Olery, a specialist in online reputation and social media monitoring for the hospitality industry, announced a $1 million (€750,000) investment from an undisclosed source.
via TechCrunch
InRev Systems, the developer of the Simplify360 SMA platform, announced that it has received its first institutional investment, an undisclosed amount from an unnamed "IT-focused investor from Kolkata." With the investment, the Bangalore-based InRev expands its physical presence into Mumbai and Delhi.
Recently announced software updates:
- Actionly
Social Stream. - Brandwatch
Map view, history comparison chart. - Moreover
Increased forum coverage. - MutualMind
MutualMind 1.7.9: workflow improvements. - NM Incite (PDF)
BuzzMetrics Exchange (powered by uberVU): language detection, collaboration, workflow, city-level geolocation - Simply Measured
UI refresh. - Synthesio
Major update. - Teezir
UI redesign, rebranding, sentiment filter, influence sort/filter, source demographics. - uberVU
Geolocation analytics, location filter.
2 February - Recorded Future webinar, Looking into the Future with Web Media Analytics, 11:00 AM EST (GMT -5). With Marshall Sponder.
2 February - GoodData/AMA webinar, The Top 5 Key Performance Indicators for Social Media and Web Analytics, 1:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Jim Sterne.
8 February (Nashville, TN) - Murmuration
9 February - Radian6 webinar, Become a Social Media Strategist, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Christopher Barger.
15 February - NetBase webinar, Social Media Market Research Panel, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Ray Poynter, Leonard Murphy, and Tom Anderson.
23 February - Crimson Hexagon webinar, Demystifying the ROI of Social Media, 1:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Natalie Petouhoff.
25 February (Chapel Hill, NC) - AnalyticsCamp
1 March - NetBase webinar, Social Analytics for the PR Function, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Brian Solis.
11 April - NetBase webinar, Social Media Analytics, 2:00 PM EST (GMT -5). With Nathan Gilliatt.
17–18 April (San Francisco) - Social Media Analytics Summit
26 April (Frankfurt) - Social CRM 2012
8 May (New York) - Sentiment Analysis Symposium
9–12 June (Dalian, China) - Sentiment Analysis for Asian Languages
Bluefin Labs announced it has raised $12 million in a Series B round led by Time Warner Investments, with participation from SoftBank Capital and return investors Redpoint Ventures and Lerer Ventures. Bluefin specializes in analyzing social media conversations about US national television.
via Ad Age
Recently released research and white papers:
- Baromètre ECHO vague 4, Scanblog and Opened Mind
- The 7 Whiteboard Sessions Every Social Media Strategist Needs to Have in 2012, Spredfast
- World Map of Social Networks, December 2011, Vincenzo Cosenza
