Category: Finance
The Campaign Monitor Group of companies has just announced its merger with Cheetah Digital on Linkedin. “Proud to announce our merger with Cheetah Digital! Cheetah is a leading pioneer in digital marketing technology, offering end-to-end data, marketing, and loyalty solutions. Together, we will be expanding our capabilities to serve our clients even better… and to shape […]
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 […]
Campaign Monitor announced the launch of Email Academy, online email training to help anyone using an email marketing platform take their strategy to the next level. Email Academy was created to help email marketers, small business owners and newsletter publishers “think outside the inbox” with easy-to-follow, on-demand courses and tutorials to follow at any pace, with […]
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 […]
dotdigital Group plc is pleased to provide the following trading update for the year ended 30 June 2021 (FY21), ahead of the publication of its full year results in November. The trading performance in this statement is based on unaudited management accounts. Highlights · Revenue from operations grew by c.23% to £58.1m (2020: £47.4m) o Recurring revenue as a percentage […]
Bluecore recently announced claim to a $1B valuation as a result of additional investment amounting to $125M, bringing it to a Series E investment round. Not typical of a startup journey. In May 2020 they raised $50mn at a valuation of under $500mn (according to an article in TechCrunch) that was their series D. The […]
The European vendor Mailkit, an emailexpert Festival of Email sponsor, has announced the launch of a new business NOTAMIQ. Presented as a BIMI asset management platform. Mailkit has been heavily invested in BIMI development for a considerable amount of time and operates a popular and effective free BIMI validator, has been helping brands deploy BIMI […]