2017
holding company
M&A league 401
GLOBAL
13,578
US$
TOTAL DEALS
m
TOTAL SALES VALUE
top three deals
1
2
3
Acquiring
Deals
# Deals
Acquiring
Acquiring
blue-infinity
value
Swirl DIVISADERO Netcentric
Teads
Williams Lea Tag
Leapfrog Online
Zone
Audience Partners
LocalBizNow (LBN)
Dwi Sapta Group
Cognizant
$
7
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL
Altice Group
2
1
Stagwell Group
2
1
SINTEL
Forward3D
MODUSLINK
Turn
DENTSU
33
2
Bain capital
25
12
thjnk AG
Altima
Scout
Eperium
Wire Stone
CAA Marketing
Design Bridge
Intrepid
Nielsen (certain assets)
Shanghai Ogilvy & Mather Advertising
SinnerSchrader
MMI AGENCY
Rothco
Zubi Advertising Services
216
NORTH AMERICA
$
1
ACCENTURE
WPP
IWCO Direct
ASATSU-DK (ADK)
US$
7,283
TOTAL DEALS
m
TOTAL SALES VALUE
top three deals
1
2
3
Acquiring
# Deals
Acquiring
value
Deals Swirl
Wire Stone
Leapfrog Online
Intrepid
Twist Bioscience
Paxata
Grail
Disqus
DWA
Boomtrain
1
5
2
Prime Research
1
DoubleVerify
Williams Lea Tag
Media Hive
LocalBizNow (LBN)
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL
6
1
RhythmOne
Providence Equity
Cleahead
ACCENTURE
MCH GROUP
2
1
Cision
MC2
Zeta Global
DENTSU
$
Acquiring
1 MODUSLINK
SINTEL
YuMe
2
Turn
$
IWCO Direct
RadiumOne
101
EUROPE
US$
3,700
TOTAL DEALST
m
OTAL SALES VALUE
top three deals
1
2
3 Acquiring
Acquiring
Deals
# Deals
Acquiring
blue-infinity
Altima
DIVISADERO
SinnerSchrader
Oxyma Group
Rothco
Netcentric
media.at
Brand Learning
Zone
Aquila Insight
Kunstmaan
value
Acne Market Gravity Forward3D
Red Planet
Deloitte
$
1
Stagwell Group
3
1
Econocom
1
1
BCD Meetings & Events
Gigigo Group
DENTSU
Cognizant
2
Equistone Partners Europe
Grass Roots Meetings & Events
10
1
11
Altice Group
Inspired Thinking Group
ACCENTURE
5
WPP
Teads
$
thjnk AG Eperium Design Bridge The Cocktail DIS/PLAY
ASIA PACIFIC
72
US$
TOTAL DEALS
2,404
m
TOTAL SALES VALUE
top three deals
1
2
3
Acquiring
# Deals
Deals
Acquiring
Acquiring
Shanghai Ogilvy & Mather Adv ertising
value
Shanghai Ogilvy & Mather Mar keting Communications Consulting 3Ti Solutions DT
Sprintserve Net
Smartt
$
4
1
Havas Group
Sorento
WPP
6
1 ACCENTURE
Integrated Communications Group
MediaCom India
Hakuhodo
1
1
Guangdong Advertising Group
The Monkeys + MAUD
Immerse
Shanghai Tuochang
BEHE Adtech Solution
Shenzhen Media Group
1
1
Olympus Capital Asia
Yuanyu Radio
ASATSU-DK (ADK)
Bain capital
9
1
DENTSU
$
Dwi Sapta Group SVG Media Group
BD Australia
Grant Group
Mr Smith
Novus Asia Band Interprise
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