Lightricks Acquires Popular Pays

Backlight Launches with Acquisition of ftrack, iconik, Celtx, Wildmoka and Zype (PSG-led $200M+ Investment)

April 12, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Backlight, a newly launched media technology platform backed by a $200M+ investment led by growth equity firm PSG, acquired five media software businesses: ftrack, iconik, Celtx, Wildmoka and Zype. The funding will support product development, talent and infrastructure investments and enable Backlight to pursue additional add-on acquisitions to modernize media workflows across the content lifecycle.

Moved Acquires Paylode

November 6, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Moved, a proptech platform that automates resident moves and ancillary revenue, has acquired Paylode, a perks-and-partnerships technology provider. The deal integrates Paylode's perks infrastructure and partner network into the Moved OS to expand ancillary revenue automation for multifamily operators and support over 1.2 million residential units and 550+ brand partners.

Multiverse Acquires Searchlight

April 8, 2024

Software

EdTech company Multiverse has acquired Searchlight, a California-based talent intelligence and skills assessment platform that uses AI to match candidates and close skills gaps. The acquisition will integrate Searchlight's bias-free AI and talent intelligence into Multiverse's apprenticeship and upskilling platform to accelerate AI-driven skills diagnosis and training delivery.

Publicis Groupe Acquires Captiv8

May 21, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Publicis Groupe has acquired Captiv8, a leading end-to-end influencer marketing platform, to strengthen its connected influencer and social commerce capabilities. Captiv8 — active in 120 countries with a network of ~15 million creators and AI-powered technology — will be integrated within Publicis Connected Media and combined with Influential and Epsilon to build a large-scale, identity‑powered influencer offering.

PullRequest Acquires Moonlight Developer Platform

February 17, 2020

Software

PullRequest, a code-review-as-a-service company based in Austin, Texas, acquired Moonlight, a Brooklyn-based remote developer hiring and contractor marketplace. The deal integrates Moonlight's marketplace and team into PullRequest to extend its AI-assisted code review product toward end-to-end development and talent delivery; Moonlight co-founders Emma Lawler and Philip Thomas joined PullRequest's team.

Light & Wonder Acquires Playzido

May 10, 2022

Software

Light & Wonder, Inc. has acquired Playzido, a London-based open game development platform and content provider, to expand its iGaming content creation and distribution capabilities. The acquisition adds Playzido’s Remote Gaming Server (RGS) technology and studio-facing platform to Light & Wonder’s OpenGaming aggregation network, accelerating custom game development and global distribution.