For deal sourcers, staying current on private company activity is critical to spotting active buyers, tracking market trends, and uncovering emerging investment opportunities ahead of competitors.
In April alone, we added more than 2,000 new private company transactions, bringing the total to over 22,000 searchable deals across sectors, industries, and transaction types in Dakota Marketplace.
Inside Dakota Marketplace, you’ll find the transactions tab that provides structured, filterable data on deal types, values, and dates, while our editorial team curates daily updates through the Dakota transactions newsletter, helping you cut through the noise and focus on what matters most.
To ensure the most comprehensive coverage of private market activity, Dakota monitors over 10,000 websites including company websites, newswires, and numerous third-party news providers to capture and verify transaction data as it happens.
Below are the top 10 communication service transactions.
- Transaction Date: 4/16/2026
- Industry: Interactive Media & Services
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $1.5B
Diginex Limited announced a definitive agreement to acquire Resulticks Global Companies for $1.5 billion in an all-share transaction at $1.32 per Diginex share, gaining a real-time, AI-driven customer intelligence platform that generated approximately $150 million in CY2025 revenue with $46 million in EBITDA at a 32% margin. The acquisition combines Diginex's sustainability RegTech with Resulticks' agentic AI framework to target $250-280 million in FY2027 revenue, with closing expected within 30-45 days..
- Transaction Date: 4/7/2026
- Industry: Diversified Telecommunication Services
- Type: Buyout / Private Equity
- Transaction Value: $450M
A U.S.-investor consortium led by OXIO Inc. and Newfoundland Capital Management agreed to acquire Movistar Mexico from Telefónica S.A. for approximately $450 million, gaining a Mexican mobile operator with more than 20 million subscribers. The acquisition retains the Movistar brand and existing management while transitioning operations to OXIO's cloud-native Telecom-as-a-Service platform, positioning the company as a next-generation digital telecom operator in one of Latin America's most strategically positioned wireless markets.
- Transaction Date: 4/8/2026
- Industry: Wireless Telecommunication Services
- Type: Venture
- Transaction Value: $115.7M
Sateliot, a Barcelona-based 5G satellite connectivity operator, launched a €100 million (~$107 million) Series C funding round to finance the deployment of 16 additional satellites for its 5G IoT constellation, with up to 50% public co-financing via match funding. The Spanish Government supports the round through its existing 18.7% stake alongside prior backers Indra, Cellnex, Banco Santander, and the European Investment Bank, with the lead investor selection underway and closing expected in summer 2026.
- Transaction Date: 4/28/2026
- Industry: Media
- Type: Credit
- Transaction Value: $109M
Adidas committed €100 million (~$108 million) in financing to the Deutsche Fussball-Liga (DFL), Germany's governing body for the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, ending the league's long-running search for external capital after a 2023 private equity sale was abandoned amid fan protests. The investment — paired with an extension of Adidas' match ball supply partnership through 2034 — will fund central marketing and international expansion across the league's 36 member clubs, with no allocation toward player transfers.
- Transaction Date: 4/27/2026
- Industry: Interactive Media & Services
- Type: Growth Equity
- Transaction Value: $100M
Match Group announced a $100 million minority investment in Sniffies — a map-based cruising platform for non-heterosexual men with approximately 3 million monthly active users globally and over 20 million daily messages — with an option to acquire the remaining equity in the future. The investment mirrors Match Group's Hinge playbook, where the company first invested in 2017 before acquiring the business in 2018, with Sniffies continuing to operate independently and remain founder-led under CEO Blake Gallagher.
- Transaction Date: 4/16/2026
- Industry: Interactive Media & Services
- Type: Venture
- Transaction Value: $45M
Expo, the open-source platform powering React Native mobile app development, raised $45 million in Series B funding led by Georgian, with participation from Leadout Capital, A.Capital Ventures, and Red Swan Ventures. The funding will accelerate Expo's agentic development tooling — including the public beta launch of Expo Agent, an AI-assisted mobile development tool — and expand its platform serving over 3 million developers and customers including MTA, Phantom, Pizza Hut, and PrizePicks.
- Transaction Date: 4/15/2026
- Industry: Interactive Media & Services
- Type: Acquisition / Merger
- Transaction Value: $40M
Viant Technology announced a definitive agreement to acquire TVision Insights for $40 million in cash and stock ($22.5M cash + $17.5M in Viant Class A shares), gaining an attention measurement provider that delivers second-by-second eyes-on-screen, co-viewership, and in-room presence data for television. The acquisition integrates TVision's signals into Viant's AI-powered programmatic platform alongside its Household ID and IRIS_ID, enabling advertisers to optimize CTV and linear campaigns using attention-adjusted metrics, with closing expected in Q2 2026.
- Transaction Date: 4/16/2026
- Industry: Interactive Media & Services
- Type: Venture
- Transaction Value: $27M
Nas.com, the AI platform built for solopreneurs by Nas Daily creator Nuseir Yassin, raised $27 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from 500 Global and strategic angels including Stanley Tang (DoorDash), Shuo Wang (Deel), and Tim Ferriss. The funding fuels hiring, AI product development, and geographic expansion across the U.S., Mexico, and Latin America, with the platform now reaching 3.5 million members across 150+ countries after 5x revenue growth in 2025.
- Transaction Date: 4/27/2026
- Industry: Entertainment
- Type: Growth Equity
- Transaction Value: $20M
Metasports Interactive, the Indian mobile gaming company behind multiplayer cricket game Hitwicket, secured $20 million in non-dilutive user acquisition funding from London-based growth financing firm Metica. The capital will scale marketing for Hitwicket — which has reached over 18 million users across 109 countries — and support international expansion, with the company targeting nearly 8x growth over the next 18 months through AI-led targeting and product development.
- Transaction Date: 4/16/2026
- Industry: Interactive Media & Services
- Type: Venture
- Transaction Value: $15M
Eigen, a stealth AI startup founded by 22-year-old Paul Scherer, raised $15 million in seed funding led by Benchmark with participation from Pinterest cofounder Ben Silbermann and former Dreamer cofounder David Singleton. Eigen's contrarian thesis — creating synchronous, shared AI experiences that bind people together rather than atomize them through hyper-personalization — targets the $37 billion AI companion market against incumbents like Replika and Character.ai, with capital primarily allocated to engineering and creative hiring.
At Dakota, we understand how important it is to stay current on deal activity as it happens. That’s why our editorial team continuously monitors the news for real-time updates on platform investments, add-ons, divestitures, and more to deliver daily highlights straight to your inbox through our transactions newsletter.
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