OceanSound Partners and Energy Impact Partners Acquire Message Broadcast from LINK Mobility

Message Broadcast Acquires West's Utilities Business

November 21, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Message Broadcast, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners and Energy Impact Partners (EIP), has acquired the utilities business from West Technology Group’s CX360 division ("West Utilities"). The add-on expands Message Broadcast’s cloud-based customer engagement platform with West Utilities’ high-volume IVR and outage notification capabilities used by over 40 U.S. and Canadian utilities; terms were not disclosed.

Message Broadcast Acquires AGENT511

September 26, 2024

Software

Message Broadcast, a portfolio company of OceanSound Partners and Energy Impact Partners, has acquired AGENT511, a Northbrook, Illinois-based provider of customer and constituent engagement solutions for utilities and local governments. The undisclosed deal expands Message Broadcast’s utility-focused product suite and strengthens its position as a leading provider of customer engagement software for electric utilities and other regulated industries.

Bison Capital Makes Growth Recapitalization Investment in Ocean Media

June 27, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Bison Capital (Bison Capital Partners V, LP) completed a growth recapitalization investment in Ocean Media LLC, a Huntington Beach-based provider of data- and technology-driven media planning, buying and analytics services. Ocean Media management (including CEO Jay Langan and COO Ron Leubbert) retained significant ownership and will remain in their current roles.

Empower Media and Ocean Media Merge to Form Empower Ocean Media Group

September 2, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Independent agencies Empower Media and Ocean Media have merged to create Empower Ocean Media Group, becoming the second-largest independent media agency group in the U.S. The combined business will manage approximately $1.5 billion in media billings, centralize technology and procurement, and operate with ~400 professionals across New York, Los Angeles and Chicago to deliver expanded media-buying scale and data-driven capabilities.

Infinity Capital Partners Acquires Soundlink Partners

May 15, 2025

Financial Services

Infinity Capital Partners has acquired Soundlink Partners, a boutique investment firm focused on healthcare and biotech investment strategies. The deal expands Infinity's sector-specific capabilities in healthcare and biotech and combines the teams to pursue new product development, co-investments, and broader distribution across Infinity's platform.

Livingbridge Acquires Imagesound from ECI Partners

September 5, 2022

Media & Entertainment

Livingbridge has acquired Imagesound from ECI Partners in a buyout of the tech-enabled digital media services company. Livingbridge said the investment will support Imagesound’s international expansion and an ongoing buy-and-build strategy to drive further organic and acquisitive growth.