DEALS & IPOs
Mozaic.io raises $20 million Series A
AI-powered video maker Munch raises $7.2 million in seed funding
Nordcurrent acquires River End Games to expand beyond mobile gaming focus
SplitMetrics acquires App Radar in a seven-figure deal
OfferFit raises $25 million Series B
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ByteDance contemplates the sale of gaming arm Moonton amid shifting priorities
Aptoide secures €8.5 million investment from Digital Turbine
AppsFlyer acquires gaming and apps data analytics firm devtodev
Fortune 500 Firms’ ads populate fake or inappropriate CTV content
MiQ acquires French media governance and data quality platform Grasp
Turkish grocery delivery company Getir acquires FreshDirect
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Shein seeks $90 billion valuation in IPO – Bloomberg
Stagwell Group expands portfolio with Movers+Shakers acquisition
Mobile games publisher TapNation raises €15 million
Azur Games acquires Good Job Games’ hyper-casual games portfolio
Agentio raises $4.25M in seed funding to revolutionize creator content advertising
Omnicom acquires digital commerce powerhouse Flywheel Digital for $835 million
Threedium secures $11 million Series A
Databricks acquires Arcion for $100 million
Creatopy Raises $10M Series A to Scale Its AI-Driven Creative Automation Platform
LBG Media acquires Betches for up to $54 million
SIDE to acquire interactive music and sound studio Vibe Avenue for $1.46M
Azerion completes acquisition of Hawk
Merge Mansion developer Metacore to acquire Piñata
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Microsoft closes Activision Blizzard acquisition after UK’s nod
Atlassian to acquire video messaging platform Loom for $975 million
Xsolla’s strategic acquisitions: revolutionizing content creation and distribution landscape
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UK clears Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision acquisition
Data startup Sincera raises $4.2 million in seed funding
AI-native user engagement platform Aampe raises $7.5 million
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Microsoft set to finalize Activision acquisition next week – The Verge
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PMG acquires Camelot Strategic Marketing & Media
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U.K. regulators give preliminary approval to Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal
Codeless AI infrastructure firm Pixis raises $85 million
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Playtika to acquire mobile game developer Innplay Labs for up to $300 million
Infillion reveals plans for MediaMath after acquisition
iSpot’s acquisition of 605 expands TV measurement and boosts market share
Picnic raises $1.25 million for its user-first ad marketplace
Rumor: Dream Games acquired by Tencent for approximately $4.5B
Claritas acquires AI-driven marketing automation platform ArtsAI
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Animoca Brands raises $20M for Mocaverse Project, expanding Web3 vision
Sumo acquires mobile game developer Midoki
Videobot raises €2M to revolutionize online customer engagement
Ad Ops startup Aditude raises $15 million Series A
MediaMath’s assets acquired by Infillion following chapter 11 filing
MikMak acquires ChannelAdvisor Shoppable Media and Brand Analytics from CommerceHub
Mobile entertainment startup Mega Fortuna raises $2.3M in seed funding
InMobi acquires consent management platform QuantCast Choice
In-game advertising platform Monetizr raises $4 million
Simon Data raises $54 million to further develop its CDP
Sprout Social acquires Tagger Media for $140 million
Playtika acquires the Youda Games portfolio from Azerion
DoubleVerify to acquire Scibids for $125 million
Tencent acquires Japanese visual novel company Visual Arts
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Netflix restructures partnership with Microsoft for ad-supported plan -WSJ
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FTC appeals court’s ruling that allowed Microsoft’s Activision acquisition
Savvy Games Group completes $4.9 billion acquisition of Scopely
Ad Fontes raises $4.2 million Series A
Domino’s partners with Uber for food orders through Uber Eats & Postmates apps
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Microsoft’s Activision deal gets green light from US judge
Snap partners with Linktree to let users add links to their profiles
Tiny acquires product engineering firm HappyFunCorp for $30M
MediaMath owes over $100M to at least 200 companies
MediaMath To File For Bankruptcy Protection – report
SuperScale raises $5.4 million Series A
Anzu completes $48 million Series B
Databricks to acquire generative AI platform MosaicML for $1.3 billion
Luxury fashion game Drest secures £15 million investment
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FTC asks federal court to block Microsoft’s Activision acquisition
Gen Z influencer agency Bulla Co acquires Hype Collective
The Brandtech Group acquires generative AI ad platform Pencil
Azerion’s GameDistribution teams up with Moonlander.ai
CTV ad platform Madhive raises $300M from Goldman Sachs
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FTC files injunction to block Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition
The Brandtech Group closes the acquisition of Jellyfish
Istanbul-based Spektra Games raises $1.25M in seed funding
Affle to acquire mobile app marketing platform YouAppi
Mobile app building platform Builder.ai raises $250M Series D
Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53 million
India’s PhonePe secures additional $100M from General Atlantic
Amazon Games partners with Embracer for new Lord of the Rings MMO
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EU approves Microsoft’s $69bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
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EU regulators set to approve Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal -Reuters
E-reader app KOBI receives investment from Talking Tom-maker Outfit7
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Meta plans to raise $8.5bn in its second bond offering
UK watchdog blocks Microsoft’s $75 billion deal for Activision Blizzard
Mobile game developer Cosmic Lounge raises €4 million in seed funding
Data clean room platform Optable raises $20M Series A
Reddit expands Independent Agency program with 3 new partners
Hedgehog Lab acquires Netsells, secures £6.3 million from BGF
Sega Sammy to acquire Angry Birds-maker Rovio for $776M
Sega might acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio for $1 billion
Reactional Music raises $2.05M in pre-Series A round
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Playtika reportedly attracts fresh interest from buyout firms
Uber-owned super app Careem secures $400M from e&
Turkish mobile game studio Paxie Games raises $3M in new funding
PadSquad acquires video tech assets from Source Digital
Savvy Games Group to acquire Scopely for $4.9 billion
Adludio raises £2 million for its AI-powered mobile ad platform
Acorns acquires GoHenry, a financial learning app for kids
Keywords Studios acquires social media agency Digital Media Management
