Marketing technology
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Martech Q1 2020 Exit Activity
The below chart summarizes martech year-to-date exit activity compared to last year. As you can see, there were 12 exits in Q1 2020, which is a 33% drop from Q1 2019. A quarter of the way through 2020, and we are at 16% of the 2019 full-year exit activity.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology research areas. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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Martech Q1 2020 Funding
The below chart summarizes martech year-to-date funding compared to last year. As you can see, Q1 2020 funding closed at $821M, which is a 67% drop from Q1 2019. A quarter of the way through 2020, and we are at 8% of the 2019 full-year funding amount.
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Notable Martech Startups and Meesho Profile
As you may know, Venture Scanner provides emerging technology research services to support corporate innovation and startup scouting. To give you a view into our client-only research, here is an excerpt focused on notable startups.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Martech 2019 Exit Activity Increased From 2018
The below chart shows martech exit activity over time. As you can see, martech exit activity showed robust growth from 2015 to 2017, and then dropped in 2018 before rising in 2019 to 77 exits.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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Martech 2019 Funding Hit Historic High
The below chart shows martech funding over time and calls out the largest funding rounds in recent years. As you can see, martech funding increased steadily from 2017 to 2019, with last year’s funding reaching a historic high.
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Marketing Automation Leads Marketing Technology Exit Activity
How do the different marketing technology (martech) categories compare in terms of exit activity? Let’s find out in the graph below, which shows the number of all-time martech acquisitions and IPOs by category through Q3 2019.
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Marketing Technology Report Highlights – Q3 2019
Here is our Q3 2019 summary report on the marketing technology startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.
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