Not every business information story has a happy ending.  Crowd-sourced company data collector Owler was just bought by media-monitoring firm Meltwater for $24.5 million in cash and equity.  Owler had raised $30.8 million in funding, according to Crunchbase.

Small business marketing platform Constant Contact is buying marketing automation and CRM vendor Sharpspring for $240 million, or about 8x revenue. The deal will further expand Constant Contact’s offerings, which already include email, ecommerce, websites, and social media advertising. Sharpspring has specialized in selling through small marketing agencies.

CDP and marketing cloud vendor Zeta Global announced an agreement to purchase LiveIntent, which helps companies do email-based advertising.  The deal will let Zeta expand its identity graph, enter the publisher monetization business, and accelerate its mobile and retail media products.  Zeta will pay $77.5 million in cash and $172.5 million in common stock, with potential for additional payments based on performance.