Data & Analytics Acquisitions in 2017

eBay acquired Toronto-based Terapeak, a provider of e-commerce market, pricing and supply/demand analytics, and began integrating Terapeak capabilities into its Seller Hub to give merchants better insights. Terapeak's team joined eBay’s B2C Selling and Seller Experience groups; financial terms were not disclosed.

Equifax Inc. acquired ID Watchdog, a Denver-based identity theft protection and resolution services company, for approximately $63 million. The acquisition will integrate ID Watchdog's identity solutions into Equifax's consumer and employee benefits offerings to expand capabilities in identity protection and breach resolution.

ESW Capital, through its affiliate Ignite Technologies, completed the acquisition of FirstRain, Inc., a Silicon Valley–based provider of sales and marketing intelligence and enterprise business-intelligence SaaS. FirstRain will be managed by Ignite and made available to Ignite customers via the Ignite Prime program to extend Ignite's analytics and customer-intelligence capabilities.

Aviana Global Technologies has acquired Elite Analytics, a Texas-based data science and predictive analytics specialist. The deal expands Aviana’s predictive analytics and anomaly detection capabilities to strengthen its business solutions and fraud-detection offerings for government and enterprise clients.

Spectrum Equity and Cressey & Company have made a growth investment in Verisys Corporation, a provider of healthcare provider data, credentialing SaaS and primary-source verification services. The investment will fund platform and product investments to accelerate Verisys' growth and expand its compliance, screening and monitoring solutions for the healthcare market.

Gartner, the global IT research and advisory firm, has agreed to acquire New York-based digital brand researcher L2. L2, which provides subscription benchmarking and digital performance research to consumer brands and employs about 150 people across New York and London, will initially operate independently while Gartner integrates the capability into its research portfolio.