Empower Media and Ocean Media Merge to Form Empower Ocean Media Group

Omada Acquires EmpowerID

September 24, 2026

Cybersecurity

Omada acquired EmpowerID, adding its runtime authorization and AI agent governance capabilities to Omada’s identity governance platform. The acquisition expands Omada’s identity security offering to cover human, non-human and AI agent identities, including real-time controls over agents’ actions.

OceanSound Partners and Energy Impact Partners Acquire Message Broadcast from LINK Mobility

April 11, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

OceanSound Partners, in partnership with Energy Impact Partners (EIP), has acquired Message Broadcast from LINK Mobility. The deal makes Message Broadcast an independent company led by new CEO Maulik Datanwala, with plans to boost product innovation, invest in sales and support, and pursue partnerships and acquisitions to expand its customer engagement platform for utilities and other regulated industries.

Crestline Investors and Seaport Capital Invest in bMedia Group

December 13, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Crestline Investors and existing investor Seaport Capital made a significant ownership investment in bMedia Group, Puerto Rico's leading out-of-home (OOH) media company. The capital injection will support bMedia's continued organic and inorganic growth, including expansion of its digital billboard network.

Bison Capital Makes Growth Recapitalization Investment in Ocean Media

June 27, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Bison Capital (Bison Capital Partners V, LP) completed a growth recapitalization investment in Ocean Media LLC, a Huntington Beach-based provider of data- and technology-driven media planning, buying and analytics services. Ocean Media management (including CEO Jay Langan and COO Ron Leubbert) retained significant ownership and will remain in their current roles.

CVC and TA Acquire Vista's Stake in Mediaocean

August 31, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Funds advised by CVC Capital Partners and TA Associates are acquiring the stake in Mediaocean held by Vista Equity Partners, in a transaction expected to close in Q4 2021 subject to regulatory approvals. The investment will support Mediaocean's growth and continued product consolidation of its omnichannel advertising platform, following recent acquisitions including Flashtalking and 4C.

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.