In today's daily news digest from ExchangeWire: Group Black launches with USD$75m (£54m) backing; Amazon demanding warrants from partners; and Retina raises USD$8m (£5.8m). Group Black launches with USD$75m (£54m) backing Group Black Inc., a collective of media companies with the shared [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Blackstone backs Simpli.fi; Tapcart raises USD$50m (£36m); and ShipBob secures USD$200m (£144m). Blackstone backs Simpli.fi US private equity firm Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in programmatic advertising and agency workflow software provider Simpli.fi, at a [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Danish media companies in collective bargaining push; Amazon acquires Art19; and Voyager raises USD$167m (£120m) Danish media companies in collective bargaining push A near-30-strong collective of Danish media companies has been formed to negotiate with major [...]

Silverbullet is a provider of digital transformation services and products which assist brand owners and advertisers to optimise their digital marketing investment, with a particular focus on unlocking the potential of first party data and contextual intelligence. The Company announces [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Italy's gaming industry is on the rise, according to the latest IIDEA census; research into shoppable ads reports an underwhelming response from US viewers; and subscription-based ecommerce tools provider Stackline secure a $130m investment from [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: shopping on TikTok by UK consumers soars 553% over the past year; GameAnalytics launch GameIntel, a mobile intelligence platform to give publishers greater market insight; and consumer goods firm Perch have become the fastest company [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: fashion start-up Lyst raise $85m in the run-up to a planned IPO; the US edition of Marie Claire magazine is acquired by media platform Future; and VideoAmp secure $75m in funding from Capital IP.   Lyst raise [...]

Highlights - Total recorded investment across the advertising and marketing technology industries in Q1 2021 surpassed USD$23.7bn, with an average disclosed transaction value of USD$244.8m. - M&A activity amounted to 67% of total funding, with consolidation driven by mobile players, private equity, [...]

GumGum, a global contextual advertising technology company, today announced a USD $75m (£54.5m) investment by Goldman Sachs Growth to accelerate the growth of its sophisticated contextual intelligence advertising product suite.    Demand for GumGum’s contextual advertising technology is growing rapidly as cookies [...]

IRIS.TV, the leading video data platform, today announced the completion of an $18m Series B funding round. Intel Capital, a division of Intel Corporation, led the round, with participation from investors including WISE Ventures, Quest Venture Partners, and Mirae Asset [...]