The Download 35: 5 New Datasets (2 Point of Sale), 3 Requests for Data, 2 Sector-Specific Alternative Data Events
PROVIDERS ADDED TO THE DATABASE POS data covering food, beverages, and household brands. Mapped to 250 companies with global coverage: Knowledge Leaps POS data in Japan, covering 3mm products across 4,000 companies: Nikkei...
PROVIDERS ADDED TO THE DATABASE
- POS data covering food, beverages, and household brands. Mapped to 250 companies with global coverage: Knowledge Leaps
- POS data in Japan, covering 3mm products across 4,000 companies: Nikkei
- Global trade data covering 8mm companies and 1bn shipping records, obtained via customs and business intelligence databases; acquired by S&P: Panjiva
- Sentiment and event tracking data sourced from 2mm public web pages, blogs, and twitter: Event Registry
- Text analytics platform with custom solutions as well as eight years of of ticker-mapped data across multiple languages: Quantxt
UPDATES
- Alternative Data Group launched an API for wrangling alternative data, including features for data mapping and PII removal.
- Sign up here and receive $300 off with code AlternativedataOrg_
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- Orbital Insight acquired FeatureX, an AI provider specializing in satellite imagery processing. (Integrity Research, subscription required)
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Enigma, a public data aggregator, raised $95mm to expand business and hire more data experts. (WSJ, subscription required)
NEW REQUESTS FOR DATA
- Data on sales headcounts for enterprise software companies.
- Data on Verizon 5G rollout.
- UK transaction data (credit card or email receipt).
EVENTS
- Sector-Specific Alternative Data Events - Investment Professionals Only
- Travel Briefing - AlternativeData.org (October 18 - New York)
- Autos Briefing - AlternativeData.org (October 22 - New York)
- Alternative Data: Alpha & Access - Eagle Alpha (October 12 - London)
OPENINGS
- Consulting Role: Seeking experienced autos analyst to investigate alternative dataset. Contact jobs@
alternativedata.org for more information. - Data Engineer - Adaptive Management (New York)
- See other openings for Investment Research, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, and Data Scientist
NEWS & INSIGHTS
- Dataminr and IHS Markit referenced in article asserting that alternative data could have been used to predict Turkish lira volatility. (marketsmedia)