Melissa Mellen

KO client EMI Sportswear recently announced its acquisition by Minnesota-based apparel company Lakeshirts. EMI is a 30-year-old retail apparel company and wholesale vendor known for its innovative apparel, on-trend designs, quality and customer service. In the acquisition announcement, EMI founder and president Russ Coburn said, “I could not have imagined…

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, 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…

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, 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, 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 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, 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…