Monday, September 11, 2017

DATA PROVIDER DATABASE

Updates:

• Descartes Labs, a satellite data provider, raises $30mm Series B. (TechCrunch)
• YipitData launched Ryanair (RYA) and Carvana (CVNA) datasets.
• Ursa, a satellite data provider, released new Caribbean Oil Storage Report. (Business Wire)
• Geospatial Insight, a satellite data provider, raised Series A funding. (Integrity Research, subscription required)
• Thasos, a geolocation data provider, revealed it has 25 hedge fund customers. (Finextra)

Added:

• PROME - customized web scraping services.
• Datavore - data analytics and visualization platform.
• Dataiku - data science platform, recently raised $28mm. (PRNewswire)
• ExtractAlpha - licenses quant models from social, web, and market sources.
• SensorTower - app usage and ad performance.
• Inferess - converts news feed into event-driven analytics.
• JWN Energy - oil and gas data repository.
• Seer Aerospace - aircraft usage patterns and reliability datasets.
• Epsilon - large panel of consumer data and insights.
• RVIA - recreational vehicle data and trends.
• WallStreetHorizon - corporate event related datasets. 

NEW JOBS

• Analyst - Investment Research - $8bn+ Hedge Fund (New York, NY)
• Quantitative Analyst - Data Analyst - $11bn+ Hedge Fund (New York, NY) 
• Head of Alternative Data - Data Scout - AQR Capital Management (New York, NY)
• See 38 other openings for Investment Research, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, and Data Scientist

NEWS & INSIGHTS

• Eagle Alpha, a data aggregator, published 20 case studies of successful quant and discretionary alternative data applications for multiple data sources. The 80-page paper provides a thorough evaluation of the alternative data space for both quant and discretionary investors. (Eagle Alpha, pdf)
• Sentiment provider, Prattle, correctly predicted various Fed and international central bank decisions. Quinlan & Associates published a 50-page report on the use of alternative data for alpha generation, including a case study on Prattle. (Quinlan & Associates, pdf)
• Anonymity concerns in geolocation data continue. (Financial News)
• Nasdaq accelerates expansion into data analytics, acquiring asset manager research platform eVestment for $705mm. (Nasdaq, Reuters)

UPCOMING EVENTS

• Better Data before Big Data: Blueprint for a Strong Culture of Data Mgmt. (New York, Sep. 12)
• Learn 2 Quant (Hong Kong, Sep. 14)
• Tech Talk 6.0: Generation Data - Alternative Data Panel (Chicago, Sep. 14)
• 5th Annual Ravenpack Research Symposium (New York, Sep. 19)
• HFM US Breakfast Briefing: Debating Data Strategies (New York, Sep. 19)
• Benzinga Fintech Summit (San Francisco, Sep. 28)

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