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Acquisition Startup Ideas

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies with analytics on their customer acquisition costs, and then recommend how much cash they should spend.

425

2 years ago

A digital marketing platform for B2B companies, which allows them to predict and optimize customer acquisition, then promotes the right content to the right audience at the right time.

266

4 years ago

A tool for talent acquisition, actively seeking to disrupt the $1.25 billion recruitment industry.

166

5 years ago

The startup behind Pachube has expanded into the market for connected devices that allow users to collect and share data. The company has launched two other products since the acquisition: the Pachube Watch, which is a customizable wristband that can be paired with smart devices to collect fitness data and share data with other devices, and the Pachube Photo, which is a way for users to capture and share their photos with other users.

153

5 years ago

This company’s founders were previously in the gaming industry, and want to help make that industry more inclusive. The startup is building a platform to help game developers with user acquisition and retention by building in features for “people of color, women, and LGBTQ people.”

151

5 years ago

A company that creates community management software for small businesses to help them with customer acquisition, customer service, and communication.

147

4 years ago

On March 6, 2018, the company announced the acquisition of Helix for an undisclosed amount.

138

5 years ago

A startup that sells customer acquisition services for B2B companies. They’re focused on funding growth for their clients by providing free, one-time services such as marketing and customer support.

125

5 years ago

A toolbox and SDK that helps web and mobile developers build mobile games, apps, and e-learning experiences. The company has about 1,300 customers building over 200 apps and games, with over 30 acquisitions in the past two years.

113

5 years ago

A digital agency that helps clients optimize their customer acquisition and retention through a combination of data, analytics, and behavioral science.

111

5 years ago

A tool to help B2B companies connect with their customers. It’s supposed to be a “people-centric” business that takes the pain out of customer acquisition and sales.

107

5 years ago

This August, TechCrunch reported that Instagram was in talks with Facebook to acquire the company for as much as $1 billion. Instagram, which was founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and is a popular photography app that has more than 300 million users around the world. It was acquired by Facebook in 2012, and Facebook has since used Instagram to promote its other products, including Instagram Stories, and advertisements. Instagram has been a big investment for Facebook, and many think it has been one of the company's most successful acquisitions. However, Instagram's popularity has led to a lot of negative press coverage about the user data that Facebook has access to.

102

3 years ago

A startup for finding and buying used cars that’s now in the middle of a whirlwind acquisition process.

97

4 years ago

A software company that provides a mobile platform that helps brands use mobile campaigns to drive customer acquisition.

96

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies in all industries decide the best way to invest their thousands of dollars in customer acquisition costs.

92

4 years ago

AdExchanger ranked them as the #2 ad tech company to watch in May 2018, following their acquisition of Adform in September 2017. AdExchanger ranked them as the #4 ad tech company to watch in June 2018, following their acquisition of Rapportive in July 2017. AdExchanger ranked them as the #6 ad tech company to watch in July 2018.

82

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies with talent acquisition and retention. The company employs a “holistic” approach to recruiting and retention, with tools for companies to evaluate candidates, share a common language and culture, and establish a graduated hierarchy for managers.

81

3 years ago

An in-house talent acquisition platform for under-resourced companies.

81

4 years ago

A tool for hiring, talent acquisition, and talent management.

80

4 years ago

A company building a platform to automate the process of executing large-scale acquisition deals.

79

4 years ago

A tool that optimizes how companies plan for customer acquisitions and events

76

4 years ago

The goal is to help small businesses in India engage with their customers, most of which are in rural areas. It aims to reduce the costs of customer acquisition and conversion, which can be huge for a startup.

76

4 years ago

Blockchain-based invoice financing for startups, which uses smart contracts to allow companies to leverage their own cash flow to finance new acquisitions.

75

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool for talent acquisition. Instead of being on the phone with call centers, an employee can upload their resume, answer a few questions, and be matched with a hiring manager.

73

4 years ago

A startup that lets users pay for their own ads on websites and social media. The startup is also announcing its first acquisition, a company called ad optimization engine Storefront that has developed a technology to show ads to people based on their demographic profile.

