Polar Analytics Raises $9M Series A

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Written By Rick Watson

Polar Analytics scoops up the data from all of those apps and provides Shopify brands with access to their data all in one place.

The company is looking to bring all of a Shopify’s channel and marketing data into one place, which is a crowded category in the Shopify world.   The company plans to use the funding to add to its research and development teams and grow from 2,000 merchants today to 10,000 merchants in the future.

TechCrunch: Polar Analytics raises $9M to scale Shopify brands

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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