Zeta Global and Dun & Bradstreet are combining their data to enable business marketers to target business contacts based on consumer data including purchase intent, behaviors, transactions, and location. Audiences combining D&B business information with Zeta Global consumer data will be sold by both companies, with a special focus on giving small businesses easy access to advanced marketing capabilities.
Brave is about to give Google Search, Bing, and other browsers a run for their money with the beta release of the company’s new search engine, which will become the default for the Brave browser by the end of the year. The search engine runs off community-curated open ranking models to avoid algorithmic bias and censorship and does not rely on other search engines or providers. It will also allow a community, or a single user, to set their own rules and filters, which the company evocatively calls “Goggles,” to... Read More >
Business software information company G2 has raised a $157 million Series D, bringing total funding to $257 million and valuation to $1.1 billion. While best known for its crowd-sourced reviews, the company also helps companies buy and manage their software and offers marketing solutions to software sellers.
The build-vs-buy debate never ends, and sometimes build really makes sense. But buy is clearly the way to bet: just 17% of martech replacement projects chose a homegrown solution this year, according to this MarTech survey. That’s down from 31% the year before. CDPs were among the least common replacements, maybe because they’re awesome and maybe because most CDP implementations are fairly new. Download for more fun facts.