CloserStill Media Acquires Ai4

Searchlight Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners Recapitalize CloserStill Media in $1.8B Deal

May 1, 2026

Media & Entertainment

Searchlight Capital Partners has agreed to invest in CloserStill Media alongside existing owner Providence Equity Partners in a recapitalization valuing the B2B events operator at about £1.3 billion ($1.77 billion). The transaction gives Searchlight and Providence co-control of the London-based company and is subject to regulatory approvals.

Capgemini Acquires Cloud4C

November 3, 2025

Cloud & SaaS

Capgemini announced the closing of its acquisition of Cloud4C, a provider of automation-driven managed services for hybrid, private, public and sovereign cloud environments. The approximately 1,600-strong Cloud4C team and its AI/hyper-automation platforms will expand Capgemini's cloud managed services, bolster its generative AI and AIOps capabilities, and accelerate the Group’s SAP (including RISE with SAP) offerings.

CloserStill Media Acquires Billington CyberSecurity

September 15, 2025

Media & Entertainment

CloserStill Media has acquired Billington CyberSecurity, the U.S.-based organiser of leading public-sector cybersecurity conferences and year-round leadership programs. The deal (terms undisclosed) strengthens CloserStill's North American events portfolio and expands its cybersecurity and government-focused event offerings; Billington's leadership team will remain in place.

Delivr.ai Acquires 4-Eyes.ai

February 26, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Delivr.ai has acquired 4-Eyes.ai to integrate the latter's AI-powered audience and LLM-driven intent solutions into Delivr.ai's person-based intent data platform. The deal strengthens Delivr.ai's AI capabilities for contextual targeting and personalization, enabling more precise buyer-intent identification and improved marketing and sales activation.

Claritas Acquires ArtsAI

September 12, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Claritas, the data-driven marketing leader owned by Carlyle Group, has acquired ArtsAI, an AI-powered ad tech company recognized on the Inc. 5000. The deal integrates ArtsAI’s AI-based attribution, personalization, and optimization capabilities into Claritas’ identity-graph-driven marketing platform to enhance measurement and campaign ROI for brands, agencies and publishers.

Mediaocean Acquires 4C Insights

July 13, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Mediaocean entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 4C Insights, a Chicago-based marketing technology and data science company, to integrate 4C's intelligence and Scope CEP into Mediaocean's system of record for omnichannel advertising. The transaction (terms undisclosed) is intended to add cross-channel intelligence and optimization to Mediaocean's end-to-end media management platform and was expected to close in July 2020.