Year: 2018

Cision
MERGE, a marketing and technology services agency with more than 270 employees across offices in Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta, was acquired by Keystone Capital. JEGI advised MERGE on this transaction.

PE HUB
Keystone Capital Inc said that it acquired MERGE. MERGE, of Chicago, is an integrated agency combining strategy, creativity and technology to address clients’ business challenges and customer engagement needs. MERGE was advised by JEGI.

BusinessWire
ZRG Partners, one of the fastest growing global executive search firms, announced that it has completed a recapitalization with RFE Investment Partners. JEGI represented ZRG Partners in this transaction.

Associated Press
EagleTree Capital acquired a majority stake in FuseFX, one of the leading independent visual effects studios providing services for episodic television, feature films, commercials, and VR productions.

Hollywood Reporter
EagleTree Capital, the New York-based private equity and investment firm, has acquired a majority stake in FuseFX, the independent visual effects studio with facilities in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver.

PE HUB
MarketCast Group, a global leader in the consumer insights industry, announces today that it has acquired Turnkey Intelligence, a preeminent sports research and advisory firm.

MRWeb
Los Angeles-based consumer insights firm MarketCast Group has acquired sports research and advisory firm Turnkey Intelligence, from Turnkey Sports & Entertainment. NYC-based investment bank JEGI represented MarketCast Group in the transaction.

MRWeb
Gartner has sold two of its businesses: learning and development analytics firm Metrics That Matter (MTM) to ‘Learning Journey Analytics’ solutions firm Explorance, and CEB Challenger sales training to investor Marlin Equity Partners. NYC-based investment bank JEGI represented Gartner in both transactions.

Private Equity Wire
Mid-market private equity investor LDC has backed the management buyout of global events company FC Business Intelligence (FCBI). FCBI was advised by JEGI | CLARITY and CMS.

PE HUB
Pleasanton, California-based ThinkHR, a provider of HR knowledge software and services, has raised $67.5 million in funding. The investor was Guidepost Growth Equity. JEGI represented ThinkHR on the transaction.

MediaPost
It’s only July, but mergers and acquisitions in the media, information, marketing, software and tech-enabled services sectors are on track to surpass 2016 and 2017 full-year levels. That’s according to JEGI, which counted 950 transactions during the first half of 2018.

AdExchanger
Martin Sorrell’s new holding company, S4 Capital, just snatched Dutch digital production agency MediaMonks from the clutches of his former team. JEGI | CLARITY advised on the sale.