IDG Communications Acquires LeadSift

Liqvd Asia Acquires AdLift

March 20, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Liqvd Asia has acquired AdLift, combining Liqvd Asia's creative and omnichannel capabilities with AdLift's SEO and performance-marketing expertise to create an integrated digital marketing agency. AdLift will continue to operate under its brand while the combined entity invests in AI-driven marketing platforms, automation and global expansion to offer end-to-end marketing solutions.

Stagwell Acquires LEADERS and InfluencerMarketing.AI

July 24, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Stagwell has acquired Tel Aviv-based influencer marketing agency LEADERS and its AI-powered SaaS platform InfluencerMarketing.AI (IMAI), integrating them into the Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s PRophet Comms Tech Suite. The deal expands Stagwell’s influencer, social commerce and AI capabilities and establishes a presence in Israel and the broader Middle East; approximately 50 employees from LEADERS and IMAI join Stagwell.

Salesloft Acquires Drift

February 13, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Salesloft has acquired Drift to combine Salesloft’s AI-driven Revenue Orchestration Platform with Drift’s conversational AI and buyer experience capabilities. The deal aims to create an AI-powered, omnichannel revenue orchestration solution that enables sellers to engage B2B buyers earlier and deliver personalized buyer journeys across channels.

IDG Communications Acquires Selling Simplified

February 8, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

IDG Communications has acquired Selling Simplified, a Marketing-as-a-Service platform that provides lead generation products, enriched B2B data and intent-driven marketing technology. The deal adds Selling Simplified’s global dataset (160M+ B2B records) and its Demandcentr platform to IDG’s MarTech stack to expand IDG’s lead-generation and intent-data capabilities.

ZoomInfo Acquires RingLead

September 9, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

ZoomInfo acquired RingLead, a data orchestration and data quality SaaS provider, to integrate data cleansing, enrichment, matching and routing capabilities into its go-to-market platform. Financial terms were not disclosed and the acquisition is expected to enhance ZoomInfo's ability to deliver unified, high-quality data for sales, marketing and revenue operations.

Sinch AB Acquires Inteliquent for U.S. Voice Leadership

February 17, 2021

Telecommunications

Sinch AB agreed to acquire Inteliquent, the largest independent U.S. voice communications provider, for $1.14 billion in cash to broaden its CPaaS offering and establish leadership in U.S. voice. The acquisition gives Sinch Inteliquent's carrier-grade network, extensive phone-number inventory and voice APIs; closing is subject to customary regulatory approvals including CFIUS and FCC and was expected in H2 2021.