Third Summit Acquires Freelancer Platform Blis
March 9, 2020
Third Summit Corporation has acquired Blis, a San Francisco–area freelance marketplace for creative and production talent, and plans to integrate the startup into its Alteon ecosystem. Blis's founders will join Third Summit and existing Blis users and enterprise clients will be migrated into the new Alteon Community, Alteon Cloud and Alteon Pay offerings slated for launch in spring 2020.
- Buyers
- Third Summit Corporation
- Targets
- Blis
- Industry
- Media & Entertainment
- Location
- California, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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