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Kitchener, CanadaFounded 2008Fintech
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
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About Kognitiv

Kognitiv operates as a technology company with a focus on customer loyalty, data intelligence, and collaborative commerce. Founded in 2008 by Peter Schwartz, the company aims to reshape how global brands engage with their customers to foster lifetime loyalty. A significant milestone in the company's history was the June 2020 merger with Aimia's Loyalty Solutions business, creating a combined entity with a global presence across 20 countries. This merger brought together Kognitiv's technology platform with Aimia's extensive client roster and over 200 million consumer profiles.

The core of Kognitiv's business is its proprietary AI-powered platform that facilitates data-driven personalization and optimization of the customer journey. The company serves a diverse client base of global brands, enabling them to build and manage their own peer-to-peer trading networks. The business model is centered on providing a suite of software-as-a-service (SaaS) products that help businesses understand and predict customer behavior, manage loyalty programs, and activate data for personalized marketing. Revenue is generated through these technology solutions that remove complexity and allow brands to deliver enhanced value and experiences to consumers.

Kognitiv's product suite includes several key offerings. Kognitiv Inspire is a cloud-based, scalable loyalty management system designed to launch and manage loyalty programs with features for seamless integration and real-time customer engagement. Kognitiv Pulse acts as a predictive customer data analytics tool, monitoring customer base health, predicting future behavior, and identifying risks and opportunities. Kognitiv Ignite is an AI-native personalization software that uses an outcome-based approach to customer engagement, allowing marketers to define objectives and let the AI determine the optimal audience, channels, and content. Lastly, Kognitiv Amplify focuses on AI-native targeting and optimization for paid media channels. These products are powered by the Kognition AI/ML engine, which leverages hundreds of models to deliver one-to-one personalization at scale.

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At a glance

Founded
2008
Headquarters
Kitchener, Canada
Sector
Fintech

Investors

3 investors on the cap table

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Seed2 investors entered at this stage

  • Southwestern Ontario Angel Group
  • Laurence Capital

Series A1 investor entered at this stage

  • Aimia
Team profiled 26 named & role-tagged
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Global footprint

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12 countries with
team presence
🇨🇦 Canada19.5%
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka17.1%
🇲🇾 Malaysia17.1%
🇺🇸 United States14.6%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom7.3%
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