And here’s Mintigo announcing delivery of its own AI-based sales intelligence data to users of SAP’s C4C CRM system. This follows similar integrations with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and others. Again, this is only about delivering information, not telling anyone what to do with it. Nothing wrong with that.
Cloud-based master data management vendor Reltio, which also qualifies as a Customer Data Platform, announced a $40 million Series C. Total funding is now $72 million. Reltio sells directly and has partnerships with firms including Dun & Bradstreet, SnapLogic, and QuintilesIMS. In addition to assembling data, Reltio incorporates Apache Spark for predictive analytics.
Retail qualifies as a vertical, although I don’t have a retail product to discuss. But here’s a MarketTrack study on shopper preferences for online vs in-store shopping. Despite all the bad news you’ve read about bricks-and-mortar retailers, shoppers in most categories still prefer to buy in a physical store. But younger shoppers lean more towards online and 80% of respondents said they do online price comparisons. So the prospects for conventional in-store retail do look rather bleak.
CDP and marketing cloud vendor Zeta Global announced an agreement to purchase LiveIntent, which helps companies do email-based advertising. The deal will let Zeta expand its identity graph, enter the publisher monetization business, and accelerate its mobile and retail media products. Zeta will pay $77.5 million in cash and $172.5 million in common stock, with potential for additional payments based on performance.