TMP Worldwide Acquires CKR Interactive

Kohlberg Acquires Majority Stake in Worldwide Clinical Trials

August 7, 2023

Healthcare Services

An affiliate of Kohlberg & Company agreed to acquire a majority stake in Worldwide Clinical Trials, a global contract research organization (CRO) headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The transaction is a recapitalization in which prior investor TJC, L.P. retains a meaningful minority equity stake; terms were not disclosed. Kohlberg will partner with Worldwide's management (Matt Jennings to become chairman) to support continued growth of the company's clinical trial and bioanalytical capabilities.

The Marketing Practice Acquires Campaign Stars

April 27, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

The Marketing Practice (TMP), a Horizon Capital-backed B2B marketing agency, has acquired ABX specialist Campaign Stars to strengthen its account-based experience (ABX) capabilities and further expand its US presence. The deal is an add-on acquisition to TMP’s growing platform as it scales its productised, on-demand ABX offering for technology clients.

The Marketing Practice Acquires Kingpin Communications

September 9, 2021

Marketing & Advertising

The Marketing Practice (TMP), backed by private equity firm Horizon Capital, has acquired Kingpin Communications to expand its B2B marketing growth platform. The deal brings Kingpin's media, data and audience-insight capabilities into TMP's ABM, demand-generation and digital experience offering as TMP continues to roll up specialist B2B agencies.

TMP Worldwide Acquires London Social Media Firm Carve

October 15, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

TMP Worldwide has acquired London-based social media firm Carve to expand its social capabilities and integrate Carve's analytics and social strategy offerings with TMP's TalentBrew recruitment marketing platform. Carve will continue to operate under CEO Paul Harrison and leverage TMP's global network to scale its services.

TMP Worldwide Acquires Maximum

October 3, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

TMP Worldwide, a Gemspring Capital-backed talent acquisition technology company, acquired Maximum, a Netherlands-based recruitment marketing technology firm, to enhance its technology and product marketing capabilities and strengthen its European presence. Maximum will continue to operate under its current leadership (Managing Director Mark van Buuren) as a TMP Worldwide company.

TMP Worldwide Acquires Perengo

July 16, 2019

Cloud & SaaS

TMP Worldwide has acquired Perengo, a programmatic, AI-driven recruitment platform founded in 2015. The deal integrates Perengo's programmatic recruitment/ad-tech capabilities into TMP's TalentBrew platform to deliver automated, multi-channel candidate acquisition and improved recruitment efficiency for enterprise clients.