JW Player and Connatix Merge to Form JWP Connatix

Court Square Capital Partners Invests in Connatix

July 19, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Court Square Capital Partners has made a significant growth investment in Connatix, a New York–based video technology platform for publishers and advertisers. The investment will support Connatix's product innovation, strategic M&A initiatives, and international expansion while the company's founders remain in leadership and early investor Volition Partners stays invested.

JW Player Acquires InPlayer to Expand Monetization and Audience Insights

January 17, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

JW Player has acquired InPlayer to add subscription management, payments, and identity management capabilities to its video platform, enhancing end-to-end monetization and audience insights. The deal builds on JW Player's prior $100M investment from LLR Partners to expand subscription and other monetization tools for broadcasters, publishers, and video-driven businesses.

JW Player Acquires VUALTO

May 6, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

JW Player has acquired VUALTO, a provider of live and on-demand video streaming and DRM solutions, to expand its platform capabilities for broadcast-level live streaming and content protection. The deal brings VUALTO's European customer base (including ITV and France TV) into JW Player's global video software and data insights platform, strengthening its offering for broadcasters and enterprise video customers.

Taboola Acquires Connexity from Symphony Technology Group

July 23, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Taboola (Nasdaq: TBLA) has entered into and completed an agreement to acquire Connexity from Symphony Technology Group for approximately $800 million in cash and Taboola shares. The deal brings Connexity's e-commerce media platform — serving ~1,600 merchants and 6,000 publishers — into Taboola to expand its open-web e-commerce recommendation capabilities and diversify revenue toward the growing e-commerce media market.

BlueConic Acquires Jebbit

July 10, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

BlueConic has acquired Jebbit to integrate Jebbit's AI-driven, no-code experience-creation tools into BlueConic's customer data platform (CDP), enabling marketers to capture more first- and zero-party data via quizzes, surveys and interactive experiences. The combination expands BlueConic's activation and data-capture capabilities and brings a combined customer base of roughly 500 organizations worldwide.

Yorktel and Kinly Merge to Form Yorktel-Kinly

November 13, 2025

IT Services

Yorktel, a New Jersey–based systems integrator and managed services provider, and Kinly, an Amsterdam-headquartered AV and unified communications integrator, have completed a merger to form Yorktel-Kinly. The combined company will operate globally with expanded capabilities in systems integration and managed services, serving more than 2,500 clients across 27 offices and a combined workforce of over 1,600 employees.