Recent Private Equity-Backed Marketing & Advertising Acquisitions
Acquisition Volume in Private Equity-Backed Marketing & Advertising by Year
Last 5 years
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- Buyer
- EagleTree Capital
- Target
- The Opus Group
- Seller
- Growth Catalyst Partners
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital acquired The Opus Group, a global experiential, event and brand marketing agency network, from Growth Catalyst Partners. Terms were not disclosed, and EagleTree plans to accelerate global, client-centric growth through organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions.
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April 1, 2026
- Buyer
- Mountaingate Capital
- Target
- UpSwell Marketing
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Mountaingate Capital, a Denver-based private equity firm, acquired UpSwell Marketing, a vertically focused, technology-enabled direct response marketing platform. The deal is Mountaingate Fund III’s fourth platform investment and will support UpSwell’s growth through continued investment in people, technology, and additional vertical expansion, including strategic acquisitions.
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- Buyer
- Community Capital
- Target
- Creator's Corner
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Community Capital, a creator-focused investment firm, has acquired Miami-based Creator's Corner in a multi-million dollar deal. The acquisition is intended to accelerate growth for TikTok Shop affiliates and brands, with the Creator's Corner team remaining in place and Community Capital planning to reinvest more than $1 million over the next 12 months.
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- Buyer
- OneMagnify, Crestview Partners
- Target
- Optimal's Performance Marketing business
- Seller
- Optimal
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Addon
OneMagnify, backed by private equity firm Crestview Partners, acquired the Performance Marketing business of Optimal. The deal integrates Optimal’s performance media expertise and proprietary audience data into OneMagnify’s AI-enabled platform and analytics to expand its paid media offering across channels including programmatic, CTV, paid search, paid social, and marketplace advertising. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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February 26, 2026
- Buyer
- Tonka Bay Equity Partners LLC
- Target
- CAMP Digital
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Growth capital
Tonka Bay Equity Partners LLC made a strategic investment in CAMP Digital, a tech-enabled marketing platform for the home services industry. The funding is intended to fuel CAMP’s next phase of aggressive expansion while maintaining founder-led operational continuity.
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February 25, 2026
- Buyer
- Shamrock Capital
- Target
- Mutiny
- Seller
- Trailer Park Group
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Shamrock Capital, through its Clover Fund I, acquired Mutiny, a Los Angeles-based creative agency focused exclusively on gaming audiences. The investment is intended to accelerate Mutiny’s growth while strengthening its position as a leading gaming-focused creative agency, operating as a standalone business.
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February 19, 2026
- Buyer
- Impact XM, The Riverside Company
- Target
- Jack Morton
- Seller
- Omnicom
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Impact XM, a Riverside portfolio company, has acquired Jack Morton from Omnicom in an experiential marketing agency merger. The combined agency will operate under the Jack Morton name, leveraging global brand recognition and expanding end-to-end capabilities and scale.
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February 19, 2026
- Buyer
- Podean, Mountaingate Capital
- Target
- Ad Advance
- Seller
- Permanent Equity
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Type
- Addon
Marketplace-focused agency Podean has acquired Ad Advance, a Duluth, Minnesota–based retail media agency, from Permanent Equity. The deal—facilitated by Podean's private equity partner Mountaingate Capital—adds Ad Advance’s Streamline technology and retail-media/DSP capabilities to Podean’s global marketplaces platform and was announced as creating a combined business with ~260 staff across 17 countries.
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February 16, 2026
- Buyer
- Spotlight AR, LLC, Stone-Goff Partners, Spotlight (Spotlight AR)
- Target
- Captivate Collective
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Canada
- Type
- Addon
Stone-Goff Partners’ portfolio company Spotlight AR, LLC acquired Captivate Collective, a customer marketing and advocacy consultancy. The deal marks Spotlight’s first strategic add-on investment and expands its “Influence Orchestration” platform by combining analyst relations, customer advocacy, and AI-driven discovery into an end-to-end offering.
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February 10, 2026
- Buyer
- Supreme Group, Trinity Hunt Partners
- Target
- Broth
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Addon
Supreme Group, a healthcare and life sciences marketing and communications platform backed by Trinity Hunt Partners, acquired science-first creative agency Broth. The acquisition strengthens Supreme Group’s Brand + Creative vertical by adding evidence-driven strategy and scientific rigor for complex healthcare commercialization.
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February 9, 2026
- Buyer
- Mubadala Capital, TWG Global, Apollo-managed funds (Apollo Funds)
- Target
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Mubadala Capital, in partnership with TWG Global, in an all-cash transaction valued at an enterprise value of $6.2 billion. Under the terms, Clear Channel shareholders will receive $2.43 per share in cash, representing a 71% premium to the unaffected share price, and the deal is expected to close by the end of Q3 2026 subject to regulatory approvals and shareholder approval.
