Global biz acquires NWA tech startup

A international organization has obtained a Northwest Arkansas tech startup that focuses on fundraising.

Gratavid, a movie platform that aids corporations boost donor retention as a result of personalised films, has merged with Graduway + Gravyty. A Tuesday (May perhaps 31) news launch did not disclose the deal’s money phrases.

Will Trapp, a previous director at Saatchi & Saatchi X, established Gratavid in 2019. All of the company’s three workers get the job done remotely, including Trapp, but the business enterprise is headquartered in Fayetteville.

Graduway + Gravyty joined forces in 2021, and are headquartered in the U.K., with functions in the U.S., Canada and Israel.

“This acquisition is an integral element of Graduway + Gravyty’s customer system, delivering a human experience and personalization in an extremely digital planet,” Daniel Cohen, CEO and founder of Graduway, stated in a statement. “We are empowering and enabling men and women to join far more personably with a mission shut to their hearts – making it possible for us to provide on the promise to energize, mobilize and steward communities.”

Gratavid will work with Habitat for Humanity, Instruct for The usa, United Way, Texas A&M University and some others. By integrating with CRMs in the market, this sort of as Blackbaud, DonorPerfect, Salesforce, Zapier, and Microsoft, Gratavid lets consumers to filter and segment their audience primarily based on donor details, present quantities and milestones to make just about every interaction personal.

“Given Graduway + Gravyty’s proven track file of innovation and shopper good results, we couldn’t be a lot more fired up to start the subsequent chapter of Gratavid by signing up for forces with their team,” Trapp claimed in the release. “We’ve generally been very pleased of our dedication to purchaser guidance and success, but now we can supply even more assistance and means to our present and new consumers. We have under no circumstances been much more psyched to get to operate aiding our consumers fulfill their aims and objectives by means of personalized online video.”

Merged, Graduway + Gravyty + Gratavid now will work with a lot more than 2,500 colleges, schools, nonprofits and healthcare corporations globally.

Cal Rose with Rogers regulation company Wright Lindsey Jennings labored as Gratavid’s authorized counsel in the organization transaction.