Polly Acquires Driven Data to Deepen Engagement with Car Shoppers
Acquisition offers dealers an increased opportunity to convert customers.

Acquisition offers dealers an increased opportunity to convert customers.
BURLINGTON, Vermont – Polly (formerly known as DealerPolicy), a leading insurance marketplace for automotive retail, announced it has closed on an acquisition of automotive marketing and analytics company, Driven Data Technology, Inc.
“This acquisition represents a unique opportunity for us to provide dealers with the solutions they need to drive more profitable growth. As the world continues to evolve at a record pace, access to comprehensive and reliable data and insights, seamlessly integrated across all major systems, is quickly becoming an even bigger priority for many of our dealer clients,” said Travis Fitzgerald, CEO, and founder of Polly. “Our modern technology platform, combined with Driven Data’s proprietary first-party analytics and audience segmentation, will undoubtedly help dealers convert more sales and service customers, while unlocking new and exciting opportunities in F&I.”
Founded in 2013, Driven Data continues a long-held mission to leverage data across a plethora of automotive retail systems to help the automotive community attract high value customers more efficiently. Comprised of data normalization, custom audience creation, and a powerful analytics dashboard, Driven Data’s highly secure and hyper-personalized, open integration platformseamlessly integrates and connects first-party data across multiple sources, giving dealers the confidence they need to make smart decisions that can be easily measured by way of attribution.
This acquisition expands Polly’s industry- leading customer engagement capabilities by leveraging secure, first-party data to target in-market car shoppers and service customers more precisely with timely and personalized messaging. The acquisition fits perfectly into Polly’s broader commitment to help dealers deliver a better-than-expected customer experience while creating significant new revenue opportunities.
“We’ve helped many forward-thinking dealerships mature their data analytics and marketing capabilities,” said Jon Berna, Founder and CEO of Driven Data. “I am so proud of the work our team has accomplished over the past decade and am thrilled to have the opportunity to collaborate with the amazing Polly team to take our combined solutions to the next level.”
Under the terms of the asset purchase agreement, existing customers of Driven Data will become customers of Polly. To learn more about Polly, visit polly.co.
More Digital

Cox Automotive Tool to Streamline Dealership Workflows
The new Navigator offering is designed to work for dealers across the company's technology solutions for time savings and more.
Read More →
DAS Technology Earns Multiple Industry Honors
The company's Power AI Search was recognized for automotive artificial intelligence as .
Read More →
Reduce Fragmentation, Connect Customer Data
Automotive dealerships have the opportunity to reach more consumers by putting their customer data into a unified system, according to a new report.
Read More →
Dealer Debrief: Service Tech Recognition
In this week's debrief, host Lauren Lawrence covers a change to Automotive Service Professionals Month, a dealership acquisition, and a new Lexus rooftop!
Read More →
Dealer Debrief: Manufacturing Meets Demand
In this week's debrief, host Lauren Lawrence covers shifting strategies in the U.S. auto industry and how they reflect the current consumer demand.
Read More →
Trust of Autonomous Cars Not Automatic
A poll of U.S. consumers finds more awareness of the technology but no movement when it comes to relying on it for transportation.
Read More →
Dealer Debrief: New Technician Credential & Vehicles for Change
In this week's debrief, host Lauren Lawrence covers a new ADAS technician credential that is in the works and a partnership between NADA and Vehicles for Change.
Read More →
Dealer Debrief: Dealer's Choice Awards
In this week's debrief, host Lauren Lawrence covers reinsurance, IIHS safety picks, and voting for the 2026 Dealers' Choice Awards.
Read More →
JD Power Launches F&I Performance, ID Verification Tools
The resources are the first two offerings by the company's new Dealer Solutions division, which is being led by auto industry veteran Doug Betts.
Read More →
Advanced Safety Features Make a Difference
GM says research shows such technologies have made real inroads in reducing the rate of U.S. collisions as it aims for crash-free roads.
Read More →