When was Cint founded?

Cint was founded in 1998 and raised its 1st funding round 9 years after it was founded.

Where is Cint located?

Cint is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

How many employees does Cint have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Cint is 926.

Is Cint a funded company?

Cint is a funded company, having raised a total of $26.4M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Nov 09, 2007.

When was the latest funding round of Cint?

Cint's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Oct 18, 2012, with participation from 2 investors.

Where does Cint rank among its competitors?

Cint ranks 5th amongst 1280 active competitors, of which 194 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Ai Palette, which secured $1.45M in Jun, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Cint?

Cint's top competitors include User Testing, Qualtrics and Premise. Among them, Ai Palette secured the most recent funding round in June, 2024.

Cint - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Cint is an acquired company based in Stockholm (Sweden), founded in 1998 by Bo Mattsson. It operates as a Market research platform. Cint has raised $26.4M in funding from Prime Ventures. The company has 1280 active competitors, including 194 funded and 85 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like User Testing, Qualtrics and Premise.

Company Details

Cint provides a SaaS-based product named OpinonHub which is an exchange platform linking buyers, suppliers and resellers of online samples. Provides buy side and sell side APIs to users to connect to the platform. Enterprises can build panels to discover and analyze sample audience preferences to gain insight into the target audience of the brand. Solutions include Access which lets marketing researchers to reach varied demographics and access multiple target groups, run feasibility and get an overview of costs and Engage which is a panel management solution for researchers that allows users to create, build, analyze and monetize audiences. Acquired by Nordic Capital on January 11, 2016.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

1998

Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$26.4M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Oct 18, 2012, $*****

Investors

Prime Ventures & 3 more

Ranked

5^th among 1280 active competitors

Employee Count

926 as on Jun 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Lucid Holdings & 3 more

Similar Companies

Premise & 1165 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Nordic Capital (Jan 11, 2016)

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Cint is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
CINT USA, INC. CIN: 261290347 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	236 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-
Cint AB CIN: 556559-8769 , Sweden, Active	Sep 10, 1998	-	-	-

Cint got acquired by Nordic Capital on Jan 11, 2016.

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Cint has raised a total funding of $26.4M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Nov 09, 2007. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Oct 18, 2012 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Cint has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Cint:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 18, 2012	9801781	Series B	2926089	5406286	1018170	3678976
Sep 15, 2010	7567205	Series B	7276646	2044915	7113502	Creandum
Nov 09, 2007	2341200	Series A	9435093	1631707	6911662	Creandum

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The founders of Cint is Bo Mattsson.

Here are the details of Cint's key team members:

Bo Mattsson: Founder & board member of Cint and founder of 3 other companies, Eurotrade Import, Hubert and Mangold. They are also an angel investor in 5 startups.

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Cint's employee count trend

Cint has 926 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Cint's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Cint include User Testing, Qualtrics and Premise. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Cint, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	User Testing 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of platform for gathering and analyzing user experience feedback	$148M	Accel, Insight Partners & 15 others	81/100
2nd	Qualtrics 2002, Provo (United States), Acquired	Provider of experience management software facilitating customer, employee, and market research	$400M	Accel, Insight Partners & 9 others	77/100
3rd	Premise 2012, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Crowdsourced real-time offline economic data tracking	$152M	Social Capital, WestCap & 19 others	71/100
4th	Ai Palette 2018, Singapore (Singapore), Acquired	AI-powered platform for CPG innovation, trend discovery, and product development	$12.7M	Exfinity Venture Partners, Decacorn Capital ... & 10 others	71/100
5th	Cint 1998, Stockholm (Sweden), Acquired	Market research platform	$26.4M	Cipio Partners, Creandum & 2 others	66/100
6th	Enigma 2011, New York City (United States), Series C	Provider of business data and intelligence for risk and growth management	$130M	New Enterprise Associates, TriplePoint Capital ... & 18 others	70/100
7th	YipitData 2010, New York City (United States), Series E	Provider of data and analysis on company performance and consumer behavior	$492M	Primary Venture Partner, The Carlyle Group ... & 14 others	69/100
8th	dscout 2011, Chicago (United States), Series C	Provider of a platform for conducting and analyzing user experience research	$81M	Guidepost Growth Equity, Beringea & 3 others	68/100
9th	Faraday 2012, Burlington (United States), Series A	AI-based platform providing consumer insights to enterprises	$12M	Intercap, FreshTracks Capital & 5 others	68/100
10th	Black Swan Data 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Online data analytics platform	$26.5M	Mitsui, Blackstone & 10 others	67/100

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Cint has not made any investments yet. Cint has made 4 acquisitions.

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Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Oct 27, 2021	Acquisition	Lucid Holdings	2010	New Orleans (United States)
Jun 03, 2021	Acquisition	Gapfish	2012	Berlin (Germany)
Aug 01, 2019	Acquisition	P2Sample	2010	Atlanta (United States)