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February 7, 2026
- Buyer
- XR (Extreme Reach)
- Target
- Telly Traffic
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Greater London, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
XR, an advertising-operations platform, has acquired UK-based business affairs specialist Telly Traffic to strengthen its UK advertising operations and compliance capabilities. Telly Traffic's London-based team will join XR and continue operating from its London office as part of XR's expanded business affairs offering to support advertisers and agencies across linear TV and connected TV.
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January 28, 2026
- Buyer
- Residence, Gemspring Capital
- Target
- OK COOL
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- England, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Residence, a Gemspring Capital-backed global creative network, acquired OK COOL, a social-native creative agency with teams in London, New York and Sydney. The add-on expands Residence’s social strategy, creator partnerships, always-on content and measurement capabilities while allowing OK COOL to operate under its existing brand and leadership.
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January 28, 2026
- Buyer
- AEA Elevate
- Target
- 829 Studios
- Seller
- CIVC Partners
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Buyout
AEA Elevate, the growth buyout strategy of AEA Investors, acquired 829 Studios, an integrated technology-enabled digital marketing firm based in Boston. The deal was funded through AEA Elevate, with 829’s founder, management, and employees reinvesting; terms were not disclosed.
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January 22, 2026
- Buyer
- OuterBox, LLC, WILsquare Capital
- Target
- GRO Marketing, LLC
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Alabama, United States
- Type
- Addon
OuterBox, a portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, has acquired GRO Marketing, a Tuscaloosa-based digital performance marketing agency specializing in multifamily, student housing and senior living clients. The add-on strengthens OuterBox's vertical capabilities and performance marketing expertise to better serve residential community property management companies and ownership groups.
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- Buyer
- Jack Morton, Impact XM, The Riverside Company
- Target
- Jack Morton, Impact XM
- Seller
- Omnicom
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- United States
- Type
- Buyout
Impact XM and Jack Morton announced they will merge to form an expanded global experiential marketing agency operating under the Jack Morton name. The combined organization is expected to integrate strategy, creative, production/fabrication, digital innovation and measurement, and is projected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary approvals.
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January 20, 2026
- Buyer
- Platinum Equity
- Target
- Czarnowski Collective
- Seller
- Mark Nagle and the Nagle family
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Platinum Equity has acquired Czarnowski Collective, a Chicago-based experiential marketing and event production firm, from CEO Mark Nagle and the Nagle family. The deal includes a leadership transition (Jim Milanowski to become CEO) and signals Platinum’s intent to invest in systems, expand footprint and pursue strategic add-ons while preserving the company’s culture.
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January 16, 2026
- Buyer
- SaleCycle
- Target
- BEYABLE
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Île-de-France, France
- Type
- Addon
Gateshead-based SaleCycle, backed by BGF, has acquired French on-site personalisation and conversion optimisation specialist BEYABLE to create a combined full-funnel European martech platform for enterprise e-commerce brands. The deal expands SaleCycle's product suite (identity resolution, behavioural intent scoring, on-site personalisation, A/B testing and remarketing) and aims to accelerate international growth while emphasising strong European data governance.
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January 16, 2026
- Buyer
- Highwire
- Target
- The Bliss Group
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
San Francisco-based strategic communications agency Highwire has acquired New York-based The Bliss Group, combining the two firms to create an integrated marketing and communications partner serving technology, healthcare, and financial-services clients. The deal (terms undisclosed) folds Bliss into Highwire’s platform—expanding capabilities, sector expertise and bringing Bliss leadership into senior roles at Highwire while creating a combined organization of more than 250 professionals across North America.
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January 15, 2026
- Buyer
- SPINS
- Target
- MikMak
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
SPINS, the Chicago-based provider of CPG data and commerce solutions, has acquired MikMak, a New York-based commerce intelligence and omnichannel orchestration software company. The acquisition expands SPINS’ shopper engagement and omnichannel activation capabilities by combining its attribute-rich CPG dataset with MikMak’s orchestration and measurement platform to better plan, execute, and measure marketing across digital and physical touchpoints.
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January 12, 2026
- Buyer
- Curion, Summit Park
- Target
- Blue Yonder Research
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Curion, a Summit Park portfolio company, has acquired Blue Yonder Research, a Leeds-based market research agency specializing in R&D and innovation insights. The acquisition expands Curion's global delivery capabilities — adding Blue Yonder's Sense:Lab outsourced delivery model and strengthening services across CPG end markets; financial terms were not disclosed.
