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Advan FIT (Foot Traffic Intelligence)Advan Research CorporationMobile-device location data joined to card transactions to measure store visits and estimate sales; also sold as SPENDVIEW, REVEAL and Patterns+.Alternative dataAlkymiAlkymiUses language models to turn unstructured investment documents into standardised datasets, with editions for alternatives and private credit.Data managementAlternative dataPortfolio monitoringAlphaSense PlatformAlphaSenseSearch and AI research platform (SuperAnalyst, Deep Research, Tegus expert insights) that absorbed Sentieo, the research management product many funds previously bought.Research managementMarket dataAlternative dataBloomberg Second MeasureBloombergConsumer transaction analytics on thousands of public and private brands, updated daily with over eight years of history, operated as Bloomberg Second Measure LLC.Alternative dataCanoeCanoe IntelligenceCollects alternative investment documents and extracts structured data from capital calls and distribution notices; Bloomberg has announced an intent to acquire, which I could not confirm as closed.Data managementAlternative dataPortfolio monitoring+1Canoe ConnectCanoe IntelligenceCollects documents from GP portals and inboxes and extracts data from capital calls, distribution notices and partner capital account statements for the LP side; incubated in 2013 and launched independently in 2017, and Bloomberg has announced an agreement to acquire it, which the site does not confirm as closed.LP portalsData managementAlternative data+1Earnest AnalyticsConsumer EdgeCredit and debit card, consumer goods and web pricing datasets delivered through the Dash analytics platform; the Earnest site states it is now part of Consumer Edge.Alternative dataCoresignal Datasets and APIsCoresignalPublic web data on companies, employees and job postings, used by investors as a headcount and hiring signal.Alternative dataDaloopaDaloopaExtracts auditable KPI and financial history from filings and transcripts into models for hedge funds and long-only managers; the site describes it as a Series C company with over $100 million raised.Alternative dataResearch managementGrataDatasitePrivate company search and deal sourcing platform for the middle market; Datasite announced its acquisition of Grata on 3 June 2025 and is merging it with Sourcescrub.Deal flow and CRMAlternative dataReference dataSourcescrubDatasiteDeal origination platform covering 17 million companies with conference and event tracking plus CRM enrichment; Datasite announced its acquisition on 8 August 2025.Deal flow and CRMAlternative dataEagle Alpha PlatformEagle AlphaMarketplace and advisory layer that helps funds find and vet more than 2,500 alternative datasets, plus a compliance product called Surveyor.Alternative dataExabel PlatformExabelNo-code platform for testing and combining pre-mapped alternative datasets against company fundamentals; the site states it was acquired by BattleFin Group in December 2024.Alternative dataExtractAlpha DatasetsExtractAlphaQuantitative alpha datasets for equity investors; acquired the Estimize crowdsourced earnings-estimate business in 2021.Alternative dataFable DataFable DataBank-sourced pan-European consumer transaction data across 62 merchant categories, mapped to more than 550 tickers.Alternative dataFacteus CubeFacteusUS consumer transaction panel drawn from bank and fintech partners, sold as Cube, Arbiter, Onyx (SKU-level) and Ultra (row-level) products.Alternative dataHarmonicHarmonicStartup discovery and sourcing engine with 30 million company profiles, founder and talent-movement alerts, and an AI research agent called Scout.Deal flow and CRMAlternative dataInvenInvenAI deal sourcing platform covering 28 million companies, aimed at building target lists including off-market companies for private equity and M&A teams.Deal flow and CRMAlternative dataKadoaKadoaAI agents that build and maintain web-scraping pipelines for investment firms, positioned as the web data layer for finance.Alternative dataAmberdataKaikoCrypto and blockchain market, DeFi and derivatives data with analytics, risk and compliance tools; Amberdata's own site carries the news of its acquisition by Kaiko, so lists still showing it as independent are out of date.Market dataAlternative dataRisk analytics+1Kaiko Market DataKaikoDigital asset market data feeds, fair value pricing, indices and surveillance for institutions and regulators; the homepage announces that Kaiko has acquired Amberdata.Market dataPricing and valuationIndex and benchmark+2LinqAlphaLinqAlphaMulti-agent AI research platform for hedge funds and asset managers; the company states $6.6M raised and founders from MIT and Goldman Sachs.Research managementAlternative dataM Science Data FeedsM ScienceMore than 500 structured data feeds covering roughly 1,400 companies, delivered by API, S3, Snowflake and Delta Share alongside written research.Alternative dataNasdaq Data LinkNasdaqData marketplace distributing financial, economic and alternative datasets to analysts and quantitative teams.Market dataAlternative dataReference dataNeudata ScoutNeudataIndependent dataset scouting and evaluation service for institutional buyers, with a catalogue of over 7,000 datasets.Alternative dataPlacer.ai Location Analytics PlatformPlacer.aiFoot-traffic and visit data on retail, dining and commercial real estate locations, with a finance vertical aimed at investment returns and risk. The site dates the platform launch to 2018 but does not state a founding year.Alternative dataPlanet Insights PlatformPlanet Labs PBCDaily high-frequency satellite imagery (PlanetScope, SkySat) and analytic feeds, with a named finance vertical for market monitoring.Alternative dataBigdata.comRavenPackNews, filings and business-content analytics for finance, now positioned as an AI grounding layer; the site is branded Bigdata.com by RavenPack.Alternative dataResearch managementESGSignalsRS MetricsAsset-level satellite and geospatial metrics, including parking-lot traffic across 65,000 US retail sites, metals production and EV output.Alternative dataESG dataStock IntelligenceSimilarwebWebsite, app and user-engagement trend data on public and private companies, sold to investors as a digital demand signal; Similarweb trades on the NYSE as SMWB.Alternative dataMarket dataThinknum Alternative DataThinknumWeb-scraped company datasets covering job listings, store locations, product and property pricing, inventory and app engagement.Alternative dataYipitData Market IntelligenceYipitDataCombines card transactions, email receipts, web-scraped and app-usage data into company and sector revenue estimates for investors.Alternative data

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