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In Sydney, Australia, visual communication platform Canva has announced the acquisitions of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent management platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation company. Both companies were founded by Chris and Mike Sharkey.
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Creative effectiveness platform System1 has upgraded its Test Your Ad measurement tool with new AI-enabled capabilities; and says the new version will also provide smarter diagnostics and more intuitive reporting.
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Disrupt Insight has appointed Philippe Epailly as Research Director. He joins after a dozen years at research provider MTM, most recently as Head of the Quantitative Team.
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In New York, AI-native conversation intelligence platform Natter has raised $23 million, with which to scale its offer globally. This includes expanding its engineering, data and product teams as well as further developing platform capabilities.
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Research services firm Survey Sherpa has appointed Colin Wong as Executive Vice President, based in Brisbane, Australia. More
US-based market research consultancy Smarty Pants has launched GENspiration, a series of free live focus group sessions promising attendees better understanding of consumers in a different generation each month, beginning with Baby Boomers on 14th April. More
Media intelligence and planning software firm Guideline has unveiled Market Monitor, a new weekly subscription syndicated research product providing global advertising market insights built entirely on verified, transaction-level spend data. More
Alex Baranpuria has been promoted to President of the Ivy Exec division of Calabasas, CA-based InnovateMR. Ivy Exec founder Elena Bajic is moving to a Strategic Advisor role after twenty years leading the firm. More
UK-based programmatic media company MiQ is acquiring LatAm-focused mobile app growth specialist Rocket Lab. More
US-based full service custom insights firm MarketVision Research has appointed longstanding Kantar researcher Kerri Lehrhaupt as a Vice President in Client Partnerships. More
Manon Lloyd has joined Kubi Kalloo as a Junior Consultant, bringing around six months of experience in academic and agency-side market research at 2CV. In her new role she will support the Kubi team on projects across social and commercial sectors. More
StackAdapt has appointed former Trade Desk SVP Business Development Katy Friday as Vice President for its Central region, joining its revenue leadership team. More
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