Opensend Acquires Fueled.io to Unify and Activate First-Party Customer Data for E-Commerce Brands

FutureFuel.io (Candidly) Acquires College Finance Company

June 15, 2022

Financial Services

FutureFuel.io (now rebranded as Candidly) has acquired College Finance Company, a multi-lender marketplace for education financing, and announced a corporate rebrand to expand from student-debt management into full lifecycle education expense and financial-wellness services. The deal brings College Finance Company's marketplace capabilities into Candidly's AI-driven platform and adds Kevin Walker (College Finance Company co-founder/CEO) to Candidly's leadership as co-founder and president to support growth and product expansion.

Together AI Acquires Refuel.ai

May 15, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Together AI has acquired Refuel.ai, a specialist in transforming unstructured data into high-quality structured datasets and orchestration tools for ML workflows. The acquisition integrates Refuel.ai's Refuel-LLM models and Refuel Cloud orchestration into Together AI's acceleration cloud to improve data preparation, serverless inference, and fine-tuning capabilities for production-grade generative AI applications.

Foursquare Acquires Unfolded

May 20, 2021

Data & Analytics

Foursquare has acquired Unfolded, a geospatial analytics and visualization platform built on open-source technologies like kepler.gl, deck.gl and H3. The deal brings Unfolded's visualization and analytics capabilities together with Foursquare's location and POI data to offer integrated geospatial solutions; Unfolded will continue to operate under its brand with support from Foursquare.

Overfuel Acquires 321 Ignition

September 28, 2023

Software

Indianapolis-based digital retail platform Overfuel has acquired Washington state-based 321 Ignition, a mobile-first car-buying website platform. The acquisition (closed Aug. 17) adds roughly 15 employees and expands Overfuel's customer base to over 100 dealers while supporting faster product development; Overfuel also raised $500,000 in a pre-seed round led by Elevate Ventures to support growth.

Impel Acquires Outsell for More Than $100M to Build End-to-End Automotive AI Platform

June 30, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Impel has acquired Outsell in a transaction valued at over $100 million in cash plus Impel equity, closing in late June. The deal combines Impel's conversational AI and lifecycle management platform with Outsell's customer data and automated outreach capabilities to create an end-to-end AI sales and marketing automation platform serving roughly 8,000 dealerships in 51 countries; Outsell (Minneapolis) will join Impel's board and brings ~170 employees and substantial first-party consumer messaging/data assets.

Experian Acquires Audigent

December 14, 2024

Data & Analytics

Experian has acquired Audigent, a data activation and identity platform, to enhance its marketing data and identity capabilities by adding Audigent's first-party publisher data and sell-side distribution. The deal expands Experian's addressability and audience-targeting tools, building on prior integrations such as Tapad and joint products like SmartPMP and Contextually-Indexed Audiences.