Web-scraped data provider Quiver Quantitative has raised $2m in funding, which it intends to use to grow its platform. According to a company release, the vendor will use the funds to “accelerate the accessibility of alternative data for retail in...

Satellite Vu has announced plans to launch “the world’s highest resolution thermal imaging satellite” early next year. It will partner with SpaceX to facilitate the launch. The mission will put the first of Satellite Vu’s seven satellites into a l...

Mobile data app provider App Annie has rebranded, changing its name to data.ai as it positions itself as a single centralised source of app analytics across a publisher’s entire tech stack. In an announcement email, the company noted that all of i...

The following article was contributed by Stacey Brandenburg, shareholder, and Marc Zwillinger, founder and managing member at ZwillGen PLLC. Privacy remains a hot issue in 2022, particularly as companies prepare for compliance with various state p...

Google has scrapped plans to introduce its third-party cookie alternative only days after receiving complaints from German publishers that the new product would hurt their businesses. That alternative — called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC) ...

Several US states have filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging that it deceived consumers by collecting their location data even after users opted-out. The legal actions — which were separately filed by attorneys general in the District of Columb...

Placer.ai has raised $100m to expand its platform. The geolocation data provider will use the funding to build out its user base and bring in more physical and digital datasets — including vehicle traffic, planned construction data, web traffic an...

Hedge funds are citing alternative data as one of their top priorities when investing in front-office technology, according to a new report from the Alternative Investment Management Association. The survey — which collected responses from 162 ind...

Web-scraped data provider YipitData has closed a Series E funding round that allows it to raise up to $475m from Carlyle Group. The new investment values the company at more than $1bn, catapulting Yipit into the ranks of other unicorn data provide...