Kagool acquires digital experience agency Delete
Date
October 2020
Sectors
Technology and consulting services, Marketing services and technology
Deal Type
Buyout/LBO
Our Role
Buy side
About Delete
Delete is a digital agency specialising in digital transformation, digital marketing and SEO for leading global brands. Specialities lie in digital platform creation, digital first marketing and B2B product creation. Founded in 2000, Delete’s exceptional quality of work has attracted some of the world’s most forward-thinking brands including The R&A, The Open, Guinness Pro14 Rugby, Biffa, McCarthy & Stone, Roquette and Southampton FC, as well as National Autistic Society and University of Hull, to name a few.About Kagool
Kagool is an award-winning digital agency and top tier, Sitecore Platinum Partner. With offices in Cardiff, Manchester and London the company has more than 65 digital specialists in-house, including Sitecore developers (three of whom are Sitecore MVPs), visual and UX designers, digital marketers, SEO and digital strategists. Kagool has grown organically under the management of founder Chris Short, who established the business in 1999 and stepped back from his role as CEO to chairman in 2016. Through the leadership of Dan Berry, who joined the business in 2012 and became CEO in 2016, Kagool has since been recognised as an E-consultancy Top 100 Digital Agency and a Sitecore Platinum Partner.About the deal
Kagool acquired 100% of Delete to combine its strong engineering and technical heritage with Delete’s strategy, creative and UX expertise, in a deal that will strengthen both agencies’ offers while laying the foundations for scale and focused specialisms. The acquisition will grow Kagool’s experience design and performance marketing capabilities whilst also adding consultancy as a key service to underpin clients’ digital strategies and platform solutions. Both brands will operate together seamlessly to provide their clients the very best in strategy, design and experience technology.
Our work
We provided Financial Due Diligence services to Kagool on their acquisition of Delete.
Dan Berry
CEO
Kagool
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