DOmedia LLC Closes USD 3M Series A Funding

Wednesday, April 27th, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

DOmedia LLC has announced the close of Series A funding round totalling USD 3 million. The round was led by Advantage Capital Partners (ACP). The round also included one of the first two investments from the Ohio Innovation Fund (OIF), whose founding members are The Ohio State University and Ohio University. DOmedia, which operates out […]

OUTFRONT Media Makes Strategic Investment In Waltz

Friday, April 15th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

OUTFRONT Media Inc., one of the largest out-of-home media companies in the U.S., announced this morning (Apr. 15/16) a strategic investment in Waltz (formerly Concord Payments), a New York City-based digital payment systems start-up. Size of the investment was not announced. Waltz is developing an intelligent mobile-focused transit fare payment system to provide a secure, […]

Vaddio Acquired by @MilestoneAV

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Milestone AV Technologies this week announced that it has acquired Vaddio, a global manufacturer of PTZ cameras, professional AV solutions and a full suite of Unified Communication and Collaboration products for the audiovisual, videoconference and broadcast markets. Vaddio, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, was purchased by Milestone for an undisclosed amount, and will now join the […]

TransitScreen Raises Additional $800K in Seed Funding

Monday, April 4th, 2016

Maddie Cotterill

TransitScreen, Inc. has raised an additional $800k of seed capital to expand its sales and product offering for the real estate tech and smart cities markets. The Washington, DC-based company has now raised a total of $1.5 million in funding. CEO Matt Caywood told us “Globally, transportation has changed more in the last five years […]

£250,002 Sought by @Captive_Media via Seedrs Crowd Funding

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The men’s urinals network Captive Media is offering 6.82% equity for GBP 250,002 in a Seedrs crowdfunding campaign. Captive Media claim that the product is already installed in fifteen countries and has franchise sales in two.

ADFLOW Networks Acquired by @Daktronics

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Daktronics Inc. (NASDAQ-DAKT) announced this week that it has acquired ADFLOW Networks Inc. Daktronics Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Reece Kurtenbach told us “We welcome the ADFLOW team and are excited to be joining forces. ADFLOW brings us an impressive list of existing customers and their interior and interactive offerings complement our […]

The Systems Group Acquired by @DiversifiedUS

Monday, March 7th, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Diversified has acquired The Systems Group (TSG) of Hoboken, NJ. TSG is an an internationally recognised consulting, design, and integration around broadcast-LAN architecture and file based workflows company – complete with space planning, technical consulting, and engineering expertise. Christopher Mehos, Principal, The Systems Group said “We are extremely excited that our team is joining Diversified. […]

Blippar Raises GBP 39M

Thursday, March 3rd, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Blippar, the app that lets smartphone users find information on the internet by aiming a camera at objects, etc., has raised GBP 39 million to finance its next stage of expansion and boost its presence in Silicon Valley. Blippar, which was launched back in 2011 and is based at London Bridge, has 60 engineers in […]

HNA Group Buys Ingram Micro

Friday, February 19th, 2016

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Ingram Micro has been bought by Chinese aviation and shipping conglomerate HNA Group for about USD 6bn (GBP 4.2bn). Ingram will operate as a subsidiary of Tianjin Tianhai and become part of the HNA Group, but its HQ will remain in Irvine, CA. Adam Tan, CEO of HNA Group, said “Ingram Micro has clearly established […]

Diversified Acquires Technical Innovation

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Kenilworth, New Jersey-based Systems integrator Diversified today (Feb. 10/16) announced the acquisition of Atlanta-based Technical Innovation. The geographic footprint and service offering of both organizations is “significantly expanded” by the acquisition, Diversified’s management said. The Technical Innovation staff will continue to serve its customers as usual. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.