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Strategic research consultancy 5D has launched a market intelligence hub, 5D Nexus, designed to bring together fragmented data sources and give organisations a forward-looking view of their business and the competitive landscape.
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Accenture Ventures, the consulting giant's investment arm, has given its backing to Profitmind, an agentic AI decision intelligence platform built for retail teams, as part of a $9m seed round. The funds will fuel global scaling of the platform, recruitment and further extension of platform capabilities.
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US-based ad platform Infillion, the company that bought MediaMath in 2023, has announced the acquisition of veteran purchase intelligence company Catalina. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Ad effectiveness platform System1 has appointed Mohan (Mo) Taylor as Chief Product and Technology Officer; moved Orlando Wood to Chief Creative Officer; and promoted both Andrew Tindall and Tristan Findlay to separate Chief Growth Officer roles. Chief Customer Officer Jon Evans departs the firm.
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Latana, a firm based in Berlin and offering an AI-powered brand tracking and consumer insights platform, has appointed Heather Prekop as SVP Commercial Development. Prekop will lead the company's presence in the US, where it has enjoyed rapid growth of late. More
Milieu Insight has named former NielsenIQ Director Cindy Pang as its CEO for Southeast Asia, effective immediately and leading the firm's regional strategy, commercial execution and growth. More
Kantar has appointed Tim Kibbey, a twelve-year veteran of the company, as Head of Qualitative for its Canadian business. More
In the US, a firm called TBD has launched out of private beta with $3 million in seed funding, offering a prediction market protocol designed to measure verified human sentiment. More
SurveyMonkey has launched a free tools hub, based around its AI survey generator, allowing any visitor to create an AI-powered survey and access a suite of research tools, with no account required. 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
Former Impact Research employee Teo Valdes has joined London's Disrupt Insight as an SRE. More
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