Data & Analytics Acquisitions in 2023

Qlik has acquired Mozaic Data, an AI-driven data management technology provider, to accelerate its data-product-oriented capabilities across data quality, governance and a SaaS-based Data Product Catalog. Mozaic founder Sharad Kumar will join Qlik as Regional Head of Data Integration and Quality to help integrate Mozaic’s technology into Qlik’s data integration and analytics portfolio and cloud platform integrations.

Snowflake has acquired Samooha, a developer-focused provider of data clean room templates and tooling, to accelerate the build-out and interoperability of data clean rooms within the Snowflake Data Cloud. Samooha's founders and employees will join Snowflake as the company integrates Samooha's privacy-preserving, Snowflake-native app capabilities to simplify secure data collaboration across media, financial services and other regulated industries.

Rivean Capital, together with the Dataciders management team, is acquiring Dataciders GmbH from investment funds advised by AUCTUS Capital Partners AG. Dataciders is a Dortmund-based data & analytics service provider with over 500 employees and about €70 million in expected revenues; Rivean will provide capital and strategic support to accelerate growth and establish the company as a DACH market leader. Closing is planned for January 2024 and the purchase price was not disclosed.

Accenture has acquired Redkite, a London-based data consultancy of more than 230 professionals, to expand its Data & AI capabilities in the UK and accelerate clients’ adoption of modern data platforms and AI. The deal will integrate Redkite’s full-stack data expertise into Accenture’s Data & AI practice; financial terms were not disclosed.

Veson Nautical has acquired Shipfix, the AI-enabled collaborative data platform for the maritime and trade sectors. The deal brings Shipfix's pre-fixture data, collaboration tools and team into Veson's IMOS platform to strengthen data intelligence, AI capabilities and end-to-end freight trading and operations workflows.

Diné Development Corporation (DDC), a Navajo Nation–owned government services company, has acquired Spin Systems, Inc. (SpinSys), an award-winning data analytics and AI/ML-driven intelligence visualization software and services firm. The acquisition adds SpinSys’s big-data aggregation, visualization, cloud migration and predictive modeling capabilities to DDC’s existing IT and professional services offerings to better serve U.S. government customers, including the Department of Defense.

Embrace Software Inc has acquired Northwest Analytics (NWA), a provider of manufacturing analytics and Industry 4.0 digital transformation solutions. The deal—Embrace Industrial Group's sixth acquisition—adds NWA's analytics suite and manufacturing domain expertise to Embrace's industrial software portfolio and is intended to accelerate product R&D, including machine learning and generative AI capabilities.

ATPCO has acquired 3Victors, a travel data analytics startup founded in 2017; terms were not disclosed and the entire 3Victors team will join ATPCO as a subsidiary. The acquisition is intended to strengthen ATPCO's real-time data science and AI capabilities to accelerate the industry's transition to dynamic pricing and offer creation.

Contentsquare has completed its acquisition of product analytics provider Heap, its largest deal to date, to combine product-level and digital experience analytics into a single platform. The deal brings Heap's product analytics capabilities and customer base into Contentsquare's AI-powered digital experience platform to deliver broader, session-level and product-level insights for customers.

Argano has acquired the Profit Velocity profit-acceleration platform to expand its high-performance business operations capabilities. The platform brings time-based profit analytics and what-if planning to help clients optimize pricing, operations and investments across finance, sales and supply chain.

Nearmap has signed an agreement to acquire Betterview, a property-intelligence and risk-management platform that applies AI and computer vision to aerial imagery for insurance underwriting and claims. The deal will combine Nearmap's high-resolution imagery and geospatial tools with Betterview's AI-driven property attributes to expand capabilities and accelerate product development for insurance customers; financial terms were not disclosed and closing is subject to customary conditions.

Inflexion's Partnership Capital has agreed to make a £434 million minority equity investment to carve out GlobalData Plc's Healthcare division as a standalone business in a deal valuing the unit at £1.1 billion. GlobalData will retain majority ownership while partnering with Inflexion to accelerate organic growth, product and content investment, cross-selling, and selective M&A.

