Resident Acquires BLACE

Sonance Acquires Denmark-based Blaze Audio

May 20, 2025

Manufacturing

Sonance, a San Clemente-based leader in architectural audio, has acquired Copenhagen-based Blaze Audio to expand its professional audio product portfolio and strengthen its global presence in hospitality, retail, and corporate markets. The acquisition secures Blaze Audio's amplifier and sound reinforcement product lines, including the PowerZone Connect series and PowerZone Control DSP platform, and establishes a partnership with Blaze's parent company, Pascal A/S.

LDC Makes Growth Investment in Blis

June 21, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

LDC has made a growth investment in Blis, the London-based programmatic advertising and location-data platform, to support international expansion, product development and a planned headcount increase. The investment backs the existing management team led by CEO Greg Isbister and will see LDC representatives join Blis's board.

Ashley Home (Ashley Global Retail) Acquires Resident Home (Nectar, DreamCloud)

March 7, 2024

Consumer Products

Ashley Home, an affiliate of Ashley Global Retail, has acquired Resident Home, the owner of mattress brands including Nectar, DreamCloud, Awara and Siena. The Resident co-founders Eric Hutchinson and Ran Reske will remain in their roles; the deal is intended to expand Ashley's presence in the mattress sector and broaden Resident's home furnishings assortment and global footprint.

MERGE Acquires Blazer

June 2, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

MERGE, a marketing and technology agency, has acquired Blazer (formerly Brooks Bell), a strategic consulting firm, to expand its consulting, data analytics, and early-stage strategy capabilities. The acquisition enables MERGE to offer integrated, insight-led solutions across consumer, health, and financial services clients; terms were not disclosed.

BLAZE Acquires Tymber E‑commerce Platform

January 11, 2023

Software

BLAZE, a cannabis retail POS and software provider, has acquired Tymber, an e‑commerce platform built for cannabis retailers. The acquisition will integrate Tymber's online shopping, SEO and marketing tools into BLAZE's ecosystem to expand e‑commerce capabilities for dispensaries and delivery services across North America.

LightBox Acquires Revere

January 16, 2025

Real Estate

On January 16, 2025, LightBox acquired Revere to strengthen its commercial real estate (CRE) capital markets offerings by integrating Revere’s networking and deal-execution platform with LightBox’s Real Capital Markets (RCM) product. The combined capabilities will be used to build an enhanced solution (LightBox Live) to better connect brokers, investors, lenders and other CRE market participants; customers of both platforms will continue to receive existing service and support.