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Verndale Acquires Vaan Group

January 8, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

Verndale has acquired Vaan Group, a Shopify Platinum design and technology agency, to establish a dedicated D2C commerce practice and deepen its Shopify design, build, and optimization capabilities. The deal expands Verndale's ability to deliver end-to-end Shopify storefronts, platform migrations, headless builds, and conversion optimization for DTC, luxury, and lifestyle brands.

Verndale Acquires Amp's Product Experience Division from Advantage Solutions

January 23, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

Verndale, a Boston-based digital experience and technology company, has acquired the Product Experience Division of Amp (part of Advantage Solutions). The deal brings product design, UX, engineering, and digital marketing capabilities into Verndale to enable end-to-end digital product development and broaden its reach into tech, CPG, and healthcare verticals. Canaccord Genuity advised Advantage Solutions; financial terms were not disclosed.

Verndale Acquires Yaksa

March 19, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Verndale, a Boston-based digital experience agency, acquired Montréal-based digital commerce agency Yaksa to strengthen its ecommerce capabilities and expand its market presence in the US and Canada. Yaksa will operate under its brand short-term while integrating into Verndale to deliver expanded end-to-end ecommerce, digital strategy, and implementation services to enterprise and mid-market clients.

Trinity Hunt Partners Makes Majority Investments in Craft and Verndale to Launch Digital CX Platform

February 4, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Trinity Hunt Partners has made majority investments in digital product firm Craft and digital experience agency Verndale to form a full-service digital customer experience (CX) platform. The platform will combine capabilities across strategy, design, technology implementation, and managed services and will pursue growth via organic initiatives and strategic M&A; terms were not disclosed.

FMG Acquires Vestorly to Boost AI-driven Marketing Capabilities

July 27, 2022

Software

FMG, a San Diego-based SaaS marketing platform for financial advisors and insurance agents, has acquired Vestorly, an AI-driven content curation company headquartered in New York. The acquisition expands FMG’s artificial intelligence capabilities and brings Vestorly’s content management engine and client base into FMG’s all-in-one marketing platform to improve personalization and engagement for financial professionals.

Waterfield Technologies Acquires VoxGen

January 27, 2022

AI & Machine Learning

Waterfield Technologies has acquired VoxGen, a UK-based conversational AI bot strategy and design specialist, to expand its conversational AI practice and contact-center capabilities. The deal strengthens Waterfield's ability to serve mid-market to enterprise clients across retail, healthcare, government and other B2C sectors.