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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Danny and Alex were on deck this week, with Grace on the recording and modify. Natasha will be back with us starting next week. So, it was old times on the program with just 2 of our team to vamp on the [ …]
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Dataminr’s first ever acquisition is UK-based geovisualization platform WatchKeeper

Dataminr’s first ever acquisition is UK-based geovisualization platform WatchKeeper

When it pertains to spotting events taking place throughout the world, few business hold a candle to Dataminr. Founded in 2009, the company has raised more than $1 billion over the past 12 years (including $475 million at a $4.1 billion appraisal just this past March) to build out a data-gobbling platform that transforms raw […] The start-up had been on Dataminr’s radar even prior to the company’s creation. Hugh Farquhar, the creator and CEO of WatchKeeper, previously worked at Citibank where Bailey said he built out a platform for contextualizing Dataminr notifies for the bank’s executives. As word got out about WatchKeeper’s product, Bailey saw a chance to bring Dataminr closer to the nascent business. WatchKeeper will be integrated into Dataminr Pulse later on this year, the company’s item focused on service danger customers.