M&A Deal Summary

Omnicom Group Acquires Smart Digital

On September 26, 2019, Omnicom Group acquired marketing company Smart Digital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Omnicom Group’s 5th transaction in the Marketing sector.
  • This is Omnicom Group’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-09-26
Target Smart Digital
Sector Marketing
Buyer(s) Omnicom Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Smart Digital

Gerlingen, Germany
Smart Digital GmbH offers the largest AI-based service for user-centered personalization. The consulting and technology company specializes in the development, implementation, and operation of customer-specific marketing solutions for real-time personalization. Powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) toward real-time data streams.

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Buyer

Omnicom Group

New York, New York, United States

Category Company
Founded 1944
Sector Marketing
Employees74,900
Revenue 15.7B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Omnicom Group is an advertising, marketing, and corporate communications company. The company offers a wide range of services in advertising, strategic media planning and buying, precision marketing, retail and digital commerce, branding, experiential, public relations, healthcare marketing and other specialty marketing services to over 5,000 clients in more than 70 countries. Omnicom Group was founded in 1944 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 21 of 30
Sector: Marketing M&A 5 of 12
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 21 of 29
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 3
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-02 Credera

Addison, Texas, United States

Gencorp Technologies, Inc. is a full-service provider of management and technology consulting services. With a core focus on marTech and ecommerce platforms, the company delivers solutions that increase customer engagement and drive sales growth.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-09-20 Antoni

Berlin, Germany

Antoni is a digitally native advertising agency. Antoni expanded its services to leading brands such as Vodafone, bett1.de, Kärcher, and Katjes. Antoni was born with data and digital capabilities at its core and since its formation has recruited and developed talent that utilizes new technologies and platforms for all its marketing programs. Antoni was founded in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

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