Redbrick Acquires Animoto

Duolingo Acquires Animade to Expand Motion Design and Creative Capabilities

August 14, 2026

Education

Duolingo has acquired Animade, a London-based animation and motion design studio, to expand Duolingo’s in-house creative capabilities. Animade will join Duolingo’s Design Studio, increasing capacity across motion design, character animation, interactive experiences, and product storytelling. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Webflow Acquires Vidoso.ai to Expand Agentic Web Marketing Platform

March 18, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Webflow announced it has acquired Vidoso.ai, a Bay Area-based multi-modal AI asset generation startup. Webflow said the deal will strengthen its agentic web marketing platform by integrating Vidoso’s AI agents and technology to generate brand-aligned visual and video assets within governed marketing workflows.

Redbrick Acquires Newsletter Advertising Platform Paved

March 11, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Redbrick, a Victoria-based company that builds and operates a portfolio of digital businesses, has acquired Paved, a New York–based newsletter advertising marketplace. Paved connects advertisers and publishers (3,000+ publishers and 253 million subscribers) and will be integrated into Redbrick's portfolio to expand its newsletter advertising and ad-technology capabilities.

Redbrick Acquires Delivra

January 5, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Victoria, British Columbia–based Redbrick has acquired Delivra, an Indianapolis/Carmel, Indiana–based provider of email and marketing automation. The acquisition adds Delivra’s email and SMS marketing capabilities to Redbrick’s portfolio (including Leadpages) to expand its suite of digital marketing and conversion tools for entrepreneurs and SMBs.

Yellowbrick Acquires Animation Mentor

August 24, 2021

Education

Yellowbrick, a New York–based online education platform focused on the Creative Economy, acquired Animation Mentor, a leading online animation school. At the same time Yellowbrick secured an investment from Sony Innovation Fund by IGV to support the company's expansion into film, television and other creative industries.

Redbrick Acquires Leadpages

March 2, 2020

Software

Redbrick, a Victoria, British Columbia-based parent organization of digital companies, has acquired Leadpages, a Minneapolis-based marketing-focused no-code website builder. Leadpages — a subscription-based SaaS with over 40,000 users, roughly $18M USD in annual revenue and a ~40-person team — will operate under Redbrick's portfolio and shared-services model to support further growth.