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Capacity Acquires Textel

January 19, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Capacity, an AI-powered support automation platform, acquired Textel, a cloud-based business texting platform, to add AI-enabled two-way SMS capabilities to its product suite. Textel will operate as a subsidiary and remain headquartered in St. Louis, with the terms of the transaction kept confidential.

Constant Contact Acquires Txtify Technologies' Business

October 10, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Constant Contact has acquired the business of Txtify Technologies to add mobile-first lead generation microsites and survey capabilities to its marketing platform. The acquisition expands Constant Contact's ability to help small businesses convert social media engagement into owned contacts and revenue; Txtify co-founders John Stewart and Eric Dewhirst will join Constant Contact to lead integration of the technology.

LiveVox Acquires Teckst

December 10, 2019

Software

LiveVox, the San Francisco-based provider of cloud omnichannel customer engagement and contact center software, has acquired Teckst, a New York–based enterprise messaging platform. The acquisition adds real-time, two-way messaging (SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Viber) capabilities to LiveVox’s U-Series omnichannel engagement suite to expand its digital messaging and omnichannel customer engagement functionality.

Automattic Acquires Texts.com

October 25, 2023

Software

Automattic has acquired Texts.com, a desktop-first messaging app that consolidates conversations from platforms like iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, LinkedIn, Slack and Discord into a single, encrypted inbox. The acquisition expands Automattic’s consumer product portfolio into messaging and adds AI features (message summarization, drafting, translation) while the Texts.com team works on a mobile rollout.

Blackthorn.io Acquires Textey.io

November 18, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Blackthorn.io has acquired Textey.io, a Salesforce AppExchange SMS solutions provider, to add native SMS messaging and Paylink capabilities to its event management and payments suite. The deal expands Blackthorn.io's engagement channels—enabling SMS-based payment links, improved event attendance and donation engagement—and integrates Textey's Salesforce-native SMS functionality into Blackthorn's product stack.

Subsplash Acquires Pulpit AI

December 2, 2024

Cloud & SaaS

Subsplash has acquired Pulpit AI and integrated the AI-powered sermon content platform into the Subsplash engagement platform. The deal adds AI-driven content creation capabilities to Subsplash’s mobile SaaS tools for churches, enabling automatic generation of social clips, study guides, newsletters and other repurposed sermon content.