Minute Media Acquires VideoVerse (Owner of Magnifi)

Bluestone Equity Partners Invests in VideoVerse (Magnifi)

December 18, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Bluestone Equity Partners has made a growth investment in VideoVerse, the developer of Magnifi, an AI-powered SaaS video editing and highlights platform. The funding will support VideoVerse's global expansion and continued product innovation to serve sports leagues, broadcasters and streaming platforms.

VideoVerse Acquires Reely.ai

April 11, 2023

AI & Machine Learning

VideoVerse, a video-editing SaaS platform, has acquired Reely.ai, an AI-powered content-creation and social distribution company focused on esports and gaming. The deal will integrate Reely.ai’s computer-vision highlight-detection and automation capabilities into VideoVerse’s product suite to expand its AI-driven short-form video and distribution offerings for players, streamers, teams and esports organizations. Terms were not disclosed.

Minute Media Acquires STN Video

January 24, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Minute Media has acquired STN Video (formerly SendtoNews), a Victoria, BC–based online video platform and North American sports content distributor that holds highlight rights with major U.S. sports leagues. The deal brings STN's award-winning OVP, a library of more than 2 million videos, and distribution capabilities into Minute Media's Voltax Video ecosystem; financing support for the transaction came from HSBC Innovation Banking and funds/accounts managed by BlackRock. Frontier (a prior investor in STN) will remain a supportive shareholder of Minute Media.

Mega Matrix Corp. Acquires Remaining 40% of FunVerse (Operator of FlexTV)

August 16, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Mega Matrix Corp. (NYSE American: MPU) completed the acquisition of the remaining 40% of FunVerse Holding Limited, bringing its ownership to 100% through a share exchange of 1,500,000 common shares. FunVerse is the BVI parent of Yuder Pte. Ltd., which operates FlexTV, a Singapore-based short-drama streaming platform; Mega Matrix says the deal positions it to expand FlexTV's global streaming reach.

Perion Network Acquires Vidazoo

October 4, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Perion Network Ltd. has acquired Vidazoo, a Tel Aviv–based video monetization platform, for $35.0 million in cash at closing plus a performance-based earn-out of up to $58.5 million (total consideration up to $93.5 million). The deal immediately expands Perion’s video advertising/CTV capabilities and is expected to be accretive to earnings and help accelerate the company’s video advertising growth.

mParticle Acquires Vidora

August 3, 2022

AI & Machine Learning

mParticle, a customer data infrastructure provider headquartered in New York City, has acquired Vidora, an AI personalization platform (Cortex) for customer data. The acquisition brings Vidora's machine‑learning personalization capabilities and team into mParticle to enhance predictive segmentation, next‑best‑action decisioning, and integrations across mParticle's partner ecosystem.