Iyuno Media Group Acquires SDI Media

Architect Equity Acquires SDI, Inc.

March 19, 2026

Professional Services

Architect Equity has acquired SDI, Inc., a provider of outsourced procurement, supply chain management, and group purchasing (GPO) services. SDI supports facility maintenance organizations with technology-enabled sourcing and purchasing solutions tailored to MRO and other indirect spend categories.

TransPerfect Acquires Blu Digital Group

March 24, 2025

Media & Entertainment

TransPerfect has acquired Blu Digital Group, a Burbank-based provider of digital media services and cloud-based content distribution software. Blu Digital Group will operate as a division of TransPerfect Media, combining Blu's SaaS products and automation technologies with TransPerfect's AI-driven localization and global language services to expand media localization and distribution capabilities.

Element Logic Acquires SDI Industries

March 28, 2022

Industrial Services

Norway-based warehouse automation integrator Element Logic has acquired SDI Industries, a Los Angeles-headquartered provider of turnkey automation and sortation systems, expanding Element Logic's footprint into the United States and Latin America. Element Logic is majority-owned by Castik Capital, and SDI's management will reinvest and remain jointly responsible for the U.S. business; the deal adds more than 200 experts and extends Element Logic's AutoStore integration and sortation capabilities.

Media Do International Acquires Supadu Ltd.

February 10, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Media Do International, the San Diego–based subsidiary of Japan's Media Do Co., Ltd., has acquired all shares of UK-based Supadu Ltd., a provider of websites and e-commerce solutions for publishers. Supadu's CEO Mark Harvie-Watt will remain in place, and the business will be integrated into the Media Do / Firebrand Group to expand product capabilities and global reach for publishers.

SoftBank Vision Fund 2 Invests $160M in Iyuno-SDI Group

April 8, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Iyuno-SDI Group has secured a $160 million growth investment from SoftBank Vision Fund 2, which will become one of the company's largest shareholders and join its board. The capital will support Iyuno-SDI's strategy to expand and transform its localization services using AI and neural machine translation, after the company's recent acquisition of SDI Media.

IYUNO Media Group and BTI Studios Merge to Create Global Content Localization Leader

September 12, 2019

Media & Entertainment

IYUNO Media Group and BTI Studios have merged into a single company operating under the IYUNO Media Group brand, with the combined business headquartered in London. The merged company will be backed by investors Shamrock Capital, Altor and SoftBank Ventures Asia to accelerate global expansion and technology-enabled localization services (dubbing, subtitling and related post-production).