SPM Group (Corridor Capital-backed) Acquires Health Content Agency GLC

Unlock Health Acquires SPM Group Network of Healthcare Marketing Agencies

November 28, 2023

Healthcare Services

Unlock Health, a healthcare technology and services growth platform backed by Amulet Capital Partners and Athyrium Capital Management, has acquired SPM Group — a network of health-focused agencies including SPM, GLC, Dreamscape and Centretek — from Corridor Capital. The deal (terms not disclosed) expands Unlock Health's in-house omnichannel media planning, buying, creative, analytics and managed care consulting capabilities and increases scale across healthcare provider, behavioral health and dental end markets.

SPM Group Adds Dreamscape Marketing

September 14, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

SPM Group announced the strategic addition of Dreamscape Marketing, a digital performance agency focused on healthcare, to expand its integrated marketing and performance capabilities. The expansion is funded by Corridor Capital and positions SPM Group to deepen digital performance, analytics, and vertical expertise across behavioral health, addiction recovery, dental, and senior care.

Corridor Capital/ SP M Acquires Centretek Web Services Division

January 30, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Corridor Capital’s portfolio company Specialty Marketing & Communications (SPM) has acquired the Web Services division of Centretek Solutions and formed a new subsidiary, Centretek Digital, to integrate Centretek’s enterprise website development and digital marketing capabilities into SPM’s healthcare-focused marketing platform. The deal expands SPM’s digital services and healthcare footprint while Centretek’s executive management will remain with the business under SPM’s and Corridor’s strategic guidance.

SFC Group Acquires CareContent

March 5, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

SFC Group, a woman-owned healthcare marketing and communications agency based in Chicago, has acquired CareContent, a Chicago-based content creation firm founded by Kadesha Thomas Smith. The acquisition expands SFC Group’s content and digital capabilities—adding website, social, podcast and other content services—to better serve healthcare organizations.

MSQ Acquires New York Creative Agency SPCSHP

October 2, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

London-based MSQ has acquired New York-based creative agency SPCSHP (formerly Big Spaceship), adding roughly 140 employees and more than doubling MSQ's U.S. presence and North American revenues to $100 million. The deal, backed by private equity partners One Equity Partners and LDC, expands MSQ's capabilities and scale in North America and integrates SPCSHP into MSQ's global network of creative, media and technology agencies.

Specialty Program Group (SPG) Acquires the Assets of CM&F Group, Inc.

October 4, 2021

Insurance

Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), a Summit, New Jersey–based holding company for specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of CM&F Group, a digital provider of healthcare professional liability insurance. The deal is intended to expand SPG's digital insurance capabilities and distribution in specialty healthcare markets while providing CM&F with operational support and access to additional markets.