France’s
adtech industry,
in focus.

Darwin CX, a division of Studio Media, has acquired Poool, a software provider specializing in subscription conversion and audience engagement technology for digital publishers.

In October 2025, Certificall completed a new fund-raising of €1 million.

the transaction, which in his view 'reaffirms its growth dynamics', in this case the acquisition of the brokerage companies Meurice Assurance-Crédit and Gesco.

In Asia, Australia’s Firmus Technologies raised $541 million, China-based Didi Autonomous Driving raised $280 million, and Japan-based Mujin raised $235 million. In Europe, France-based Brevo raised $578 million, Germany-based Black Forest Labs raised $300 million), and UK-based Synthesia raised $200 million.

In an undisclosed deal, Tyneside-based SaleCycle has taken control of Beyable.

Rounding out the list is Galilee, a Colombian digital credit fintech, which announced it has secured $500,000 from a US-based fund with Silicon Valley roots, promoted by Y Combinator.

ServiceNow announced that it would buy cybersecurity vendor Armis for $7.75 billion in cash.

Cision, a world leader in consumer and media analytics, today announced the acquisition of Trajaan, the industry-leading search intelligence platform.

team.blue expanded its digital services portfolio through Kolsquare’s acquisition of Inflead, an influencer-marketing and intelligence software company.

After the robots of Aldebaran in September, the Monday Morning group, publisher of omnichannel management software for companies (CA 2024: €18 million, 200 employees), signs two new external growths: it acquired Plezi and Sinfin, two French players in the software, who were in a situation of judicial reorganization.