Deal Timeline

Plotted by close date where disclosed, otherwise announcement. Select any marker to jump to the deal entry.

The Acquisition Playbook.

Three patterns run through PubMatic's acquisitions — what it looks for, how it pays, and how it folds in what it buys.

01
Acquisition criteria
Organic-first growth: as an independent sell-side platform, PubMatic has built i...
Organic-first growth: as an independent sell-side platform, PubMatic has built its programmatic infrastructure in-house rather than through serial M&A, with only one disclosed deal since its 2020 IPO.
Martin (ConsultMates, Inc.)
02
Capital deployment
Tuck-in capability buys: the Martin deal was a small, all-stock-of-target purcha...
Tuck-in capability buys: the Martin deal was a small, all-stock-of-target purchase that added a media measurement/reporting and workflow platform rather than scale or revenue.
Martin (ConsultMates, Inc.)
03
Integration approach
Buy-side / SPO focus: M&A has been aimed at supply path optimization and buyer t...
Buy-side / SPO focus: M&A has been aimed at supply path optimization and buyer tooling, reinforcing PubMatic's positioning as the platform of choice for advertisers and agencies.
Martin (ConsultMates, Inc.)

The Full Deal Book

1 acquisitions — each with the deal value, financing structure, target revenue, and executive commentary where disclosed.

01 Martin (ConsultMates, Inc.) $30.8M
Announced Sep 2022 Closed Sep 2022

PubMatic acquired the media measurement, workflow and reporting platform to deepen its investment in supply path optimization (SPO) and give buy-side customers enhanced analytics and optimization tools integrated into its platform.

By integrating Martin's robust workflow, analytics and optimization capabilities for advertisers and agencies into our platform, we believe we will further accelerate and solidify our position as the platform of choice for buyers, and in turn bring greater advertising revenue to our global publisher base.

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