M-Brain Group

M-Brain Group
Limited Company
Industry Media Monitoring and Analysis, Market Intelligence and Analysis, Competitive Intelligence
Founded 1999 (1999)
Founder Marjukka Nyberg and Kim Nyberg
Headquarters Helsinki, Finland
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Kim Nyberg (CEO), Joakim Nyberg (CSO), Kimmo Valtonen (CTO), Thomas Rideg (Regional CEO, Americas), Mari Orttenvuori (CFO), Jaakko Harno (CMO), Mikael Makkonen (Chief Delivery Officer, Acting Head of APAC), Krista Tirkkonen (CHRO)
Products Media Intelligence, Competitive and Market Intelligence, Intelligence Software, Advisory
Services Media (News, Social, Editorial) Monitoring, Media Analysis, Market Monitoring, Market Intelligence, Market Analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Strategic Analysis & Advisory
Revenue €35 million (in 2014) [1]
Number of employees
 450+
Website www.m-brain.com

M-Brain Group is a global information, technology and consulting services company offering market and media monitoring, intelligence and analysis services and solutions. M-Brain is the biggest company in its field in the Nordic Countries and among the six largest firms in Europe.[2]

M-Brain has offices in 14 countries/territories: Finland, the United States, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Singapore, China and Malaysia. [3]

In 2014, the company employed about 450 full-time employees and had around 1,500 clients globally.[1] Since 2011, M-Brain has expanded and internationalised its operations rapidly, particularly through acquisitions.[2]

M-Brain in owned by Ysma Oy (the founding Nyberg family), Ingman Development Oy Ab, Veritas Pension Insurance, Aloitusrahasto Vera Oy, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Oy My Holding & Consulting Ab and the company’s management.[1]

History

1999: The company’s long-time CEO Marjukka Nyberg founded M-Brain in 1999. Initially, the company focused on print media analysis and measurement services, but the service offering was soon expanded to cover social and editorial online media, as well as the monitoring and analysis of television and radio broadcasts.[4]

2001: M-Brain launched its first digital media monitoring service, which allowed the company to start offering multilingual online monitoring services.[4]

2006: M-Brain secured its first outside investor, when the state-owned venture capital investment firm Veraventure Oy acquired a minority interest in the company.[4]

2007: Kimmo Valtonen was appointed M-Brain’s CTO. His responsibilities include R&D.[4]

2011: During 2011, M-Brain attracted new investors, as Veritas Pension Insurance and Oy Ingman Finance Ab invested in the company.[5] This enabled M-Brain to acquire its Swedish competitor Cision AB’s Finnish subsidiary Oy Cision Finland Ab.[4] Through this acquisition, M-Brain more than doubled its revenue and number of employees.[4]

2012: In 2012, M-Brain made another significant acquisition by buying Esmerk, which provides business intelligence management services.[2] Through this acquisition, M-Brain became the biggest company in its field in the Nordic countries and among the six largest firms in Europe.[2] In December 2012, M-Brain launched a new SaaS tool, M-Adaptive, which enables the monitoring and analysis of the impact and results of media and marketing campaigns in digital, social and print media.[6]

2013: Previously M-Brain operated under the Esmerk brand outside of Finland. As of 1 January 2013, the company has operated under the M-Brain brand in all countries.[7] In July 2013, M-Brain made yet another acquisition by buying Whitevector, a pioneering social media monitoring company in Finland.

2014: On September 4, 2014 M-Brain Oy signed an agreement to purchase the entire share capital of GIA (Global Intelligence Alliance) Group. The combined group offers a spectrum of market intelligence and consulting services bringing together GIA’s strategic analysis and advisory, market intelligence and related software solutions together with M-Brain’s content production and SaaS solutions. Together, the companies have offices in 12 countries. The combined staff amounts to ~450 employees globally, and 2014 revenue of EUR35 million.[8]

2016: On April 6, 2016 M-Brain expanded its operations through the acquisition of Norwegian media monitoring and analysis company Opoint Holding. The acquisition included Opoint's three subsidiaries in Norway, Sweden and Estonia. The transaction supports M-Brains strategic goal to further strengthen the company's position in the industry and become the leading company in its field in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The media material handling technology developed by Opoint complements M-Brain's technology, making M-Brain also one of the leading technology providers in the industry.[9]

Services

M-Brain offers 4 distinct service and solution types.

Media & Market Monitoring Customized alerts, monitoring and tracking of clients' markets, publicity, customers and competitors. These are delivered as a service or via proprietary DIY software.

Strategic Analysis & Advisory Analysis, insight and advisory services. These consulting services include: Growth Consulting; Market Attractiveness & Entry Analysis; M&A Target Screening & Evaluation; Commercial Due Diligence; Market Sizing, Segmentation & Forecasting; Value Chain Analysis; Competitor Market Share Analysis; Competitive Benchmarking; Customer Behavior & Perceptions Analysis; etc.

Intelligence Best Practices Consulting services and events to support the development of world class market intelligence within client organizations.

Intelligence & Media Monitoring Software Intelligence and media monitoring solutions offered primarily on a SaaS basis. The software solutions offer collaboration, knowledge sharing, analysis and alert features.

Technology

M-Brain’s media monitoring services are based on in-house R&D and proprietary technology.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "M-Brain: Company Facts".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kauppalehti: Tietoyhtiö M-Brain osti Esmerkin Sanomalta".
  3. ↑ "M-Brain acquires Norwegian media intelligence company Opoint".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "M-Brain's history".
  5. ↑ "Veritas Eläkevakuutus ja Ingman Finance Oy sijoittivat M-Brainiin".
  6. ↑ "Kauppalehti: Seurantayritys M-Brain tähtää kasvuun ulkomailla".
  7. ↑ "M-Brain Group to Adopt Unified Brand in All Markets".
  8. ↑ "Reuters: M-Brain Acquires Global Intelligence Alliance".
  9. ↑ "M-Brain acquires Norwegian media intelligence company Opoint".
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