Tagged: data

April 20, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Enso, the company making data analysis accessible to everyone, has launched out of stealth with $16.5M in funding “from SignalFire, Khosla Ventures, Day One Ventures, Decacorn Capital, Y Combinator, Samsung Next, Harvard’s Endowment, West Coast Endeavors, Innovation Nest, and more.” Enso’s open source platform “makes… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 11:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kpler, a provider of technology-led data, analytics, and market insight, recently announced it has agreed on a “strategic” growth investment led by Five Arrows and Insight Partners. The two firms will “invest over $200 million in Kpler, representing a minority stake in the company.” The… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 7:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Obsidian Security, which claims to be the leader in SaaS Security and Posture Management (SSPM), recently announced $90 million in Series C financing “led by Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and IVP, with participation from existing investors Greylock, Wing and GV.” Obsidian, which has now… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arweave, a “decentralized” solution for archiving data using a blockchain-like “blockweave” and a proof-of-access consensus mechanism, has expanded to Avalanche. Now, Avalanche users can “utilize Arweave to store records, files, metadata, and other data.” Arweave strives “to store data cheaply and immutably for at least… Read More

April 17, 2022 @ 11:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Truelytics recently teamed up with BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) to offer advisors “access to data, analytics, and insights to manage and grow their practices.” Financial advisors need access to the most “accurate, timely, and insightful tools for helping manage their practice and improve their valuation.” To that… Read More

April 16, 2022 @ 6:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MX, which claims to be the leader in Open Finance, and Boss Insights, a key player in business data aggregation, are teaming up to provide Fintechs and financial institutions real-time access “to enhanced small business banking, accounting, and commerce data to accelerate business lending and… Read More

April 12, 2022 @ 4:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A partnership has been formed between Visa Fintech Partner Connect program members ecolytiq and Snowdrop Solutions. This partnership should enable the climate engagement provider ecolytiq with access to Snowdrop’s precise categorization and location of banking transfers, including retailer logos, ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) ratings, directions… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CYTRIO, a data privacy compliance company, has added support for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to its all-in-one, cloud-native data privacy rights management automation solution. GDPR impacts any company, “regardless of location, that collects, uses, shares, or stores personal information from European… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 10:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Quantexa, the international data and analytics software company “pioneering” Contextual Decision Intelligence (CDI), recently announced that Dan Higgins has been “appointed as Quantexa’s new chief product officer, joining the rapidly growing global technology company’s executive leadership team.” In this role, Higgins will have executive responsibility… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 10:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  The Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) is pleased to confirm the publication of the Open Banking Standard, version 3.1.3 – including updates to the Read/Write API Specification and Customer Experience Guidelines (CEGs). This is “a minor update to version 3.1.2 which was released in… Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 11:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Syntropy, a Web3 connectivity firm, and Entain, which claims to be one of the largest sports betting and gaming companies, announced the successful implementation of Syntropy’s relay network with its “decentralized autonomous routing protocol (DARP), connecting the data centers across the globe.” Syntropy’s DARP technology… Read More

April 3, 2022 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Markus Levin, Co-founder at XYO, a platform focused on developing a trustless system of Oracles that may enhance the existing location data systems. Levin talked about how the XYO platform is leveraging distributed ledger tech (DLT), smart contracts, and decentralized… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FE fundinfo has confirmed that it acquired Funds360, the French fund data and solutions provider based in Fontainebleau and Paris, from Euronext. The transaction brings together FE fundinfo’s fund data and tech expertise in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia with Funds360’s complementary data-set… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 8:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s FCA recently revealed that they are interested in what the industry “sees as the role of the regulator in the provision of synthetic data.” The FCA pointed out that they are particularly interested in synthetic data when it comes to their “competition remit,… Read More

March 25, 2022 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spanish Fintech platform SeeDCash has chosen Nordigen for an enhanced financial data import process. SeeDCash is described as an intuitive and advanced analytical system for managing and predicting companies’ liquidity and finances. The application reportedly includes custom payment and transaction categories, automated daily treasury processes,… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 5:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Itheum is pleased to confirm an investment from Elrond, Mechanism Capital, and other key investors in the crypto and blockchain sector. The funding extends the previous $1.5 million round “funded by Morningstar Ventures which incubated Itheum via their Elrond Dubai Incubator.” Itheum continues to attract… Read More

March 17, 2022 @ 10:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

WCKD RZR’s Data Watchdog software claims to be “true data enablement.” It enables multi-national organizations that have disparate and messy data estates “to unlock the potential of their data immediately.” WCKD RZR, the startup whose software eradicates a “myriad of international data privacy,” management and… Read More

March 14, 2022 @ 3:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ebitly and open banking platform Nordigen have joined forces to offer financial information straight onto the program from clients’ bank accounts. Ebitly is a real-time cashflow planning platform, which is focused on giving SMEs access to smart and robust financial management tools. The program’s interface… Read More

March 13, 2022 @ 4:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arkatechture, a tech firm focused on supporting business organizations with a better understanding of their requirements through data, has teamed up with HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union in order to leverage Arkatechture’s data analytics platform, Arkalytics. This platform offers a managed, Cloud-hosted data lakehouse along with… Read More

March 11, 2022 @ 3:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV) reveals that Farouk Ferchichi has been named Global Head of Envestnet Data and Analytics, bringing together the capabilities of Envestnet | Yodlee, Envestnet Analytics (Wheelhouse), and Abe AI. This strengthened data and analytics focus under Ferchichi’s leadership is “integral to Envestnet… Read More