Teamcore, a retail execution technology platform, has acquired Pabis Retail, a Mexico City–based retail analytics and BI provider for consumer packaged goods (CPGs). The deal expands Teamcore's analytics and retail execution capabilities and strengthens its presence in Mexico and northern Latin America to better serve CPGs and retailers.

Balance Point Capital, together with its affiliated fund Balance Point Capital Partners V, L.P., made a follow-on growth investment in Blankfactor (Blankfactor Holdings UK Limited) to support the company's expansion of digital transformation, data and AI services. The capital will be used to accelerate Blankfactor's service offerings and growth in the payments and financial services markets.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has taken its first-ever outside equity investment, led by growth equity firm Spectrum Equity. The capital will support Benchmark's expansion of its lithium-ion battery and EV supply chain pricing, data and advisory products and accelerate its global growth.

Marketing transformation firm Fusion92 has acquired TRAK Data, a Toronto-founded AI-driven SaaS data modeling platform that creates predictive audience lists for marketers. The TRAK team will join Fusion92's Data & Analytics department and the platform will be integrated into Fusion92's product suite to expand its data-science and audience-targeting capabilities.

ParkerGale Capital has acquired Gap Intelligence and Deep.ad and combined the two companies into a new AI‑powered market intelligence platform. The deal brings together Gap Intelligence’s omnichannel pricing, promotion and product data with Deep.ad’s AI‑driven digital media attribution capabilities to expand product offerings and accelerate future M&A-led growth.

MediaRadar, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners and Endicott Capital, acquired Vivvix, Kantar Group’s North American advertising intelligence unit. The deal combines complementary advertising and media intelligence data and capabilities to broaden channel coverage (local TV, radio, search, out-of-home) and extend MediaRadar’s reach into new markets including Canada.

Treehouse, a Singapore-based digital assets data firm, acquired the intellectual property of Origins Analytics to expand its NFT analytics capabilities and integrate Origins’ tools (AlphaStream, NFT Analytics Bots, Wallet Profiling API) into its Hyperion product. Origins’ founding team will join Treehouse; the asset purchase strengthens Treehouse’s NFT product offering and signals capability expansion into NFT/on-chain analytics.

Austin-based Zelus Analytics has acquired TourIQ Golf, a golf-focused analytics service founded by Cory Jez, to expand its sports analytics offerings into professional golf and support PGA Tour players. The acquisition brings TourIQ's ShotLink-based performance tools and relationships with players into Zelus's broader analytics platform and team.

Abry Partners has agreed to acquire Chambers and Partners from Inflexion in a transaction valuing Chambers at over £400 million. The sale is an exit for Inflexion’s Buyout Funds IV and V (delivering a ~4.7x return) and transfers ownership of the leading B2B legal research, data and subscription information services platform to Abry.

Green Street has acquired Local Data Company (LDC), a London-based provider of proprietary retail and leisure location data and analytics, to enhance its pan-European commercial real estate intelligence offering. The acquisition adds LDC’s field-researched dataset and online insights platform — covering 700,000 GB businesses — to Green Street’s analytics and SaaS products to deliver deeper UK retail market insights.

HubSpot, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Clearbit, a B2B data and intelligence provider, to integrate Clearbit's firmographic, technographic, and contact data into HubSpot's AI-powered customer platform. Upon closing, Clearbit will become a wholly owned subsidiary and its data capabilities will be integrated into HubSpot's marketing, sales and service offerings to provide richer customer intelligence and intent signals.

Intellera Consulting has acquired Trust4Value (T4V), a Milan- and Rome-based data analytics and machine learning services firm, to strengthen its analytics and AI capabilities. The deal brings T4V’s ~80 specialists and sector experience in banking, fashion & retail, and utilities into Intellera’s offering to accelerate capability expansion in both public and private markets.

IBM has acquired Manta Software Inc., a Prague-based data lineage platform, to strengthen its data and AI governance capabilities across watsonx.ai, watsonx.data and watsonx.governance. Financial terms were not disclosed; Manta’s technology will provide deeper data lineage and provenance visibility to improve model explainability and regulatory compliance.

