Acquisitions in Social Media Analysis
So much activity, we need a scorecard.
Annual Review
The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2017
The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2016
The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2015
The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2014
The Year in M&A (and an IPO), Social Media Analysis 2013
The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2012
Most Recent Transactions
Forrester Acquisitions Preview CX Cloud 10 July 2018
TrendKite Acquires Insightpool and Union Metrics 29 June 2018
Twitter Acquires Smyte 21 June 2018
Quotient Acquires Ahalogy 1 June 2018
Unison Acquires Brand Machine 18 May 2018
Acquisitions by Company
| Company | acquired (m/yy) | ...which had acquired/ merged with | |
| Akio Software | Spotter (9/14) | ||
| American Family Insurance | Networked Insights (12/17) | ||
| Anexinet | ListenLogic (1/16) | ||
| Apple | Topsy (12/13) | ||
| Attensity | Biz360 (4/10) | ||
| Avos | Tap11 (5/11) | ||
| blueReport | net-clipping (8/14) | ||
| Brand Embassy | Beepl (12/12) | ||
| Brandwatch | PeerIndex (12/14) BuzzSumo (10/17) | ||
| Brillio | Marketelligent (10/14) | ||
| CARMA | CustomScoop (7/16) | ||
| Cicero Group | Yatterbox (9/13) | ||
| Cision | Visible (9/14) Vocus (10/14) Gorkana (10/14) Viralheat (3/15) PR Newswire (12/15) l'Argus de la Presse (6/17)* CEDROM-SNi (12/17) PRIME Research (12/17) | Cymfony (4/12) Engine 140 (2/11) Metrica (10/09) | |
| Clarabridge | Engagor (5/15) | ||
| CNW Group | dna13 (4/10) | ||
| Cogia Intelligence | MeMo News (9/15)* | ||
| Confirmit | Integrasco (1/14) | ||
| Connotate | Fetch Technologies (3/12) | ||
| Conversocial | HipMob (3/17) | ||
| Coupang | CalmSea (11/13) | ||
| Dassault Systèmes | Netvibes (2/12) | ||
| Digital Tomorrow Today | Tweetchup (6/15) | ||
| DigitalGlobe | Tomnod (4/13) | ||
| Dinamize | LiveBuzz (9/11) | ||
| Dow Jones | Factiva (10/06) | ||
| Dun & Bradstreet | Fliptop—partial (4/14) | ||
| Ebiquity | Digital Balance (8/17) | ||
| emfluence | Spiral16 (6/15) | ||
| Engagement Labs | Entrinsic (7/14) Keller Fay Group (7/15) | ||
| Environics | Exvisu (1/10) | ||
| Eptica | Lingway (11/12) | ||
| ESW Capital | FirstRain (8/17) Jive Software (5/17) | Filtrbox (1/10) | |
| Evolve24 | Sherpa Analytics (8/14) | ||
| e-Rewards | Conversition (5/11) | ||
| Threadsy (8/12) | |||
| Facelift | socialBench (12/15) | ||
| Falcon.io | Komfo (2/18) | ||
| Fluid | 8thBridge (4/14) | ||
| Forrester | GlimpzIt (7/18) | ||
| Freshdesk | Airwoot (4/16) | ||
| Genesys | Solariat (3/14) | ||
| GfK | Sensemetric (6/13) | ||
| PostRank (6/11) | |||
| gShift | InNetwork (3/16) | ||
| HootSuite | Seesmic (9/12) uberVU (1/14) Brightkit (7/14) Zeetl (9/14) Sales Prodigy (3/16) AdEspresso (2/17) LiftMetrix (2/17) Naritiv tool (3/17) | ||
| Hottolink | Gala Buzz (4/12) Socialgist (1/15) | ||
| IAC | BuzzLabs (5/11) | ||
| iAdvize | Bringr (5/15) | ||
| IBM | AlchemyAPI (3/15) | ||
| IMS Health | Semantelli (4/13) | ||
| Innodata | MediaMiser (7/14) PRN Agility (5/16) | InfoGlutton (1/12) | |
| interlinkONE | AwarenessHub (10/15) | ||
| iSentia | Brandtology (2/11) BuzzNumbers (8/12) | ||
| J.D. Power | Umbria (4/08) | ||
| KPMG | WiseWindow (4/12) | ||
| Launchmetrics | Augure (1/16) | iMente (12/11) Adequate Systems (1/13) Wisemetrics (6/15) | |
| Lexalytics | Infonic (7/08) Semantria (7/14) | ||
| LexisNexis | Moreover (10/14) | ||
| Linkfluence | TrendyBuzz (3/14) Die Medialysten (7/15) ActSocial (10/15) | ||
