Data & Analytics Acquisitions in New York

Paris-based data science firm Ekimetrics has acquired Actable, a New York–based specialist in AI-powered customer analytics, as part of its "Elevate" plan to become a global leader in large-scale managed data and AI solutions. The deal strengthens Ekimetrics' customer analytics and marketing/sales AI capabilities and accelerates its expansion in North America; Actable will continue operating within Ekimetrics while its technology is progressively integrated into the Ekimetrics platform.

S&P Global has completed the sale of its Enterprise Data Management (EDM) and thinkFolio businesses to STG, with the EDM business being acquired by Gresham (backed by STG). The carve-out expands Gresham's enterprise data management footprint in the financial services industry; financial terms were not disclosed and Barings served as agent on financing for the deal.

Verana Health has acquired oncology-focused COTA (COTA Healthcare) in a transaction supported by a $52 million equity commitment from existing backers. The merger expands Verana's real-world data and analytics capabilities into oncology and gives the combined firm access to more than 95 million patients and over 20,000 contributing clinicians, broadening its offering to biopharma customers across clinical trials and outcomes research.

Vanda has acquired all outstanding capital stock of Exante Data Inc., merging Exante into Vanda to create a combined macro analytics and data platform. Financial terms were not disclosed; financing support was provided by FPE Capital and Santander, and Exante founder Jens Nordvig will become President of the combined company and join the board as Vanda accelerates development of its "Vanda Analytics" product and AI-driven solutions.

Novacap, a North American private equity firm, completed an all-cash acquisition of Integral Ad Science (IAS) valued at approximately $1.9 billion. Under the deal IAS shareholders received $10.30 per share and IAS will cease to be publicly listed as Novacap plans to invest in product innovation and global scaling of IAS's AI-powered media measurement platform.

Real Estate Business Analytics (REBA) has acquired Markerr, a market data and analytics provider that supplies public rent datasets and AI-driven forecasting for multifamily and single-family rental markets. The deal integrates Markerr's public rent data, demand/supply insights and predictive models into REBA's connected analytics platform to enhance operational intelligence, compliance-ready datasets and AI forecasting for real estate owners and operators.

Culmen International has acquired the public sector business of Premise Data Corporation to expand its global research, monitoring, and real-time situational awareness capabilities for government, NGO, and humanitarian customers. The deal brings Premise's mobile-based platform and contributor network into Culmen's suite of services to enhance localized data collection, analytics, and predictive monitoring for mission-driven programs.

Collibra has acquired Deasy Labs, a Y Combinator-backed startup that automates discovery and semantic enrichment of unstructured data. The acquisition adds Deasy Labs' capabilities for tagging, filtering and enriching documents, transcripts and other unstructured files into Collibra's unified data and AI governance platform to accelerate enterprise AI, analytics and compliance.

Straive, a global data, analytics and AI services company owned by EQT, has acquired SG Analytics (SGA) to strengthen its data analytics and AI operationalization capabilities. SG Analytics, founded in 2007 with offices in New York, London and Pune, brings deep domain expertise across banking & financial services, information services and TMT; Novistra Capital served as exclusive financial advisor to SGA.

Datasite has acquired Grata, an AI-native private market intelligence platform, and will integrate Grata as a strategic business unit while Grata's co-founders remain in leadership. CapVest Partners, Datasite’s controlling shareholder, intends to invest $500 million (organic and inorganic) to expand Datasite’s market intelligence and deal-sourcing capabilities globally.

Circana has completed its acquisition of NCSolutions, the Nielsen–Catalina joint venture that provides purchase-based advertising measurement and optimization. The deal brings NCS’s team, data assets and measurement capabilities into Circana’s media business to expand audience targeting, media measurement, in‑flight optimization and clean‑room solutions for CPGs, retailers and agencies.

Monda, a data monetization SaaS platform, has acquired Amplify Data, a no-code data delivery platform that automates customizable data product delivery across clouds and marketplaces. The acquisition integrates Amplify’s delivery and provisioning technology into Monda’s data commerce platform to expand its capabilities for secure, scalable, cloud-agnostic data sharing for AI.

Consumer Edge has completed its acquisition of Earnest Analytics, a provider of transaction and healthcare-focused alternative data. The deal expands Consumer Edge’s data offerings and enhances its near-real-time consumer spending and healthcare insights for financial institutions, corporations and other data-driven customers; terms were not disclosed.

IBM has acquired Hakkoda Inc., a global data and AI consultancy, to expand IBM Consulting's data transformation and generative AI capabilities. The acquisition brings Hakkoda's Snowflake and cloud expertise and hundreds of data practitioners across multiple regions to strengthen IBM's ability to modernize enterprise data estates for AI-powered operations.

CoStar Group has acquired agricultural data company Ag-Analytics, bringing the AcreValue platform into CoStar’s Land.com marketplace. The acquisition expands CoStar’s capabilities in farmland and rural property analytics, integrating AcreValue’s parcel-level data and reports to serve farmers, landowners, brokers, investors and lenders.

