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DataSift is the leader in Human Data Intelligence that empowers application developers to maximize the value of Human Data, in real-time. Processing more than 2 billion human-generated interactions a day, the privacy-first DataSift platform transforms Human Data into actionable intelligence without compromising consumer trust.
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, DataSift has operations in New York, Reading and London, UK and Canada. DataSift’s vast ecosystem of partners includes Oracle, Sysomos and WPP as well as thousands of application developers across a wide variety of industries including retail, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods and digital agencies. More information can be found at datasift.com.
About Human Data
Human Data is the fastest growing type of data that covers the entire spectrum of human-generated information regardless of format or channel through which it is delivered. It includes text, image, audio or video shared with other people on social networks, blogs, news content and inside the business. The DataSift Human Data platform unifies all the data - real-time and historical - in one place, unlocks its meaning and delivers it for use anywhere in the business.
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, DataSift has operations in New York, Reading and London, UK and Canada. DataSift’s vast ecosystem of partners includes Oracle, Sysomos and WPP as well as thousands of application developers across a wide variety of industries including retail, telecommunications, high tech, consumer packaged goods and digital agencies. More information can be found at datasift.com.
About Human Data
Human Data is the fastest growing type of data that covers the entire spectrum of human-generated information regardless of format or channel through which it is delivered. It includes text, image, audio or video shared with other people on social networks, blogs, news content and inside the business. The DataSift Human Data platform unifies all the data - real-time and historical - in one place, unlocks its meaning and delivers it for use anywhere in the business.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England
Total raised
$6M
Founded date
2010
Funding Rounds 1
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| Nov 16, 2011 | DataSift Launches Powerful Twitter Data Analysis And Business Intelligence Platform | DataSift, a big data business intelligence and analysis platform for Twitter, is finally opening its doors today to the U.S. public. DataSift was born out of Tweetmeme and was announced at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco a year ago. Founde... |
| Jul 11, 2011 | DataSift Raises $6M in Funding | DataSift, a Reading, UK-based company globally licensed by Twitter to re-syndicate its content, has raised $6m in venture capital funding. The round was co-led by IA Ventures and GRP Partners. The company intends to use the funding to build... |
| Jul 11, 2011 | DataSift Ingests $6 Million From GRP And IA Ventures | We are a few years into the era of realtime data. Everyone is producing and consuming it, but there is still a huge need to filter it. For that reason, Mark Suster of GRP Partners is doubling down on Twitter by investing in DataSift, one of... |
| Jul 11, 2011 | Delivering the Twitter Firehose, DataSift funded | Data mining 200 million tweets per day isn't easy, but this startup gives you the tools to do it DataSift, a data mining platform for the real-time social Web, announced Monday that it has raised a $6 million round of funding co-led by IA V... |
| Oct 29, 2010 | Will Developers Use the New Digg Streaming API? | Digg just announced the availability of a new streaming real-time Application Programming Interface (API) for all submissions, Diggs and comments on the site. Modeled after the Twitter Streaming API, Digg elected to use Tornado, the real-ti... |
| Sep 27, 2010 | Tweetmeme Founder’s Datasift Helps You Find A Needle In A Tweetstack | In his explorations with the Twitter button, Tweetmeme founder Nick Halstead discovered that there are millions of tweets a day producing a stunning amount of valuable information, the only problem is that’s pretty hard to separate the whea... |
| Sep 27, 2010 | Datasift tames Twitter overload for companies seeking specific data | Tweet-filtering technology startup Datasift is offering a special platform specifically for companies. Rather than filtering tweets for individuals, it combs through topics relevant to a company and displays the information in a single feed... |
| Sep 3, 2010 | Tweetmeme's Button Impressions Collapsed 20% After Twitter's Button Launched | It was only a year ago that Tweetmeme declared their intention to be the king of retweets. And for most of the past year, that was the case. Their retweet button was everywhere. Of course, that was before Twitter launched its own button las... |
| Aug 12, 2010 | Twitter Takes Over The Tweet Button From TweetMeme | Slowly but surely, Twitter is taking control of all the key features that make it such a powerful communication medium. Today, it is introducing the Tweet button, a way for Websites to get visitors to share stories and links with one click.... |
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FAQ about DataSift
When was DataSift founded?
DataSift was founded in 2010.
How much funding has DataSift raised?
DataSift has raised $6M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about DataSift?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning DataSift, among them “DataSift Launches Powerful Twitter Data Analysis And Business Intelligence Platform” (Nov 16, 2011) and “DataSift Raises $6M in Funding” (Jul 11, 2011).
Is DataSift still active?
DataSift is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Nov 13, 2012.