OSLO, January 10, 2022: In December 2021, Meltwater grew the Premium Client
segment with 37 customers, representing a net growth in annual recurring revenue
(ARR) of $2.9M for the month and $11.7M for the quarter. Corresponding numbers
from 2020 were $1.3M for December and $6.9M for the quarter.
Meltwater finishes 2021 with 35% year over year growth for the Premium Client
segment including M&A and 25% on an organic basis. In 2020 Meltwater grew the
Premium Client segment 12% year over year on an organic basis.
Among the notable companies entering Meltwater's Premium Client segment in
December were new clients such as Marriott International, Aker Solutions,
Strava, Juniper Park TBWA Communications, Dentsu Digital, Technicolor and
Singapore Tourism Board.
Moving up from lower client tiers were clients such as STMicroelectronics, SSAB,
Sapporo Holdings, Storytel, Wallenius Wilhelmsen, Marimekko, Herbalife and
Truecaller.
Highlighted December wins
Singapore Tourism Board
Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade
and Industry of Singapore. It champions the development of Singapore's tourism
sector, one of the country's key economic pillars, and undertakes the marketing
and promotion of Singapore as a tourism destination. As an example, STB was a
sponsor of the popular movie Crazy Rich Asians, which helped to increase
awareness of Singapore as a destination. STB has an extensive network of offices
spanning the globe and STB's headquarters will leverage Meltwater's powerful
media intelligence solution by establishing a future state of news and social
monitoring, measurement, and reporting for its 20 regional offices across seven
regions. Together with Meltwater, STB can discover opportunities and risks in
news and social media and be alerted in real-time, validate recommendations from
local agencies and support strategic planning in a timely manner. By appointing
Meltwater, STB is replacing numerous local solutions with an integrated product
suite, ensuring greater consistency and efficiency across the different teams in
their organization.
Truecaller
Truecaller is a Swedish-based organization on a mission to build trust in
communication with their leading global platform. Truecaller is an essential
part of everyday communication for around 300 million active users, with half a
billion downloads since launch and 30 billion unwanted calls identified and
blocked. As part of their expansion plans and recent public listing, Truecaller
has expanded their current partnership with Meltwater beyond traditional news
monitoring and analysis, to now also serve areas like social listening, consumer
insights and social media management with Meltwater's unified global solution.
This helps Truecaller to better understand their users needs and more
efficiently communicate with them. The new solution will initially be used
across the Swedish and the Indian teams across PR, Marketing and customer
success, with a very strong focus on further global expansion. Meltwater is a
very suitable global partner on this journey due to our industry-leading global
news and social media footprint in one integrated offering.
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Geir Harald Aase
Investor Relations and Media Contact
geir.aase@meltwater.com
About Meltwater
Meltwater provides social and media intelligence. By examining millions of posts
each day from social media platforms, blogs and news sites, Meltwater helps
companies make better, more informed decisions based on insight from the
outside. The company was founded in Oslo, Norway, in 2001 and is headquartered
in San Francisco, California, with 50 offices across six continents. The company
has 2,100 employees and 27,000 corporate customers, including industry leaders
in several sectors. Learn more at meltwater.com.
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