PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Giant Machines, a leading software engineering and digital solution company based in New York City, on its sale to Deloitte. Since its founding in 2015, Giant Machines has specialized in many aspects of product design and development, including market and user research, product strategy, prototyping, engineering and design, and product management. The company is also focused on shaping the future of engineering talent through inclusive and custom learning experiences. Deloitte’s acquisition of Giant Machines greatly expands its end-to-end digital product strategy and development capabilities.
Transaction Category: Technology Services
Dualboot Partners Received an Investment from Insignia Capital Group
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Dualboot Partners, a leading provider of digital product design and software development services to start-ups and Fortune 500 companies, in securing an investment from Insignia Capital Group. Dualboot leverages a fulsome set of software engineering capabilities delivered by 370+ team members across a unique, decentralized infrastructure of global support centers in Latin America and Eastern Europe. Insignia’s investment will support Dualboot’s global delivery center expansion and will help the company execute strategic acquisitions to strengthen its portfolio of in-demand digital transformation capabilities and services.
Ampush Acquired by Tinuiti, a Portfolio Company of New Mountain Capital
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Ampush, a leading growth marketing agency with a core focus across social platforms that provides end-to-end performance creative and customer acquisition capabilities, on its sale to Tinuiti, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital. Ampush partners with fast-growing e-commerce and subscription commerce brands including Instacart, Blenders Eyewear, and STARZ. The acquisition of Ampush expands and complements Tinuiti’s already industry award-winning paid social capabilities, in addition to now providing clients access to distinctive end-to-end social, creative, and measurement capabilities that leverage data through industry-differentiated technology.
OeP Acquired by Acosta
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to OeP, a best-in-class eCommerce agency providing a 360-degree solution to help brands and manufacturers maximize their sales on Amazon, on its sale to Acosta. OeP helps their customers grow by optimizing content, conducting comprehensive SEO/SEM campaigns, and building powerful brand presences for eCommerce companies. The combination of Acosta and OeP provides clients with an end-to-end suite of digital commerce services that enable them to maximize business on Amazon and key retailer.com platforms.
Raybeam Acquired by Dept, a Portfolio Company of The Carlyle Group
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Raybeam, a software engineering and analytics consulting firm, on its sale to Dept, a global digital agency and a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group. Raybeam develops custom data-centric applications and software to help brands like Google, eBay, SPARC, Herman Miller, Videoamp, and Meta navigate their big data challenges, increase revenue, and optimize costs. With 100+ engineers and consultants across offices in Newburyport, MA, Mountain View, CA and Austin, TX, Raybeam will accelerate its global growth by joining Dept.
Zemoga Acquired by S4 Capital
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Zemoga, a leading Colombia-based digital transformation services firm specializing in nearshore delivery of advanced digital product design and engineering services, on its sale to S4 Capital plc (SFOR.L), the new age/new era digital advertising and marketing services company founded by Sir Martin Sorrell. Founded in 2002, Zemoga has a talented team of nearly 400 technology specialists across delivery centers in the Colombian cities of Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, and Barranquilla whose mission is to help U.S.-based enterprise clients like Bridgestone, Morningstar, Sony, Roku, and others “Build Better” digital products and experiences. As a result of the transaction, Zemoga will merge and join forces with S4 Capital’s digital-first marketing and media network, Media.Monks, marking a significant first step towards building a third practice area around Technology Services.
Arteric Acquired by Relevate Health Group, a Portfolio Company of Mountaingate Capital
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Arteric, a digital healthcare marketing agency known for its proprietary machine learning-driven multichannel digital marketing, on its sale to Relevate Health Group, a data-driven marketing products and services communications firm and a portfolio company of Mountaingate Capital. Arteric is an MM&M top 100 Agency, with 41 design and UX awards, recognized by Gartner for machine learning, and named to MM&M’s list of Best Places to work. The Company specializes in digital brand strategy, software engineering, SEO, SEM, Veeva™, CRM, websites, and analytics. The acquisition of Arteric creates a next generation data and machine learning-driven agency serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare markets.
Kameleon Partners Acquired by Precision Value & Health
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Kameleon Partners, a leading provider of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and account management solutions to life sciences companies, on its sale to Precision Value & Health, a part of Precision Medicine Group. The acquisition enhances Precision’s EHR expertise and related training, strategy building, and resources implementation capabilities to help pharmaceutical clients drive brand value through EHR system optimization.
Spire Digital Acquired By Kin + Carta
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Spire Digital, a digital transformation consulting and software development company, on its sale to Kin + Carta plc (KCT), an international digital transformation business. Based in Denver, Colorado Spire’s team is comprised of over 100 individuals with core expertise in technical design, development, software, engineering and product strategy. The acquisition supports Kin + Carta’s expansion in the western United States and supports the expansion of its Innovation pillar, the largest and fastest-growing part of the business.
Skookum Acquired By GlobalLogic
PALAZZO served as exclusive financial advisor to Skookum, an innovative digital strategy, design, and development firm, on its sale to GlobalLogic, a leading digital product engineering company. Skookum’s talented strategists, designers, and engineers are known to deploy intelligent design-led solutions that enable business growth – whether mapping out inclusive end-to-end customer journeys, developing custom software applications, or bringing to life engaging user experiences. Skookum’s core offerings directly complement GlobalLogic’s existing portfolio of services, composed of complex software engineering, and strategic design capabilities used to drive cross-industry digital transformation. Further, the acquisition strengthens GlobalLogic’s position in desirable technology hubs in the eastern and western U.S. geographies – improving proximity to clients and increasing access to local talent.