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January 9, 2026
- Buyer
- Overture Promotions Inc.
- Target
- Pride Products Distributors LLC
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Addon
Overture Promotions Inc. announced it will acquire Pride Products Distributors LLC, a Livingston, New Jersey-based provider of apparel, corporate gifts, and custom merchandise. The deal is intended to expand Overture’s North American footprint and deepen its creative and product expertise for branded merchandise and corporate gifting programs.
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January 8, 2026
- Buyer
- Domaine Worldwide, BV Investment Partners
- Target
- Pattern
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Addon
Domaine Worldwide, a global Shopify design and development practice backed by BV Investment Partners, has acquired Pattern, an award-winning digital design agency focused on commerce brands. The acquisition combines Pattern’s brand and experience design capabilities with Domaine’s engineering and delivery operations to expand experience-first digital commerce offerings; terms were not disclosed.
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January 7, 2026
- Buyer
- 2X
- Target
- The Kiln
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Addon
2X, a PE-backed Marketing-as-a-Service (MaaS) and go-to-market (GTM) orchestration provider, has acquired The Kiln, a Brooklyn-based Clay partner specializing in GTM engineering and RevOps. The acquisition expands 2X’s capabilities from marketing execution to full GTM orchestration and scales The Kiln’s Clay expertise to enterprise clients as an add-on to 2X’s PE-backed platform.
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January 3, 2026
- Buyer
- Bain Capital
- Target
- Echo Marketing
- Seller
- Echo Marketing CEO Kim Cheol-ung, an affiliated shareholder
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- South Korea
- Type
- Buyout
Bain Capital has agreed to acquire South Korea-based Echo Marketing in a transaction valued at roughly $344 million. The deal combines a negotiated purchase of a 43.66% controlling stake with a tender offer for the remaining shares, followed by plans for voluntary delisting and take-private steps under Korean law.
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December 16, 2025
- Buyer
- The Vomela Companies, The Riverside Company
- Target
- Moss Inc.
- Seller
- EagleTree Capital
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
The Riverside Company-backed Vomela acquired Moss Inc., a global producer of premium event and retail graphics and complex structures, from investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital. The transaction merges Vomela’s Fusion events unit into Moss (to operate as Moss, A Vomela Company), expanding Vomela’s European footprint and creating a larger global experiential events production platform.
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December 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Nava
- Target
- GH Brandtech
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Type
- Addon
Brazilian technology consultancy Nava has acquired GH Brandtech, a branding and creative innovation consultancy, marking Nava’s first inorganic growth move since private equity firm Crescera Capital invested. The deal includes an option to acquire full control within 36 months and is intended to expand Nava’s creative innovation, branding and GenAI capabilities as part of its push toward R$1 billion in revenue.
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December 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Alloy, Purpose Group
- Target
- The Partnership
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Alloy, a Purpose Group‑backed marketing and transformation agency based in Atlanta, has acquired The Partnership (TPI), Atlanta’s oldest privately‑held full‑service marketing and brand communications agency. The Partnership’s team and proprietary analytics/AI product (P360/P360-like dashboard) will operate under the Alloy brand to expand Alloy’s capabilities in communications, brand strategy, paid media, analytics and healthcare/financial services expertise as a bolt‑on acquisition.
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December 10, 2025
- Buyer
- Cadent
- Target
- VuePlanner
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Addon
Cadent, a predictive advertising platform and Novacap portfolio company, has acquired VuePlanner, a YouTube-focused media intelligence and optimization platform. The deal brings YouTube creator inventory and VuePlanner’s contextual scoring, predictive targeting, and measurement capabilities into Cadent’s unified Total Video offering as a capability-expanding add-on.
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December 8, 2025
- Buyer
- Wpromote, ZMC
- Target
- Giant Spoon
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Wpromote has acquired Cannes Lions–winning creative agency Giant Spoon to form a combined agency, Wpromote x Giant Spoon, blending creative, experiential, data, and full-funnel performance capabilities. The transaction was supported by Wpromote's private equity partner ZMC; Wpromote CEO Andrea Bendzick will lead the combined agency while Giant Spoon's co-founders join the executive leadership team.
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December 4, 2025
- Buyer
- MarketFully
- Target
- Social Element
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
MarketFully has acquired Social Element, a global social media agency, to extend its multilingual InContent Marketing platform into social media, community engagement, and influencer management. The deal — backed by MarketFully's sponsor Lightview Capital — integrates Social Element's social strategy and creative capabilities with MarketFully's AI-driven multilingual content stack; terms were not disclosed.
