Big News! Owler + Meltwater

Owler has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Meltwater! 

This week marks Owler’s 10 year anniversary, and what a ride it’s been! Today, I’m equally thrilled to share the big news that Owler has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Meltwater!  Read Meltwater’s press release here.

We started Owler in 2011 with the goal of building a community to democratize business information, making it both accessible and transparent. We believed that the collective knowledge that individuals absorb within their own industries, combined with best-in-class technology, could disrupt the decades-old business information sector for the benefit of all. Owler’s goal, since day one, has been to become the source of truth and information for every company in the world.

I began speaking with the founder of Meltwater in 2018. We connected over a shared desire to deliver critical business insights to every person in the world as they drink their morning cup of coffee. Over the past few years, it became clear that there was a complementary synergy between Meltwater’s artificial intelligence capabilities and massive breadth of news and social monitoring, and Owler’s community and crowdsourcing capabilities. By combining forces, we realized that we could further both companies' visions and make more progress in disrupting the business information market.

What does this mean for Owler?

Owler and Meltwater’s products and goals will remain independent and unchanged, but we now have an incredible opportunity to share complementary resources. With additional resources from Meltwater behind us, Owler will be able to deliver greater breadth and depth of data to our community members and customers around the world. We look forward to being able to provide a supercharged set of insights for sales professionals, marketers, and anyone who needs to monitor their industry or competitors on the Owler platform.

What does this mean for you?

For now, Owler will remain the same for all community members and customers. Our current product offerings, access levels, and prices will not change, and you won’t see any day-to-day changes (except for our regular feature launches and improvements!) Over time we will be integrating more deeply with Meltwater and investing deeply in the data and products we offer. You will continue to see additional capabilities and functionality become available on the Owler platform on a regular basis. Our plans have not changed, but now with Meltwater behind us, we will be able to innovate and improve our platform even faster than before.

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I’d like to thank all of our members for your support over this past decade. Building and growing the Owler community and product has been an amazing journey and we would not be here without every community member who has shared Owler with friends and colleagues, contributed data for the benefit of all, or subscribed to Owler Max. We look forward to continuing to collaborate with you as we build great products and democratize business data together!