M&A Deal Summary

Meltwater Acquires Encore Alert

On March 29, 2016, Meltwater acquired internet software and services company Encore Alert

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Meltwater’s 5th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Meltwater’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Meltwater’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-03-29
Target Encore Alert
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Meltwater
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Encore Alert

Arlington, Virginia, United States
Encore Alert is a SaaS platform that uses artificial intelligence to sift through online information 24/7 to derive critical insights used to improve a company’s marketing and PR efforts.

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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 7 of 17
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 5 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 15
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 7
Year (2016) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-05-21 Strategic Planner

Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Quebec, Canada

Strategic Planner, Inc. is a platform that helps businesses make better decisions by delivering market and competitive insights. Strategic Planner derives important trends aimed at informed business decisions by providing understanding of critical information about their customer’s market and competitors.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-02-21 Wrapidity

London, United Kingdom

Wrapidity is an artificial intelligence platform to automate the extraction of data from unstructured web-based content.

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