For Navori Labs, 2025 was a landmark year of advancement – marked by its acquisition by PE firm Maguar and the purchase of Signagelive. 2026 begins with another milestone: at ISE, Navori will unveil its third-generation platform.
Jeff Weitzman: “A Very Special Year for Navori”
For Navori Labs, 2025 was a year unlike any other. In a market shaped by tariffs, geopolitical disruptions, and delayed rollouts, the Swiss software company managed to deliver high double digit growth – a remarkable performance in an environment where much of the industry stagnated. Yet, the most defining moment of the year was not the financial result, but the acquisition of Signagelive, one of the sector’s most respected cloud-native CMS providers.
The acquisition reshaped the company from top to bottom. Founder Jérôme Moeri stepped back from day-to-day operations, and Jeff Weitzman – a long-time industry executive – took over as CEO. Signagelive executives Jason Cremins, Marc Benson, and Frank Larsen joined the combined organization in new leadership roles. Today, more than 110 experts across all continents operate under the unified Navori banner.
Despite the transformation, Navori remains committed to its longstanding channel-only strategy and its unique DNA as a provider of digital signage infrastructure for enterprise environments. According to Weitzman, the acquisition of Signagelive “ticked all the right boxes” the acquisition of Signagelive “ticked all the right boxes” to support Navori’s ambition of becoming a global software leader. The integration has proceeded smoothly; administrative, commercial, and technical teams are already fully aligned, and Navori sees itself “in a very good spot along the integration roadmap.”
STC secured as a customer
In line with the company’s growth trajectory, Navori has just entered a strategic partnership with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s largest telecom operator STC. Solutions by STC – the IT integration subsidiary of STC – will use the Navori platform as the preferred supplier for digital signage projects. The collaboration focuses on delivering signage solutions for government and enterprise customers, supporting critical infrastructure projects and smart city initiatives throughout the Kingdom.
The platform takes center stage
Although both companies now operate as one, Navori is taking a deliberately customer-focused approach to its product strategy. The QL2 platform and Signagelive will continue to coexist – with no end of life scheduled for either. At ISE 2026, Navori will unveil a wave of new capabilities for QL2, adding around 80 new features designed primarily for Digital-out-of-Home and Retail Media Network applications.
In the second quarter, the company will launch what it calls a “third-generation digital signage software” – an open, composable platform designed to meet the needs of end users, integrators, and CMS vendors. Navori’s solution takes a modular approach, offering layers for data management, analytics, orchestration, and infrastructure. What sets this platform apart, according to Navori, is that it’s built from the ground up as a digital signage toolkit, for developers and self-serve end users alike.
Customer requirements have recently evolved significantly, with data sovereignty emerging as a decisive driver in a world disrupted by geopolitics. Enterprise digital signage operators also expect digital signage to integrate into their broader IT and data ecosystems, including the use of private LLMs and region-specific hosting requirements. “Navori provides digital signage solutions for global customers and their diverse needs. Data sovereignty and integration of customer LLMs are in our DNA,” says Weitzman.
Navori embodies this approach focusing heavily on data enrichment – transforming any data source, from operational dashboards to AI-driven analytics, into signage-ready content. This positions Navori not merely as a CMS vendor, but as an enterprise data integration layer for digital signage.
A clear vision for the future
Weitzman’s ambition for the company is unambiguous: Navori aims to be the global leader in enterprise digital signage infrastructure. With Signagelive now part of the family, a strengthened leadership team, and a next-generation platform ready to launch, 2026 is set to mark the beginning of a new chapter.
