Mountaingate Capital

• WTWH Media Acquires HealthLeaders

  April 2, 2026

  Buyer

  WTWH Media, Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  HealthLeaders

  Industry

  Media & Entertainment

  Location

  Tennessee, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  WTWH Media, backed by Mountaingate Capital, announced it will acquire HealthLeaders, a media and events platform serving hospital and health system executives. The deal expands WTWH’s healthcare media and events portfolio by combining its post-acute care reach with HealthLeaders’ long-standing hospital leadership audience and flagship Exchange events.

• Mountaingate Capital Acquires UpSwell Marketing

  April 1, 2026

  Buyer

  Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  UpSwell Marketing

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  Georgia, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Mountaingate Capital, a Denver-based private equity firm, announced that it has acquired UpSwell Marketing, a vertically focused, technology-enabled direct response marketing platform. UpSwell provides performance direct mail and digital marketing solutions for location-based services businesses, differentiated by proprietary closed-loop attribution technology.

• Mountaingate Capital Growth Investment in Harvest Group

  March 10, 2026

  Buyer

  Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Harvest Group

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  Arkansas, United States

  Type

  Growth capital

  Harvest Group, an integrated commerce agency serving high-growth consumer brands, announced it welcomed Mountaingate Capital as a financial partner through a growth investment. The funding is intended to accelerate Harvest Group’s expansion of its integrated commerce model and proprietary technology platform while keeping the company’s independent operating structure and leadership team in place.

• Podean Acquires Ad Advance

  February 19, 2026

  Buyer

  Podean, Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Ad Advance

  Seller

  Permanent Equity

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  Minnesota, United States

  Type

  Addon

  Marketplace-focused agency Podean has acquired Ad Advance, a Duluth, Minnesota–based retail media agency, from Permanent Equity. The deal—facilitated by Podean's private equity partner Mountaingate Capital—adds Ad Advance’s Streamline technology and retail-media/DSP capabilities to Podean’s global marketplaces platform and was announced as creating a combined business with ~260 staff across 17 countries.

• Rep Data Acquires ReDem to Deliver End-to-End Survey Data Quality

  February 10, 2026

  Buyer

  Rep Data, Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  ReDem

  Industry

  Data & Analytics

  Location

  Louisiana, United States

  Type

  Addon

  Rep Data, a Mountaingate Capital portfolio company, announced the acquisition of ReDem, an in-survey data quality solution. The deal combines Rep Data’s pre-survey fraud prevention (“Research Defender”) with ReDem’s real-time in-survey response evaluation to detect bots, AI-assisted respondents, and other high-risk behavior across the survey lifecycle.

• Vance Street Capital Acquires Majority Interest in Damotech

  November 13, 2025

  Buyer

  Vance Street Capital, Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Damotech

  Seller

  Mountaingate Capital

  Industry

  Industrial Services

  Location

  Quebec, Canada

  Type

  Buyout

  Vance Street Capital has acquired a majority stake in Damotech, the Boisbriand, Quebec-based provider of warehouse rack safety products, engineering services, and inspection software. Mountaingate Capital sold its majority interest but will reinvest alongside Vance Street, and Damotech management will retain a material ownership position as the buy-side partner supports geographic and product expansion and targeted M&A to accelerate growth.

• Bond (Bond Brand Loyalty) Acquires Armadillo

  November 11, 2025

  Buyer

  Bond (Bond Brand Loyalty), Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Armadillo

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  United Kingdom

  Type

  Addon

  Bond, the customer-intelligence driven engagement company backed by Mountaingate Capital, has acquired UK-based CRM and relationship marketing agency Armadillo. The deal strengthens Bond's CRM, personalization and loyalty capabilities and expands its international footprint across North America and Europe.

• Mountaingate Capital Acquires Walker Sands From Stone-Goff Partners

  October 8, 2025

  Buyer

  Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Walker Sands

  Seller

  Stone-Goff Partners

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Mountaingate Capital completed its acquisition of Walker Sands, an integrated B2B growth services agency, from Stone-Goff Partners. The deal establishes Mountaingate’s second platform investment in Mountaingate Fund III and supports Walker Sands’ next phase of growth, including adding capabilities, expanding internationally, and pursuing buy-and-build.

• Interluxe Group and North & Warren Acquire Quinn

  September 10, 2025

  Buyer

  Interluxe Group, North & Warren, Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Quinn

  Seller

  Quinn, Florence Quinn

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  New York, United States

  Type

  Addon

  Interluxe Group and North & Warren, in partnership and with equity backing from Mountaingate Capital, have acquired Quinn, a luxury-focused strategic communications agency. The deal adds Quinn’s storytelling, earned media, influencer and communications capabilities to the Mountaingate-backed luxury marketing platform to create an integrated end-to-end offering for luxury brands.

• Podean Acquires Commerce Canal with Investment from Mountaingate Capital

  August 19, 2025

  Buyer

  Mountaingate Capital, Podean

  Target

  Commerce Canal

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  New York, United States

  Type

  Addon

  Podean announced the strategic acquisition of Commerce Canal, with equity investment from Mountaingate Capital, combining the two companies into the largest independent global marketplace-focused agency. The combined business will integrate Commerce Canal's Purvey.AI platform with Podean's global marketplace services, creating a buy-and-build platform of more than 200 team members across 17 countries to support high-growth consumer brands.

• Ignite Visibility Acquires Rallio

  May 14, 2025

  Buyer

  Ignite Visibility, Mountaingate Capital

  Target

  Rallio

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  California, United States

  Type

  Buyout

  Ignite Visibility has acquired Rallio, a SaaS platform for social media, listings and reputation management built for franchises and multi-location brands. The acquisition expands Ignite Visibility’s national-to-local technology and service capabilities and is backed by Mountaingate Capital (Ignite’s PE partner), with transaction financing provided by Capital Southwest Corporation.

• Ignite Visibility Acquires Outliant

  April 17, 2025

  Buyer

  Ignite Visibility, Mountaingate Capital, Capital Southwest Corporation

  Target

  Outliant

  Industry

  Marketing & Advertising

  Location

  Texas, United States

  Type

  Addon

  Ignite Visibility, a San Diego-based digital marketing agency backed by Mountaingate Capital, has acquired Outliant, a web development and digital marketing firm that specializes in complex, multi-location clients. The deal expands Ignite Visibility’s technical web development capabilities and grows its team to over 350 professionals; financing was provided by Capital Southwest Corporation.

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