| Lithium Technologies | Scout Labs (5/10) Social Dynamx (10/12) Klout (3/14) | ||
| LookSmart | Syncapse (8/13) | ||
| LRW | MotiveQuest (9/16) | ||
| M-Brain | Whitevector (7/13) Opoint (4/16) | Infopaq Sweden (12/13) | |
| Maritz Research | Evolve24 (10/10) | ||
| MarketCast | Fizziology (8/17)* | ||
| Marketwired | Sysomos (7/10; separated 2/15) | ||
| Meltwater | BuzzGain (2/10) JitterJam (3/11) IceRocket (8/11) OculusAI (3/13) Encore Alert (3/16) Wrapidity (2/17) Klarity (6/17) Infomart (6/17)* Cosmify (8/17) Algo (8/17) DataSift (3/18) Sysomos (4/18) | Expion (7/15) gazeMetrix (9/15) | |
| MetrixLab | CRM Metrix (11/11) | ||
| Microsoft | Netbreeze (3/13) Parature (1/14) | ||
| MindMixer | VoterTide (3/13) | ||
| Mu Sigma | Webfluenz (6/14) | ||
| NASDAQ OMX | Glide Technologies (10/11) | ||
| News Group International | Report International (7/12) KD Paine & Partners (7/12) | ||
| Ninestars | NEWBASE (12/12) | ||
| NM Incite | BuzzMetrics (4/07) SocialGuide (11/12) | Trendum, Intelliseek | |
| Notified | Twintip Insights (partial- 11/16) Lissly (partial - 5/17) | ||
| OBI4wan | Buzzcapture (2/17) | ||
| OneQube | Internet Media Labs (6/17) Them Digital (6/17) | ||
| Oracle | RightNow (10/11) Vitrue (5/12) Collective Intellect (6/12) | ||
| Ornico | Fuseware (5/15)* | ||
| Palantir | Poptip (7/14) | ||
| PeopleBrowsr | Swaylo (2/13) | ||
| PITOOEY! | RAADR (12/13) | ||
| Polygraph Media | Offergraph (8/14) | ||
| Progressive Media Group | Attentio (4/12) | 365Research (1/11) | |
| Proofpoint | Nexgate (10/14) Socialware (11/15)* | ||
| Quotient Technology | Ahalogy (6/18) | ||
| Salesforce.com | Radian6 (3/11) Buddy Media (6/12) | 6Consulting (3/11) | |
| ScribbleLive | Appinions (4/15)* Visually (1/16)* Scompler (2/16) | ||
| SeaChange International | Timeline Labs (12/14) | ||
| Sentimonitor | Vortio (10/16) | ||
| Shapiro+Raj | MutualMind (5/16) | ||
| Shiji | ReviewPro (1/17) | ||
| Social Data Intelligence | SDL (partial, 4/17) | Alterian (1/12) -Techrigy (7/09) --Andiamo Systems (5/09) -Intrepid (9/10) --Lift9 (5/10) | |
| Socialbakers | Social Insider (4/14) Applum (6/14) | ||
| Spredfast | Mass Relevance (4/14) Shoutlet (8/15) | ||
| Sprinklr | Dachis Group (2/14) TBG Digital (8/14) Branderati (9/14) Pluck (2/15) Get Satisfaction (4/15) Scup (4/15) NewBrand (6/15) Booshaka (11/15) Little Bird (11/16) | ||
| Sprout Social | Simply Measured (12/17) | Inside Social (9/15) DataRank (10/15) | |
| StatSocial | Macromeasures (1/18) | ||
| Syncapse | Clickable (6/12) | ||
| Synthesio | Bunkr (1/17) Social Karma (7/17) | ||
| Tailwind | PinClarity (7/12) PinReach (10/13) PinAlerts (10/16) | ||
| Telligent | Zimbra (7/13) (Telligent spun out 8/15) | ||
| thismoment | Position2 (2/12) | ||
| Tickr | Market.Space (3/17) | ||
| TO THE NEW | ThoughtBuzz (9/13) | ||
| TrendKite | Insightpool (6/18) Union Metrics (6/18) | Next Principles (2/15) | |
| TrustYou | ReviewAnalyst (9/11) | ||
| BackType (7/11) Bluefin Labs (2/13) Trendrr (8/13) Mesagraph (3/14) SecondSync (3/14) Gnip (4/14) Smyte (6/18) | AM Analytics (1/10) | ||
| Uberall | Spotistic (10/15) | ||
| Unified | awe.sm (5/14) | ||
| Unison | Brand Machine (5/18) two42solutions (?/15) | ||
| Verint | KANA (1/14) | Overtone (4/11) | |
| VICO | Infospeed (4/15) | ||
| W2O Group | VinTank (3/15) | ||
| Wayin | EngageSciences (5/16) | ||
| Webedia Group | Semantiweb (1/16) Nuke Suite (9/16) | ||
| Wikio | Neotia (4/10) | ||
| WPP | TNS (10/08) CIC (1/12) Fisheye Analytics (12/13) | Cymfony (2/07) | |
| YDM Group | Computerlogy (8/15) | ||
| YouScan | BrandSpotter (3/18) |
