STRAT7 today announced that Jigsaw Research, an award-winning strategic insight agency, has joined the group.
The acquisition is the third investment by STRAT7 in the past two years, following the purchase of insight consultancy, Incite, in September 2021 and cultural trend specialists, Crowd DNA, in November 2020. STRAT7 now generates over £60 million in revenue and has more than 350 people across the globe. This latest investment strengthens the Group’s tech-enabled, strategic insight services for global enterprise brands to understand, predict and act on change.
Founded in 1998, Jigsaw delivers integrated quantitative and qualitative research services across a range of sectors, including Financial Services, Technology, Media and Telecoms, Life Sciences, Professional Services, Public Sector and Retail. It boasts a global blue-chip client list including American Express, M&S, Lloyds, BBC, ITV, Sage, Vodafone, PwC, Deloitte and Ofcom.
Through its proprietary online research platform, Whycatcher, Jigsaw captures in the moment insights. The platform is the first to fully integrate WhatsApp, an award-winning innovation, giving participants a user friendly and intuitive interface unmatched by competitor platforms.
”As an ambitious, fast-growing tech-enabled strategic insights group, we’re always looking out for exciting, innovative companies to join us. Jigsaw fits the bill perfectly. The quality of the team’s thinking, their creative approaches and their superb client service means they have built a highly trusted and respected brand. This is reflected in excellent client retention levels, strong growth profile and numerous prestigious awards (including MRS’ Global Agency of the Year and Innovation of the Year).
Like STRAT7, their approach is also underpinned by a culture of innovation. Our teams are already working together to use Jigsaw’s automated WhatsApp interface in our ex-plor, insight community platform and broader group solutions to provide clients even deeper, richer, real-time insights.
And, finally, with the Jigsaw team delivering research projects in more than 50 countries across multiple sectors, the partnership continues to boost STRAT7’s presence in several industries and geographies around the globe.
Barrie BrienSTRAT7, CEO
”We have huge admiration for STRAT7 and we are really excited to be joining the group. It gives us the opportunity to expand our capabilities and provide our clients with additional services, especially in the form of data analytics and international cultural insights; and STRAT7’s international footprint, especially in the US, means we are able to service our global clients more effectively. STRAT7’s expertise in research technology platforms also enables us to work together to accelerate the development of our award-winning online research tools. We bring complementary skills and experience to the group and we can’t wait to get started!
Sue van MeeterenJigsaw Research, Founder & CEO
”In a rapidly changing external environment, global Enterprise clients need to derive continuous, actionable insights from their data to build competitive advantage. The addition of Jigsaw Research to STRAT7 increases our insight capabilities and brings an impressive list of global enterprise clients. Our strategy is to build a leading international customer insight and data analytics group, and we are delighted to welcome Jigsaw Research.
Adam LewisHorizon Capital, Partner
