M&A Deal Summary

Meltwater Acquires DataSift

On March 19, 2018, Meltwater acquired software company DataSift

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Meltwater’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Meltwater’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2018-03-19
Target DataSift
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Meltwater
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

DataSift

Berkshire, United Kingdom
DataSift is a privacy-by-design data and analytics platform that extracts real-time insights from social and online data sources, while protecting user privacy. DataSift’s privacy-first PYLON platform extracts actionable intelligence without compromising consumer trust. Founded in 2010 in Reading, UK, DataSift powers an ecosystem of developers that deliver solutions for agencies, application builders and brands.

Search 215,074 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try Free

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Meltwater

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Information Technology
Employees2,200
Revenue 411M EUR (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Meltwater is a provider of online intelligence solutions. Meltwater helps companies make better, more informed decisions based on insights from the outside. More than 25,000 companies use the Meltwater media intelligence platform to stay on top of billions of online conversations, extract relevant insights, and use them to strategically manage their brand and stay ahead of their competition. Meltwater was founded in 2001 and is based in San Francisco, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 17
Sector: Software M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 11 of 15
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-29 Algo

San Francisco, California, United States

Algo LLC is a tool that aids software developers by eliminating the manual process of data collection. Velocity of information method analyzes market reactions to ingest news and blogs in real time. It empowers the discovery of new opportunities by providing developer with the complete knowledge. It provides easy to use JSON API's to interact with their platform. Leverages of the Algo ecosystem are search APIs, news on mobile or site, and content marketing. It can be downloaded through iOS and Android mobile application versions. Algo was founded in 2015 by Matt Michelsen, Aaron Rama and Evon Onusic.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-04-24 Sysomos

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sysomos, Inc. is a social media monitoring and analytics products that give corporations, marketers, public relations agencies and advertisers the intelligence and insight needed to make smarter business and strategic decisions. Sysomos, Inc. was established in 2007 and is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Buy -