Tracked deals
5
5 tracked deals across 2020-2023.
Columbia, Maryland, United States
Merkle (a dentsu company) powers the experience economy—delivering end-to-end customer experience (CX) and commerce transformation using data science and business performance, including digital marketing, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management.
Tracked deals
5
5 tracked deals across 2020-2023.
Recent pace
0
0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.
Deal mix
Buyout
5 buyout
Last 3 years
Supporting Data
Merkle, a dentsu company, has acquired Shift7 Digital, a Salesforce B2B commerce and digital experience consultancy previously backed by RLH Equity Partners and Salesforce Ventures. The acquisition strengthens Merkle's Experience & Commerce practice by adding Shift7's B2B Salesforce multi-cloud capabilities and expertise serving manufacturers and distributors.
Dentsu Group has agreed to acquire Pexlify, a UK & Ireland-based Salesforce consultancy, which will join Merkle to strengthen its Salesforce implementation and CXM capabilities. The acquisition adds roughly 150 employees and expands Merkle's Salesforce services across the UK, Ireland and other European locations, enhancing Sales, Service and Experience Cloud offerings.
Merkle, a Dentsu Aegis Network agency, has acquired Water Cooler Group’s Media Storm, a media planning and buying agency known for its data & analytics and programmatic trading capabilities. Media Storm, based in Norwalk, Connecticut and formerly a portfolio company of TZP Group, will continue to be led by founder Craig Woerz following the transaction.
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired Digital Pi, a Dallas-based B2B digital marketing and marketing-automation consulting agency. Digital Pi will join Merkle to expand Merkle's B2B capabilities, particularly in Adobe Marketo/marketing automation and campaign operations; Digital Pi's ~50 employees will integrate into Merkle's B2B group.
Dentsu Aegis Network has acquired 4Cite Marketing, which will join Merkle to bolster Merkle's identity and people-based marketing capabilities. The deal brings 4Cite's people-based identification technology and first-party consumer data network — and roughly 50 employees located in Albany, New York and Peterborough, New Hampshire — into Merkle's platform to strengthen identity resolution and addressable media offerings.
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