Finally, we have a $2.35 million round for Casted, which offers a software-as-a-service platform to manage branded B2B podcasts. It’s still more proof that B2B podcasting is officially a thing. Speaking of which, tune into the Talking Stack podcast featuring CDP Institute’s David Raab, martech guru Anand Thacker, and MarTech Adivisor editor-in-chief Chitra Iyer. https://www.martechadvisor.com/multimedia/podcasts/series/talking-stack
Established Customer Data Platform vendors prepared for industry consolidation even as new firms entered industry during the second half of 2019, according to the CDP Institute’s semi-annual Industry Update. The industry added fourteen vendors and $236 million in new capital during the period while employment was up 64% over the previous year.
Even the most tech-savvy marketers are puzzled about the impact of privacy changes. One result – or maybe it’s a cause – is vendors who position barely-related technology as “pro-privacy” solutions. Case in point: Quintesse describes its natural language processing system for understanding the content of Web pages as an alternative to third party cookies. Their pitch is if you can’t target individuals with cookie-based profiles, you can target on page content instead. It’s a tenuous connection at best.
Customer intelligence platform Acxiom will collaborate with ActionIQ to deliver enhanced customer insights. ActionIQ’s CDP will integrate with Acxiom’s demographic, household, behavioral and preference data and with Acxiom’s RealID identity resolution solution. Acxiom experts will work with clients to customize and streamline ActionIQ.