Watchfire Signs Acquires Anthem Displays, LLC.

Sunday, October 23rd, 2022

Andrew Neale

Watchfire Signs (itself acquired back in July by and now an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital) has purchased the assets of Anthem Displays, LLC. Headquartered in Elizabethtown, NC, Anthem Displays has been engaged as a digital billboard manufacturer since 2014 and was previously owned by Circle Graphics. We understand that the company has built and installed […]

Growth Equity Investment For @VendoMediaInc

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Forum Asset Management has announced the completion of a growth equity investment in VENDO Media Inc. We are told that proceeds from Forum’s investment were used to complete the acquisition of Media City Pub Inc. and will be used to fund future growth. VENDO is of course a leading Canadian out-of-home media infrastructure company, formed […]

AdStash Acquired By @AdomniOfficial

Tuesday, October 11th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Canadian-based solution AdStash has been acquired by Adomni. AdStash has been operating for many years in the digital out-of-home space and currently offers digital out-of-home media owners a proprietary technology stack consisting of a supply-side platform, content management system, and suite of measurement solutions. Adomni Founder and CEO, Jonathan Gudai told us “The primary value […]

Displayforce Raises 500,000 EUR Pre-Seed Round

Wednesday, September 28th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Hong-Kong-based retail media startup Displayforce has raised 500,000 EUR in a pre-seed round from NL Platform B.V., a Netherlands-based Global Retail Consultant & Matchmaker through its corporate deep tech investment fund. Jaap van Vreden, Co-Founder & Managing Director at NL Platform B.V. told us “We are experts in the private-label sector for brand management & […]

Wildstone Acquires Grupo Redext

Monday, September 19th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Wildstone is continuing its rapid expansion across Europe with the announcement of its acquisition of Grupo Redext, a major industry player in Spain. Redext’s national portfolio of large-format outdoor advertising assets includes static billboards and monoposts in major urban markets, as well as a selection of premium digital panels in Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Malaga, Seville, Alicante […]

New Tradition Acquires Chicago Spectaculars and Bulletins

Monday, September 19th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

New Tradition Media has acquired Downtown Chicago wall spectaculars and bulletin displays from Project Outdoor. We understand that as part of the transaction, the parties have agreed to a joint venture for additional high-profile displays governing other existing high-profile sites in key Chicago neighborhoods like the Loop, West Loop, Wicker Park, and Logan Square. Partner […]

#EV Charging Startup @WiTricity raises $63M

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

EV charging startup WiTricity raises USD 63M in an all equity funding round.

Wildstone Acquire Forrest Group Assets

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Wildstone Capital has acquired a significant portfolio of high-quality advertising sites from Scottish based company Forrest Group. Representing the largest privately owned portfolio of OOH assets in the UK, these sites include the very best large-format digital panels in Scotland let long term to Ocean Outdoor and a further portfolio let to Clear Channel Outdoor. […]

Antin Infrastructure Partners Wildstone Capital Deal

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Wildstone Capital has announced that Antin Infrastructure Partners has acquired a majority stake in its business from DigitalBridge. Damian Cox, CEO and Founder of Wildstone told us “Europe represents a huge untapped opportunity and expansion to these territories is a natural extension of our business model, which is to acquire, upgrade and scale. The future […]

AUO Display Plus Completes @RiseVision Acquisition

Wednesday, July 27th, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Rise Vision announced today its acquisition by AUO Display Plus, a business unit of Taiwanese manufacturer AU Optronics had formally completed. In a prepared statement they said “Rise Vision will continue to operate as you’ve come to expect, easy to use software, new templates added each week to save you hours of content creation time, […]