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WPP acquires influencer marketing agency Goat
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EU regulators set to approve Google’s Photomath acquisition -Reuters
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DoubleVerify, IAS to offer Netflix advertisers quality measurement
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ByteBrew partners with Mintegral to offer attribution measurement
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Digital Turbine partners with Flexion for alternative app store distribution
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Via acquires journey planning app Citymapper
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T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile for up to $1.35bn
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Stripe raises $6.5bn Series I at a $50bn valuation
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Bachelorette party planning app BACH raises $9M Series A
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Criteo acquires omnichannel media platform Brandcrush
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Sharethrough partners with Adelaide to offer attention-based curated inventory
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Simpli.fi to acquire native demand-side platform Bidtellect
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Kochava acquires app marketing company Machine Advertising
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Reddit eyes initial public offering in second half of 2023 -The Information
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Meta completes acquisition of Within
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Sendinblue acquires mobile wallet marketer Captain Wallet
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French advertising firm Criteo reportedly explores sale
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Metacore acquires Everdale game from Supercell
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Stripe sets one-year deadline to decide on IPO
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Twitter partners with IAS, DoubleVerify to offer tweet-level analysis
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Yahoo and Taboola close 30-year exclusive commercial deal
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Shadow acquires Genymobile
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Playtika bids to acquire Rovio
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Discord acquires Gas, a poll-based social app
African mobile games publisher Carry1st raises $27 million
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Microsoft’s Activision deal to face EU antitrust warning -sources
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NetEase acquires Minecraft co-developer SkyBox Labs
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Gearbox Entertainment acquires Captured Dimensions
Mobile AdTech: The Biggest M&A Deals of 2022
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Moon Active acquires Zen Match from Istanbul-based Good Job Games
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Playtika teams up with Israeli universities to give gaming courses
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Tencent acquires 20% stake in S.Korean developer Shift Up
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Microsoft sued by video gamers in the US over Activision acquisition
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Amazon Games partners with Crystal Dynamics for the next Tomb Raider game
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Jagex acquires SCUM developer Gamepires
Netflix now lets users play Kentucky Route Zero, Twelve Minutes on mobile
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Customer engagement platform MessageGears raises $62 million
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FTC sues to block Microsoft’s $69bn Activision acquisition
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Keywords Studios enters into conditional agreement to acquire Helpshift
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Microsoft offers Sony 10-year contract for new Call of Duty releases
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Disney and VideoAmp partner for clean room integration
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Kanye West and Parler cancel acquisition deal
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Social collaboration marketplace Pearpop raises $18M at $300M valuation
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Yahoo to buy 25% stake in Taboola as part of 30-year advertising deal
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FTC likely to file suit to block Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal -Politico
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Google Cloud partners with SuperGaming to bring its game engine to developers
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Playtika invests $25M in Turkish mobile gaming company Ace Games
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PUBG Mobile partners with Maserati to bring sports cars to the game
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Rollic acquires mobile game developer Popcore
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Ubisoft and Riot Games partner to fight harmful content in game comms
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PUBG partners with Challengermode to support amateur esports competitions
Matchingham Games acquires two titles from POW Games
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Lucky Buddies-maker Everybuddy raises $15M Series A
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Microsoft’s $69bn Activision deal faces EU antitrust probe
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Travel booking app Hopper secures $96M from Capital One
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Yassir raises $150 million, becomes the most valuable startup in North Africa
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Unity completes merger with ironSource
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PhotoRoom raises $19 million after garnering 40 million downloads
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HUMAN acquires anti-malvertising company clean.io
Snap and Amazon team up to let users virtually try on eyeglasses via AR lenses
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Commerce data platform Klover raises $25M, rebrands to Attain
Netflix acquires Seattle-based cozy games maker Spry Fox
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NYSE will delist Twitter on November 8
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Google quietly acquires AI avatar startup Alter for $100M
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Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter deal
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Elon Musk plans to close Twitter deal by Friday: Reuters
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Omega Strikers-maker Odyssey Interactive raises $19M Series A
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Turkish mobile games studio Magic Games raises more than $5 million in seed round
