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A blind date for Jack Nimble and Sparro

Adam Wise and Angus Mullane, the founders of social-first agency Jack Nimble, received a mysterious phone call early in 2021.

“At first, we thought they were trying to sell us something so we’ll admit we tried to politely brush them off to begin with,” they tell AdNews.

“However, they insisted on a meeting, wanting to know more about Jack Nimble. Luckily we ended up taking the meeting because it turned out to be an M&A advisor who told us an agency was interested in acquiring Jack Nimble.”

A blind lunch date shortly followed with the interested agency, which turned out to be Sparro, the large independent digital agency founded by

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