EnterpriseDB (EDB) has acquired Splitgraph, a Postgres-compatible serverless SQL API and data platform, to strengthen its data lake, data warehousing, analytics and AI capabilities. The acquisition brings Splitgraph's data integration, cataloging and serverless OLAP tech into EDB's Postgres product suite and was facilitated by Handmade Ventures.

Databricks has agreed to acquire Arcion, a provider of real-time change data capture (CDC) and enterprise data replication technology, in a transaction valued at over $100 million. The acquisition will enable Databricks to provide native, low-latency ingestion and replication connectors from enterprise databases and SaaS applications into the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, expanding its data ingestion and real-time capabilities.

pass_by has acquired the assets of two geospatial/location-intelligence firms, Tamoco and Olvin, for an undisclosed sum and launched an AI-driven almanac platform offering predictive foot-traffic intelligence. The acquisition, backed by investors led by Thor Bjorgolfsson and others, combines mobility, foot_traffic and event data to serve retail, commercial real estate and financial market customers.

Technosylva has acquired Atmospheric Data Solutions (ADS) to integrate ADS's high-resolution atmospheric data and wildfire forecasting capabilities into Technosylva's wildfire risk mitigation platform. The deal strengthens Technosylva's offerings for electric utilities and fire agencies by expanding data, analytics, and forecasting capabilities to better predict and mitigate wildfire risk.

MSCI Inc. has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Trove Research, a specialist data, analysis and advisory firm focused on voluntary carbon markets. The acquisition will integrate Trove's carbon market data, models and platform into MSCI's climate and ESG offerings to expand its capabilities for corporates, institutional investors and other market participants; terms were not disclosed and the deal is expected to close this quarter.

Onix has acquired Datametica, an IP-driven consulting firm focused on data migration, modernization and analytics, to accelerate its data and Generative AI capabilities. The transaction was primarily financed by Onix investor Tailwind Capital and brings additional proprietary products and expertise to Onix’s Google Cloud-centered services offering.

Kynetec, a Paine Schwartz Partners portfolio company and global provider of agricultural and animal health data and analytics, completed three add-on acquisitions: MQ Solutions (Brazil), Systematics International Ltd (United Kingdom) and CM Research Ltd (United Kingdom). The deals expand Kynetec's regional data coverage, machinery registration analytics and veterinary/pet owner research panels, and support new product offerings including MachineryTrak and enhanced animal-health insights.

MSCI Inc. has completed its acquisition of The Burgiss Group (Burgiss), a market-leading provider of data, analytics and technology solutions for investors in private assets. The deal, originally announced on August 14, 2023, expands MSCI's private-assets capabilities and aims to increase transparency for investors in private markets.

Health Data Innovations (HDI), a Beachwood, Ohio-based healthcare data integration platform, received a strategic growth investment from Hughes & Company, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on healthcare software and tech-enabled services. The funding will support HDI's expansion of its claims data management and data integration offerings to value-based care providers, payers, and population health partners; Bowen served as exclusive financial advisor.

Inflexion’s Partnership Capital II fund is making a strategic investment in aosphere alongside Allen & Overy and US investor Endicott Capital, with A&O retaining a significant minority stake as the business becomes a stand‑alone entity. The investment will fund aosphere’s continued product investment and international growth — in particular expansion into the US and growth via potential acquisitions — to scale its global regulatory data and compliance subscription business.

SynMax has acquired Gas Vista, a maritime energy trade-flow analytics company and creator of the Leviaton LNG forecasting and visualization product. The deal combines Gas Vista's predictive maritime analytics with SynMax's geospatial and 'dark ship' intelligence to expand SynMax's energy and maritime intelligence capabilities and product offerings.

TPG Growth (TPG) agreed to invest $336 million in Denodo's Series B preferred equity, providing primary growth capital and participating alongside a secondary sale of shares by existing investor HGGC. The financing is intended to accelerate Denodo's global expansion and scale adoption of its data virtualization and data management platform.

