Data & Analytics Acquisitions in Canada

DoiT (DoiT International) has acquired SELECT, a Toronto-founded data platform optimization company focused on Snowflake, integrating SELECT into its Cloud Intelligence platform as "PerfectScale for Snowflake." The deal—part of DoiT's $250 million AI investment strategy—will extend FinOps automation into the data layer and retains SELECT's team and customer contracts; financial terms were not disclosed.

Ateko, a Bell-backed Canadian IT services and systems integrator, has acquired SDK Tek Services Ltd., a Calgary-based data engineering and analytics integration firm. The acquisition strengthens Ateko's AI and data engineering capabilities to accelerate enterprise and public-sector AI deployments across Canada.

Deloitte Canada has acquired Allevar, a Toronto-based financial services technology and data enablement firm specializing in fraud management, AML, payments and KYC. The deal brings Allevar's leadership and technical capabilities into Deloitte Canada's Strategy, Risk & Transactions Regulatory & Risk practice to strengthen its financial crime and compliance solutions for banks and other financial services clients.

Teleperformance (TP) has acquired Agents Only, an AI-enabled crowdsourcing platform that provides on-demand, highly skilled domain experts for data labeling, annotation and generative AI support. The acquisition will be integrated into TP.ai Data Services to scale AI training data capabilities and accelerate project delivery and quality across TP's AI offerings.

Rival Group announced a merger with Angus Reid Group to create a combined $60 million research enterprise serving clients across the United States and Canada. Angus Reid will join Rival Technologies and Reach3 Insights as independent brands under the Rival Group umbrella to combine proprietary conversational research technology, panel assets, and consulting capabilities to scale offerings across enterprise clients.

Datassential has acquired Brizo FoodMetrics, a provider of operator-level market intelligence for the foodservice industry. The deal expands Datassential's sales intelligence capabilities and creates a more comprehensive foodservice insights platform for brands, distributors, and tech partners.

EarthDaily Analytics has acquired SkyForest, a specialist platform for wildfire risk assessment and forestry analytics, integrating its capabilities into EarthDaily's Earth Observation and AI-driven analytics offerings. The acquisition expands EarthDaily's environmental risk management solutions for clients in insurance, government, utilities and forestry, and will leverage EarthDaily's upcoming satellite constellation to scale SkyForest's near-real-time analytics globally.

Myant has acquired Toronto-based Bitnobi Inc., a startup that provides privacy‑protected data‑sharing software, to integrate secure data collaboration capabilities into Myant's connected‑health platform. The deal—Myant's fourth strategic acquisition in six months—aims to strengthen the company's precision‑health roadmap by enabling safe data sharing with researchers, clinicians and third parties.

Hover Group announced a strategic investment in SquareKnot Analytics to integrate the market‑research firm's consumer insights into Hover’s marketing ecosystem and to support its owned agency, Black Rock Marketing Group (BRMG). The deal will help accelerate SquareKnot’s product development (including the Wilbur budgeting app) and strengthen Hover Group’s data-driven marketing capabilities.

EcoVadis has acquired Ulula, a human-rights technology and analytics company, to integrate Ulula's worker engagement platform and analytics into EcoVadis' sustainability intelligence offerings. The acquisition strengthens EcoVadis' ability to provide on-the-ground, verifiable labor and human-rights data to customers and supports compliance with evolving global supply-chain regulations.

Stellex Capital Management, in partnership with Communify, has acquired Fincentric (formerly Markit On Demand/Markit Digital) from S&P Global. The deal is a divestiture by S&P Global; financial terms were not disclosed and local closings are expected to complete across certain jurisdictions through 2024 into H1 2025.

ZEMA Global Data Corporation (formerly ZE PowerGroup) received a significant growth equity investment from FTV Capital to accelerate global expansion, product development and customer support. As part of the transaction Andrea Remyn Stone was named CEO, founder Dr. Zak El‑Ramly moved to chairman, and several FTV representatives joined ZEMA's board; financial terms were not disclosed.

FairPlay Sports Media has acquired Toronto-based predictive sports data specialist Quarter4. The acquisition will integrate Quarter4’s predictive modelling into FairPlay’s brands — including oddschecker and WhoScored — combining prediction services with FairPlay’s price-movement data to expand product capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

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.

