dunnhumby Ventures

Embracing data for innovation

Our Ventures

dunnhumby Ventures is our corporate venture fund with a mandate to invest in seed-stage retail technology start-ups that embrace data for innovation. Specific focus is on innovations within data, payments, supply chain, media, and commerce. We look to align at an early stage, to help drive value through our expertise in retail and global client base.

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Areas of investment

dunnhumby Ventures has invested in 13 Portfolio Companies across areas such as:

  • Grocery eCommerce
  • Product attribute data
  • Rest of market insights
  • Proximity marketing
  • Streaming data

Current and future investments

Investments made through this program have helped complement dunnhumby’s core capabilities. An example is the initial investment and eventual acquisition of Aptaris (now Enterprise Promotions Management) which expanded our suite of Price & Promotions products.

Acquired by <b>Point Pickup.</b> <br />Full stack eCommerce platform, specifically built for the needs of grocery retailers.

Acquired by Point Pickup.
Full stack eCommerce platform, specifically built for the needs of grocery retailers.

Acquired by <b>NielsenIQ.</b> <br />Product ingredient & attribute platform (initially built for US FDA).

Acquired by NielsenIQ.
Product ingredient & attribute platform (initially built for US FDA).

End-to-end mobile marketing SaaS platform.

End-to-end mobile marketing SaaS platform.

AI customer service and support takes care of the customers you work hard to win.

AI customer service and support takes care of the customers you work hard to win.

Acquired by <b>Moveable Ink.</b> <br />Recommendation engine that dynamically generates personalized recommendations.

Acquired by Moveable Ink.
Recommendation engine that dynamically generates personalized recommendations.

Local delivery platform that allows retailers to manage delivery schedules, routes and communications.

Local delivery platform that allows retailers to manage delivery schedules, routes and communications.

Influencer marketing platform used by brands & agencies to identify most relevant bloggers and execute campaigns.

Influencer marketing platform used by brands & agencies to identify most relevant bloggers and execute campaigns.

Employee analytics via wearable solution.

Employee analytics via wearable solution.

Acquired by <b>dunnhumby</b>.<br />Marketing workflow software, purpose built for retail promotion planning.

Acquired by dunnhumby.
Marketing workflow software, purpose built for retail promotion planning.

Acquired by <b>Syndigo</b>.<br />E-commerce analytics platform for brands & retailers that focuses on optimizing

Acquired by Syndigo.
E-commerce analytics platform for brands & retailers that focuses on optimizing "searchability".

Acquired by <b>The Home Depot</b>.<br />Supply chain BI tool that can be used to monitor sales inventory by SKU store.

Acquired by The Home Depot.
Supply chain BI tool that can be used to monitor sales inventory by SKU store.

Acquired by <b>MarketTrack</b>.<br />Real time consumer shopping insights utilizing crowdsourced data.

Acquired by MarketTrack.
Real time consumer shopping insights utilizing crowdsourced data.

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APIs that provide core infrastructure for ad serving, targeting, and reporting.

CPG Retail Data Analytics: Assortment, customer centric first strategies, Category management & consumer decision tree, Shopper insights
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