The Harris Poll (Stagwell) Acquires BERA

Statara Solutions Merges with American Strategies and Real Strategies

January 23, 2025

Data & Analytics

Statara Solutions announced a merger with American Strategies and Real Strategies to create a unified, data-driven organization offering integrated opinion research, advocacy, analytics and media buying across public affairs, nonprofit, higher education, real estate and regulated sectors. The combined organization will operate under the Statara Solutions brand and expand the company's capabilities in polling, data enrichment, modeling and media buying.

Ridgemont Equity Partners Acquires Strata Information Group; SIG Acquires BHA Technologies

January 22, 2025

IT Services

Ridgemont Equity Partners has led a majority investment in Strata Information Group (SIG), a San Diego-based provider of managed IT services to higher education, with Fort Point Capital noted as a selling/minority investor across releases. Immediately following the closing, SIG acquired BHA Technologies, an Ellucian-focused higher education services partner, to expand its Ellucian-related service capabilities.

Stagwell Acquires Epicenter Experience

October 19, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Stagwell has acquired Epicenter Experience, a location-based consumer behavior platform that maps and sequences consumer visits using mobile and location data. Epicenter will join the Stagwell Marketing Cloud to expand the company's data, insights and martech capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Stagwell Acquires Apollo Program, AI-Powered SaaS Platform

July 18, 2022

Cloud & SaaS

Stagwell has acquired Apollo Program, a real-time AI-powered SaaS platform that delivers consumer, creative and contextual insights for marketers. Apollo will be integrated into Stagwell’s Marketing Cloud and its CUE data and insights unification tool to expand the company’s martech capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

Beringer Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Benzinga

October 25, 2021

Media & Entertainment

Beringer Capital, a North American private equity firm, acquired a majority stake in Detroit-based financial media and analytics platform Benzinga, valuing the company at approximately $300 million. Benzinga founder Jason Raznick will retain a significant ownership stake and continue to lead the business as Beringer supports growth via expanded content verticals, product improvements and deeper B2B partnerships.

PeakEquity Partners Leads Growth Investment in BERA Brand Management

January 29, 2020

Software

PeakEquity Partners led a growth investment in New York-based BERA Brand Management, with participation from brand executive Jim Stengel and his research arm, Stengel Analytics. The capital will be used to scale BERA’s brand intelligence SaaS platform, grow the team, and expand the company’s global presence.