Improving has acquired Jump Analytics, a Canadian technology services firm specializing in Microsoft Data Analytics and SAP Analytics, expanding Improving's analytics capabilities and North American reach. The Jump Analytics leadership team will remain in place and the deal is expected to contribute to Improving's annualized revenue (above $290 million) while broadening its presence across Canada.

Everstream Analytics, a San Marcos-based supply chain insights and risk analytics software company, has acquired BlueNode, a Canadian intermodal logistics data and AI cleansing platform. The deal extends Everstream's capabilities for maritime data quality, port operations analytics, and carbon emissions measurement to support sustainability and end-to-end supply chain visibility.

Lightcast, a KKR-backed labor market data and analytics provider, has acquired Montreal-based business intelligence platform Gazelle (Gazelle.ai). The acquisition will integrate Gazelle's company-level predictive AI and business data into Lightcast's labor analytics products to expand capabilities for economic developers, commercial real estate brokers, and corporate sales teams; financial terms were not disclosed.

Evergreen Financial Technology Group (EFTG), a division of Evergreen Services Group, has acquired Lodestar Technologies, a Vancouver-based provider of data warehousing, business intelligence and analytics for credit unions and banks. The acquisition will integrate Lodestar’s analytics and data-warehouse solutions into EFTG/Sharetec’s fintech offering to expand analytics capabilities, scale product integrations, and better serve credit unions across North America.

Crisp, the retail open-data platform, has acquired Integral Group, an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) provider based in Aurora, Ontario. The deal brings Integral's nearly 40 years of EDI experience and customer relationships into Crisp's platform to combine EDI, point-of-sale, and inventory data for improved supply chain visibility and retailer-supplier collaboration.

FINSIGHT Group Inc. has acquired Docoh, an equity capital markets research platform, from Eighty-Five Technologies. The acquisition will expand FINSIGHT's institutional market data and research offerings by integrating Docoh's historical filings, transcripts and alert capabilities into its capital markets product suite.

Q2 Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: QTWO) acquired Sensibill, a Toronto-based AI-powered customer data platform, in a transaction that closed October 3, 2022. The acquisition is intended to bolster Q2's data and machine-learning capabilities by adding Sensibill's SKU-level spend data and expense-management tools to Q2's digital banking and commercial banking suites.

Converge Technology Solutions Corp. has acquired Toronto-based Newcomp Analytics to expand its advanced analytics capabilities across North America. The acquisition adds Newcomp’s AI, data engineering, BI and managed analytics offerings to Converge’s portfolio and strengthens its analytics footprint in Canada and the broader North American market.

Beringer Capital has acquired a majority stake in Toronto-based Dig Insights, a tech-enabled consumer insights and market research company known for its Upsiide SaaS platform. The investment will support Dig's growth and product expansion across the innovation lifecycle; Canaccord Genuity served as financial advisor and terms were not disclosed.

insightsoftware has acquired Toronto-based Dundas Data Visualization, integrating Dundas BI into its Logi embedded analytics suite to strengthen self-service analytics, ETL, and pixel-perfect reporting capabilities. The acquisition is intended to accelerate innovation for insightsoftware’s Logi products and broaden Dundas’ global resources and product reach.

Morningstar Sustainalytics has acquired Aquantix, a Montreal-based property-level climate risk data and modelling company. The acquisition strengthens Sustainalytics' climate capabilities by adding Aquantix's AI-powered models and property-level geospatial data for real estate, mortgage lenders, banks, and insurers.

Bain Capital Tech Opportunities has made a $150 million minority growth investment in Ataccama to accelerate go-to-market efforts, product innovation and global expansion. Ataccama, a Toronto-based unified data management platform provider, has been growing rapidly—doubling ARR in 2021 and employing more than 450 people across 10 offices.

Lux Research, a Boston-based research and advisory firm focused on sustainable innovation, has acquired Toronto-based MotivBase, a predictive anthropology and analytics company. The acquisition adds MotivBase's natural language processing and big-data driven consumer-insight capabilities to Lux Research's sustainable innovation research platform.

Oakley Capital Fund III has agreed to sell its stake in TechInsights, with Oakley Capital Fund IV acquiring a majority stake alongside CVC Growth Funds. The transaction provides an exit for Fund III while delivering follow-on investment to support TechInsights' shift to subscription revenues and a multi-year expansion programme under CEO Gavin Carter.

