Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Ocean Genomics, a technology and AI company that has developed advanced computational platforms to assist biopharma companies to discover and develop more effective diagnostics and therapeutics. Based in Pittsburgh, U.S., Ocean Genomics creates software that provides modeling and an understanding of changes and variants in mRNA to enable…
Accenture has acquired Morphus, a privately held Brazil-based cyber defense, risk management and cyber threat intelligence services provider, expanding its practice capabilities in Brazil and Latin America. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2003, Morphus is headquartered in Fortaleza, which is in the Ceará region in northeastern Brazil, with offices in Recife, São Paulo, Rio de…
Accenture has been named as a Leader in “The Forrester Wave: Cloud Migration And Managed Service Partners In Asia Pacific, Q4 2022.” The report states that “Accenture’s scale, broad capabilities, and deep partnerships are hard to match.” The Forrester Wave report includes a comprehensive 27-criteria assessment of the 14 top cloud migration and managed service providers…
Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Looking Glass Factory, a leading hologram company. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Looking Glass, with headquarters in Brooklyn, New York and additional operations in Hong Kong, has developed an end-to-end holographic platform, with a lineup of displays that can show content in life-like 3D, without requiring…
Accenture has acquired Bionest, a strategy and consulting firm dedicated to addressing complex strategic decisions for leading biopharma organizations across innovative areas of science including precision medicine and diagnostics, oncology, cell & gene therapy (CGT), and rare diseases. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in New York with a European office in Paris, Bionest’s…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Forma Vision, a provider of live-streamed, volumetric video technology that enables 3D holographic images of people, objects and environments to be beamed into the metaverse from any office, home or other location. Until now, the metaverse opportunity has been constrained to enterprise use cases appropriate for avatar-to-avatar…
Accenture has made a strategic investment in Cosmo Tech, a global provider of digital twin simulation and optimization technology. The agreement, through Accenture Ventures, took place during the first phase of the company´s Series C fundraising. Cosmo Tech’s 360˚ Simulation Digital Twin platform allows organizations to explore and test business changes in order to see the potential immediate…
Accenture has been named a Leader in open finance IT services in a report by industry analyst firm Everest Group. In the report, titled “Open Finance IT Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2022,” Accenture is positioned as a Leader for both Market Impact, which assesses service providers against criteria such as market adoption, portfolio mix and…
Accenture has been positioned as a leader in the latest IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Salesforce Implementation Services 2022 Vendor Assessment based on its current capabilities and future strategies. The report noted, “Accenture drives differentiation in the Salesforce services market on its strong advisory and design capabilities, technical talent base, and expertise in driving experience-led transformation initiatives across diverse industries…
Accenture has made a strategic investment through Accenture Ventures in Mobeus, a technology company pioneering immersive experiences through transparent computing. Headquartered in New Jersey, Mobeus Industries, Inc. is developing frictionless technology to enhance how people connect and communicate, a statement said. Mobeus was founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerating the need for remote, on-demand meetings. With businesses and employees…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in BehaVR, a leading innovator in virtual reality (VR) digital wellness and digital therapeutics experiences. On the same day, BehaVR announced a merger with OxfordVR, a spin-out of Oxford University and a leader in science-based virtual reality treatments for serious mental illnesses. The newly combined entity will offer comprehensive, cross-acuity, VR-based therapeutic…
Global professional services company, Accenture, announced the promotion of 1,214 people to managing director, and the appointment by Julie Sweet, Accenture chair and chief executive officer, of 119 people to senior managing director. The company also reported its progress on increasing gender representation globally, as well as race and ethnicity representation in the US, the UK…
Accenture has acquired Fiftyfive5, a customer insights and advisory business. The move will strengthen Accenture Song’s (formerly Accenture Interactive) ability to help clients tap data insights and performance marketing to accelerate growth and innovation across Australia and New Zealand. Mark Green, Accenture Song’s Australia and New Zealand lead, said: “Clients are struggling to keep up with the…
Accenture has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in KETOS, Inc., a data intelligence innovator that uses a proprietary technology platform to help organizations monitor and address water efficiency and quality. KETOS is the latest company to join Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, an engagement and early investment program that connects emerging technology startups with the Global 2000…
Accenture is to acquire ALBERT Inc., after completing a tender offer. The acquisition will add a large team of data scientists to Accenture to further strengthen its data and AI capabilities for clients. Upon completion of the transaction, ALBERT will be part of Accenture, a statement said. ALBERT offers AI and big data analytics services, AI-based algorithm…