NPD Group
VC Fund
Port Washington, United States
NPD Group is a VC fund in Port Washington focused on Analytics and Apps. NPD Group provides market information and advisory services to help its users make better business decisions.It offers retail tracking, consumer tracking and shopper insights, distributor tracking, category management, opportunity identification, marketing evaluation and testing, price evaluation, consumer and shopper behavior, and customresearch services; and in-home product purchase scanning, bar-coded surveys, website intercept sampling, computer-based meters, and receipt harvesting services.The company was founded in 1966 and is based in Port Washington, New York with additional offices in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Russian Federation, France, South Korea, China, Japan, and Australia.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries NPD Group invests in
Stages NPD Group invests in
Countries NPD Group invests in
Contacts
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Ben Arnold
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Brad Akyuz
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David Portalatin
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Don Unser
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Eddie Hold
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Analytics 2 (40%)
- Apps 1 (20%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- Computer 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (40%)
- Funding Round 2 (40%)
Country
- Israel 1 (20%)
- United States 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Ben Arnold
Industry Analyst; Consumer Technology
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Industry Analyst; Consumer Technology | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Brad Akyuz
Director Access Practice, Connected Intelligence
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Director Access Practice, Connected Intelligence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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David Portalatin
Executive Director of Industry Analysis
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Executive Director of Industry Analysis | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Don Unser
Group President, Cross Practices
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Group President, Cross Practices | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Eddie Hold
President, Connected Intelligence
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President, Connected Intelligence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 25 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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CivicScience
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CivicScience Inc is the creator of an intelligent online polling application, called iQpoll. It integrates with polls currently running on the site, or if don't have a poll, CivicScience designers will build one to match the look and feel of the site.The company then delivers up to three approved poll questions to users every time theyvisit. By identifying return users, it builds rich but anonymous profiles over, using its technology to delivers increasingly relevant questions to keep users coming back.It also offers the ability to receive reports for market researchers, investment analysts, and others who want to better understand consumer opinion. It uses anonymous audience data in a paid report, and receive a revenue share. | $15M / Seed / Aug 12, 2021 | |
Revuze
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Revuze is an AI-enabled software that analyzes millions of customer reviews and online opinions to deliver CX (customer experience) intel & insights. | Aug 20, 2019 | |
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Revuze
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Revuze is an AI-enabled software that analyzes millions of customer reviews and online opinions to deliver CX (customer experience) intel & insights. | $4M / Seed / Aug 31, 2016 | |
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CivicScience
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CivicScience Inc is the creator of an intelligent online polling application, called iQpoll. It integrates with polls currently running on the site, or if don't have a poll, CivicScience designers will build one to match the look and feel of the site.The company then delivers up to three approved poll questions to users every time theyvisit. By identifying return users, it builds rich but anonymous profiles over, using its technology to delivers increasingly relevant questions to keep users coming back.It also offers the ability to receive reports for market researchers, investment analysts, and others who want to better understand consumer opinion. It uses anonymous audience data in a paid report, and receive a revenue share. | $2.5M / Jul 11, 2012 | |
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CivicScience
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CivicScience Inc is the creator of an intelligent online polling application, called iQpoll. It integrates with polls currently running on the site, or if don't have a poll, CivicScience designers will build one to match the look and feel of the site.The company then delivers up to three approved poll questions to users every time theyvisit. By identifying return users, it builds rich but anonymous profiles over, using its technology to delivers increasingly relevant questions to keep users coming back.It also offers the ability to receive reports for market researchers, investment analysts, and others who want to better understand consumer opinion. It uses anonymous audience data in a paid report, and receive a revenue share. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 24, 2011 |
Co-Investors
Nielsen
1 deal together
Nielsen Innovate
1 deal together
PRYTEK
1 deal together
SAP.iO
1 deal together
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What does NPD Group invest in?
NPD Group invests primarily in Analytics, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at NPD Group includes Ben Arnold (Industry Analyst; Consumer Technology), Brad Akyuz (Director Access Practice, Connected Intelligence) and David Portalatin (Executive Director of Industry Analysis), among 25 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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