TOPO, a leading research and advisory firm, has been acquired by Gartner.

JEGI (www.jegi.com), the leading independent investment bank for the global media, information, marketing, software and tech-enabled services sectors, with offices in New York, Boston, London and Sydney, represented TOPO in this transaction.

Although TOPO will continue to operate separately, they will leverage Gartner’s considerable resources and experience to advance their singular focus of helping the world’s best companies grow faster. Leadership at TOPO will remain intact to continue to accelerate the expansion of their talented team.

The entire team at TOPO remains focused on ensuring existing and future customers continue to receive the best possible service. Here are just a few highlights of what is happening at TOPO:

Research – The accelerated research calendar continues to produce industry leading benchmarks, technology reports, and proven plays for marketing and sales organizations to accelerate revenue growth. Most recently, TOPO released the Double Funnel to member clients which unifies multiple go-to-market strategies, improves forecasting, and drives accountability.

Events – Summit 2020, taking place April 23-24 in San Francisco, returning for a 5th year with an expected turnout of 2,000 marketing and sales leaders. TOPO Summit has quickly become the fastest growing gathering of B2B marketing and sales professionals.

Actionable Insights – The TOPO team is continuously producing research and insights on the ever-changing marketing and sales stacks. Producing market technology guides, for categories like sales enablement, helping business buyers understand individual technology choices along with strategies for integrating them into their stacks. TOPO’s expanded surveys are actively gathering additional data that will inform upcoming technology reports on demand generation, sales development, and sales.

About TOPO

TOPO is a research and advisory firm that helps sales and marketing organizations grow revenue faster. Over 200 clients combine our proprietary high-growth data set™ with industry-leading research and advisory services to provide an inside view into what leading sales and marketing organizations are doing. For more information, visit www.topohq.com.

About GARTNER

Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), is the world’s leading research and advisory company and a member of the S&P 500. We equip business leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities today and build the successful organizations of tomorrow.

Our unmatched combination of expert-led, practitioner-sourced and data-driven research steers clients toward the right decisions on the issues that matter most. We are a trusted advisor and objective resource for more than 15,000 organizations in more than 100 countries — across all major functions, in every industry and enterprise size. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.

About JEGI

JEGI has been the leading independent investment bank for the global media, information, marketing, software and tech-enabled services sectors for over 30 years. Headquartered in North America, with offices in New York City and Boston, as well as London and Sydney (through its partnership with CLARITY), JEGI has completed more than 700 high‐profile M&A and financing transactions, serving global corporations; middle‐market and emerging companies; entrepreneurial owners and founders; and private equity and venture capital firms. For more information, visit www.jegi.com.