Apple has acquired digital marketing startup DataTiger, according to a new report from Bloomberg. DataTiger is aiming to “re-think the whole marketing experience,” according to its CEO’s LinkedIn page.
While Apple has not confirmed the acquisition, Bloomberg says a regulatory filing from December indicates Apple now owns DataTiger’s legal name of Operatedata Ltd.
DataTiger touts that it creates tools to help “put your data to work,” increasing marketing retention and monetization:
Further, the startup says it can use data to “more accurately send materials to consumers as well as push notifications.”
DataTiger can be used as an online tool, importing your data and set up user flows in minutes, with all of your data living in the cloud – or it can be fully customized in-house, building your own marketing solution via our APIs + open-source front-end components.
DataTiger is relatively small, employing between 2 and 10 people, according to LinkedIn. It was founded in 2017 and headquartered in London. It’s unclear how much Apple paid for the company, but it was likely a smaller-scale acquisition.
There are several ways in which Apple could implement the advertisement targeting technology of DataTiger. Apple uses emailing marketing heavily, while it has also started using push notifications to promote its growing Services business. Further, Apple has a blossoming Search Ads business.
