Month: January 2017

AdExchanger
JEGI Co-President Tolman Geffs moderated a panel at AdExchanger’s Industry Preview conference on January 19 in NYC, discussing how PE investment has come through as a source of financial stability in marketing tech innovation. Watch the video of the panel session.

Clarity
In our partner Clarity’s report this month they examine the dynamics and drivers of China’s M&A activity in 2016 and discuss their views as to what shape this might take going forward.

SIIA
While the number of mergers and acquisitions in the B2B Media & Technology space dipped 5 percent to 88 in 2016, the value of those deals soared 427 percent to $32.9 billion, thanks to a few key blockbuster deals, according to JEGI’s M&A Report.

AdExchanger
Despite predictions that winter is coming to ad tech, deal activity for the ad tech, mar tech and digital media sectors was tentatively healthy in 2016. JEGI reported deal activity at roughly $219 billion.

MediaPost
Two agency holding companies — Dentsu and WPP Group — were the most active in mergers/acquisitions among media/communications/technology companies in 2016. Both companies made 70 transactions — Dentsu (37) and WPP Group (33), according to JEGI.

AdExchanger
Ad tech mergers and acquisitions has been a roller coaster in recent years, and 2016 certainly didn’t let up. JEGI Co-President Tolman Geffs speaks with AdExchanger about what we have seen and what we can expect in ad tech M&A.

PE HUB
A consortium of Chinese investors led by Cultural Investment Holdings has acquired a majority stake in London-based Framestore, a provider of VFX and CG content. JEGI and Clarity advised Framestore on the transaction.