-time in privately negotiated […]
LiveIntent today announced a $32.5 million growth equity investment led by FTV Capital in addition Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Shasta Ventures made significant investment. After VC funding of almost $5MN dollars came their series B funding at $ 8MN with investors including Shasta Ventures and First Round Capital. Then series C funding led by Bullpen Capital […]
NetSuite announced it has completed the acquisition of Bronto Software. “With the completion of this acquisition, the industry’s leading commerce marketing system has been combined with the world’s number one cloud-based omnichannel commerce platform, bringing transformational power to businesses,” said Andy Lloyd, General Manager of Commerce Products at NetSuite. “Together, this technology can help brands […]
GoDaddy recently reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. “Our investments in products, technology platform, and customer care are making a real difference for our customers around the world, and our first quarter results demonstrate the benefits of focusing on their needs. Continued strong growth in customers and ARPU drove both our […]
Striata has concluded an agreement to acquire Mass Transmit, a provider of email marketing tools, services and expertise. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Striata provides communication solutions to the financial services, utility, insurance, retail and telecommunications companies, helping them achieve unrivaled results by replacing print and mail with interactive electronic documents and […]
Message Systems recently announced it has raised $27 million in funding, for a total amount of $65 million to date. New investor Hercules Technology Growth Capital and existing Message Systems’ investors LLR Partners and NewSpring Capital participated in this round. Separately, Message Systems secured a new $8 million line of credit for working capital purposes, also […]
j2 Global recently announced that its Campaigner Email Marketing brand has acquired the assets of EmailDirect, a California-based provider of email marketing services. “With the continued growth and success of Campaigner’s latest acquisition of Contactology, we are excited to continue this momentum by adding the additional features and customers of EmailDirect to our advanced platform,” said j2’s CEO, […]
Salesforce recently delivered the 2015 State of Marketing report. Based on a survey of more than 5,000 marketers globally, the second annual report found marketers plan to increase investments in social media advertising, social media marketing, location-based mobile tracking, mobile apps and email marketing in an effort to create cohesive customer journeys. In addition, 84 […]
Campaign Monitor recently announced the acquisition of GetFeedback. GetFeedback’s pioneering online survey technology allows anyone at any organization to collect customer feedback by creating engaging, branded, mobile-ready surveys. The acquisition will accelerate Campaign Monitor’s growth in the $5B market for email marketing and online survey software. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring GetFeedback into the Campaign Monitor […]
FreshAddress announces the acquisition and re-launch of Emailium, an email design and competitive research tool. A completely searchable database of millions of email messages across more than 9,000 brands over the past five years; it is updated in real-time, giving marketers an edge over their competition. Emailium is changing the way email marketers find creative […]
j2 Global recently announced the acquisition of Excel Micro, the Philadelphia-based distributor of cloud email security and archiving solutions. The acquisition expands j2’s U.S. and Canadian email security customer base, reseller channels and channel expertise. Excel Micro is one of the industry’s premier cloud-based email security distributors. It has built this reputation with an exceptional […]