J.D. Power has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Autovista Group, a pan‑European and Australian provider of automotive data, analytics and market insights. The deal expands J.D. Power's vehicle valuation and specification capabilities while broadening its footprint in Europe and Australia; Autovista's ~700 employees and senior leadership will join J.D. Power, and the acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2023 subject to customary conditions and regulatory approval.

Collibra, the data intelligence company, has acquired Husprey, an integrated SQL data notebook platform, to add a collaborative SQL notebook and last-mile analytics capability to the Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud. The acquisition is intended to improve analyst productivity and accelerate insights by integrating Husprey’s collaborative workspace and AI-enabled workflow features into Collibra’s data catalog and marketplace.

Boston-based consulting firm Investor Group Services (IGS) has acquired Chicago-based Healthy Insights, a strategic growth advisor with a proprietary data and analytics platform. The acquisition expands IGS’s data analytics and machine-learning capabilities to better serve private equity clients and portfolio companies.

Bridge Core Federal, a NewSpring Holdings platform company, has acquired GeoYeti LLC, a government services firm specializing in advanced analytics, data science, and application development. The acquisition strengthens Bridge Core's data and analytics capabilities and integrates GeoYeti's Analysis-as-a-Service approach to better serve the intelligence community and other federal mission partners.

ResourceWise acquired Texas-based Chemical Intelligence, a specialist provider of price reporting, data and strategic consulting for glycols, solvents, antifreeze and methanol, effective August 30, 2023 (terms undisclosed). Chemical Intelligence will join ResourceWise’s Chemical Intelligence group (alongside Tecnon OrbiChem); founder George West will become Director of the group and staff will continue in analyst roles to expand ResourceWise’s chemical market coverage and analytics capabilities.

PEXA Group has acquired a 100% stake in Sydney-based environmental analytics startup Land Insight to integrate climate and environmental risk data into its digital property and insights offering. The acquisition expands PEXA’s data capabilities for B2B and B2G customers—enabling more robust environmental risk assessment for property valuations, planning and decision-making in Australia.

Datasite, a Minneapolis-based SaaS provider for M&A professionals, has completed the acquisition of London-based MergerLinks, a financial data and dealmaking platform for dealmakers and advisors. The purchase will integrate MergerLinks' vetted deal and relationships data into Datasite's suite of deal lifecycle applications to support deal ideation and expand Datasite's M&A data capabilities; financial terms were not disclosed.

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) agreed to acquire Abel Noser Solutions, LLC (ANS) from Abel Noser Holdings, with a second-stage acquisition of the START trade optimization platform completed later. The purchases expand TT's multi-asset data and analytics capabilities — bringing industry-leading transaction cost analysis (TCA), compliance and trade optimization tools into the TT platform to serve buy-side and sell-side clients across equities, FX, futures, fixed income and options.

Mastek has agreed to acquire BizAnalytica, a Boston-based provider of data cloud and modernization solutions. The acquisition will strengthen Mastek's data services and Generative AI capabilities while expanding its presence and delivery capacity in the US market.

LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group, has made a minority growth investment in Sedex to support the company’s platform development, professional services expansion and international growth. Sedex, a London-based sustainability data and technology provider with more than 200 employees and a 75,000-member network, will use the capital to accelerate product development and scale its supply-chain sustainability offering.

Five9 agreed to acquire Aceyus, a Charlotte-based provider of advanced data integration and analytics, to integrate Aceyus’s pre-built data connectors and analytics into the Five9 Intelligent CX Platform. The acquisition is intended to streamline large enterprise migrations from on‑premises contact center systems to the cloud, enhance Five9’s contextual data capabilities for personalized customer journeys and support its AI roadmap; the transaction was expected to close by the end of Q3 2023.

Bowmark Capital has invested in DeHavilland, the London-based provider of political data, monitoring and analysis, partnering with existing shareholder Bridgepoint. The capital will support DeHavilland's product development, international expansion and acquisitive growth; the company serves over 400 customers across corporates, investment firms, non-profits and public affairs consultancies.

Premier International, a Renovus Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Information Asset, a data governance, privacy and risk management firm. The add-on expands Premier’s data governance, migration and offshore delivery capabilities to better serve Fortune 1000 clients across industries including financial services and healthcare; terms were not disclosed.