European Digital Media Rollups Take Root

Digital media related M&As in Europe are happening fast and furious…Driving small, European VC-backed startups down the rollup path is the need to find co-investors. Such bulking-up mergers help ignite the interest of deep-pocketed larger funds…
Something I missed earlier: Five-year-old Esmertec AG of Dubendorf, Switzerland, backed by Kusio’s BV Group, is consolidating key technology businesses that enable mobile and broadcast interactive media.
It has acquired three interactive media technology firms in the U.S. and Europe and taken a minority stake in a South Korean startup with the backing of its VCs since last year.

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