Marketing & Advertising Acquisitions in New Jersey

Fingerpaint Group has acquired L&M Healthcare Communications, a New Jersey–based medical communications agency that serves biotech and pharmaceutical clients. The acquisition expands Fingerpaint Medical's medical communications and medical affairs capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

Spectrum Science has acquired Return on Focus, a strategic marketing consultancy that provides evidence-based brand positioning and strategic services to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The acquisition strengthens Spectrum’s strategic and commercial capabilities—bringing Return on Focus’ data-driven positioning expertise into Spectrum’s integrated healthcare marketing platform; Dan Reinhardt and Abby Manning will continue to lead the ROF team.

Deerfield Group has acquired Triple Threat Communications (TTC), a New Jersey–based healthcare strategic marketing and communications agency. The deal expands Deerfield's strategy, creative, digital and medical communications capabilities and brings TTC owner Tim Frank into Deerfield's executive leadership to support growth across pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences clients.

BRANDITO, a Richmond-based marketing services platform, has acquired Inkwell Global Marketing, a full-service promotional merchandise agency headquartered in Manalapan, New Jersey. The deal expands BRANDITO's promotional products capabilities and deepens its presence in the Northeast; Inkwell's CEO will remain in an advisory role and its Manalapan office and distribution center will continue operations. This is BRANDITO's second acquisition since receiving a strategic growth investment from Monroe Street Partners in August 2023.

New Jersey-based branding agency KickCharge Creative has acquired Levergy, a digital marketing agency that serves home service businesses. The deal brings Levergy's SEO, PPC, web design and other digital capabilities into KickCharge's branding platform to offer an integrated branding and digital marketing solution for trades and home-service clients.

RF|Binder has acquired Taft Communications, bringing the 40-year integrated communications firm into RF|Binder’s platform to expand its Purpose, Energy & Sustainability, and Health & Wellness capabilities. TobinLeff acted as M&A advisor to Taft on the transaction; Taft will operate as a division and hub for RF|Binder’s expanded Purpose practice.

Bensussen Deutsch & Associates (BDA), a Woodinville-based global merchandise agency, has acquired Piscataway, New Jersey–based promotional-products and software company SwagUp. The deal adds SwagUp's SaaS-powered ordering and fulfillment platform to BDA's offerings, strengthening BDA's technology-enabled branded merchandise capabilities and expanding its enterprise service suite.

Seattle-based creative experience agency DCG ONE has acquired Cirangle Design, a boutique direct marketing agency based in New Jersey. The deal expands DCG ONE's direct marketing and direct-mail design capabilities to support its enterprise client base.

Deerfield Agency (part of Deerfield Group) has acquired Embedded, a New Jersey-based healthcare marketing and advertising firm, and folded it together with Verge Scientific Communications under the Deerfield Group brand. The deal brings Embedded’s brand strategy, planning, and creative capabilities into Deerfield’s integrated life‑sciences marketing platform, with Embedded principals joining Deerfield Group’s leadership team.

Sentinel Capital Partners has acquired Market Performance Group (MPG), a leading omnichannel commerce agency serving consumer packaged goods companies, from Insignia Capital Group. Terms were not disclosed; Insignia has made a new minority investment alongside Sentinel. MPG, headquartered in Holmdel, New Jersey, has grown to roughly 440–450 employees and provides omnichannel strategy, analytics, and outsourced commerce services to large and midsized CPG clients.

The Riverside Company, a global private equity firm, has completed an investment in the parent company of Impact XM, a full-service experiential marketing and event production agency. Riverside said the partnership will accelerate Impact XM’s domestic and international growth and expand its capabilities across live events, corporate activations and brand experiences.

MikeWorldWide (MWW), an independent global PR agency, has acquired MRB Public Relations, a boutique technology-focused public relations firm. The move brings MRB founder Michael Becce and key staff into MWW’s growing global tech practice to expand MWW’s technology and cybersecurity communications capabilities.

The Mixx, a certified-diverse strategic creative agency based in New York City, has acquired Captain Creative Group, a certified-diverse experiential, production, and communications agency. The merger brings Captain Creative's experiential and production capabilities into The Mixx to expand services, improve operational efficiency, and better serve enterprise clients across life sciences, technology, and consumer markets.

Capital For Business (CFB), a St. Louis-based SBIC private investment firm, completed a control investment in Innvoke, LLC, a Cranbury, New Jersey-based marketing and commercial printing company. Affiliates of CFB and Independent Bankers Capital Fund (IBCF) provided subordinated debt and equity; founder David Kovacs moved to a board role and co-investor status while Jay Ziegler joined as President. The investment is intended to support growth and build out a nationwide commercial printing services provider.

PX, a New York-based lead quantification and customer acquisition platform, has acquired Edufficient, an education-focused digital marketing agency. The acquisition expands PX’s reach into the education vertical (colleges, universities, boot camps and short-term programs) and adds Edufficient’s digital marketing and inquiry management capabilities to PX’s platform; financial terms were not disclosed.

Seaport Capital has made a growth investment in Pearl Media, a Montclair, New Jersey-based out-of-home advertising company. Stellus Capital Management acted as administrative agent and provided senior debt financing in support of Seaport’s investment to help fund Pearl's next phase of growth.

Medical Knowledge Group LLC has acquired Sound Healthcare Communications, a full-service healthcare communications agency founded in 2014. The acquisition expands MKG’s drug-commercialization capabilities by adding Sound’s HCP and patient marketing expertise to MKG’s data-analytics, medical communications, market research, and market access services.

