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UK-based consumer and B2B researcher 2CV has announced eleven promotions, including Chris Oatey and Jon Smetherham to Regional Directors, responsible for leading the Asia team based in Singapore; and in the UK Kar Hoo Lee to Associate Director of Data Services and Abigail Plank to Associate Director. More
Data science start-up QuantexAI has secured $1m in pre-seed funding, from undisclosed investors, as it moves its natural language query software into beta. More
Singapore-based customer experience solutions firm TDCX is to be acquired and taken private by a team led by its CEO and founder Laurent Junique, via a merger valuing the nearly 18,000-strong company at around $1.037bn. More
Rakuten Insight Global has announced the integration of Singpass, Singapore's national digital identity, as part of its proprietary panel verification process. More
PureSpectrum has appointed former Qualtrics and Dynata employee Mani Padmanabhan as Senior Client Director for Asia, based in Singapore. More
Dynata has appointed three senior directors: Derek Brown as VP Australia and New Zealand, based in Sydney; Michael Fegan as VP North Asia, based in Hong Kong; and Russell Carter as Country Manager in Singapore. More
Consulting giant Accenture has agreed to acquire the business of media and marketing tech company Jixie, and will integrate it into the tech-powered creative division Accenture Song. Jixie is based in Singapore but focuses on clients in Indonesia. More
Global data and insights company Pureprofile has announced two appointments to strengthen its UK operations. Samantha Cooke joins as Senior Partnerships Manager UK, and Tyrone S'ng as Client Development Manager. More
Singapore-based decision science firm Blackbox has partnered with Qualtrics to launch SensingSG, a platform giving real-time insights into community sentiments, attitudes and behaviour in Singapore. More
Aampe, a user engagement platform with locations in Raleigh, NC and Singapore, has announced a Pre-Series A funding round totalling $7.5m, with which to support product development and fuel continued global expansion. More
In Singapore, sensory research specialist MMR has appointed former Reckitt Benckiser and Givaudan insights professional Wanni Xu Sensory Director in its Asian division. More
Singapore-based Go-to-Market intelligence company FlashIntel has raised $US 10m in a seed and angel investment round. Funds will be used to further develop its FlashInfo platform, which integrates sales intelligence with tools to engage customers. More
Social media intelligence and analytics specialist Meltwater has appointed Huixian Yang as Customer Experience Director (APAC), based in Singapore, while Sydney-based Jeff Piniros has been named Sales Development Director (APAC). More
Ad tech firm Infomo has partnered with AI-based network traffic analyst Canopus Networks to provide telcos with an in-house platform for ad targeting. More
Singapore-based automated location intelligence platform SpotQuest has partnered with hospitality agency The Cutting Edge to launch two services in the Middle East market: a tool called Food and Beverage Location Intelligence, and a Menu Price Benchmarking AI platform. More
In Singapore, Kantar has hired long-time Nielsen exec Kartikeya (Kartik) Varma for the dual role of Head of Creative and Media, Singapore, and Head of Media, APAC. More
Former Illuminas MD Frank Ma has launched a qualitative research business called One16 in Singapore, focusing on market / user exploratory studies, concept testing, post-launch tracking and UX research. More
WPP has acquired 'sonic branding' agency amp, which employs a 'Sonic DNA' design approach and 'Sonic Hub' creative platform to analyse, create and manage clients' music and sound assets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. More
Luxury markets specialist Altiant has expanded its Millionaire Media Consumption Subscription service to Hong Kong and Singapore. More
Advertising and marketing network DDB Group Singapore has partnered with Temasek Polytechnic to launch the Behavioural Intelligence Group (BIG), which applies behavioural science to marketing, to examine an audience's abilities, motivations, and contextual influences on actions. More
Kantar has promoted Jane Ng and Paromeeta (Paro) Mathur Banerjee to General Managers of its Insights division in Singapore and Malaysia, respectively. More
Singapore-based digital customer experience solutions provider TDCX has launched its first Digital CX Center of Excellence, which will pilot and validate new CX models. To support the center, TDCX has also set up a Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arm to invest in CX technologies. More
Southeast Asia-based qual and quant marketing intelligence and online panel service provider Divergent Insights has opened an office in Vietnam, where it has appointed Nguyen Cong Nhu Thuong as Head of Business Development and Operations. More
New York-based firm Blackbird.AI has released a major upgrade of its Constellation risk analytics platform for conversational and social data. More
Parenting platform Supermom, which offers its twenty million members price comparisons, networking communities, and the opportunity to earn money by completing surveys, has raised SG$ 8m ($6.01m) in a Series A round of funding, which it will use to expand its presence in Southeast Asia. More
Kantar has appointed Cheong Tai Leung as Chief Executive Officer of its Insights Asia Pacific business. She is based in Singapore and takes over from Wayne Levings, who will now focus exclusively on his role as Kantar's Chief Client Officer. More
Stagwell Group's global insights and strategy firm National Research Group (NRG) has appointed Sushma Panchawati as Senior Vice President, Content & Strategy, overseeing the firm's presence in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. She is based in Singapore. More
Consumer sensory insights specialist MMR Research has opened a new 'ASEAN sensory hub' facility in the Pasir Panjang area of Singapore. More
Singapore-based digital customer experience solutions provider TDCX has expanded to Turkey, where its new campus will offer capabilities in Turkish and Arabic, in addition to European languages. The firm also plans to expand to Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam in the next twelve months. More
Customer experience management specialist Sprinklr has announced plans to more than quadruple the size of its Singapore-based Research and Development (R&D) Center to up to 100 professionals, during the next 36 months. More
Research agency 2CV has added Matt Haydock as Research Director in its UK Qualitative team; Jonathan Smetherham in its Singapore team as Research Director; and Heath Gregory in the US as an Associate Director. More
Singapore-based digital customer experience solutions provider TDCX has expanded in the Philippines, with the opening of an office in Iloilo. More
Cultural insights and strategy consultancy Crowd DNA has opened an office in Los Angeles, headed by recently appointed David Stewart. The firm has also hired Hina Hussain as Head of Agency in New York, and Radha Patel as a Director in Singapore. More
In Singapore, government and public sector research and advisory business Kantar Public has appointed Cheryl Chung to lead its policy advisory business in Singapore. More
Full-service business-to-business research provider B2B International has launched a new team in Frankfurt, where it has appointed long-time Kantar exec Bernd Büchner as 'Head of Germany'. More
London-based mobile research and sample specialist On Device Research has hired former Nielsen exec Simon Clarke for the newly created role of Commercial Lead for Singapore and the APAC region. More
Consumer insight and sensory specialist MMR Research has hired former GfK and Nielsen exec Mihir Inamdar for a newly created role, Commercial Director, based in Singapore. More
Australian insight consultancy Fiftyfive5 has appointed former Kadence MD Phil Steggals as Head of Consulting for the APAC region. He is based in Singapore. More
Raymond Lo, the co-founder of boutique MR consultancy Picnic Customer Intelligence, is relocating from Singapore to set up an office in Sydney, Australia later this month. More
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