Meta to sell Giphy following orders from UK competition watchdog
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League of Legends maker Riot Games acquires Wargaming Sydney
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Kanye West to acquire ‘free speech platform’ Parler
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Snowflake invests in advertising identity data company OpenAP
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Indonesia’s Blibli set to raise $530M in November IPO
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Immersive video app VUZ raises $20 million Series B
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Playstudios acquires mobile casual game studio Brainium for $70 million
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Meta acquires Camouflaj, Twisted Pixel and Armature Studio
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French mobile gaming startup Homa raises $100M Series B
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Getir in advanced talks to acquire Gorillas: sources
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In-game advertising platform Bidstack raises $11 million
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Judge halts Musk vs. Twitter trial to give time to close the deal
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Microsoft in talks to invest in Indian gaming company Zupee – sources
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Spotify acquires Kinzen to detect and prevent harmful content
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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $44B, again
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Horizon Blockchain Games raises $40 million Series A
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TikTok in talks with TalkShopLive for U.S. live shopping
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Netflix partners with Tilting Point for three mobile titles
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Voodoo acquires EMEA-based game studio Tarboosh Games
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TikTok partners with Gamelancer for HTML5 mini-games
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Adobe to acquire collaborative design platform Figma for $20 billion
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Zynga acquires mobile growth platform Storemaven
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Scopely acquires ‘Stumble Guys’ game from Kitka Games
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Netspeak Games secures $12M Series A for its first game
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Azur Games acquires 81% of Mushroom Wars development studio
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Reddit acquires audience contextualization platform Spiketrap
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Microsoft’s Activision deal could harm competition, UK watchdog says
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OneSignal raises $50M Series C led by BAM Elevate
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Branch acquires first-party data platform AdLibertas
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Xterio raises $40M Series A to create cross-platform Web3 games
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Roblox acquires gamified virtual events platform TriplePlay
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Amazon has no plans to acquire EA, sources said
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Adnami secures Series A funding from QNTM Group
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Maybelline partners with Zynga for playable ads
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Chess.com acquires Play Magnus Group to join forces
Saudi Arabia approves Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision Blizzard acquisition
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VidMob raises $110M in Series D round led by Shamrock Capital
Aonic acquires Exmox for nearly $100 million
Embracer acquires Lord of The Rings IP rights, Limited Run, Tripwire & more
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CleverTap raises $105M in Series D funding led by CDPQ
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Meta invests in Take App, a Singaporean start-up that makes WhatsApp selling easy
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Unity rejects AppLovin’s takeover proposal, sticks with ironSource acquisition
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Kargo acquires Ziggeo to expand its video offerings
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Adikteev partners with video game commerce company Xsolla
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Social gaming startup INK Games secures $18.75 million in funding
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AppLovin offers to buy Unity Software in an all-stock deal
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Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud in countersuit filed in Delaware
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Criteo completes $250 million acquisition of ad tech firm IponWeb
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Web3 gaming platform PlayZap raises seed funding led by KuCoin Labs
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Adverty and Drive Ahead-maker Dodreams announce in-game ad partnership
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Cross-channel marketing platform Cordial raises $50 million in Series C funding
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Mighty Bear Games raises $10 million, announces first Web3 game
INCRMNTAL raises $4.1 million seed round
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Tremor International to acquire adtech firm Amobee for $239 million
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Moove partners with Uber to boost ride-hailing in India
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Investment app Shares raises $40 million in Series B funding round
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Jagex acquires US-based game developer Pipeworks Studios
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Turkish mobility app Marti set to announce New York IPO, sources say
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Optimove acquires cloud-based personalization platform Graphyte
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Nintendo acquires Dynamo Pictures, renames it Nintendo Pictures
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Unity and ironSource announce merger deal
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Tinder-maker Match Group acquires dating app The League
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Twitter sues Elon Musk over attempt to abandon $44 billion takeover
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Nordisk Games acquires Supermassive Games
Game content platform Edge raises $30 million Series A
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Klarna raises $800 million as valuation plunges 85% to $6.7 billion
Spotify acquires Heardle, the Wordle-inspired daily music game
Elon Musk makes meme on Twitter lawsuit after pulling out of $44 billion deal
