MCAP Acquisition Corporation Completes Business Combination With AdTheorent

Cadent Acquires AdTheorent

June 21, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Cadent, a portfolio company of private equity firm Novacap, acquired AdTheorent Holding Company, Inc. for $3.21 per share in an all-cash transaction valuing AdTheorent at approximately $324 million. The deal (announced April 1, 2024 and closed June 21, 2024) brings AdTheorent's machine-learning–driven programmatic advertising capabilities into Cadent's converged TV and omnichannel advertising platform to create an expanded audience activation offering.

Alliance Entertainment to Become an NYSE American Public Company via Business Combination with Adara Acquisition Corp in $480 Million Transaction

June 23, 2022

Retail

Adara Acquisition Corp. (a SPAC) signed a definitive agreement to combine with Alliance Entertainment Holding Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately $480 million pro forma. The combined company is expected to list on NYSE American under the ticker symbol “AENT,” with Alliance’s leadership (Bruce Ogilvie and Jeff Walker) continuing to lead the business.

Novacap Acquires Cadent, LLC

August 9, 2023

Media & Entertainment

Novacap has acquired Cadent, LLC, a New York–based provider of converged TV advertising platform solutions, from funds managed by Lee Equity Partners. The transaction will see Novacap partner with Cadent’s management to accelerate growth and expand the company’s converged TV and audience-targeting capabilities across CTV, traditional TV and digital inventory.

Aware Ads Acquires the Assets of AppThis

May 30, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

Aware Ads, a Toronto-based online marketing company, has acquired the assets of AppThis, a Denver-based mobile technology company focused on app discovery, user acquisition and mobile monetization. The asset purchase gives Aware Ads AppThis's programmatic optimization technology, real-time bidding platform, self-serve advertiser UI and machine learning engine to expand its mobile ad capabilities and global reach.

Cepton Technologies Completes Business Combination with Growth Capital Acquisition Corp.

February 10, 2022

Automotive

Cepton Technologies and Growth Capital Acquisition Corp. completed their previously announced business combination, with the combined company renamed Cepton, Inc. The deal takes Cepton public (Nasdaq: CPTN / CPTNW) to provide capital and support scaling of its lidar solutions for automotive ADAS, smart cities and industrial applications.

Roivant Sciences to Take Public via Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp (MAAC) Business Combination

May 3, 2021

Healthcare Services

Roivant Sciences and Montes Archimedes Acquisition Corp. (MAAC) entered into a definitive business combination agreement to combine and create a publicly traded biopharma and health technology leader. The deal includes up to $611 million of gross proceeds, comprising $411 million held in MAAC’s trust and a concurrent $200 million PIPE, and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2021.