Category: Finance

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 […]

Hightouch, a fast-growing software company has announced it has raised $12.1 million in Series A financing led by Amplify Partners, increasing its total funding to $14.2 million. Hightouch syncs customer data from the data warehouse to various SaaS such as CRM, email automation, and customer support tools thereby offering tools that modern business use to communicate with customers. Integrations exist […]

A sponsor of Inbox Expo 2020, SendLane has secured $20mn in investment in its official Series A investment round. The business led by Jimmy Kim (an Inbox Expo 2021 speaker) has already seen $3mn in seed investment since the company was officially founded, as shared in an article TechCrunch. Announced on their blog. Jimmy said […]

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 […]

HelpSystems announced today the acquisition of Agari, a recognized leader in enterprise solutions protecting against advanced email threats. Agari has seen notable growth with its Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, which sets the standard for protecting organizations against phishing, business email compromise, and email threats. In light of today’s complex security environment and increased cybercrime, […]

PFSweb, has agreed to sell LiveArea, its global customer experience and commerce agency business unit to Merkle, Inc., a leading technology-enabled, data-driven customer experience management (CXM) company within Dentsu Group’s international business, Dentsu International (Tokyo: 4324). Under the terms of the agreement, Merkle will purchase LiveArea for total consideration of approximately $250 million, with net proceeds […]

Sinch AB (publ) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MessageMedia. Sinch will pay a total enterprise value of USD 1.3 billion, with a total cash consideration of USD 1.1 billion and 1,128,487 new shares in Sinch. Using yesterday’s USD/SEK exchange rate of 8.27, this corresponds to an enterprise value of SEK 10,745 million. […]

Pathwire today announced that it has acquired Email on Acid as part of its mission to become the most comprehensive email service provider (ESP) on the market. With the acquisition of Email on Acid, Pathwire now controls the entire email lifecycle from pre-deployment through delivery. “One of the biggest challenges in email marketing is knowing […]

Sitecore recently announced that it has completed its acquisition of London headquartered Moosend, a SaaS-based marketing automation platform provider. The acquisition of the Greek technology start-up Moosend is a significant milestone in Sitecore’s evolution to become a SaaS-based digital experience platform capable of supporting the most sophisticated digital experiences. The acquisition completion, which is part of Sitecore’s […]