Acquisitions/transactions
Product insights company Curion has acquired PVR Research, a marketing researcher based in Atlanta.
Customer, product and employee experience company Confirmit has expanded its Asia Pacific operations with the acquisition of Dapresy Asia. The new operation will be headed by Dapresy Asia Founder Heath Adams.
Data analytics provider Verisk has agreed to acquire Jornaya, a provider of consumer behavioral data and intelligence.
Health care technology company Cerner has agreed to acquire data and analytics consultancy Kantar Health.
Marketing technology provider Kenshoo will acquire Signals Analytics, a provider of analytics for market intelligence.
Numerator, a data and tech company serving the market research space, has acquired New York-based Information Machine.
QuestionPro, a provider of online survey and research services, has acquired Enprecis Group, a vehicle quality and customer experience management company.
Alameda, Calif.-based AI platform Absolutdata has been acquired by Infogain, a provider of technology solutions and software platform engineering services.
Alliances/strategic partnerships
Customer experience platform Alchemer has partnered with video survey software company Voxpopme for customer-recorded video feedback.
Customer intelligence company Acxiom has partnered with decision-making platform Diwo to launch Acxiom Optimization Solutions, powered by Diwo.
Data and analytics company IRI and 1010data, a provider of analytical intelligence to the financial, retail and consumer goods markets, have partnered to develop new data-democratizing solutions. As part of the partnership, IRI and 1010data will be investing in a joint program office.
Community panel specialist Verve and insight community company Potentiate have formed a strategic partnership, which includes the merging of Potentiate's U.K. assets into Verve.
Customer insights platform Canvs has expanded its partnership with market research platform Pilotly for an integrated solution.
Insights and consulting company Kantar has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to allow customers to purchase Kantar reports and select anonymized data through AWS Data Exchange.
Association/organization news
The Insights Association has formed the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) Council, with a mission to "deliver measurement, education and standards of excellence to address the lack of representation in the insights profession and the populations it researches."
Awards/rankings
Customer experience management and insights platform Alida has been named a "niche player" by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant for Voice-of-the-Customer Solutions.
Experience management company Medallia Inc. has been named a "leader" in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Voice of the Customer.
Customer, product and employee experience company Confirmit has been named a "leader" in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Voice of the Customer.
Advertising and brand research firm Phoenix Marketing International and ValueLabs, a software product development and data technology company, have won The AIconics award for "Best Innovation in Natural Language Processing."
New companies/new divisions/relocations/expansions
CIRQ, an International Standards Organization audit and certification body, announced that The Olinger Group has been recertified to ISO 27001, an information security standard.
Marketing researcher InSites Consulting has brought ABN Impact under the InSites Consulting name.
Enterprise customer analytics consulting firm Lift361 has launched its new division ShopFluency, which provides customer analytics for e-commerce brands.
CIRQ, an International Standards Organization audit and certification body, announced that Gongos Inc. has been recertified to ISO 27001, an information security standard.
Research company earnings/financial news
Experience management company Medallia Inc. has released financial results for the third quarter of 2020, reporting total revenue of $121 million, up 17% year over year.
Behavioral analytics company Smartlook has launched Smartlook NextGen, an enterprise-grade analytics platform for large clients. Additionally, Smartlook has raised $3.6 million in Series A funding led by Airbridge Equity Partners.
Human intelligence platform Streetbees has secured $6.7 million from investor TempoCap.
Sydney-based data and insights company Pureprofile has completed AU$18.8 million in recapitalization, which resets the company’s debt position and provides AU$3.5 million for future growth and investment.
Big data analytics company Tredence Inc. has secured $30 million in funding from Chicago Pacific Founders.
Data analytics startup ChaosSearch has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round led by Stripes and Moore Strategic Ventures, with participation from Glasswing Ventures, .406 Ventures and Stage 1 Ventures.
PostHog, an open-source product analytics company, has raised $12 million in a funding round led by GV with participation from Y Combinator Continuity.
DoubleVerify, a software platform for digital media measurement, data and analytics, announced that the Media Rating Council has extended the company's accreditations to include its impression and viewability measurement and reporting for display and video ads on Facebook and Instagram.