M&A Deal Summary

Verbit Acquires U.S. Captioning

On May 12, 2022, Verbit acquired media company U.S. Captioning

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Verbit’s 1st transaction in the Media sector.
  • This is Verbit’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Verbit’s 1st transaction in Wisconsin.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2022-05-12
Target U.S. Captioning
Sector Media
Buyer(s) Verbit
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

U.S. Captioning

De Pere, Wisconsin, United States
website
U.S. Captioning offers post-production captioning in over 45 languages in addition to its real-time captioning capabilities. It has developed long-lasting relationships with networks and stations that have become household names, such as Sinclair Broadcast Group. U.S. Captioning was formed 1999 and is based in De Pere, Wisconsin.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Verbit

Tel Aviv, Israel

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Category Company
Founded 2016
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Verbit is a provider of interactive transcription and captioning solutions. Verbit utilizes in-house, AI-based technology to transform both live and recorded video and audio into +99% accurate captions and transcripts for the education, legal, media, and enterprise industries. The combination of Verbit’s in-house Automated Speech Recognition (ASR) technology and human transcribers offers high-quality, word-for-word, interactive, and collaborative transcripts and captions. Verbit’s customizable solution helps customers meet ADA, FCC, and privacy compliance requirements to increase operational capacity, accessibility and serve customers and students. Verbit was founded in 2016 and is based in Tel Aviv, Isreal.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Media) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 5
State (Wisconsin) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2022) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-03-03 Take Note

London, United Kingdom

Take Note is a secure transcription service provider. The Company offers customers access to its 600 elite transcribers who are all based in the UK and specialize in the market research industry’s needs. Take Note was founded in 2006 and is based in London, England.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-07-28 Take 1

Cranbrook, United Kingdom

Take 1 provides transcription, access and localization services for the media and entertainment sector. The company specializes in start-to-finish transcription and captioning services for video content, from the time the first scene is filmed to the final release on air. Take 1 was founded in 1998 and is based in Cranbrook, United Kingdom.

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