71

3 years ago

A small business software company that helps businesses grow by providing analytics on sales, expenses, and customer acquisition.

66

3 years ago

A company that helps brands use their customer data to predict customer behavior and develop customer acquisition campaigns.

65

3 years ago

A company that provides business intelligence for SaaS software. The startup helps its clients understand customer churn and use that to optimize their customer acquisition efforts.

64

3 years ago

A company that helps people with talent acquisition. They say they’ve built out a platform that helps companies find, vet, and hire candidates. The startup currently has $2.2M in funding after launching in 2018.

63

3 years ago

A platform for managing talent and talent acquisition. The startup is working with small businesses to help them fill their open positions for the first time.

60

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for companies to manage the growth of their user base. It’s a SaaS product that helps companies make decisions about user growth, marketing, and customer acquisition.

59

3 years ago

A management platform for small businesses that wants to help companies grow. The startup says it’s already working with over 300 businesses, and is helping them improve their customer acquisition, sales and retention.

59

3 years ago

A tool for talent acquisition, like LinkedIn, but for startups. Covers things like scheduling, calendar management, etc. and helps startups keep track of their own employees.

58

3 years ago

A tool for “mergers and acquisitions” that uses AI to automate due diligence.

56

3 years ago

Company that automates customer acquisition and retention by serving up valuable content and promotional offers, while also tracking and analyzing each customer’s behavior.

56

3 years ago

A SaaS startup that allows businesses to track their customer data and use it to determine the value of their marketing efforts, and determine customer acquisition costs.

56

4 years ago

A customer acquisition software platform that helps e-commerce companies send more targeted emails.

55

3 years ago

Propeller is building an enterprise-level social network for fast-growing companies to get the right people in the right room at the right time. The company is a response to the explosion of talent acquisition platforms on the market.

55

3 years ago

A messaging platform for small businesses. The company is in the midst of an acquisition and hasn’t yet disclosed the terms.

54

2 years ago

The company’s founders say they’re building the world’s most effective customer acquisition platform and are already running campaigns with over 1,000 paying customers

51

2 years ago

A startup that wants to solve the problem of customer acquisition by providing “an analytics engine that digs into customer data and helps you, the marketing department, understand how companies in your sector are acquiring customers and how often.”

50

3 years ago

A company building a platform for companies to use analytics to improve customer acquisition. The startup wants to help companies improve the quality of leads before and after they purchase.

43

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a platform to sell hot sandwiches to restaurants They say they have 7x ROI on customer acquisition, and are growing 10% week-over-week

42

3 years ago

A group of companies with a shared goal of changing the world through IT automation. The companies use different technologies (like chat bots, AI, and machine learning) to automate many of the steps in business tasks and make them faster, cheaper, and more accurate. They’re all profitable, and they’ve turned down a bunch of acquisition offers like Slack’s because they want to keep their autonomy.

41

2 years ago

A data analytics tool that helps companies determine customer acquisition, retention, and lifetime value.

39

3 years ago

A company providing consumer credit reporting, data analytics and credit scoring services to help consumer finance businesses optimize their customer acquisition, retention and engagement.

38

3 years ago

Shopify’s first acquisition, Blinkist is a tablet app that allows users to listen to any book in the world, in real time, for free.

37

3 years ago

A tool for data scientists to track how their software has been used, allowing them to track customer acquisition and retention.

35

2 years ago

This is a startup that puts a “living database” together for companies, which it says lowers the cost of customer acquisition and retention

28

2 years ago

A company that wants to grow the world’s most valuable urban farm. They’re a customer acquisition platform that helps businesses find customers.

27

2 years ago

A new kind of staffing agency that connects employers with talent acquisition agencies.

23

2 years ago

Uses machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive analytics to help companies solve their customer acquisition and retention challenges.

23

2 years ago

In April 2017, Facebook announced a $1 billion investment in virtual reality company Oculus, with the vision for the two platforms to work together. However, the companies have since been involved in a dispute over the acquisition of Oculus, and subsequently, the sale of their VR software to Microsoft. In 2018, Facebook lost a motion for a summary judgement of fair trade and in June 2018, a jury found Oculus had a binding contract with Facebook.

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5 years ago

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