Rokt announced a US$300 million investment in mParticle and the two companies are merging to create an integrated real-time customer data and e-commerce relevancy offering. The deal combines Rokt's ecommerce transaction relevance platform with mParticle's customer data platform to accelerate product roadmap delivery while keeping mParticle's founders in leadership roles.

New Jersey-based AIN Media Group has acquired AircraftPost, a provider of business-jet market data and real-time valuations, and will fold the business into a new data division. The acquisition expands AIN's product suite beyond publishing and events into data services and positions AircraftPost to scale under AIN's ownership.

H1 has acquired Ribbon Health, a provider data management and API platform, in a cash-and-stock deal that closed in late December. The acquisition integrates Ribbon's provider directory and real-time data capabilities into H1's healthcare data and analytics platform to expand H1's reach into health plans, provider systems and digital health markets.

Experian has acquired Audigent, a data activation and identity platform, to enhance its marketing data and identity capabilities by adding Audigent's first-party publisher data and sell-side distribution. The deal expands Experian's addressability and audience-targeting tools, building on prior integrations such as Tapad and joint products like SmartPMP and Contextually-Indexed Audiences.

Advan Research Corporation has acquired Real Estate Intelligence (REI), the mobile device location-data analytics business of RetailStat. The divestiture strengthens Advan's alternative data and location-analytics capabilities while allowing RetailStat to focus on its core financial, grocery and point-of-interest analytics offerings.

Philadelphia-based buyout firm Inverness Graham has acquired Alliant, a marketing data and analytics provider known for its Alliant DataHub and cooperative data model. Inverness Graham said it will support Alliant's growth through strategic partnerships and additional acquisitions to expand its marketing data, analytics and technology capabilities.

With Intelligence has acquired SPS, an award-winning provider of deal-level data and analytics for private equity and M&A professionals, from Bain & Company. The deal brings SPS’s 100,000+ tracked transactions and granular deal taxonomy into With Intelligence’s private markets platform to expand its deal intelligence capabilities and support geographic growth into Europe.

EarthDaily Analytics (EDA), backed by Antarctica Capital, has acquired Descartes Labs and its government subsidiary, Descartes Labs Government, Inc. The deal integrates Descartes Labs' commercial products and government-facing capabilities into EDA's Earth Observation and analytics platform, expanding EDA's addressable markets across insurance, energy, mining and U.S. defense/intelligence and positioning EDA as a platform for further geospatial add-ons.

Two Circles, the Charterhouse-backed sports and entertainment data business, has acquired KORE, a leading sponsorship and fan-engagement intelligence platform, from Serent Capital. The deal expands Two Circles' technology and data capabilities in North America and strengthens its measurement, data management and business intelligence offerings for sports and entertainment customers.

Paris-based NeoXam, a portfolio company of Eurazeo, has acquired EZOPS, a New York provider of AI-enabled data control, workflow automation, and regulatory reporting. D.A. Davidson served as exclusive buy-side financial advisor; the deal strengthens NeoXam's data management and reporting capabilities and supports its international expansion.

Exiger has acquired XSB, a logistics and parts intelligence platform that maintains a proprietary catalog of 100M+ parts and 400M+ part attributes. The acquisition brings XSB's AI, semantic knowledge graph and parts dataset into Exiger's supply chain and third-party risk software ecosystem to expand capabilities for government and Defense Industrial Base customers.

EXL (Nasdaq: EXLS) has acquired ITI Data, a New York–headquartered data management solutions firm that serves large banks, financial services and healthcare clients. The acquisition adds specialized data management, governance and engineering capabilities and expands EXL's data and AI-led offerings across the U.S., Europe and Australia.

Tikehau Capital made a strategic minority investment in Lenox Park Solutions, a New York–based fintech specializing in data analytics and DEI/impact investing tools. The capital will accelerate Lenox Park's technology and analytics development and support its expansion into U.S. and international markets, with a Tikehau representative joining the company's board.

Ness Digital Engineering has acquired Intricity, a New York–based provider of data strategy, governance, modernization, and monetization solutions. The deal deepens Ness’s data strategy and advisory capabilities (including Intricity’s Snowflake and Databricks alliances) and will allow Ness, a KKR-backed platform, to accelerate data and AI offerings for large enterprise clients.

Nordic Capital has acquired a majority stake in ActiveViam, a provider of advanced analytics and decision-making software for financial institutions, in a transaction completed February 27, 2024. Guidepost Growth Equity, an earlier investor, sold all of its shares while ActiveViam's founders and management reinvested alongside Nordic Capital; financial terms were not disclosed.

S&P Global has agreed to acquire Visible Alpha, a financial technology provider of granular sell-side analyst models, consensus data and analytics, to integrate its offerings into S&P Capital IQ Pro. The acquisition is intended to enhance S&P Global Market Intelligence's investment research capabilities and accelerate product capabilities; the deal is expected to close in 2024 subject to customary conditions and regulatory approval.