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Supercell invests additional $37 million in Space Ape Games
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Twitter says it removes more than 1 million spam accounts every day
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Microsoft’s $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard acquisition faces UK antitrust probe
FunPlus partners with UFC to bring MMA into State of Survival
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Verve Group acquires mobile DSP Dataseat to boost user acquisition
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Moburst acquires digital development firm Layer
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Audio intelligence company Veritonic raises $7.5 million Series A
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505 Games parent company Digital Bros acquires D3 Go!
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Miniclip acquires Subway Surfers-maker SYBO
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Parallelz raises $3 million for its platform that can run any mobile app natively in a web browser
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Reddit acquires machine learning platform Spell
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Mobile gaming platform VersusGame raises $25 million
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Mobile game developer King acquires AI firm Peltarion
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Spotify is acquiring AI voice platform Sonantic
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Saudi wealth fund acquires $1bn stake in Embracer Group
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Playstack acquires Magic Fuel Games
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Creative data platform CreativeX raises $25 million Series B
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Attention measurement startup Adelaide raises $7 million
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Elon Musk threatens to end Twitter deal, accusing the company of not providing information about spam and fake accounts
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Pinterest acquires AI powered shopping platform THE YES
Twitter says waiting period for Elon Musk’s buyout deal has expired
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Airship Acquires App Store Optimization Company Gummicube
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MoEngage raises $77 million in Series E funding
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Supercell acquires majority stake in Trailmix
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Taboola to acquire Gravity R&D
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Take-Two completes $12.7 billion acquisition of Zynga
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Tappx acquires video game developer From The Bench
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CleverTap acquires multi-channel customer engagement platform Leanplum
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Elon Musk says Twitter deal can’t move forward till the company is clearer about fake accounts
Elon Musk declares Twitter deal “temporarily on hold”
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Paddle raises $200 million at a $1.4 billion valuation
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Grindr to go public through in $2.1 billion SPAC deal
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Elon Musk secures over $7 billion fresh funding for Twitter deal
Embracer Group acquires Eidos, Crystal Dynamics, and Square Enix Montreal for $300 million
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Cross-platform TV ad measurement firm iSpot.tv raises $325 million 
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BandLab nabs $65 million at a $315 million valuation
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Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout offer
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CTV Ad Platform tvScientific raises $20 million
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Tempr raises $5M for its prediction and automation platform for mobile marketers
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VideoAmp acquires Elsy to automate execution of cross-platform campaigns
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Spotify rival Deezer strikes SPAC deal to go public at a $1.1B valuation
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Mobile advertising firm Ogury acquires Motionly
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Twitter acquires mobile app engagement platform OpenBack
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Epic Games raises $2 billion at a $31.5 billion valuation
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Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis raises $150M to reimburse victims of Ronin hack
Niantic acquires creative AR studio NZXR
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Investing app Gotrade raises $15.5 million Series A
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Mobile ad exchange Kargo acquires Parsec
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Mobile app analytics platform UXCam raises $5 million
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India’s Games24x7 raises $75 million at $2.5B valuation
Optimove acquires mobile app messaging platform Kumulos
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Tatari acquires CTV monetization platform TheViewPoint
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Netflix acquires Texas-based mobile game developer Boss Fight Entertainment
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Glance acquires Gambit to launch NFT-based live gaming
Bored Ape Yacht Club creator Yuga Labs raises $450M at a $4B valuation
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Ad tech company TripleLift acquires 1plusX for $150 million
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Getir raises $768 million at $11.8 billion valuation
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Voodoo invests in Lisbon-based mobile gaming studio Volt Games
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Riot Games invests in “Arcane” animation studio Fortiche Production
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Niantic acquires WebAR development platform 8th Wall
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Gumball raises $10M for its podcasting host-read ad tech platform
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AppLovin to acquire Wurl for $430 million
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Netflix acquires Finnish mobile game developer Next Games
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SciPlay acquires Alictus in all-cash deal
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Zendesk terminates SurveyMonkey acquisition
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Netmarble US will join Kabam as of March 1
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Spotify acquires Podsights and Chartable to advance podcast measurement
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Tripledot Studios raises $116 million at a $1.4 billion valuation
