Acquisitions/transactions  

End-to-end digital media and advertising services platform Bright Mountain Media has acquired marketing and media company Big Village’s insights and agency divisions for approximately $20 million.

Data-driven marketing company Stirista has acquired marketing services and customer data platform Customer Portfolios.

Online survey and research services company QuestionPro has acquired health care technology platform Patient Safety Group to improve data collection and patient safety. 

Financial and technology consulting firm Accordion has acquired analytics and data management company Merilytics. It will become the foundation of Accordion’s data and analytics practice. 

Insights technology and panel provider Toluna has agreed to acquire market research and insights company MetrixLab from market research and digital marketing solutions provider Macromill Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

Insights and strategy consulting firm M/A/R/C Research has acquired consumer insights and market research agency Horowitz Research.

Data and market intelligence firm Keypoint Intelligence has acquired digital production print sales and marketing company ProPrintPerformance.

Digital consultancy Kin + Carta has acquired data service provider Forecast Data Services to improve its data and AI practice.

Ipsos has acquired Shanghai Focus RX Research to improve its position in China’s pharmaceutical research market.

SAM Sensory and Consumer Research has acquired market research agency PPL Insights. 

Marketing company OneMagnify has acquired data analytics and AI company RXA to expand its data science, analytics and AI offerings.

Marketing company OneMagnify has acquired analytics and predictive modeling company Splash Analytics for an undisclosed sum.

Alliances/strategic partnerships 

Retailer John Lewis Partnership has partnered with consumer insights company dunnhumby and SaaS technology company Eagle Eye to improve customer loyalty and to offer more benefits.

Human insight company UserTesting and behavioral research company Symplicit have partnered to offer customer experience solutions across the APAC region.

Market researcher Buzzback has used consumer intelligence company Brandwatch to expand its social listening and analysis capabilities.

Search intelligence platform Captify has partnered with content data platform IRIS.TV to offer data for connected TV media buying. 

Digital media measurement company Integral Ad Science has partnered with Lumen Research to track ad impressions and improve attention measurement.

Warner Bros. Discovery has partnered with 605, ABCS Insights, DISQO, EDO, LoopMe and Pilotly to offer campaign effectiveness insights to advertisers.

The Market Research Society and insights platform mTab have partnered to offer mTab+, a savings membership program offering discounts on training and certification programs.

NBCUniversal has selected Comscore as its local advertising currency partner.

Insights consultancy Human8 has created a strategic community partnership with SevenSeas Marketing Research. 

ESOMAR has joined insight platform mTab’s savings membership program mTab+. 

Association/organization news 

Market research and opinion polling consultancy OnePoll has joined the British Polling Council.

Research firm AMC Global has joined the Michigan State University Masters of Science in Marketing Research program at the Eli Broad College of Business. Chief Research Officer Erin Russeck and EVP, Corporate Strategy and Innovation Kelly Jasper will represent AMC Global on the advisory board.

Awards/rankings 

The Marketing Research and Insight Excellence Awards has opened its nomination portal. To nominate a researcher visit www.quirksawards.com.

ResTech and survey programming company Jibunu recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.

QRCA has opened its applications for the 2024 Global Qualitative Researchers’ Award. To apply visit www.qrca.org/global-qualitative-researchers-award.

Recruiting and field management firm FUEL recently celebrated its 9th anniversary.

The Hispanic Marketing Council has inducted Gloria Constanza into the HMC Hall of Fame. 

The Insights Association, RIVA and QRCA will recognize Naomi Henderson, who died in 2021 at the age of 77, through an awards program recognizing achievements and dedication to the qualitative research practice.

The Certification Institute for Research Quality has been accredited by the American National Standards Institute’s National Accreditation Board to issue ANAB-accredited ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificates. 

The Canadian Research Insights Council has opened nominations for its four open board of director positions. To nominate a candidate visit www.canadianresearchinsightscouncil.ca/home/nominations.   

Inc. magazine has named market research cloud Fuel Cycle in its 2023 Best Workplaces list.

Inc. magazine has named performance marketing agency NP Digital in its Best Workplaces list for the second consecutive year. 

The Independent Book Publishers Association has selected Rob Volpe’s book Tell Me More About That as the Silver Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for the Best Self-Help book of 2022.

RTi Research has been certified to the ISO 27001 standard by the Certification Institute for Research Quality.

The Insights Association has named its North Central Chapter as the 2022 Chapter of the Year. 

The Denver Post has listed feedback and data collection platform Alchemer in its 2023 Top Workplaces list.

Medical market research company MedSurvey has received the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 security management certification.

Breakthrough Research recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.

Behavioral science research and consulting agency PRS IN VIVO has received the 2023 Great Place to Work certification. 

Knowledge management platform Lucy has been selected for the SAP.iO Foundry San Francisco Innovation in B2B Sales and Service program.

New companies/new divisions/relocations/expansions 

Customer experience management platform Sprinklr has opened an office in Gurgaon, India.

Jenn Mancusi and Kristin Luck have launched Growgetter, a growth marketing agency.

Research and strategy firm Pierrine Consulting has launched its development studies division in Lagos, Nigeria.

Research company earnings/financial news 

Content intelligence platform Measure Studio has closed its $1.5 million seed funding round.

E-commerce software development company Luca has raised $2.5 million in its seed funding round led by Menlo Ventures.

Rewards and payments company Tango has facilitated over $10 million in donations for nonprofit organizations. 

Momentive has released its first-quarter results reporting a total revenue of $118.8 million, increasing approximately 2% year-over-year. It also reported a self-serve channel revenue of $72.1 million and a sales-assisted channel revenue of $46.7 million.

Comscore has released its first-quarter financial results reporting a revenue of $91.6 million, down compared to $94 million in Q1 2022. It also reported a net loss of $8.7 million, an adjusted EBITDA of $5.2 million and an FX-adjusted EBITDA of $6.7 million.

Digital analytics platform Amplitude has released its first-quarter financial results reporting revenue of $66.5 million and annual recurring revenue of $262 million, increasing 25% year-over-year. 

Predictive insights platform ODAIA has raised $25 million in its Series B funding round led by Threshold Ventures and Monograph Capital.

Employee experience platform Simpplr has raised $70 million in its Series D funding round led by Sapphire Ventures.

Analytics and AI solutions company Course5 Intelligence has raised $28 million in funding.