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November 25, 2025
- Buyer
- Broadsign, Crestline Investors
- Target
- Place Exchange
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Broadsign has acquired Place Exchange, a leading independent programmatic out-of-home (OOH) supply-side platform, with a minority investment from Crestline Investors. The deal integrates Place Exchange’s SSP, programmatic capabilities and team into Broadsign’s global DOOH platform to expand programmatic inventory, measurement and automation across Broadsign’s network; terms were not disclosed.
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November 12, 2025
- Buyer
- 24 Seven, Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
- Target
- Markacy
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Addon
24 Seven, a marketing, creative, and digital talent platform backed by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners, has acquired New York–based marketing consulting firm Markacy. The deal expands 24 Seven’s end-to-end marketing capabilities and deepens its AI-driven performance marketing, measurement, and M&A marketing diligence offerings as part of the firm’s continued roll-up strategy.
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November 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Bond (Bond Brand Loyalty), Mountaingate Capital
- Target
- Armadillo
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
Bond, the customer-intelligence driven engagement company backed by Mountaingate Capital, has acquired UK-based CRM and relationship marketing agency Armadillo. The deal strengthens Bond's CRM, personalization and loyalty capabilities and expands its international footprint across North America and Europe.
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November 11, 2025
- Buyer
- Fingerpaint Group
- Target
- L&M Healthcare Communications
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Fingerpaint Group has acquired L&M Healthcare Communications, a New Jersey–based medical communications agency that serves biotech and pharmaceutical clients. The acquisition expands Fingerpaint Medical's medical communications and medical affairs capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.
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November 6, 2025
- Buyer
- Imaginuity (via subsidiary)
- Target
- Adwerx (platform assets)
- Seller
- Adwerx
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Divestiture
An Imaginuity subsidiary has acquired the Adwerx digital advertising automation platform and supporting team (≈40 employees) from Adwerx. The platform — used by more than 12,000 users across real estate, mortgage and distributed organizations — will be integrated with Imaginuity’s Pylot CMS and AdScience performance intelligence engine to expand product-led growth and always-on, personalized ad automation for franchise and multi-location clients.
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November 3, 2025
- Buyer
- Headland, LDC
- Target
- Bladonmore
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Addon
LDC-backed communications consultancy Headland has acquired Bladonmore, an international digital, brand and content agency, to broaden Headland’s advisory capabilities and extend its international reach. Bladonmore — a roughly 50-strong team operating from London and New York — will remain a separate brand and management team while collaborating with Headland to serve clients across the US, UK, Europe and the Middle East.
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October 31, 2025
- Buyer
- Ignite Visibility
- Target
- EverConnect
- Seller
- EverCommerce
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Type
- Addon
Ignite Visibility has acquired EverConnect, the marketing technology and lead-generation platform of EverCommerce, expanding Ignite's national-to-local digital marketing capabilities for multi-location and franchise service brands. The acquisition — Ignite's fourth since partnering with Mountaingate Capital — brings EverConnect's SEO, website development, directory and performance lead-generation capabilities into Ignite's platform; financing and advisory support were provided by Capital Southwest Corporation, Main Street Capital, Canaccord Genuity and others.
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October 29, 2025
- Buyer
- Level, Dubin Clark
- Target
- BAM Strategy
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Quebec, Canada
- Type
- Addon
Level, a digital marketing agency backed by private equity firm Dubin Clark, has acquired BAM Strategy to form a unified growth platform combining performance marketing, analytics, creative, CRM, and loyalty capabilities. The combined organization creates a roughly 250-person full-service offering to deliver end-to-end marketing solutions across acquisition, retention, and loyalty for clients in CPG, education, financial services and other sectors.
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October 22, 2025
- Buyer
- OuterBox, WILsquare Capital
- Target
- Accelerated Digital Media
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Addon
OuterBox, a portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, has acquired Accelerated Digital Media (ADM), a Chicago-based performance marketing agency that specializes in paid search, paid social, and analytics for healthcare and e-commerce clients. The add-on strengthens OuterBox's paid media, programmatic and analytics capabilities and expands its presence in the healthcare and enterprise e-commerce end markets. Terms were not disclosed.
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October 22, 2025
- Buyer
- HALO
- Target
- What's Happening Promotions
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Type
- Addon
HALO has acquired What's Happening Promotions, a promotional marketing agency based in Gainesville, Florida. The acquired business will operate as What's Happening Promotions Powered by HALO and will retain its team while gaining access to HALO's creative talent, technology, and operational capabilities.
