SmartBug Media Acquires Worth eCommerce

American Discovery Capital-backed SmartBug Media Acquires Globalia, Inc.

October 25, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

SmartBug Media, a digital agency backed by American Discovery Capital, acquired Canadian HubSpot and Shopify partner Globalia, Inc., adding 90 technical HubSpot experts and creating a combined team of more than 300. The deal broadens SmartBug's technical systems-integration and e-commerce capabilities, expands its international and French‑language coverage, and strengthens its position as a top global HubSpot partner.

Emotive.io Acquires Bloom Digital

May 19, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

Emotive.io, an all-in-one growth platform for eCommerce brands, has acquired Bloom Digital, a digital marketing agency specializing in SMS, email and paid advertising. The acquisition expands Emotive's services (now branded Emotive Services) and enables the launch of Emotive Attribution to provide unified, first-party attribution for merchants.

SmartBug Media Acquires Chair 10 Marketing

May 17, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

SmartBug Media has acquired Chair 10 Marketing, a Seattle-based performance marketing agency and Google Premier Partner, to deepen its paid media, paid social and local SEO capabilities. The acquisition expands SmartBug's B2C and multi-location franchise expertise and integrates Chair 10's recurring paid-media services into SmartBug's broader inbound, e-commerce and revenue operations offerings.

BrandWell Acquires Content Hacker

January 1, 2023

Marketing & Advertising

BrandWell (formerly Content at Scale) has completed the full acquisition of the Content Hacker brand, integrating Content Hacker's content strategy, training and community offerings into BrandWell’s AI-driven content platform. The deal brings Content Hacker founder Julia McCoy and her team into BrandWell to expand the company’s content strategy, creation, and optimization capabilities.

Wunderkind Acquires SmarterHQ

November 17, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Wunderkind (formerly BounceX) has acquired SmarterHQ, an advanced segmentation and orchestration engine for enterprise eCommerce, to accelerate product development and deepen Wunderkind's email and SMS personalization capabilities. The deal will integrate SmarterHQ's segmentation technology into Wunderkind's SMS platform to drive higher revenue for enterprise retailers and expand capabilities into travel and finance verticals.

American Discovery Capital Makes Strategic Growth Investment in SmartBug Media

February 20, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

American Discovery Capital (ADC) made a strategic growth investment in SmartBug Media, a leading inbound digital marketing agency and HubSpot partner. The investment will support SmartBug’s capability and team expansion, new growth channels, and continued delivery of its recurring, retainer-based services.