Category: News

M&C Saatchi doubles money in £25m sale of Blue 449 stake to Publicis Groupe

Campaign comments on the sale of the remaining 24.9% of Blue 449 to Publicis.

Keystone Capital Acquires MERGE

ZRG Partners Secures New Capital to Accelerate Growth and Expansion

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

EagleTree Capital Acquires Leading Independent Visual Effects Studio, FuseFX

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.

MarketCast Buys Sports Specialist Turnkey

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 CLARITY represented MarketCast Group in the transaction.

Gartner Sells Two Firms

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 CLARITY represented Gartner in both transactions.

LDC Invests in FC Business Intelligence

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.

ThinkHR Racks Up Investment From Guidepost Growth Equity

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 CLARITY represented ThinkHR on the transaction.

Media M&A Forecast To Hit Well Over $140 Billion

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 CLARITY, which counted 950 transactions during the first half of 2018.

Sorrell’s S4 Capital Snaps Up MediaMonks, Its First Agency Acquisition

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.