StepStone Acquires Appcast

Appcast Acquires Bayard Advertising

July 10, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Appcast, a global leader in programmatic recruitment advertising technology, has acquired Bayard Advertising, a full-service recruitment marketing agency. The acquisition combines Appcast's programmatic technology with Bayard's search, social and hiring-event marketing capabilities to expand Appcast's recruitment marketing offerings and serve more than 2,000 customers across the U.S. and international markets.

RedBird Capital Partners and StepStone Acquire Majority Stake in Talent Systems

July 19, 2022

Media & Entertainment

RedBird Capital Partners, alongside StepStone Group, acquired a majority stake in Talent Systems from Caltius Equity Partners, with Caltius remaining a minority investor. The investment will support scaling Talent Systems' tech-driven casting marketplace and expand its capabilities across film, television, commercials, theater and digital productions; the deal closed on August 4, 2022.

TapClicks Acquires AdStage

April 22, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

TapClicks has acquired AdStage, a cross-channel marketing analytics and campaign optimization provider, and will integrate AdStage’s team and technology into its unified TapClicks Marketing Operations Platform. The acquisition expands TapClicks’ marketing intelligence and optimization capabilities, allowing customers to leverage AdStage’s analytics, Automate rules and Report tools alongside TapClicks’ data aggregation and AI-driven analytics.

The Carlyle Group Acquires Majority Stake in Calastone

October 26, 2020

Payments & Fintech

Global investment firm The Carlyle Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Calastone from existing shareholders including Octopus Ventures and Accel, with Calastone management retaining a minority stake. The deal (subject to regulatory approval) will support Calastone’s product innovation and international growth, building on its position as a funds network that serves thousands of clients and processes large monthly investment flows.

SS&C Technologies Acquires Calastone from Carlyle

October 14, 2025

Financial Services

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Calastone from global investment firm Carlyle for approximately £766 million (about US$1.03 billion). Calastone’s ~250 employees and global funds-network technology will join SS&C’s Global Investor & Distribution Solutions to strengthen SS&C’s fund operations, transfer agency and distribution capabilities; the deal was funded with cash and debt and is expected to be accretive within 12 months.

Paystone Acquires NiceJob

October 13, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

Paystone, a North American payments and software company, has acquired NiceJob, a Vancouver-based reputation marketing platform for service businesses. NiceJob founder and CEO Lars Kristensen joins Paystone as Chief Product Officer as the deal expands Paystone's marketing and reputation-management capabilities and strengthens its platform for local service SMBs.