Retail media is another favorite topic around here (we’re VERY popular at parties).  Instacart just launched Instacart Platform, which includes Carrot Ads, which run on retail websites that use Instacart technology; Carrot Warehouses fulfillment services, and Carrot Insights for analytics.  Kudos to Instacart for addressing the long-ignored shortage of vegetable-themed martech.

Data movement platform RudderStack has announced an integration to easily move data in and out of cross-channel marketing platform Iterable.  Rudderstack calls itself a “warehouse-first, CDP built for developers”, although it doesn’t meet the CDP Institute definition because it doesn’t maintain customer profiles.  It does provide one of the tools that companies can combine to mimic CDP functionality.

The past year has been tough for all kinds of tech investments.  This LUMA report offers an overview of martech, adtech, and content tech financial activity in public markets, private financing, and mergers and acquisitions.  To summarize a mixed picture: the bleeding has stopped but growth has not yet resumed.