Industry Weapon Acquired By @TweetSpectrio

Monday, September 28th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Spectrio, a leading provider of customer engagement technology, announced last week that it has acquired Industry Weapon, a digital signage company based in Pittsburgh, PA. The acquisition further augments Spectrio’s suite of digital solutions, enhancing its strategic communications capabilities and adding scalable third-party integration solutions to meet the needs of global brands. Industry Weapon works […]

InMarket Acquires Assets From @NinthDecimal

Thursday, September 10th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

InMarket, the leader in 360° consumer intelligence and real-time activation, has acquired assets from NinthDecimal, one of the early pioneers in location-based attribution and analytics. Michael Fordyce, CEO of NinthDecimal told us “I’m incredibly proud of the amazing accomplishments of the NinthDecimal team over the years, and our ability to set the standard for location […]

Southpaw Live Swallow Up @D3LED In ‘Merger’

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

D3 LED have been for sale for sometime. It has however just been announced that they have been merged into Southpaw Live. Southpaw Live has roots going back 30 years in Texas and has evolved over time into an industry leading LED company in the sports and entertainment space. Over the last 30 years, Southpaw’s […]

Prysm Inc. Files For Bankruptcy

Tuesday, August 25th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Prysm Inc. has filed for bankruptcy after cutting a deal to sell some assets and hand over others to lenders including Kuwait’s sovereign-wealth fund. The company sought chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., with massive liabilities of USD 273.6 million and assets of a mere USD 4.6 million. If you […]

Four Winds Interactive Acquires SmartSpace Global Ltd

Monday, August 17th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Four Winds Interactive has announced the acquisition of SmartSpace Global Ltd., a subsidiary of SmartSpace Software plc. SmartSpace Global is described as a leading provider of cloud-based mobile and workplace solutions to enterprise customers with its workplace software platform. With this acquisition, Four Winds Interactive will be positioned to further help companies create digital work […]

New AENA Ventures Program Seeks Startups

Monday, August 17th, 2020

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

Airport operator AENA, the majority shareholder of London Luton Airport Operations Limited, has announced the launch of the AENA Ventures program, which will provide funding for startups that develop technology to improve the passenger experience at airports. Aena has announced a call aimed at driving disruptive technologies in an innovative, sustainable and efficient way which […]

USD 5M Series A @KrispHQ Funding Round

Friday, August 7th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Krisp’s smart noise suppression technology, which emerged from UC Berkeley’s Skydeck accelerator a few years ago has just raised USD 5M in a series A funding round. Krisp applies a machine learning system to audio in real time that has been trained on what is and isn’t the human voice. What isn’t a voice gets […]

Strong Outdoor Acquired By @Firefly_Cities (Sort of)

Wednesday, August 5th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

It looks like Firefly Systems and their investor Ballantyne Strong, Inc. (NYSE American: BTN) are both continuing to re-arrange the deck chairs on the Titanic. The latest news is that Firefly Systems have acquired the static taxi top business from Strong Outdoor but let’s look at this more closely… Back in April 2018, Strong Digital […]

€15M @Advertima Series A Funding

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Advertima, who describe themselves as an emerging computer vision platform provider, today announced the close of a €15 million Series A investment round led by existing shareholder Swiss real estate company, Fortimo Group. Advertima Co-Founder and CEO Iman Nahvi “We’ll be investing €25 million in the further development of our smart retail solutions over the […]

USD 2 Million Funding Raised By @signageOS

Monday, July 27th, 2020

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Czech Republic based signageOS s.r.o. has closed a USD $2 million early-stage funding round from Reflex Capital, a private venture capital firm that invests in transformative technology companies. We are told the the investment follows rapid customer growth and partnerships with global industry leaders for signageOS, and further solidifies the signageOS unification technology in digital […]