Fingerpaint Marketing, a Knox Lane–backed healthcare marketing agency, has acquired Emcay, a multicultural pharmaceutical marketing agency, and created Fingerpaint Multicultural to centralize Pharmacultural capabilities. Steve Millerman, former president of Emcay, will lead the new specialty offering reporting to Fingerpaint's head of marketing.

Abry Partners has made a significant growth investment in What If Media Group, a Fort Lee, New Jersey-based AI-driven performance marketing and customer acquisition platform. The company’s founders and management will remain in place to partner with Abry as What If scales its first-party, cookieless media offerings; financing for the transaction was provided by Capital One, Truist, and Fifth Third, with Canaccord Genuity advising What If Media.

Snow Peak Capital, a Boulder-based private equity firm, made a majority investment in Sandy Alexander, a multi-channel marketing communications and commercial printing company headquartered in New Jersey, partnering with Sandy Alexander's management team and other previous owners. Global Endowment Management co-invested and PNC Bank provided debt financing; Snow Peak said it will support Sandy Alexander's growth through investments, operational support and M&A.

Quartile acquired the complete book of business of Boutique Seller, an Amazon advertising agency, in an undisclosed agreement and will transition Boutique Seller's clients to Quartile's ad management platform. Boutique Seller operates offices in the United States and Israel and has served 250+ Amazon sellers; the deal expands Quartile's client base and cross-channel advertising capabilities.

Omnicom Health Group, part of Omnicom Group Inc., has acquired Propeller, a digitally-native omnichannel healthcare marketing agency founded by Charles Flax. The acquisition is intended to deepen OHG's omnichannel and data-driven healthcare marketing capabilities and expand Propeller's reach through Omnicom's network and data platform.

MeritB2B, a Mountaingate Capital–backed provider of B2B data and performance marketing solutions, has acquired True Influence, a leader in B2B buyer intent data, ABM and demand generation technology. The acquisition (an add-on to the MeritB2B platform) combines data, analytics and AI-driven intent capabilities to create a full-funnel B2B marketing solutions provider and expands the combined organization's capabilities and global reach.

Neptune Retail Solutions (NRS) acquired RevTrax, an offer-management and promotions marketing platform, with RevTrax’s founding leadership joining NRS’s executive team to accelerate integration. The deal aims to combine RevTrax’s AI-driven Offer Management Platform and first‑party data capabilities with NRS’s in‑store network and shopper data to expand personalization, fraud prevention and omnichannel promotional capabilities at scale.

Global Response Partners (GRP Ads) has acquired Path56 Media, a performance-based marketing agency focused on online education. The acquisition expands GRP's capabilities and strengthens its presence in the online education vertical by adding Path56's CRM, email, telemarketing and publisher relationships.

Consolidated Marketing Services (CMS) has acquired award-winning promotional merchandise agency Progressive Promotions. Progressive will retain its Englewood, New Jersey office and personnel and will operate as "Progressive Promotions, powered by Consolidated Marketing Services," expanding CMS's e-commerce, design, print management and fulfillment capabilities.

Insignia Capital Group completed an equity investment in Market Performance Group (MPG), a Princeton Junction-based omnichannel commerce and sales strategy provider for CPG brands. The investment will fund MPG’s organic growth and support acquisition-driven expansion while the existing leadership team remains in place to continue operations.

Porch Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRCH) acquired V12, a provider of purchase-intent data and marketing services, to combine V12's mover database and buyer-intent signals with Porch's pre-move and home-related data assets. The deal is intended to enhance Porch's data and marketing product offerings for brands and home-service providers and accelerate new-mover marketing solutions.

Knox Lane, a San Francisco-based middle-market investment firm, has made a strategic growth investment in Fingerpaint, a full-service health and wellness marketing agency. Financial terms were not disclosed; Fingerpaint founder Ed Mitzen and the existing management team remain significant investors and will continue to lead the company as it pursues growth and capability expansion across its healthcare-focused marketing, analytics and market-access services.

Surfside Solutions Inc. has acquired the software, technology and intellectual property for the Good Harvest Co audience platform from Garden State Digital, LLC, expanding Surfside's shopper marketing and cannabis audience capabilities. As part of the asset purchase, Good Harvest founder Eric Meth will join Surfside as Chief Strategy Officer to help integrate and grow the cannabis-focused audience solutions.

Ruder Finn has acquired SPI Group, a Fairfield, New Jersey-based corporate communications agency that specializes in employee/internal communications, digital storytelling and web/application development. The acquisition adds SPI Group's ~30 employees to Ruder Finn and strengthens Ruder Finn’s internal communications, technical capabilities and healthcare communications offerings.

Gauge Capital has partnered with the owners and management of Schlesinger Global, LLC to recapitalize the market research firm. The investment will support Schlesinger's growth, expansion of capabilities, innovation and talent acquisition while Gauge partners join the company's board.

AGI Partners LLC made an additional investment in its portfolio company Aura XM as Aura XM merged with Impact Unlimited to launch the new global experiential marketing agency, Impact XM, headquartered in New Jersey. The transaction is intended to expand the combined company's operational, creative and digital engagement capabilities and strengthen its global footprint across event, trade show and activation channels. Terms were not disclosed.

Nexstar Broadcasting Group acquired 100% of Yashi, Inc., a location-focused online video demand-side platform, for $33.0 million in an accretive transaction announced February 2015. The purchase expands and diversifies Nexstar's digital media and programmatic video advertising capabilities, combining Yashi's targeting technology with Nexstar's local sales footprint.