Norway-based seafood data and analysis firm Kontali has acquired the Nasdaq Salmon Index from Nasdaq. Kontali will operate and develop the 30-year-old salmon price benchmark, with plans to introduce additional services and features to enhance the index for analysts, banks and market participants.

Consolidated Analytics, a Santa Ana-based provider of mortgage lifecycle and valuation services, has acquired Real Info, Inc., a provider of property data and automated valuation model (AVM) technology. The deal expands Consolidated Analytics’ valuation product suite and property database, broadening its client offerings across mortgage lenders, banks, GSEs and real estate professionals; terms were not disclosed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

iSOCRATES LLC, a global MADTech products and services provider, has acquired SIGMA Data Insights, a 38-year-old membership-industry data and analytics firm. The deal brings together analytics, managed services and marketing technology capabilities to deepen iSOCRATES's focus on membership and not-for-profit organizations and broaden its consulting and managed-services bench.

Blend360, a data science solutions provider, has acquired FutureproofAI, Inc., a specialist technology consultancy focused on omnichannel decision management and implementation of Pegasystems' Customer Decision Hub. The deal expands Blend360's data engineering and analytics capabilities to better serve large enterprise clients across the US and EMEA and accelerate AI-powered real-time customer decisioning implementations.

Velir, a Somerville-based data-driven experience agency, has acquired Brooklyn Data Co., a full-stack data and analytics consultancy. The acquisition strengthens Velir's modern data stack capabilities (Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Sigma, Hightouch) and expands its ability to deliver data-driven personalization and analytics services to clients.

Real Chemistry has acquired TI Health, a data-driven HCP engagement and predictive analytics company, and will integrate TI Health into Swoop to create a unified HCP and DTC system of engagement for healthcare marketers. TI Health, previously a portfolio company of Capital Dynamics, Star Mountain Capital, and Halyard Capital, will bring its Affiniti platform and HCP targeting capabilities to Swoop’s privacy-safe patient audiences to enable coordinated omnichannel campaigns.

Ipsos has acquired Xperiti, a start-up that provides an AI-driven B2B expert-recruitment and insights platform, to accelerate and scale Ipsos' business-to-business research capabilities globally. The acquisition will boost Ipsos' speed and efficiency in recruiting experts across 130 countries and expand its B2B research and adjacent offerings.

Leeds Equity Partners acquired TalentNeuron, a subscription-based provider of labor market data and analytics, from Gartner. The transaction makes TalentNeuron a standalone platform investment for Leeds Equity to accelerate product development and expand its human capital data and insights offerings.

J.D. Power has completed the acquisition of ZappyRide, an EV-focused data and software company, and will integrate it into its Autodata Solutions division as part of a new E-Vision initiative. ZappyRide's white-label software, APIs and EV program planning tools will expand J.D. Power's EV data, analytics and consumer intelligence capabilities for OEMs, utilities, fleets and government stakeholders.

Gradient AI, a provider of AI-driven insurance underwriting software, has acquired the underwriting analytics business unit from Prognos Health. The deal integrates Prognos' lab and medical data into Gradient AI's SAIL medical underwriting platform to expand capabilities for group health risk assessment and underwriting accuracy.

Lumivero, a new data-insights software platform backed by TA Associates, brings together QSR International, Palisade and Addinsoft to create a combined analytics and collaboration offering. As part of the transaction Thompson Street Capital Partners sold Palisade to Lumivero (retaining a minority stake); the combined business will consolidate qualitative and quantitative analytics tools to accelerate product development and global growth.

Thompson Street Capital Partners (TSCP) and Endicott Capital have made a strategic investment to acquire majority ownership of New York–based ad intelligence SaaS provider MediaRadar, with TSCP serving as the control investor. Frontier Growth sold majority ownership and will remain a minority shareholder; terms were not disclosed. The investors plan to support MediaRadar's continued growth and product/capability expansion.

Fitch Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in dv01, a New York–based data and analytics provider for the structured finance market. dv01 will operate as a subsidiary of Fitch Solutions and the deal is intended to strengthen Fitch's data, analytics and loan-level transparency capabilities across structured finance asset classes.

Nexla, a data engineering automation platform, has acquired Fidap, a startup that provides cleaned, ready-to-use datasets for advanced analytics and machine learning. The acquisition brings Fidap's team and technology (founded by Ashish Singal and previously backed by Gradient Ventures and others) into Nexla to expand its pre-packaged data products and last-mile data preparation capabilities for enterprise customers.

Funds advised by Permira agreed to acquire the majority shareholding in Reorg from Warburg Pincus, with Reorg management retaining a significant ownership stake. The investment will support product innovation and accelerated growth for Reorg, a provider of data, analytics and intelligence for the global credit markets; financial terms were not disclosed and the deal was expected to close in Q3 2022.