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October 14, 2025
- Buyer
- Alloy
- Target
- Hot Sauce
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Type
- Addon
Alloy, a Purpose Group portfolio marketing and brand agency, has acquired Atlanta-area digital agency Hot Sauce to deepen Alloy’s martech and growth-marketing capabilities. The deal is an add-on to Alloy (a Purpose Group portfolio company) and will integrate Hot Sauce’s martech, UX/design, and growth marketing expertise into Alloy’s service offering.
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October 13, 2025
- Buyer
- Prezent AI, Multiplier Capital, Greycroft, Nomura Strategic Ventures, True Global Ventures, Emergent Ventures, West Wave Capital, BluePointe Ventures, Alumni Ventures
- Target
- Prezentium
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- California, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Prezent AI acquired Prezentium, the largest business presentation services firm serving life sciences customers, in a cash-plus-equity deal and announced an additional $30M in funding. The round was led by Multiplier Capital, Greycroft and Nomura Strategic Ventures (with participation from several existing investors), valuing Prezent AI at $400M as it pursues an AI-enabled roll-up strategy to combine software and human presentation services.
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- Buyer
- Mountaingate Capital
- Target
- Walker Sands
- Seller
- Stone-Goff Partners
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Mountaingate Capital completed the acquisition of Walker Sands, an integrated B2B growth services agency, from Stone-Goff Partners. Walker Sands—which operates offices in Chicago, Seattle, and Boston and employs more than 170 people—will continue to be led by co-CEOs Andrew Cross and Dave Parro as Mountaingate supports growth through capability expansion, data & analytics investment, and strategic acquisitions.
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October 2, 2025
- Buyer
- Serata Capital Partners, Paceline Equity Partners
- Target
- EventLink (EventLink Holding Company)
- Seller
- Fort Point Capital
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Type
- Buyout
Austin-based Serata Capital Partners and Dallas-based Paceline Equity Partners have acquired EventLink (EventLink Holding Company), a Sterling Heights, Michigan experiential marketing and event services provider, from Fort Point Capital. The transaction transfers ownership to the two private equity managers, who plan to support EventLink's growth, expand capabilities and geographic reach, and deepen client relationships; terms were not disclosed.
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September 30, 2025
- Buyer
- Spectrum Science
- Target
- Return on Focus
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New Jersey, United States
- Type
- Addon
Spectrum Science has acquired Return on Focus, a strategic marketing consultancy that provides evidence-based brand positioning and strategic services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The acquisition strengthens Spectrum’s strategic and commercial capabilities—bringing Return on Focus’ data-driven positioning expertise into Spectrum’s integrated healthcare marketing platform; Dan Reinhardt and Abby Manning will continue to lead the ROF team.
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September 17, 2025
- Buyer
- Seacoast Capital, Wildwood Capital
- Target
- Mail America
- Seller
- Founding shareholders
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- West Virginia, United States
- Type
- Recapitalization
Seacoast Capital has made a subordinated debt and equity co-investment in Mail America to support a recapitalization led by Wildwood Capital. The deal provides liquidity to Mail America’s founding shareholders and positions the company to invest in people, technology, production capacity and potential add-on acquisitions to accelerate growth.
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September 12, 2025
- Buyer
- Gravity Global, Elysian Capital
- Target
- Marketing Doctor
- Seller
- Janet Casey (Founder & CEO of Marketing Doctor)
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Type
- Addon
Gravity Global, backed by Elysian Capital, has acquired performance media agency Marketing Doctor to strengthen its paid media capabilities and integrated marketing services. The add-on expands Gravity Global's expertise in regulated and mid-market sectors, bringing Marketing Doctor's data-driven media planning, buying, and public-sector experience into the Gravity network.
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September 10, 2025
- Buyer
- Interluxe Group, North & Warren, Mountaingate Capital
- Target
- Quinn
- Seller
- Quinn, Florence Quinn
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- New York, United States
- Type
- Addon
Interluxe Group and North & Warren, in partnership and with equity backing from Mountaingate Capital, have acquired Quinn, a luxury-focused strategic communications agency. The deal adds Quinn’s storytelling, earned media, influencer and communications capabilities to the Mountaingate-backed luxury marketing platform to create an integrated end-to-end offering for luxury brands.
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September 10, 2025
- Buyer
- CQL
- Target
- Riess Group
- Industry
- Marketing & Advertising
- Location
- Texas, United States
- Type
- Buyout
CQL, a Shopify Platinum digital commerce agency based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has acquired Riess Group, a Shopify Platinum partner with offices in France and Texas, to create a leading unified commerce agency combining ecommerce and point-of-sale (POS) expertise. Riess Group founder Mike Riess will join CQL as VP of Unified Commerce and Managing Director, EMEA, as the combined firm expands capabilities to serve mid-market through enterprise retail, fashion and entertainment brands.
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