App Annie Acquires Mobile Analytics Provider Libring

Sensor Tower Acquires Playliner

June 18, 2025

Data & Analytics

Sensor Tower has acquired Playliner, a Finland-based provider of Live Ops analytics for top mobile games, to integrate Live Ops insights into its gaming intelligence platform. The deal expands Sensor Tower’s capabilities in post-launch engagement and monetization analytics for mobile games and other apps using Live Ops techniques.

insightsoftware Acquires Vizlib

August 29, 2023

Software

insightsoftware, a provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions, has acquired Vizlib, a UK-based maker of value-added visualization and write-back extensions for Qlik Sense. The acquisition extends insightsoftware's write-back and visual planning capabilities to Qlik users and complements its prior acquisition of Power ON to strengthen planning, reporting, and analytics offerings for finance and operations teams.

Smartly.io Acquires Ad-Lib.io to Expand into Google Ecosystem

January 5, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Helsinki-based ad-tech SaaS company Smartly.io has acquired London-based creative optimization platform Ad-Lib.io for more than $100 million. The deal expands Smartly.io’s capabilities from paid social into Google’s advertising ecosystem (YouTube, DV360, Google Ads), strengthening its cross-channel creative and programmatic offering while leveraging Ad-Lib.io’s enterprise creative tools.

Alation Acquires Lyngo Analytics

October 14, 2021

Data & Analytics

Alation Inc., the Redwood City–based data intelligence company, has acquired Los Altos–based Lyngo Analytics to integrate Lyngo’s natural-language AI capabilities into Alation’s data catalog. Lyngo’s co-founders Jennifer Wu and Joachim Rahmfeld will join Alation in senior product and AI/ML roles to help broaden the platform’s support for non-technical business users and convert natural-language questions into SQL.

InMobi Acquires Appsumer Analytics Platform

October 13, 2021

Data & Analytics

InMobi has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Appsumer, a London-based performance insights and marketing analytics platform for mobile app advertisers. The deal brings Appsumer's technology, IP and team into InMobi to strengthen its end-to-end content, monetization and marketing stack and to build predictive capabilities using AI for performance marketers.

Appen Acquires Leapforce Inc.

November 28, 2017

AI & Machine Learning

Appen Limited has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leapforce Inc., a Pleasanton, California–based provider of search relevance and human-evaluated data services. The deal combines Leapforce's proprietary evaluation platform and crowd resources with Appen's large global workforce to expand Appen's AI and machine-learning data annotation capabilities worldwide.