Empower Media and Ocean Media Merge to Form Empower Ocean Media Group

Bison Capital Makes Growth Recapitalization Investment in Ocean Media

June 27, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Bison Capital (Bison Capital Partners V, LP) completed a growth recapitalization investment in Ocean Media LLC, a Huntington Beach-based provider of data- and technology-driven media planning, buying and analytics services. Ocean Media management (including CEO Jay Langan and COO Ron Leubbert) retained significant ownership and will remain in their current roles.

OceanSound Partners and Energy Impact Partners Acquire Message Broadcast from LINK Mobility

April 11, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

OceanSound Partners, in partnership with Energy Impact Partners (EIP), has acquired Message Broadcast from LINK Mobility. The deal makes Message Broadcast an independent company led by new CEO Maulik Datanwala, with plans to boost product innovation, invest in sales and support, and pursue partnerships and acquisitions to expand its customer engagement platform for utilities and other regulated industries.

Crestline Investors and Seaport Capital Invest in bMedia Group

December 13, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Crestline Investors and existing investor Seaport Capital made a significant ownership investment in bMedia Group, Puerto Rico's leading out-of-home (OOH) media company. The capital injection will support bMedia's continued organic and inorganic growth, including expansion of its digital billboard network.

CVC and TA Acquire Vista's Stake in Mediaocean

August 31, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners and TA Associates are acquiring the stake in Mediaocean held by Vista Equity Partners, in a transaction expected to close in Q4 2021 subject to regulatory approvals. The investment will support Mediaocean's growth and continued product consolidation of its omnichannel advertising platform, following recent acquisitions including Flashtalking and 4C.

Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp Merges with TNL Mediagene; TNL Mediagene Lists on NASDAQ

December 5, 2024

Media & Entertainment

TNL Mediagene completed its previously announced business combination with special-purpose acquisition company Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp and began trading on NASDAQ under the ticker TNMG on December 6, 2024. The combined company is a pan-Asian digital media and data group operating brands in Japan and Taiwan and offers advertising technology, data products, events and e-commerce services to advertisers and consumers.

MEDIA Central Group Combines with ShopFully to Create Europe Drive-to-Store Marketing Leader

May 25, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

MEDIA Central Group has combined with ShopFully to form a leading Europe-focused drive-to-store marketing platform. The transaction (backed by Bregal Unternehmerkapital) brings together MEDIA Central, Offerista, Yagora and ShopFully to scale digital capabilities, expand internationally and strengthen retail media offerings; Highland Europe will retain a minority stake and ShopFully's CEO Stefano Portu reinvests and becomes CEO Digital of the combined group.