China PR giant BlueFocus Communications has moved to acquire a majority stake in San Francisco-based design, communications and digital firm Fuseproject, its first foray into the US.
Publicly traded BlueFocus will acquire a 75-percent stake for about $47M in Fuseproject, which also has a presence in New York and counts clients like Jawbone, Target, Intel and One Laptop Per Child. Fuseproject CEO Yves Behar will remain at the helm.
BF CEO Oscar Zhao told the Financial Times the deal is "just the start" of its US moves.
BlueFocus last year took a 20% stake in London-based PR holding company Hunstworth.
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