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Talent Systems Acquires Spotlight

January 21, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Talent Systems, a Caltius Equity Partners portfolio company headquartered in Los Angeles, has acquired Spotlight, the leading UK online casting platform founded in 1927. The acquisition is Talent Systems' fourth strategic buy since 2017 and is intended to strengthen its market position and product offerings for casting directors, agents and performers worldwide.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Acquires Sonar Entertainment Assets

May 24, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSSE) closed its acquisition of the film and television assets of Sonar Entertainment, Inc., adding hundreds of films and over 372 television series to its library. The deal expands CSSE’s IP ownership to support its AVOD streaming strategy, improves margins, and accelerates launch of a Chicken Soup for the Soul-branded AVOD network.

NewSpring Holdings Acquires underdog venture team to Form underdog & company

June 26, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

NewSpring Holdings, the platform-focused strategy of private equity firm NewSpring, has acquired underdog venture team to form a new marketing services platform called underdog & company. The investment will support strategic acquisitions and growth in the sports, media, entertainment, and nonprofit marketing markets, with underdog leadership (Dan Mannix and Nicole Jeter West) continuing in senior roles.

upGrad Acquires Talentedge; Sekhsaria Family Office Takes Stake in upGrad

April 7, 2022

Education

upGrad has completed the acquisition and integration of Talentedge through a near-100% share-swap, folding Talentedge’s higher-education and professional-learning business into the upGrad group. Talentedge was valued at INR 205 Crore (~$27M) in the transaction and the Sekhsaria Family Office (former 100% owners of Talentedge) took a stake in upGrad at a post-transaction upGrad valuation of $2.0 billion. Talentedge will continue to operate under its own brand within upGrad and is projected to cross INR 150 Crore (~$20M) in gross revenue in the coming year.

TPG Establishes Talent Management Platform and Invests in Untitled Entertainment

June 28, 2024

Media & Entertainment

TPG has formed a new company to build a scaled, talent-centric management and representation platform and made its first investment in Hollywood talent management firm Untitled Entertainment. The investment is funded by TPG Growth and features significant rollovers by Untitled's founding partners Jason Weinberg and Stephanie Simon as well as participation from current majority owner Boat Rocker.

BV Investment Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Talent, Inc.

January 14, 2021

Professional Services

BV Investment Partners has made a majority investment in Talent, Inc., a New York–based provider of tech-enabled career services operating brands including TopResume and TopCV. The investment will support Talent's management team and accelerate brand/channel expansion, international growth and M&A opportunities.