Kevin Rose & Alexis Ohanian Acquire Digg

Beringer Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Dig Insights

September 8, 2022

Data & Analytics

Beringer Capital has acquired a majority stake in Toronto-based Dig Insights, a tech-enabled consumer insights and market research company known for its Upsiide SaaS platform. The investment will support Dig's growth and product expansion across the innovation lifecycle; Canaccord Genuity served as financial advisor and terms were not disclosed.

AlleyCorp-Led Consortium Acquires Meetup From WeWork

March 30, 2020

Media & Entertainment

Meetup has been acquired by a consortium led by Kevin Ryan's AlleyCorp and will be spun out from WeWork to operate independently. Kevin Ryan will serve as chairman while David Siegel remains CEO as the company pursues growth of its consumer and enterprise Meetup Pro businesses.

Seismic Acquires Grapevine6

December 1, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Seismic acquired Grapevine6, a Toronto-based social and digital sales engagement platform, and will integrate its AI engine into a new offering called Seismic LiveSocial to help sellers engage across social media. The full Grapevine6 team (including CEO Mike Orr) joined Seismic, and Marlin & Associates acted as exclusive strategic and financial advisor to Grapevine6.

Digitas Media, LLC Acquires True Trampoline

July 14, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Digitas Media, LLC acquired True Trampoline, a niche website providing reviews, guides, and informational content about trampolines. The purchase is part of Digitas Media's strategy to expand its online publishing portfolio and grow organic and paid traffic to niche blog properties.

RocaNews Acquires River and Raises $4.4M Seed to Build Social Newstech Platform

January 19, 2022

Media & Entertainment

RocaNews closed a $4.4 million seed round led by Ori Allon and acquired news-aggregation app River to accelerate development of a social, AI- and Web3-enabled news platform. The deal gives RocaNews River’s proprietary aggregation and recommendation technology and enables hires of writers and developers to expand Roca’s content and product offerings.

Kochava Acquires DigiCenter

May 19, 2021

Data & Analytics

Kochava Inc. has acquired DigiCenter, a provider of identity and cross-device graph data for marketers, publishers, and ad-tech providers. The acquisition expands the Kochava Collective's owned data footprint—adding DigiCenter's hashed-email and identity graph assets—to bolster cross-device measurement, audience enrichment, and privacy-first data capabilities.