Acquisio taps Wellington Financial Fund V for Financing

Acquisio, a world leader in performance marketing solutions for small businesses and the companies who serve them has announced a True Growth Capital financing from Wellington Financial LP. Based just outside of Montreal in Brossard, Quebec, Acquisio is backed by Emerillon Capital, Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Tandem Expansion Fund.

Acquisio’s product enables digital marketers to optimize the results of, and report on, their search, social, mobile, and display marketing programs. Acquisio uses machine learning to dramatically improve search marketing results while streamlining and automating the campaign management and reporting process. With more than 400 clients and $2 billion ad spend under management, Acquisio is recognized as being one of the fastest growing companies in North America, winning the Deloitte Tech Fast 500 and Fast 50 awards for five consecutive years. Acquisio’s software is used by category-leading companies like Sensis, Hanapin Marketing, iRep, Yellow Pages and Microsoft.

And if any of you have been led to believe that our 6+ years of U.S.-based activity has meant that the Wellington team has taken our collective eye off of Canada, four our of last six Growth Capital financings have been for Canadian-based companies.

A hearty welcome to Marc Poirier and his team.

MRM