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Krafton acquires Smash Legends developer 5minlab
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Mobile ad tech startup Branch raises $300M at a $4B valuation
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Bumble acquires Gen Z dating app Fruitz
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Sony to buy Bungie, the developer of Destiny, in $3.6 billion deal
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Nexters invests $100 million into buying three mobile studios
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Instant grocery delivery startup Zapp raises $200 million
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Mayfair Equity Partners acquires majority stake in LoopMe for $120 million
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Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
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Animoca Brands raises $358.8M at a $5B valuation
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Istanbul’s Dream Games raises $255M at a $2.75B valuation
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Forte acquires N3twork platform to boost growth in blockchain games
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Airnow acquires mobile growth platform Lab Cave
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Video game industry scores record $85B in 1,159 deals in 2021
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ironSource completes the acquisition of Tapjoy
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Take-Two to acquire Zynga for $12.7 billion
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Adtech company Smartly.io acquires Ad-Lib.io
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AppLovin closes its acquisition of MoPub
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Integral Ad Science acquires digital content classification company Context
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Delivery Hero acquires majority stake in Glovo
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Skillsoft to acquire Codecademy for $525 million
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TikTok rival Triller set to go public through merger with SeaChange International
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AT&T sells Xandr ad unit to Microsoft
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Instant grocery delivery app Zepto raises $100M at a $570M valuation
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Rec Room raises $145M at a $3.5B valuation
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Comscore acquires marketing analytics and measurement firm Shareablee
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GumGum acquires attention-based advertising platform Playground xyz
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Spotify acquires Australia-based podcast technology platform Whooshka
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Reddit files confidentially for IPO
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Mobile bill payment app Papaya raises $50M Series B
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In-app purchase and subscription platform Qonversion raises $2 million
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All-in-one localization platform Localise raises $50 million
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In-game advertising platform Frameplay raises $8 million
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Twitter acquires Slack competitor Quill
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MoEngage raises additional funding of $30 million led by Steadview Capital
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Pinterest acquires video creation and editing app Vochi
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Niantic acquires social gaming platform Lowkey
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Playstudios secures rights to Tetris franchise for mobile devices
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Indian fintech Slice raises $220 million, becomes unicorn
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Mobile DevOps company Bitrise raises $60 million Series C
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Coin Master maker Moon Active raises $300M at $5B valuation
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Niantic raises $300 million to build real-world metaverse
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Outbrain acquires video intelligence AG for about $55 million
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Mobile advertising company Adludio raises £4m for international expansion
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Grammarly raises $200 million at a $13B valuation
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Braze’s IPO raises $520 million
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Twitter buys Threader to further improve its Blue subscription product
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CleverTap acquires Patch for in-app voice capabilities
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Storytel to acquire Audiobooks.com to enter the U.S. market
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Rollic acquires ByteTyper, Creasaur Entertainment, and Zerosum game studios
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Spotify to acquire audiobook platform Findaway
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Unity to acquire Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital for $1.6 billion
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In-game audio ads platform AudioMob raises $14 million
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DoubleVerify acquires OpenSlate for $150 million
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NFT game platform Mythical Games raises $150 million at $1.25B valuation
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Walmart to acquire Botmock to build voice and chat apps
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Coinbase to acquire AI-based customer support platform Agara
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Zendesk to acquire SurveyMonkey parent Momentive
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Activision acquires Digital Legends for a new Call of Duty mobile game
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In-play advertising platform Admix raises $25 million Series B
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Azerion acquires Inskin Media to “become European digital powerhouse”
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ironSource to buy mobile marketing software company Bidalgo
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Customer engagement platform Braze files for $100 million IPO
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PayPal says it is not pursuing deal to acquire Pinterest
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Twitter buys group chat app Sphere
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PayPal reportedly in talks to buy Pinterest in a $45B deal
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Sony Pictures sells GSN Games to Scopely for $1 billion
