Acceleration Community of Companies has acquired a majority stake in marketing and communications agency DKC. Terms weren’t disclosed.  

DKC was founded in New York City in 1991 by PR executive Dan Klores and over the years has expanded its offering beyond PR to include expertise in advertising and marketing, data analytics, creative services, social media, branding and more. Sean Cassidy heads the firm as CEO, and Matt Traub is president and COO. 

The agency works with brands such as TikTok, BMW, Airbnb, Indeed, Clear, the Big East Conference, Delta Air Lines, the National Basketball Association among others. In addition to its New York headquarters, it has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Albany and London.   

DKC is ACC’s sixth acquisition. The firm also started Advisory, a marketing consultancy group. The agency last year acquired Trailblaze, a marketing communications firm that specializes in working with emerging brands in regulated industries, and performance-minded influencer marketing agency Pixly in 2022.  

Those acquisitions followed deals for MKG, a creative agency specializing in brand experiences; design, fabrication, and 3-D printing shop Pink Sparrow; and Stripe Theory, a data marketing analytics and reputation management agency.  

ACC was formed in 2018 by industry veteran Michael Nyman and now has 550 employees across 12 offices throughout the country.  

Separately, ACC and its majority shareholder Solace Capital have retained growth equity firm Verance Capital as a strategic investor to support ACC’s next phase of growth.