New York based data science startup Accern has raised a $2.1m Pre-Series A funding round led by 26 Ventures.
Accern’s data-science platform consolidates a variety of actionable analytics from more than 300 million websites, social media outlets such as Twitter, proprietary data (including SEC filings), and premium financial news data sources into a single newsfeed. With its news-monitoring dashboard and quantitative data feed, Accern enables quantitative hedge funds and world financial institutions to stay up-to-date on the latest news and rumors that drive early-investment decisions.