Meltwater

company

About

Meltwater is a media Intelligence & social listening tools for measuring, managing and magnifying corporate reputation.

Details

Last Funding Type
Private Equity(PE)
Industries
Analytics,Public Relations,SaaS,Social Media,Social Media Management,Software
Founded date
Jan 1, 2001
Number Of Employee
1001 - 5000
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Meltwater News US Inc.
Also Known As
Meltwater News Canada Inc.

Meltwater helps companies make better, more informed decisions based on insights from the outside. We believe that business strategy will be increasingly shaped by insights from online data. Organizations will look outside, beyond their internal reporting systems to a world of data that is constantly growing and changing. Our customers use these insights to make timely decisions based on real-time analysis. 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. With more than 50 offices on six continents, Meltwater is dedicated to personal, global service built on local expertise. Meltwater also operates the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), a nonprofit organization devoted to nurturing future generations of entrepreneurs.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
3
$235M
Meltwater has raised a total of $235M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 15, 2019 from a Private Equity(PE) round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Mar 15, 2019 Private Equity(PE) $175M 1 Vista Equity Partners Detail
Feb 7, 2017 Debt Financing $60M 2 Silicon Valley Bank Detail
Oct 1, 2012 Private Equity(PE) 1 Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
2
4
Meltwater is funded by 4 investors. Vista Equity Partners and Silicon Valley Bank are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Vista Equity Partners Yes Private Equity(PE)
Silicon Valley Bank Yes Debt Financing
Vector Capital Debt Financing
Altor Private Equity(PE)

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
16
Meltwater has 16 current employee profiles, including Executive Jorn Lyseggen
Executive
Board member
Advisor
Executive
Employee

Acquisition

Meltwater has acquired 17 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was BuzzGain on Feb 24, 2010. They acquired BuzzGain for 0.

Date Company Name
Industry Acquisition Type Price
Feb 24, 2010 BuzzGain
Public Relations Detail
Mar 22, 2011 JitterJam
App Marketing Detail
Aug 4, 2011 The Mobile 360
News acquisition Detail
Mar 18, 2013 OCULUSai
Artificial Intelligence Detail
Apr 1, 2013 Likealyzer
Analytics Detail