IDG Communications, Inc. has acquired LeadSift, a Canadian B2B sales and marketing intelligence platform that uses AI-driven intent data to identify in-market accounts and contacts. The acquisition will integrate LeadSift's intent intelligence into IDG's martech and data stack to enhance targeted lead generation and intent-based marketing for technology customers.

Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) completed its acquisition of exactEarth Ltd. (TSX: XCT) via a plan of arrangement, acquiring all outstanding shares in a cash-and-stock deal. The acquisition adds approximately $18m ARR, 150+ customers, and exactEarth's historical AIS database and real-time maritime data capabilities to Spire's space-based data and analytics portfolio.

NielsenIQ has acquired Cornerstone Capabilities, a SaaS provider of revenue management optimization for consumer packaged goods (CPG) clients whose AI-driven Curve platform optimizes regular and promotion pricing. NielsenIQ will integrate Cornerstone’s Curve with its Connect platform and data assets to build an end-to-end price and promotion revenue management solution and expand its analytics capabilities globally.

Zonda acquired Urban Analytics, a Vancouver-based urban and multifamily market data and analytics firm, to expand its coverage into Canadian markets and add urban-focused data to its platform. The acquisition, announced by Zonda (a MidOcean Partners–backed company), will broaden Zonda's client base across major Canadian markets and enhance its U.S. urban market coverage.

Trendline Interactive, an Austin-based digital messaging consultancy, acquired Canadian data and analytics firm Data Insight Group (DiG) to deepen its advanced analytics and data science capabilities. The deal was completed with financial support from middle-market private equity firm Growth Catalyst Partners to strengthen Trendline’s analytics-led marketing services and expand its strategic consulting offerings.

Studio Media Group acquired Darwin CX, a Toronto-based customer experience and subscription management platform, from ZoomerMedia and will integrate it with its Palm Coast Data unit to accelerate data-driven customer acquisition and retention capabilities. The deal brings Darwin CX's real-time analytics and AI-driven campaign tools into Studio Media's portfolio to provide publishers and membership organizations faster, more actionable marketing insights.

Graph Blockchain Inc. (CSE: GBLC) entered a binding letter of intent to acquire 100% of Third Eye Insights Corp., a British Columbia-based developer of a cloud-based AI analytics platform. The acquisition is intended to integrate Third Eye’s deep analytics capabilities into Graph’s BluStem e-commerce marketplace to provide real-time consumer insights for wellness and alternative medicine brands.

Remsoft has acquired Xtivity Inc., a London, Ontario–based managed services firm that provides MRO inventory management and decision support tools. The acquisition adds inventory and supply chain management capabilities, including Xtivity's Pulse ML-based decision support system, to Remsoft's optimization and asset-intelligence product suite.

Uplight has acquired Ecotagious to integrate Ecotagious' machine-learning smart meter disaggregation and appliance-level energy insights into Uplight's customer-centric energy action platform. The deal expands Uplight's analytics and personalization capabilities for utilities, combining Ecotagious' SaaS insights used by utilities in Canada, the United States and internationally with Uplight's broader suite of utility-facing solutions.

Kalibrate Technologies Ltd., a Manchester-based location intelligence and fuel-pricing solutions provider, has acquired Kent Group Ltd., a London, Ontario-based fuel price information, benchmarking and consultancy firm. Kent Group will continue to operate independently in Canada while Kalibrate will integrate Kent's analysis and benchmarking services into its North American offering to deliver combined pricing, location planning, data and consultancy solutions.

Air Canada completed the purchase of Aimia Canada Inc., the owner and operator of the Aeroplan loyalty program, from Aimia Inc. The transaction closed for approximately $497 million in gross proceeds, with roughly half of Aimia’s 1,500 global employees (about 750 people) transitioning to Air Canada; proceeds were used to repay Aimia debt and place certain funds in a restricted account.

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.

IMS Health acquired Privacy Analytics to integrate its de-identification and data governance technology into IMS Health’s Real-World Evidence (RWE) platform, expanding the company’s capabilities in privacy-preserving analytics for life sciences and healthcare clients. The acquisition will allow IMS Health to offer Privacy Analytics’ software and advisory services across its global client base while continuing to offer the solutions as an independent product suite.