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Firm announcements, portfolio milestones, and insights from across our team and network.

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2024

September 3, 2024 – Dimension Studio Receives Multi-Million GBP Investment to Fuel International Expansion

April 23, 2024 – CyberRisk Alliance Launches CyberCept, a Powerful Intelligence Platform for Cybersecurity Marketers

April 16, 2024 – The Opus Group Names Kim Kopetz as President & CEO

March 13, 2024 – Shift Paradigm Acquires Design and Technology Consultancy Principle Studios

February 13, 2024 – Data Society Acquired by Growth Catalyst Partners-Backed Data Leadership Platform to Form Data Society Group

February 6, 2024 – Chat Your Way to the Perfect Contracting Strategy with AI Insights

 

2023

 

November 10, 2023 – CyberRisk Alliance Celebrates its 5-Year Anniversary

October 16, 2023 – Equine Network Acquires The Patriot Events

October 16, 2023 – New Firm to Focus on Data Leadership and Literacy in the AI Era

October 16, 2023 – Growth Catalyst Partners Forms New Platform to Advance Data Leadership and Develop Data-Empowered Organizations

August 2, 2023 – Sigma7 Taps Former Aon Asia Head Owen Belman as New CEO

June 27, 2023 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires LaunchTech Communications

June 1, 2023 – GovExec Acquires ATARC, the Leading Convenor of Government, Industry and Academia to Solve the Government’s Challenges

May 30, 2023 – Growth Catalyst Partners Announces New Additions to Their Expanding Team

May 22, 2023 – Equine Network Announces New Partnership with Pink Buckle and Ruby Buckle

March 14, 2023 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires KNOW Identity Conference

February 7, 2023 – Sigma7 Expands Advisory Board with Four New Appointments

January 5, 2023 – TrueFire Review: Is TrueFire Worth the Money?

January 5, 2023 – Sigma7 Appoints U.S. 18th Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Martin Dempsey to its Advisory Board

 

2022

 

December 22, 2022 – The Opus Group Acquires Verve, Ireland’s Largest Brand Experience Agency

November 1, 2022 – Journey and Squint/Opera Merge To Create The First Agency With Proven Expertise Blending The Physical And The Virtual Worlds At Global Scale

October 25, 2022 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires “Official” Cyber Security Summit and TECHEXPO Top Secret

October 24, 2022 – Journey Acquires The Devhouse Agency, Expanding Their Metaverse Studio’s World Building, Gaming and Web3 Capabilities and Offerings

October 14, 2022 – Shift Paradigm Acquires Ergo to Expand its Digital Transformation Capabilities

October 13, 2022 – Sigma7 Acquires Alaco Limited, a Leading Business Intelligence Advisory Firm

October 3, 2022 – The Equine Network Acquires Horse Radio Network, a Leading Podcast Network for Equine Enthusiasts

August 25, 2022 – Sigma7 Acquires Threat Intelligence Data and Software Provider Intelligence Fusion

August 16, 2022 – Accenture Completes Acquisition of Commerce Agency The Stable

July 13, 2022 – Accenture to Acquire The Stable to Bolster its Commerce Transformation Expertise in North America

June 20, 2022 – Sigma7 Acquires Risk & Strategic Management, Corp.

June 17, 2022 – Journey Brings NASDAQ into the MetaVerse with the First Live and Virtual Opening Bell Ringing

June 17, 2022 – GovExec Acquires CJIS GROUP, Leading Provider of Procurement Data for State and Local Market

June 8, 2022 – SilverAssist Announces Acquisition of Leading VA Benefits Online Application Service, AidandAttendance.com

May 31, 2022 – Announcing SilverAssist, A Combination of Three Leading Eldercare Organizations Spanning Advisory, Placement and Financial Services

May 24, 2022 – Journey Announces Acquisition of ICRAVE, Skilled Creative and Futures Intelligence Creating a Leading Innovation and Design Agency

May 23, 2022 – Tim Hartman on GovExec’s Rapidly Growing Business

May 18, 2022 – New Risk Services Platform Sigma7 Aims to Upgrade Business Risk Management Capabilities

April 25, 2022 – Growth Catalyst Partners Announces Final Closing of GCP II at $270 million, Oversubscribed and at its Hard Cap

April 4, 2022 – GovExec Acquires Local Government Business Intelligence Data Provider, Power Almanac

January 18, 2022 – Shift Paradigm Names Marketing Industry Leader Elizabeth Ross as New CEO

January 18, 2022 – GovExec Acquires Forecast International to Support Government Agencies and Contractors with Leading Defense Market Intelligence and Forecasting Tools

January 11, 2022 – The Equine Network Continues Expansion, Acquires The Horse

January 3, 2022 – GovExec Announces Acquisition of News Service of Florida

 

2021

 

December 13, 2021 – CyberRisk Alliance Expands Event Portfolio with Acquisition of Identiverse Conference

December 13, 2021 – The Stable Acquires Leading Shopify Agencies, BVA and Zehner

November 15, 2021 – Trendline Interactive and LeadMD Form Shift Paradigm

November 4, 2021 – Immersive Online Music Education Mega-Trend To Revive Live Music

November 2, 2021 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires After Nines Inc.

