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  • Navori Labs and Signagelive Unite to Build Leading Digital Signage Software Powerhouse

    Navori Labs and Signagelive Unite to Build Leading Digital Signage Software Powerhouse

    Navori Labs has acquired Signagelive, creating the world’s largest independent CMS platform provider in the digital signage software industry. This union positions the new Navori Labs Group as a leader in agile, data-driven signage technology, offering an API-first, headless CMS architecture with AI analytics and media monetization tools. The focus will be on scalable solutions for mid-sized to enterprise customers, particularly in dynamic retail environments.

    With a strong leadership team from both Navori Labs and Signagelive, including former Signagelive CEO Jason Cremins, this acquisition enhances global support and strengthens the Group’s commitment to innovation. The company plans to accelerate growth through continued regional expansion, particularly in North America and EMEA, while focusing on delivering high-value solutions to its partners and clients.

    Navori Labs announces its strategic acquisition of Signagelive, marking the beginning of a transformative new chapter for the digital signage software industry. This combination creates the world’s largest independent, channel-only CMS platform provider (by installed base), bringing together two innovation leaders to set new standards and benchmarks in the industry. The new Navori Labs Group will be the industry’s most agile and data-driven software powerhouse – poised to drive the next generation of global signage solutions.

    By the end of 2025, the joint organization will boast more than 45 dedicated developers focused exclusively on delivering scalable, flexible, and data-centric signage technology. Offering an API-first, headless CMS architecture with advanced data integration, AI-powered analytics, and media monetization capabilities, the new Navori Labs Group is purpose-built for forward-thinking mid-sized to enterprise customers — particularly those operating in dynamic, content-driven environments such as retail media.

    Executive Leadership Team with Track Record of Innovation

    Former Signagelive CEO Jason Cremins and CCO Frank Larsen will complement the executive leadership team of the Navori Labs Group around Group CEO Jeffrey Weitzman, contributing their experience to drive the company’s strategic growth. In addition, Signagelive’s long-standing CTO, Marc Benson, will remain a key pillar of the Group’s technology leadership.

    “What we’ve built is far more than the sum of its parts,” said Jeff Weitzman. “We’ve combined deep-rooted expertise, bold vision, and operational excellence into a leadership team that’s truly unmatched in CMS innovation and industry insight.”

    A Truly Global Independent Software Vendor (ISV)

    Navori Labs now operates with a truly global footprint, serving customers with dedicated teams in Lausanne (CH), Cambridge (UK), Montreal (CA), Copenhagen (DK), Mexico City (MX), Dubai (AE), Riyadh (SA), India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris, and Australia, among others. The company remains proudly Swiss, retaining its headquarters in Lausanne, while enhancing local support and regional sales presence across continents.

    Commitment to Partners, Innovation and Excellence

    Both Navori Labs and Signagelive share a deep commitment to partner success and customer satisfaction. Their combined cultures are rooted in delivering best-in-class digital signage software, channel-focused service, and long-term value for employees and clients alike.

    “This combination is a catalyst for transformation. It empowers our employees, energizes our partners, and delivers exponential value to our customers and prospects around the world,” comments Jason Cremins, highlighting the impact across the ecosystem.

    Accelerated Growth and Strategic Vision

    This acquisition, executed just six months after Navori Labs joined the Maguar Capital portfolio, underscores the company’s focused growth strategy. Looking ahead, the Group will continue to expand both organically and through further M&A -especially in North America and EMEA – while staying true to its partner-first philosophy and software-focused DNA.

    On Navori’s side, the transaction was advised by PwC (Financial Due Diligence), valantic (Technical Due Diligence), Hogan Lovells and NKF (Legal), Goodwin (Legal Financing), and KPMG (Tax and Structuring). Debt financing for the transaction has been provided by Kartesia.
    The transaction has been structured with a split signing and closing.

  • spaceAdd leading the way in DOOH Media development with Signagelive 

    spaceAdd leading the way in DOOH Media development with Signagelive 

    spaceAdd, based in South Korea, is a digital out of home (DOOH) company that adds value to space. It provides effective performance to advertisers by installing advertising media in a space that has not yet been developed and converting it into data – known as DOOH Media Development.

    Tell us a little about how you are using Signagelive?  

    As a media owner in Korea with over 1500 screens, we are using Signagelive as one of our preferred Content Management System solutions to efficiently manage the media content on a number of screens.

    There are other SaaS based digital signage options out there, why did you choose Signagelive? 

     Having researched the digital signage market we tested and selected Signagelive for three main reasons:

    • Compatibility with various hardware and other software – enabling us to reutilize existing Windows PCs while adding our non-PC players and SoC Displays all managed from one platform.
    • Ease of use – the Signagelive platform is extremely intuitive, simple to use but with powerful features suitable for our passive and interactive DOOH requirements.
    • Transparent Pricing – there are no hidden costs, just a simple price per player connected to the Signagelive platform making it easy for us to calculate our return on investment for each DOOH display.

    How did you build a business case internally for Signagelive? 

    Our case was built upon the reliability of a globally acknowledged CMS software provider with a hardware agnostic approach. We believe strongly that having the benefit to choose from a wide range of supported player hardware will position us well to grow quickly in the future.

    What is the best thing about Signagelive? 

    There are many great features that Signagelive delivers for spaceAdd’s requirements, some of the key ones are:

    • Seamless integration with our various partners such as Samsung SoC Displays and AdMobilize audience analytics.
    • Transparent pricing and an intuitive and informative dashboard that is very easy to use.
    • Easy activation of players and deactivation/reactivation in the case of service or replacement of hardware.

    What is your favorite feature? 

    As we work with many different space owners, operators, we really like the ability to incorporate local users with restricted access, in addition to centralized control. In addition, Signagelive’s Proof of Play is very accurate and reliable, which is a very important function for media owners. If you are looking to track your asset playback to confirm that your content was successfully delivered, Proof of Play will give you peace of mind.

    Did you face any challenges during any part of your project implementation? How were these resolved?

    We were faced with a client wanting to utilize some of their Windows run screens with Kiosk Mode, which was not available at the time at Signagelive. They made a quick decision to develop a new version to suit our clients’ needs in a very short time.

    Chang Keun (CK) Oh, CEO (Founder), spaceAdd Co. Ltd: “Signagelive is one of the most efficient and stable CMS solutions that is compatible with many various media player options. As a growing DOOH media owner constantly acquiring new networks, Signagelive solves a number of problems when dealing with various types of projects with different requirements.”

    Andrew Lee, Director of Sales APAC, Signagelive: “We are absolutely thrilled to have spaceAdd select our CMS solution amongst the many available in not just South Korea and in the rest of the world. As a fast-growing DOOH business, spaceAdd is a prime example of how Signagelive can add value as a proven enterprise-grade solution that gives media network owners full flexibility in hardware selection, coupled with extreme ease of network management.”