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Meltwater company history timeline

2001

Since 2001, we've been providing solutions that help our customers make more informed decisions.

2005

In 2005, the company decided to shift its headquarters from Ohio to San Francisco and also changed the name of the company to Meltwater News.

In 2005, the company relocated its headquarters to San Francisco and changed its name to Meltwater News.

2008

Within 2008, the company expanded to almost every continent and secured an impressive customer base in each one of them.

In 2008, through the company's non-profit arm, the Meltwater Foundation, Lyseggen launched the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology in Accra, Ghana to provide entrepreneurial, software and business training to its Entrepreneurs in Training (EITs).

2010

In 2010, the company announced the release of Meltwater Press, a web-based media contact database that uses natural language processing technology to connect journalists with their most relevant covered topics.

2011

In August 2011, the company acquired the real-time social search engine, IceRocket, and integrated its functionality into its rebranded Buzz Engage platform, Meltwater Buzz.

2015

In 2015, the company decided to launch a new media intelligence platform and named it Meltwater.

2017

In August 2017, Meltwater acquired Algo in combination of cash and stock.

2018

In March 2018, Meltwater acquired DataSift.

2021

On June 18, 2021, Meltwater entered into an agreement to acquire the internet services company, Owler, for $18.9 million in cash and $5.6 million in company equity.

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Founded
2001
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Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
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Founders
Jorn Lyseggen,Gard Haugen
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