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Earnest unveils new streaming product

Earnest Research, a provider of consumer-focused data, launched a new media streaming product on Thursday. Earnest Streaming—which the firm debuted at Neudata’s San Francisco Summit—uses US consumer transaction data to provide performance metrics ...

News 27 Feb 2020
SF Summit: Survey market research tools eat into SMEs, consulting fees from PE firms

Zander Lurie, CEO of SurveyMonkey, sat down with Ben Spero, managing director of Spectrum Equity, on the Neudata San Francisco Summit stage to discuss how the PE firm is employing multiple methods of market research data collection to get a holistic view of a company.

Events 27 Feb 2020
Geofinancial launches new methane tracking product

Geofinancial Analytics, an ESG-focused satellite data provider, has released a new data product that detects methane emission leaks from oil and gas providers. Launching the product at Neudata’s San Francisco Summit, Geofinancial explained that Me...

News 27 Feb 2020
Alpha Quantamental eyes expansion into options strategy

Alpha Quantamental, an equity long/short fund that incorporates data-driven techniques into its stock-picking process, is considering an expansion into options trading at the behest of clients looking for higher risk investments.

News 24 Feb 2020
Knoema buys alternative data platform Adaptive Management

Knoema, a data management platform, has acquired alternative data aggregator Adaptive Management.

News 21 Feb 2020
EU proposes rules to encourage B2B data sharing

Europe is moving ahead with plans to create a single market in data and establish policies to become a leader in business data collection and distribution, the European Commission announced Wednesday.

News 19 Feb 2020
Hitwise closes shop one month after Jumpshot data discontinuation

Online consumer insights provider Hitwise is ceasing operations after 20 years in business citing “events outside its control”, the company announced Tuesday.

News 18 Feb 2020
Catalyst Funds launches algorithmic fund

Catalyst Funds, an alternatives investment firm, has launched a new machine learning-based fund that invests in futures contracts to gain exposure to 39 major global asset classes.

News 13 Feb 2020
Rezatec raises GBP 5m for expansion plans

Rezatec, a geospatial data analytics firm, has raised GBP 5m from Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor, for expansion into key global markets.

News 12 Feb 2020
Quant funds dial up interest in human capital, ad spend data

Quantitative investment managers are investigating datasets that quantify environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, as well as those that show companies' customer acquisition efforts, according to analysis of recent activity on Neudata’s Scout platform.

News 11 Feb 2020

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Earnest unveils new streaming product

SF Summit: Survey market research tools eat into SMEs, consulting fees from PE firms

Geofinancial launches new methane tracking product

Alpha Quantamental eyes expansion into options strategy

Knoema buys alternative data platform Adaptive Management

Hitwise closes shop one month after Jumpshot data discontinuation

Catalyst Funds launches algorithmic fund

Rezatec raises GBP 5m for expansion plans

Quant funds dial up interest in human capital, ad spend data

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Alternative Data News and Insight

Earnest unveils new streaming product

SF Summit: Survey market research tools eat into SMEs, consulting fees from PE firms

Geofinancial launches new methane tracking product

Alpha Quantamental eyes expansion into options strategy

Knoema buys alternative data platform Adaptive Management

EU proposes rules to encourage B2B data sharing

Hitwise closes shop one month after Jumpshot data discontinuation

Catalyst Funds launches algorithmic fund

Rezatec raises GBP 5m for expansion plans

Quant funds dial up interest in human capital, ad spend data

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