Springshare Acquires Patron Point

Vector Capital Acquires Patron Technology

September 24, 2020

Cloud & SaaS

Vector Capital announced a majority investment in Patron Technology, a provider of ticketing and event technology for live, virtual and hybrid events. The private equity firm said the investment will support Patron's pivot to virtual/hybrid event capabilities, strengthen its product suite and back the existing management team through COVID-related market disruption.

Patron Technology Acquires Fan Interactive Marketing

January 11, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Patron Technology, the Pittsburgh-based event technology platform, has acquired Fan Interactive Marketing, a data-driven fan engagement and marketing services specialist. The deal (terms undisclosed) brings Fan Interactive's CRM, email marketing and digital advertising capabilities into Patron's ticketing and fan-engagement platform to strengthen marketing and data consolidation capabilities for live entertainment clients.

Springshare Acquires CareerShift from Student Playbook LLC

October 31, 2024

Education

Springshare, the Miami-based EdTech SaaS provider for libraries and educational institutions, has acquired CareerShift, a job-search and career-research software platform, from Student Playbook LLC. CareerShift will operate as an independent brand under Springshare, which plans to invest resources to expand the platform's reach across colleges, universities, and public libraries.

Aquiline Capital Partners Takes Majority Stake in SurePoint Technologies

June 2, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

Aquiline Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in SurePoint Technologies, a cloud provider of practice management and financial software for law firms. Existing investor ParkerGale Capital rolled a portion of its equity and will remain a minority owner; the investment is intended to accelerate product development and platform capabilities for law firm clients.

Electronic Servitor Publication Network Acquires Pointward Inc.

November 9, 2023

Cloud & SaaS

Electronic Servitor Publication Network, Inc. (XESP) has merged with Pointward Inc., a Delaware intellectual property holding company that owns channel activation and customer engagement technology. The acquisition gives XESP access to Pointward’s audience-segmentation and one-to-one engagement IP to expand XESP’s Digital Engagement Engine and better serve both regulated and unregulated B2B markets.

Dynata Acquires Sharpr to Extend Insights Platform

August 11, 2020

Data & Analytics

Dynata has acquired Sharpr, an AI-powered knowledge management and content syndication platform, and will integrate Sharpr’s capabilities into the Dynata Insights Platform to enable better discovery, sharing and publishing of research across organizations. The acquisition expands Dynata’s data and insights offering by adding market and competitive intelligence, searchable insight repositories and custom publishing tools to its platform.