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In this episode of Alternative Data News, we speak with Chris Antipa, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of DecaData.
DecaData offers daily point of sale (POS) data for over 50K global CPG products with granularity down to the UPC scan level. Their product offerings include COVID-19 Purchase Data, Hotel Occupancy Data, Retail Data, Video Game Data, and Rx Data.
We discuss the origins of DecaData as a self-funded venture, the most notable usage cases for their POS data, and how their data delivery has eliminated a lot of the pain points for buy-side clients. Our episode concludes with an anecdote of a timely call around the Beyond Meat IPO and Chris's thoughts on what's a better short-term investment, GME or Bitcoin.
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In this episode of Alternative Data News, we speak with Brad Schneider, CEO of NoMad Data.
NoMad Data is a data discovery platform that uses AI and machine learning to match business decision-makers with an identified need to vendors who can supply the datasets to address their use case. Prior to NoMad Data, Brad was the Founder and CEO of Adaptive Management, a data analytics firm that was acquired by Knoema. Before this Brad was a Portfolio Manager at Tiger Management, and a Managing Director at Jericho Capital.
We kick off the episode by diving into why Brad started NoMad Data and what he hopes to achieve on this new venture. We discuss hedge funds, private equity firms, and how corporates are still in the early innings of using alternative data. The episode concludes with Brad's advice to new data vendors, his experience with his recent raise, and what he did during the pandemic.
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In this episode of Alternative Data News, we speak with Patrick Chan, the Lead Investment Data Analyst at Deccan Value Investors.
Deccan Value Investors is an investment manager investing in public equities and private assets. At the firm, Patrick leads alternative data investment research, data sourcing, and data engineering. Prior to Deccan, Patrick was at Adaptive Management, a technology company that provided an alternative data platform and data science solutions to fundamental investors.
We dive into Patrick's transition back to the buy-side, and how his experience at Adaptive has influenced his work at Deccan Value. We share our thoughts on how we see the industry unfolding over the next few years, and whether some investors can be too quick to conclude backtesting datasets.
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In this episode, we debut The Rundown, where we aim to bring the latest developments in the alternative data industry in under 5 minutes.
We call out the upcoming alternative data conferences, M&A news, professionals on the move, and give a shout-out to a weekly, Clubhouse group focused on Alternative Data.
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In this third episode of Alternative Data News, we speak with John Farrall, Co-Founder of 90 West Data.
90 West Data engages decision-makers with data and insights from a unique panel of US consumer transaction data. Their goal is to increase the confidence with which decisions are made. The data offers insight into everything from broad consumer spending trends to daily merchant-specific changes. 90 West's data is clean, complete, and research-ready for everyone from the most sophisticated data-veteran to someone newly understanding the benefits of adding data to the decision-making process.
In this podcast, we discuss what John has learned about the industry since launching 90 West, how the market could shift with more vendors entering the space, and how John's traditional, sell-side experience has helped produce a reliable product and service. We wrap up the podcast by playing a version of "This or That" and hit John with some burning questions like "Who's the GOAT? MJ or Lebron James?" and "Who's the better CEO for shareholder value? Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk?"
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In the second episode of Alternative Data News, we speak to Abdus Muwwakkil.
Abdus is the Director of Enterprise Partnerships at Thinknum Alternative Data, a company that provides alternative data culled from the web. Thinknum covers most public and private companies, and their datasets offer a range of critical data points that provide insight into company performance.
In this episode, we discuss the current offerings by Thinknum Alternative Data, and how the Gamestop-WallStreetBets saga influenced the creation of their "Reddit Mentions" dataset. They discuss how conferences could shift in a post-pandemic world, and what industries could be using alternative data the most in the next 10 years.
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In the first episode of Alternative Data News, we speak to Eric Nunlee of QueXopa.
Eric Nunlee is the Director of Data Strategy & Partnerships at QueXopa, an alternative data provider in Latin America that specializes in credit/debit card transactions, mobile location data, online page monitoring, maritime + port data, and even advisory services.
We kick off the episode by discussing the challenges and experience of being an alternative data provider, even in today's virtual landscape. Also, we discuss which alternative data providers they see leading the space.
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