Phoenix Marketing International Acquires Communicus

MarketCast Acquires Phoenix Marketing International

March 24, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

MarketCast has acquired Phoenix Marketing International to strengthen its advertising effectiveness research and analytics capabilities. The deal adds Phoenix's Phoenix Brand Effect ad-testing platform and team to MarketCast's data-science and media research offerings, expanding its ability to measure and optimize ad performance for brand advertisers and media companies.

RTC Partners Invests in Marketing Agency COMM

March 8, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

RTC Partners, a growth-focused private equity firm, announced an investment in COMM (formerly CommCreative), a Boston-based marketing agency that provides digital strategy, demand generation, account-based marketing, and martech solutions. COMM — a 50-person team — will join RTC's marketing services platform alongside prior investments (fama PR, Intelisent, MarketBridge, and Quarry) to expand capabilities and scale integrated marketing and sales services.

Lansons Acquires Intermarket Communications and Rebrands U.S. Business as Lansons

December 1, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

London-based reputation management consultancy Lansons has closed its acquisition of New York-based Intermarket Communications and rebranded the U.S. business as Lansons. The deal brings the firms' London and New York teams closer together to serve shared global clients and supports Lansons' broader global expansion of strategic communications capabilities.

CX1 Capital Acquires SatCom Marketing

January 8, 2026

Professional Services

CX1 Capital Inc., a Toronto-based private equity sponsor, has completed the acquisition of Fort Myers, Florida-based SatCom Marketing (doing business as SatComCX). CX1 founder Sajan Choksi was named CEO of SatComCX and the deal is described as the first step in a buy-and-build expansion plan to modernize systems, grow the company's footprint, and create new employee opportunities.

Communify Acquires Empaxis Data Management

October 16, 2025

Data & Analytics

Communify, a provider of Financial AI and data solutions, has acquired Empaxis Data Management to integrate Empaxis’s investment data management and back-/middle-office expertise into Communify’s MIND AI platform. The deal is intended to remove data fragmentation for wealth and asset managers, enabling faster AI-driven client and portfolio insights by unifying custody and accounting data within Communify’s Knowledge Base.

WSP Global Acquires Communica Public Affairs

March 21, 2024

Consulting

WSP Global Inc. has completed the acquisition of Communica Public Affairs Inc., a Canadian Indigenous and stakeholder engagement and information-management consulting firm. The deal brings approximately 50 professionals and expands WSP’s capabilities in Indigenous and stakeholder engagement and information management to support multidisciplinary projects and clients’ ESG journeys across Canada.