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KO Client Havenly Acquires The Citizenry Image

KO Client Havenly Acquires The Citizenry

KO client and online interior design company Havenly recently announced that it has acquired home décor retailer The Citizenry. The Citizenry collaborates with artisans globally to produce limited-edition handcrafted home goods. The acquisition is Havenly’s third in two years, and enables Havenly to expand its offerings in furniture, textiles, and…

KO Client LeadGenius Acquires Software Assets of WhoKnows Image

KO Client LeadGenius Acquires Software Assets of WhoKnows

KO client LeadGenius, a leading provider of B2B lead generation and data enrichment services, recently announced the acquisition of the software assets of WhoKnows, a technology company known for its predictive analytics and AI-driven data insights expertise. The acquisition creates a comprehensive solution that will offer unprecedented sales intelligence to…

KO Client ThingVC Launches to Support Underrepresented Founders Image

KO Client ThingVC Launches to Support Underrepresented Founders

Longstanding KO clients Mike Gellman and Chris Glodé recently co-founded and launched Denver’s newest venture capital firm ThingVC. The micro venture capital fund aims to support underrepresented entrepreneurs who have historically been excluded from access to capital. The co-founders hope to see applications from veterans, immigrants, formerly incarcerated people, people with…

KO Client Eplexity Acquired by CloudHesive Image

KO Client Eplexity Acquired by CloudHesive

KO client Eplexity, a fast-growing Amazon Premier Consulting Partner, was recently acquired by CloudHesive, a fellow Amazon Premier Partner. According to the press release, the combination creates one of the leading “pure play” AWS partners in the U.S. and Latin America, with deep Amazon Connect and application modernization expertise and…

KO Client Ampush Acquired by Tinuiti Image

KO Client Ampush Acquired by Tinuiti

KO client Ampush, a leading growth marketing agency, was recently acquired by Tinuiti, the largest independent performance marketing firm across Streaming TV, Google, Meta, and Amazon. The acquisition enhances Tinuiti’s industry award-winning paid social capabilities. Ampush CEO Jon Oberlander will now lead the Tinuiti Social Division as EVP, Social. In…

KO Client MadKudu Raises $18 Million Series A Round Image

KO Client MadKudu Raises $18 Million Series A Round

KO client MadKudu recently announced that it has raised $18 million in Series A funding. MadKudu is the Product-Led-Growth (PLG) pioneer disrupting the software industry, working with clients like Miro, Dropbox, Cloudera, Amplitude, Plaid, Unity and Mapbox. The Series A round was led by Felicis with participation from BGV, Alven,…

KO Client Watchmaker Genomics Raises $40M Series A Round Image

KO Client Watchmaker Genomics Raises $40M Series A Round

KO client Watchmaker Genomics, a life sciences company specializing in the development of high-stringency applications focused on the reading, writing and editing of DNA and RNA, has raised $40M to expand its clinical sequencing product offerings.   The KO team, led by partner Jon Taylor, of counsel Melissa Mellen and attorney…

KO Helps Tilting Point Expand into Kids Entertainment with Acquisition of Budge Studios Image

KO Helps Tilting Point Expand into Kids Entertainment with Acquisition of Budge Studios

Budge Studio’s app portfolio includes titles featuring leading brands like Barbie, Paw Patrol, Transformers, Hot Wheels and more Tilting Point, a leading free-to-play games publisher and KO client, has acquired Budge Studios. The KO team, led by partner Jon Taylor, represented Tilting Point in the acquisition. Budge Studios is one…