Screen Engine/ASI Acquires ticktBox
August 15, 2019
Screen Engine/ASI (a portfolio company of The Wicks Group) has acquired ticktBox, a San Diego–based digital marketing and ticketing platform that operates the consumer brand Gofobo. The acquisition combines ticktBox's multi-million-member moviegoer database and SaaS platform with SE/ASI's proprietary data assets to expand product capabilities for film, television and streaming clients; Five Points Capital provided unitranche financing to support the transaction. ticktBox co-founders Andrew Ly and Ian Bonewitz will remain as co-presidents and the business will operate as a division of SE/ASI.
- Buyers
- Screen Engine/ASI, The Wicks Group, Five Points Capital
- Targets
- ticktBox (ticktBox Enterprises, LLC)
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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