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Cheetah Digital by Marigold
Global enterprise cross-channel marketing solutions provider that's dedicated to marketers
About Cheetah Digital by Marigold
Cheetah Digital, now known as Cheetah Digital by Marigold, operates as a specialized cross-channel marketing technology company with a history of strategic evolution. The firm's origins trace back to CheetahMail, founded in 1998, which later became part of Experian's Cross-Channel Marketing (CCM) division. A significant milestone occurred in June 2017 when the private equity firm Vector Capital, alongside ExactTarget co-founder Peter McCormick, acquired a majority stake in the Experian unit and relaunched it as an independent entity named Cheetah Digital. This strategic move returned the company to its "CheetahMail roots," a name that held considerable brand value among marketers. Further transformation came in February 2022, when Cheetah Digital finalized a merger with CM Group, a larger family of marketing technology brands, which now operates under the name Marigold.
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The company's business model is centered on providing a comprehensive suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for enterprise-level B2C marketers. It serves a diverse client base across industries such as retail, travel and hospitality, financial services, and media, counting major brands like Hilton, Walgreens, and Williams-Sonoma among its customers. Revenue is generated through its sophisticated marketing platform that enables clients to manage complex, high-volume campaigns and foster customer loyalty.
Cheetah Digital's core offering is the Customer Engagement Suite, an integrated platform designed to manage the entire customer lifecycle. This suite is built upon the Engagement Data Platform, which unifies batch and streaming data from all touchpoints to create a single, actionable customer view. Key components include Cheetah Experiences, for creating interactive digital experiences to collect zero-party and first-party data; Cheetah Messaging, for deploying personalized communications across channels like email, SMS, and social media; and Cheetah Loyalty, which provides tools for building customized loyalty programs. The platform is engineered to translate complex data and AI-driven insights into practical tools for marketers, allowing for real-time personalization and campaign orchestration without requiring deep data science expertise.
At a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 1998
- Headquarters
- New York City, United States
- Employees
- 252
- Open positions
- None listed
- Dealroom signal
- 57.1/100
- Industry
- Marketing, Enterprise Software
- Sub-industry
- Adtech
- Sector
- AI, Personalised Interactions, Email Marketing Campaigns, Personalised Content, Customer Engagement Analytics, Rumoured $1B
- Technology
- Artificial Intelligence, Big Data
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 2 companies, latest Jul 2019
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
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| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Oct 2021 | $0 | — | Marigold | ↗ |
| SERIES DOther financing | May 2019 | $410M | $1.6B | Vector Capital | ↗ |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Cheetah Digital by Marigold is 3.4K monthly website visits, down 24.4% over the last three months. Cheetah Digital by Marigold's team grew 2700% over the past year.
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Series B and later1 investor entered at this stage
Vector Capital
Other known investors2 additional known investors
Experian
Marigold
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