Clearlake Capital and Siris-backed Constant Contact, a marketing company, completed the acquisition of SharpSpring, a provider of cloud-based marketing solutions, for c.$240m. "Constant Contact and SharpSpring share a mission to help small businesses succeed, and this acquisition represents a powerful opportunity to combine our best-in-class email and eCommerce offerings with SharpSpring's strong suite of revenue growth and marketing automation tools. Today's Constant Contact retains the customer-first culture that defined our heritage, and I am excited to expand upon that with a commitment to innovation that will accelerate our growth and build upon the passion and agility that has made our brand a leader in digital marketing for so many years," Frank Vella, Constant Contact CEO.