Acquisitions in Social Media Analysis
So much activity, we need a scorecard.
Annual Review
The Year in M&A, Social Media Analysis 2018
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
Access Intelligence Buys Pulsar 2 October 2019
Infomedia and M-Brain Form Nordic Alliance, Exchange Assets 26 September 2019
Mavrck Acquires GroupHigh 20 August 2019
Cheetah Digital Acquires Wayin 12 July 2019
Maps Group Buys Rest of Roialty 12 July 2019
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Acquisitions by Company
| Company | acquired (m/yy) | ...which had acquired/ merged with | |
| Access Intelligence | Pulsar (10/19) | ||
| 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) Crimson Hexagon (10/18) Qriously (3/19) | ||
| Brillio | Marketelligent (10/14) | ||
| CARMA | CustomScoop (7/16) | ||
| Cheetah Digital | Wayin (7/19) | EngageSciences (5/16) | |
| 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) ShareIQ (7/18) Falcon.io (1/19) TrendKite (1/19) | Cymfony (4/12) Engine 140 (2/11) Metrica (10/09) Komfo (2/18) Insightpool (6/18) -Next Principles (2/15) Union Metrics (6/18) | |
| 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) Assist (3/19) | ||
| 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 | Jive Software (5/17) FirstRain (8/17) Synoptos (3/19) | Filtrbox (1/10) | |
| Evolve24 | Sherpa Analytics (8/14) | ||
| e-Rewards | Conversition (5/11) | ||
| Threadsy (8/12) | |||
| Facelift | socialBench (12/15) | ||
| FigBytes | Unison (1/19)* | ||
| 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) | ||
| ICX Media | SEEN (6/18)* | ||
| IMS Health | Semantelli (4/13) | ||
| Infomedia | Opoint (2/18)* M-Brain MI (9/19) | ||
| Innodata | MediaMiser (7/14) PRN Agility (5/16) | InfoGlutton (1/12) | |
| interlinkONE | AwarenessHub (10/15) | ||
| Ipsos | Synthesio (10/18) | Bunkr (1/17) Social Karma (7/17) | |
| iSentia | Brandtology (2/11) BuzzNumbers (8/12) | ||
| J.D. Power | Umbria (4/08) | ||
| Knewin | Zubit (10/17) | ||
| 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) Scoop.it (10/18) | ||
| 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) | |
| Maps Group | Roialty (7/19) | ||
| Maritz Research | Evolve24 (10/10) | ||
| MarketCast | Fizziology (8/17)* | ||
| Marketwired | Sysomos (7/10; separated 2/15) | ||
| Mavrck | GroupHigh (8/19) | ||
| 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) | ||
| Mynewsdesk | Mention (8/18) | ||
| 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) | ||
| Nuvi (Brickfish) | Nuvi (9/18) Banyan (5/19) | ||
| OBI4wan | Buzzcapture (2/17) | ||
| Onclusive | Ozmotic (4/19) | ||
| 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) | ||
| Slyce | Ditto Labs (11/18) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 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) |
