ForwardPMX Acquires Voice & Chat Platform Headliner Labs

ForwardPMX Acquires The Search Agency

December 18, 2019

Marketing & Advertising

ForwardPMX, a Stagwell Group company, has acquired digital marketing firm The Search Agency. The acquisition expands ForwardPMX’s global capabilities and scale—bringing the combined group to more than 25 offices and over 1,000 marketing experts while integrating The Search Agency’s ~200 digital specialists and expertise in paid search, SEO and content.

PMG Acquires Digital Voices

January 6, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

PMG has acquired London- and New York-based influencer marketing agency Digital Voices to expand its global influencer and creator marketing capabilities. Digital Voices—whose team of about 70 employees operates across London, New York and Costa Rica—will bring proprietary tools (Chord and Composer) and creator-led services that will be integrated into PMG’s Alli operating system to strengthen PMG’s full-funnel marketing offering.

Labelium Acquires 1000heads from Phoenix Equity Partners

May 3, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Labelium, a Charterhouse-backed global digital marketing agency, has agreed to acquire social media consultancy 1000heads from Phoenix Equity Partners. The deal adds 1000heads’ social media-led data & analytics, strategy and creative capabilities and strengthens Labelium’s presence across the US, UK, Germany and Australia as part of its growth strategy.

LiveVox Acquires SpeechIQ

January 27, 2020

AI & Machine Learning

LiveVox, a cloud customer engagement platform provider, has acquired SpeechIQ, an AI-driven speech analytics and quality assurance platform headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The acquisition strengthens LiveVox’s workforce optimization (WFO) and speech analytics capabilities, enabling deeper insights from call recordings and improved customer engagement for contact centers.

Red Hat Acquires Chatterbox Labs to Add AI Safety Testing and Guardrails

December 17, 2025

AI & Machine Learning

Red Hat has acquired Chatterbox Labs, a London-based AI safety and security testing firm, to integrate automated model-agnostic safety testing and generative-AI guardrails into the Red Hat AI portfolio. The acquisition expands Red Hat's capabilities for deploying trustworthy, production-grade AI across hybrid cloud environments; financial terms were not disclosed.

8x8, Inc. Acquires Maven Lab to Expand APAC Messaging and CPaaS Capabilities

January 8, 2026

Cloud & SaaS

8x8, Inc. has acquired Maven Lab, a Singapore-based mobile marketing and enterprise messaging provider; financial terms were not disclosed. The deal will integrate Maven Lab's Moobidesk platform into the 8x8 Platform for CX to strengthen 8x8's APAC-native messaging, automation and customer engagement capabilities and support enterprise and public-sector communications at scale.