Dotdigital Group plc Acquires Social Snowball for $35M

Sprout Social Acquires Tagger Media

August 3, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Sprout Social acquired Tagger Media, a leading influencer marketing and social intelligence SaaS platform, for $140 million in cash in a transaction that closed August 2, 2023. The acquisition expands Sprout’s social media management suite into influencer marketing, enabling unified workflows, reporting and social intelligence for brands and agencies.

Flexera Acquires Snow Software

February 15, 2024

Software

Flexera has completed the acquisition of Snow Software, combining Flexera's technology value optimization platform with Snow's software asset management and SaaS/FinOps capabilities to provide broader visibility and cost controls across hybrid IT environments. The deal brings together complementary product portfolios and domain expertise to expand capabilities for ITAM, SaaS management and FinOps for enterprise customers worldwide.

PhotoShelter Acquires Socialie

June 13, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

PhotoShelter, a PE-backed SaaS digital asset management provider, has acquired Socialie to expand real-time content distribution, automation and analytics capabilities. The deal—completed in partnership with PhotoShelter’s majority investor Clearhaven Partners—integrates Socialie's social channel distribution and Magic Tracking analytics into PhotoShelter's DAM platform to give brands greater control and insight over content sharing and performance.

impact.com Acquires SaaSquatch

September 12, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

impact.com, the partnership management platform, has acquired customer referral software provider SaaSquatch to integrate referral and customer-advocacy capabilities into its Partnership Cloud. The deal expands impact.com's product suite for brands seeking to manage all partnership and referral programs from a single SaaS platform; financial terms and a selling party were not disclosed.

Dolphin Entertainment Acquires Be Social

November 18, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ: DLPN) has acquired Be Social, a Los Angeles-based influencer marketing agency founded by Ali Grant. Be Social will continue to operate under its name from its LA offices with Ali Grant serving as CEO, and Dolphin expects to leverage the agency to cross-sell services across its portfolio and expand capability into influencer and creator-led marketing.

Sprout Social Acquires NewsWhip for Up to $65 Million

July 30, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Sprout Social has acquired NewsWhip for $55 million in cash with up to $10 million in potential earnouts (up to $65 million total) to deepen Sprout’s predictive media intelligence and listening capabilities. The deal closed July 30, 2025, and NewsWhip’s team — led by co-founder and CEO Paul Quigley — will join Sprout, with Quigley named General Manager of Sprout’s Listening business.