September 23, 2021 – Chad Hetherington + Billy Courtney — Bridging Digital & Physical Retail at The Stable

September 14, 2021 – GovExec Acquires Leading Research and Insights Company, Market Connections

August 31, 2021 – GovExec Acquires 1105 Media Inc’s Public Sector 360 Group

August 11, 2021 – GovExec Acquires Cutting-Edge Market Intelligence Company, GovTribe, To Expand Services to Government Contractors

July 15, 2021 – GovExec Acquires Trusted Public Sector Community Platform, Government Marketing University

July 12, 2021 – ArtistWorks Joins Leading Online Music Education Alliance

June 21, 2021 – GovExec Acquires Two Business Intelligence Tools, Military Periscope and Government Contracting Institute

June 8, 2021 – GovExec Makes Strategic Investment in Local Government Business Intelligence Data Asset, Power Almanac

May 20, 2021 – Introducing GovExec’s New Brand Identity

May 6, 2021 – The Equine Network Acquires Leading Subscription Video on Demand Companies

April 27, 2021 – Growth Catalyst Partners Promotes James O’Callaghan, Connor Dawson, James Nally and Patrick Duffy

April 21, 2021 – GovEx Article and Interview from BusinessInsider

April 12, 2021 – Opus, a Global Experience Agency, Announces Mitch Barns as CEO

March 8, 2021 – Trendline Acquires LeadMD to Form Buyer Experience Powerhouse

February 25, 2021 – Trendline Acquires Data Insight Group to Expand its Advanced Analytics and Data Science Business

February 10, 2021 – Growth Catalyst Partners Supports The Equine Network’s Acquisition of Spalding Laboratories

February 1, 2021 – Opus Adds Oni Chukwu to its Board of Directors

January 8, 2021 – Growth Catalyst Partners Acquires Equine Network and Forms New Company

January 5, 2021 – 3 Most Interesting Disruptors We Must Keep Watching In 2021

January 4, 2021 – Government Executive Media Group Acquires City & State New York

 

2020

 

December 3, 2020 – Five Questions with Scott Peters of Growth Catalyst Partners – PE Hub

December 2, 2020 – Government Executive Media Group Acquires The Atlas for Cities

November 23, 2020 – Growth Catalyst Partners Raises $130 Million Debut Private Equity Fund

November 17, 2020 – The Stable Acquires Powerhouse Retail Agency Jacobs Marketing

November 17, 2020 – TrueFire Studios Acquires EDM Education Leader FaderPro

November 9, 2020 – The Stable Acquires Retail Technology Company RichContext

September 8, 2020 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires Security Weekly

August 18, 2020 – The Stable listed as #3 Best Places to Work by Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal

August 12, 2020 – Opus Celebrates Six Straight Years on the Inc. 5000

June 30, 2020 – Opus Announces Kim Kopetz as President

May 12, 2020 – The Stable appoints Mitch Barns to Board of Directors

April 21, 2020 – Martin Guitars Partners with TrueFire to Offer Free Online Lessons

April 15, 2020 – The Stable Merges with Arkansas based Retail Agency Kreative

April 2, 2020 – TrueFire Studios Announces Owen Grover Joins as CEO

March 17, 2020 – GCP Acquires Significant Stake in Government Executive Media Group

February 12, 2020 – Monte Wood, CEO of Opus, wins Executive of the Year by Portland Business Journal

 

2019

 

December 20, 2019 – Beachfront Named in the 18 Hottest Adtech Companies in 2019

December 3, 2019 – TrueFire and JamPlay Join Forces to Form TrueFire Studios

October 31, 2019 – Growth Catalyst Partners Announces the Addition of James Nally as Principal

September 12, 2019 – Opus Agency Expands Internationally with the Acquisition of Number 20 Ltd.

September 9, 2019 – Opus Agency Acquires Tencue Productions, a Leading Creative Communications Agency

August 12, 2019 – Opus Agency Bolsters Creative Capabilities with Acquisition of Clarity Creative

August 5, 2019 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires SC Media – Establishing its Digital Content and Deep Audience Platform

July 9, 2019 – MAS Named a Top 30 Global Event Agency

June 3, 2019 – Opus Agency Acquires BeSide Digital to Expand its Interactive Capabilities

April 22, 2019 – Trendline Acquires Canada’s Largest Email Marketing Agency

April 18, 2019 – Beachfront Launches MVPD VOD Programmatic Platform

February 26, 2019 – CyberRisk Alliance Acquires InfoSec World Conference & Expo

January 22, 2019 – Growth Catalyst Partners Promotes James O’Callaghan and Connor Dawson to Principals

 

2018

 

November 5, 2018 – Growth Catalyst Partners and Doug Manoni Announce the Launch of CyberRisk Alliance

October 2, 2018 – Beachfront Appoints Chris Maccaro As CEO To Ride The Video Ad Wave

September 5, 2018 – Growth Catalyst Partners Invests in Trendline Interactive and Inbox Pros

July 10, 2018 – Opus Acquires Level 2 Design—Our Third Strategic Acquisition this Year

May 15, 2108 – AWS re:Invent Receives Ex Award for Second Consecutive Year!

May 10, 2018 – Opus Agency Makes a Big Move with the Acquisition of MAS Event + Design

May 3, 2018 – Opus adds Experienced Producer in Leadership Role

March 6, 2018 – Opus Expands Agency with the Acquisition of CRG Events

January 9, 2018 – GCP Announces the Addition of Connor Dawson as Vice President

 

2017

 

December 5, 2017 – GCP Completes Second Platform Investment in Beachfront Media in Partnership with PSP Capital

November 20, 2017 – Cvent and Opus Agency Announce Technology Collaboration

August 28, 2017 – Opus Agency, One of Portland’s Top Creative Agencies

August 23, 2017 – Three Consecutive Years on the Inc. 5000

August 8, 2017 – GCP Announces the Addition of James O’Callaghan as Vice President

April 4, 2017 – Growth Catalyst Partners Announces the Formation of its New Middle Market Private Equity Firm

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