Merkle

About

Merkle is a customer relationship management agency that designs, executes and evaluates integrated marketing programs.

Columbia,Maryland,United States
1001 - 5000
http://www.merkleinc.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: $1.43M
Industries: Advertising,Analytics,Marketing
Founded date: Jan 1, 1971
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Merkle Inc.
Also Known As: Merkle Inc.

Merkle is the nation's largest and fastest growing independent customer relationship marketing agency. For more than 20 years, Fortune 1000 companies and leading nonprofit organizations have partnered with Merkle to maximize the value of their customer portfolios. By combining a complete range of marketing, technical, analytical and creative disciplines, Merkle works with clients to design, execute and evaluate Integrated Customer Marketing programs. With more than 1,000 employees, the privately held corporation is headquartered near Baltimore in Columbia, Maryland with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Denver, Little Rock, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle and Hagerstown, Md.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

10

$123.53M

Merkle has raised a total of $123.53M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Mar 8, 2016 from a Series Unknown round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Mar 8, 2016	Series Unknown	$10M	—	—	—	Detail
Aug 14, 2015	Series Unknown	$5.67M	—	—	—	Detail
Apr 7, 2015	Series Unknown	$2M	—	—	—	Detail
Nov 25, 2014	Series Unknown	$2.08M	—	—	—	Detail
Aug 14, 2014	Series Unknown	$10.68M	—	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

7

0

Merkle has made 7 investments. Their most recent investment was on Mar 6, 2019, when Alto Solutions raised $2.80M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Mar 6, 2019 Alto Solutions	Seed	$2.80M	Financial Services	—
Dec 19, 2018 Northstar	Seed	$2.53M	Employee Benefits	—
Jul 12, 2018 Stronghold	Seed	$3.30M	Blockchain	—
Jun 20, 2018 Grove	Series A	$8M	Advice	—
Apr 30, 2018 Biobot Analytics	Seed	$2.50M	Analytics	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

1

Merkle is funded by 1 investors. TCV are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
TCV	—	Series Unknown

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

45

Merkle has 45 current employee profiles, including Executive Todd Bowman

Executive

Executive

Employee

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Merkle has acquired 23 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Social Amp on Feb 1, 2012. They acquired Social Amp for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Feb 1, 2012 Social Amp	Data Integration	—	—	Detail
Jul 10, 2012 5th Finger	Mobile	acquisition	—	Detail
Sep 10, 2012 Brilig	Advertising	acquisition	—	Detail
Apr 3, 2014 New Control	Advertising	acquisition	—	Detail
Jul 2, 2014 RKG \| Rimm-Kaufman Group	Advertising	acquisition	—	Detail