Crimson Hexagon haalt 20 miljoen dollar op voor vergroot leiderschap in analyse sociale data
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Crimson Hexagon, een toonaangevende analist van sociale data voor strategische besluitvorming, heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat het 20 miljoen dollar aan groeikapitaal heeft verworven bij een financieringsronde, die wordt aangevoerd door Sageview Capital. De financiële middelen stellen Crimson Hexagon in staat functies toe te voegen aan zijn systeem en tegelijkertijd zijn internationale verkoop- en marketingteam en infrastructuur uit te breiden.
De investering komt in een tijd van ongeëvenaarde groei voor Crimson Hexagon. In de afgelopen twaalf maanden is het klantenbestand van het bedrijf met meer dan 75 procent gegroeid. Het platform heeft nu meer dan tienduizend actieve gebruikers. In dezelfde periode breidde Crimson Hexagon zijn team in de Verenigde Staten en daarbuiten uit met vijftig procent. Zo groeide zijn personeelsbestand in Londen en in zijn nieuwe kantoren in Chicago en San Francisco, met nog meer te openen kantoren in 2016. Daarnaast heeft het aantal posts in het socialedata-archief van Crimson Haxagon de 850 miljard overschreden, waarmee het bedrijf op koers zit voor 1 biljoen aan het einde van 2016.
Crimson Hexagon Raises $20 Million to Extend Leadership in Social Data Analysis |
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BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Crimson Hexagon, a leading provider of social data analysis to inform strategic enterprise decision-making, today announced it has raised $20 million in growth equity financing in a round led by Sageview Capital. The funding enables Crimson Hexagon to add capabilities to its solution while also expanding its global sales and marketing team and infrastructure. The investment comes amid unprecedented growth for Crimson Hexagon. Over the past 12 months, the company’s customer base has expanded by more than 75 percent and the platform now boasts more than 10,000 active users. Over the same period, Crimson Hexagon expanded its team in the U.S. and abroad by 50 percent, growing its London employee base and staffing new offices in Chicago and San Francisco, with more to open in 2016. Additionally, the number of posts in Crimson Hexagon’s social data library has surpassed 850 billion and is on course to reach 1 trillion by the end of 2016. “Crimson Hexagon is a true market leader with a tremendous customer list and is now positioned to expand its core capabilities to accelerate growth,” said Dean Nelson, partner at Sageview Capital. “Sageview provides growth capital to leading companies with demonstrated success and large market opportunities. We look forward to working with Crimson Hexagon as the company continues to dominate a growing market and delivers a strong return on investment for its customers.” A mature offering in a market of upstarts, Crimson Hexagon has delivered aggressive organic growth while maintaining capital-efficient operations. The company had raised only $17.5 million in funding prior to this investment round, relying on its proven executive team and market-tested platform to deeply align with users’ needs. The platform allows brands and agencies to have easy access to timely, actionable information about consumers’ opinions of their products, services and brand promises. “Brands and agencies are using Twitter data to inform all aspects of their strategy,” said Chris Moody, vice president of data strategy at Twitter. “We’re excited to see Crimson Hexagon raising funds to further enhance the products and services it delivers across the enterprise.” Several new OEM and partnership relationships will also be key to continued momentum. For example, Crimson Hexagon recently announced:
Stephanie Newby, CEO of Crimson Hexagon, said, “We have completed a critical check list: a first-class experienced team, robust technology that is easy to use and a client base hungry for more: more data, more analytics, more insights. With this foundation, and with Sageview Capital as our partner in this next important step, Crimson Hexagon is ready to extend its market leadership position.” Crimson Hexagon was advised by Shea & Company, LLC in connection with the financing. Additional resources
About Crimson Hexagon Crimson Hexagon is the global leader in consumer insights from social media data. Powered by patented technology and an in-house data library of more than 850 billion posts, Crimson Hexagon’s platform helps hundreds of brands and agencies answer critical business questions through the insights derived from social data. Clients include leading global organizations such as General Mills, Starbucks, Paramount Pictures, Microsoft and Twitter, and leading agencies such as TBWA, VML, BBDO, Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy, Edelman and Digitas. Find us on Twitter @crimsonhexagon and on Tumblr. About Sageview Capital Sageview Capital LP is a private investment firm providing growth capital to small and mid-sized companies in the technology, business services, and financial services sectors. The firm’s investments include Alfresco, Avalara, Demandbase, EverBank Financial, GoPro, MetricStream, Reflexis and United Capital, among others. Sageview was founded in 2006 and is led by Ned Gilhuly and Scott Stuart, former partners of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and Dean Nelson, former head of KKR Capstone. The firm has offices in Greenwich, Connecticut and Palo Alto, California. For more information, visit www.sageviewcapital.com. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160308005218/en/ Contacts Metis Communications |
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