Bazaarvoice Acquires Granify

Bazaarvoice Acquires affable.ai from Affable Technologies

October 10, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Bazaarvoice has acquired the affable.ai creator-marketing platform from Affable Technologies to add AI-driven influencer discovery and management to its social commerce and content activation capabilities. The deal integrates affable.ai's creator technology into Bazaarvoice's full-funnel content and retail distribution network to help clients scale creator-led social commerce and measure ROI across awareness to conversion.

Voxy Acquires Fluentify

March 28, 2023

Education

Voxy has acquired Fluentify to combine Voxy's AI-driven English corporate training platform with Fluentify's multi-language live-instruction offering, expanding Voxy's language portfolio and strengthening its presence in Europe. Fluentify will operate as Voxy Italy, bringing hundreds of native-speaking tutors and an established corporate customer base into Voxy's global enterprise learning platform.

Marlin-backed Bazaarvoice Acquires Curalate

July 8, 2020

Software

Marlin Equity Partners and its portfolio company Bazaarvoice have acquired Curalate and will merge Curalate into Bazaarvoice to expand visual commerce and user-generated content (UGC) capabilities. Curalate — a provider of shoppable social, influencer marketing and UGC solutions used by more than 1,000 brands and retailers — will broaden Bazaarvoice's offerings for brands and retailers across social and e-commerce channels.

Gravity Acquires coUrbanize

September 2, 2025

Government & Public Sector

Gravity, a public-sector financial reporting platform, has acquired coUrbanize, a GovTech community engagement SaaS. The deal integrates coUrbanize’s multilingual, ADA-compliant engagement tools and AI-powered reporting into Gravity’s budgeting and compliance platform to help governments meet 2026 ADA mandates and improve citizen engagement.

Bazaarvoice (Marlin Portfolio) Acquires Influenster

August 28, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Bazaarvoice, a Marlin Equity Partners portfolio company, has acquired Influenster, a product discovery and reviews platform with a community of nearly six million members. The deal merges Influenster's consumer-driven content and sampling capabilities with Bazaarvoice's global UGC and retail network to expand product review coverage and capabilities for brands and retailers.

Voices Acquires Voices.ai to Launch Developer Platform for Voice Applications

April 24, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

Voices, the global voice-over marketplace, has acquired Voices.ai and plans to launch a next-generation developer platform for voice applications that will include APIs, libraries, documentation and cloud infrastructure. The acquisition supports Voices’ push into AI-generated voices and developer-focused tools to serve use cases such as voice assistants, eLearning and real-time synthetic voice applications.