Meltwater

About

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

San Francisco,California,United States
1001 - 5000
http://www.meltwater.com/

Highlights

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