[Images: CloudMellow and Idea Marketing Group]
Plano-based enterprise solutions provider CloudMellow has acquired Idea Marketing Group, a Chicago-based website design company and digital marketing agency.
CloudMellow provides branding, web design, digital marketing, application and product development, hosting and managed services to various industries.
In a joint statement, CloudMellow founders Shreyans Jain and Vijay Konda said, “This acquisition is a great opportunity to strengthen our search engine optimization and search engine marketing capabilities in this ever-changing landscape. It's a joint strategy.” They added that the acquisition will enable CloudMellow to offer niche enterprise digital solutions to customers.
Additionally, the founders said the acquisition will further strengthen CloudMellow's portfolio of award-winning digital agencies. Most recently, CloudMellow was named to Inc. Magazine's 2023 Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list.
Recognized for website design
Founded in 2009, Idea Marketing Group provides digital marketing services with capabilities such as website design, hosting solutions, creative, UI/UX, mobile applications, software development, and search engine marketing.
Idea Marketing is recognized as a top website design company by Clutch. Since its inception, the company has attracted notable clients ranging from mid-market businesses to Fortune 50 customers.
Idea Marketing Group primarily serves a strong list of companies in the healthcare, education, financial and nonprofit sectors, the company said.
The company said Darren Fox, a key principal at Idea Marketing Group, will remain on the board along with his team of designers, developers, digital marketers and project managers. The Chicago company is now called Idea Marketing Group, a CloudMellow company.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“The company, team and culture I have built are very sacred to me,” Fox said in a statement. “I was confident that this group was the right group to continue leading this company. Be part of a larger story and bring professional and personal growth to a team that means so much to me. I can’t wait.”
In addition to its Dallas headquarters, CloudMellow also has offices in Jacksonville, Florida. Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts. Indy; and now Chicago.
CloudMellow is partnered with Primary360, a Boston digital marketing firm best known for its award-winning creative work in the real estate marketing space, and The Creative, an award-winning enterprise website design and managed services company. I also own Momentum.
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