Validity Acquires MailCharts

Validity Acquires Litmus

April 10, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Validity has completed the acquisition of Litmus, a leading provider of email optimization and pre-send testing solutions. The deal brings Litmus's pre-send capabilities together with Validity's post-send deliverability and data intelligence products to create a more comprehensive end-to-end email marketing platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

Validity Acquires Email Analytics Provider 250ok

February 27, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Validity entered into a definitive agreement to acquire email analytics and deliverability provider 250ok, expanding Validity’s email optimization and deliverability capabilities. The acquisition brings 250ok’s deliverability, engagement analytics, DMARC, design previews and list validation tools into Validity’s portfolio to strengthen its email offering for enterprise marketers.

Emailable Acquires DataValidation

July 15, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Emailable, an email deliverability solutions provider, has acquired DataValidation, a long-running email verification and validation service trusted by more than 170,000 customers. Emailable said it will consolidate infrastructure and platforms to offer combined email validation and deliverability capabilities and accelerate growth; DataValidation's CEO Mike Marian will remain on as an advisor.

Providence Strategic Growth and Silversmith Capital Invest in Validity

May 31, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

Providence Strategic Growth (PSG) led a growth equity investment in Validity, with existing investor Silversmith Capital Partners also participating; financial terms were not disclosed. The funding will accelerate Validity’s go-to-market expansion, product development, and inorganic growth — the announcement also notes Validity has completed the acquisition of Return Path to broaden its email deliverability capabilities.

Intuit Acquires Mailchimp

September 13, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Intuit has agreed to acquire Mailchimp for approximately $12 billion in cash and stock to create an end-to-end customer growth platform for small and mid-market businesses. The acquisition brings Mailchimp's marketing automation and AI-driven capabilities into Intuit's platform to drive customer acquisition, engagement and analytics, and is expected to close before the end of Intuit's second quarter fiscal 2022.

DigiCert Acquires Valimail

September 16, 2025

Cybersecurity

DigiCert, backed by Clearlake Capital, Crosspoint Capital and TA Associates, has acquired Valimail, a leading provider of zero trust email authentication and DMARC-as-a-service. The deal adds email authentication capabilities to the DigiCert ONE platform, expands DigiCert into the $4B+ paid DMARC market, and brings Valimail's FedRAMP-authorized, cloud-native solutions and ~92,000 clients under DigiCert's digital trust portfolio.