In part one of this three-part commentary series on media, marketing, and commerce investment, ExchangeWire speaks to industry professionals involved in funding rounds over 2021 for their insight into how venture and corporate funding is evolving across the sectors. Key statistics [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: a study finds that streaming TV usage grew 13% in Q2; MediaSense receive a significant investment from Apiary; and the Polish parliament pass a new media ownership bill, putting Discovery's TVN channel at risk.   Global TV [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: Kuaishou announce they will close down their Zynn app; plant-based food maker NotCo secure Unicorn status after new funding round; and Australian agencies Half Dome and Consumedia merge.   Kuaisho shutter Zynn app Chinese tech company Kuaishou have [...]

Captify, the Search Intelligence Platform for the open web, today announced that SFW Capital Partners, a leading US-based private equity firm focused on information and data-centric software businesses, has entered into a definitive agreement to take the majority investment in [...]

In today's ExchangeWire daily news digest: Captify sells majority stake to SFW Capital; Revolut raises USD$800m (£578m); and Alibaba and Tencent mull cooperation. Captify sells majority stake to SFW Capital Search intelligence platform Captify has announced that it has sold a majority [...]

Didomi has announced its Series B round of USD$40m (£29m) led by Elephant and Breega. The Paris-based startup helps developers and companies manage their users’ consent and preferences across their online and off-line channels. This funding will allow Didomi to [...]

In today's ExchangeWire news digest: drone delivery and logistics service Zipline raise USD $250m in fresh funding; Stingray Group acquire Calm Radio; and global SVOD revenues are forecast to grow to over USD $70bn this year.   Zipline raise $250m, secure $2.75bn [...]

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates in media, marketing, and commerce, from around the globe. In this edition: Danish media companies in collective bargaining push; Blackstone backs Simpli.fi; Amazon demanding warrants from partners; System1 to go [...]

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 [...]