Rerun Recap 📰 

1. Croud finds a new home

2. Two Circles continues its buying spree

3. Riverside expands its Impact XM investment

Let’s rerun last week…

Croud 😃, a global, full-service digital agency, has sold a majority stake to ECI Partners 🤝 in a deal exceeding $230M. Expect more acquisitions as a portion of the proceeds have been set aside to boost Croud’s M&A war chest.

🏗️ A “buy-and-build” platform

BOLD! 💥, an ecommerce, shopper marketing and creative services firm, was acquired by Harvest Group 🌽, a national integrated commerce agency.

Reach 🫱, a low-cost business text messaging platform, was acquired by Link Mobility 🔗, a leading global provider of mobile messaging and CPaaS solutions, including mobile marketing.

 
🔥3rd acquisition (EZ4U, NRSGATEWAY)

Space & Time Media 🚀, a U.K. independent growth marketing agency, has sold a majority stake to Datawrks 📈, a global advertising technology firm focused on accelerating user and revenue growth through highly optimized digital advertising, for $6M.

Matrex Exhibits ➕, a full-service exhibit, experiential and event agency, was acquired by Impact XM ❌, a leading experiential marketing agency.

🔥 2nd acquisition (Enigma Creative Solutions)
🏗️ A “buy-and-build” platform

Influence Agency 📜, an communications agency with an expertise in “opinion communication” consulting , was acquired by Calmon Partners 🧑‍💼, a headhunting firm specializing in finance and specializing in fundraising and press relations support

Spring Media ⚽️, a sports agency specializing in media rights management, live production, and streaming, was acquired by Two Circles ⭕️, a data-driven sports marketing agency.

🔥 3rd acquisition YTD (Let It Fly Media, KORE)
🏗️ A “buy-and-build” platform

Insider 🚪, a leading AI-native omnichannel experience and customer engagement platform, raised a $500M Series E led by General Atlantic 🌊.

Modash 💁, an Estonia-based creator marketing platform, raised a $12M Series A led by henQ 🔢.

Community. Community. Community.

It’s what we’re all about here at Clearpact. Did we miss any notable transactions you came across over the past week. If so, let us know!

In what we call our “forgotten, but not gone” segment, we’ll include any deals that have been crowdsourced from the Pact community and a shoutout for our watchful eyes.