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Eagle Alpha is the leading alternative data aggregation platform and advisor.
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What We Do

We facilitate the overall functioning of the global alternative data market via our platform and workflow tools. Since its inception, more than 1,000 data buyers have interacted with our platform. We help them understand a vast and growing marketplace of over 1,850 alternative data products. Leading funds, private equity firms, consultants, corporates, and vendors trust Eagle Alpha as their key alternative data solution provider.

Upcoming Events & Key Content

London Alternative Data Conference – October 12, 2023

Join us for our next London conference on the 12th of October, 2023 at Convene Bishopsgate.

Eagle Alpha’s Hackathon 6 Winner – System2 & Team PandaGon – Research Analysis

Eagle Alpha’s Hackathon 6 Winner – System2 & Team PandaGon – Research Analysis

This January System2 participated in (and won) the Eagle Alpha Next Level Hackathon, blending quantitative data from six different alternative (and traditional) data vendors to evaluate potential gains from using alternative data for systematic investing. Quant strategies are a departure from our regular work of answering questions about company fundamentals, but part of doing data science on demand is being flexible, so here’s what we did.

Eagle Alpha’s Second Annual Alternative Data Industry Report

Eagle Alpha’s Second Annual Alternative Data Industry Report

Eagle Alpha’s second annual alternative data industry report explores industry-wide alternative data growth and trends, M&A in the alternative data vertical, the most engaged research and publications from the year gone by, and outlines the resolve to solve buyer and vendor needs through product development including platforms, improved taxonomy, data connectivity, and compliance features.

Alternative Data M&A is Heating Up: Looking Back and Ahead

Alternative Data M&A is Heating Up: Looking Back and Ahead

New industries are typically fragmented with numerous small players competing for market share. Industries then consolidate as they become more mature. According to A.T. Kearney’s study, all industries go through a consolidation life cycle which consists of five stages – opening, plateau, concentration, dominance, and reopening. Every company in every industry goes through these stages or disappears. Increased competition, changing regulations, new technologies, and increasing customer sophistication is putting pressure on today’s technology leaders and alternative data vendors. Companies would mostly pursue mergers and acquisitions to gain scale advantages and accelerate growth. A size advantage often lowers costs leading to competitive advantage and to competitive price setting.

Satellite Data for Investors: A Note on Recent Market Trends and Demand Drivers

Satellite Data for Investors: A Note on Recent Market Trends and Demand Drivers

Satellite data, also referred to as geospatial data, is photographic images collected by satellites orbiting the earth and can be enhanced with data from drones and radar. Asset managers first tried using satellite data back in 2010 with CNBC reporting that “Cold War-style satellite surveillance is being used to gather market-moving information”. According to the article, UBS Investment Research used data from RS Metrics to count cars in Walmart parking lots to help estimate revenues, a strategy also implemented by Walmart’s founder Sam Walton using airplanes in the 1970s.

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