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Industry | E-commerce, software services |
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Founded | February 2015 |
Founder | Greg Mercer |
Headquarters | |
Number of employees | 200 [1] |
Parent | JS Operating Company [2] |
Website | junglescout.com |
Jungle Scout is an American company providing SaaS-based tools for search and market analytics, inventory management, and sales intelligence for companies selling in online marketplaces. [3]
Jungle Scout was started in 2015 by Greg Mercer. The company initially sold search optimizing tools to sellers solely on Amazon. [3] Jungle Scout advertises management of e-commerce businesses. [1] The company was recognized as the "Best Startup Employers" in 2021 by Forbes magazine. [4]
The company established its headquarters in Austin, Texas in 2018 and has offices in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Shenzhen, China. [5]
Jungle Scout acquired "Forecastly", a predictive analytics and demand forecasting tool for Amazon sellers, in 2018. [2] In March 2021, Jungle Scout raised $110 million in growth capital led by Summit Partners, part of which was used to acquire Seattle-based Downstream Impact, a company specializing in Amazon advertising technology. [3]
Jungle Scout processes data from more than 500 million Amazon products. [1] Its database tracks products from the Amazon catalog and the sales history of a product. [6] [7] The company also conducts research to provide insights on Amazon sellers, [8] user buying preferences, behavior, [9] global imports, [10] and other merchandise. [11] [12]
Jungle Scout can help assess market demand, [13] identify valuable keywords, locate profitable suppliers, track competitors' pricing strategies and much more. [14] By leveraging Jungle Scout's feature set, businesses of any size can access the resources needed to succeed in this rapidly changing digital landscape.