Dataminr
Social sentiment and news analysis based on Twitter data. Has exclusive partnership with Twitter and has raised $407mm in funding.
Social/Sentiment
main data source2009
Year Company Founded100+
Discretionary Asset Manager Customers
employees
384
top tickers
AMZN, FB, GOOGL, NFLX, TSLA
client focus
Hedge Fund
sectors
Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Telecom
data delivery
Raw, Platform Based
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Extended Dataset Description
- Primary: All public Tweets from Twitter in real-time.
- Additional datasets for context: CapIQ, US Patent Office.
- Use Cases:
- Trade support – Assist in trading or initiating positions based on breaking news expected to create near-term market movements
- Market awareness – Provide situational awareness and context into sectors, topics, and companies of interest, and contextualize asset price movements
- Client advisory – Provide valuable advice to clients or support new business development efforts with trade ideas or market context
- Thesis generation – Surface trends to support development of general investment theses, through historical and analytical tools
Product Differentation
Dataminr’s unique, long standing partnership with Twitter allows for access to all publicly available Tweets published in real-time.