Realtime media monitoring company Streem has announced it has accepted an offer to be acquired by global communications intelligence company Cision.
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, however the transaction results in a sale of 100% of Streem shares to Cision and will see the Streem brand and platform continue in Australia and New Zealand under its current leadership team and local staff.
Streem came to market in 2017, led by CEO Elgar Welch, a former staffer in the prime minister’s office, and CTO Antoine Sabourin with a mission to provide the market’s first realtime media monitoring platform. Today, Streem is one of the fastest growing media intelligence companies in ANZ and services the majority of the market’s major government departments, banks, airlines, telecommunications and energy companies.
L-R: Antoine Sabourin and Elgar Welch
“With more than 100 local staff servicing over 400 leading clients, Streem has grown faster than we ever could have imagined thanks to great tech, strong support from customers and an incredible local team,” Streem CEO Elgar Welch said. “Backed by Cision, we’ll continue to build upon that growth, delivering new tools and products to help communications teams work smarter.”
Cision is the world’s largest provider of communications intelligence, with nearly 5,000 staff across 24 countries. Already active in Australia and New Zealand with its PR Newswire, Brandwatch and Falcon.io brands, the acquisition of Streem adds a full-suite of media monitoring and analysis capabilities that gives both local and global customers interested in ANZ coverage access to a significantly enhanced service.
“Streem has quickly established itself as the customer preferred media intelligence platform in the ANZ market,” Cision CEO Abel Clark said. “Streem’s customers will benefit enormously from Cision’s global reach and we’re excited to be able to offer a full-suite of monitoring, distribution, insights and social media solutions in ANZ that both our local and global customers can benefit from.”
Streem will continue to operate as an independent brand with its full-service media monitoring and insights services.
Streem CTO and co-founder Antoine Sabourin said the company’s success was driven by a strong focus on solving real world problems for communications teams.
“Cision’s investment means Streem can keep investing in great people, tech and innovation, resulting in major benefits for customers in the coming weeks and months,” Sabourin said.
Streem’s Management team will continue with the business, and original co-founders Elgar Welch (CEO) and Antoine Sabourin (CTO) will remain in their respective roles.
The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of calendar 2022 and is subject to clearance by Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) in the United States.