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Battlefin- Data Provider Showcase
Matt Ober
January 24, 2025
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I didn’t make it to Battlefin this year. But Ethan Berk from our team represented.
Battlefin in Miami. The place to be when it’s freezing cold in NYC in Jan if you are in or around the alternative data space. I didn’t make the trek this year and I can’t complain about the weather now that I live in sunny San Diego. But Ethan Berk, from Social Leverage, made the trip and represented on stage for the New Data Provider Showcase. The showcase was a collaboration with Initial Data Offering and a great way for new data providers to show off their offerings and win prizes toward future Battlefin events! The stage included representatives from Jump Trading, Battlefin, & Two Sigma along with Ethan from Social Leverage. As we see a lot of data companies at Social Leverage and new companies announcing data offerings on Initial Data Offering daily, it was a great partnership opportunity and Ethan represented!
Battlefin hosts events in Miami, NYC, Chicago, London, and Singapore, but the Miami event always seems to be one of the best. Maybe it’s the sunshine or the Nobu Hotel, or maybe it’s because it’s in January when everyone is fresh off vacation and ready to start working. As Social Leverage is actively invested in the fintech space, it’s always a great event for our companies to showcase their data and products and also for us to meet new potential founders.
I hear this year like many others didn’t disappoint. If there is one thing I have been seeing in the data markets, it’s that the demand for unique data is as strong as ever. The buyers are not just financial institutions and hedge funds, but AI-backed companies, fintech startups, consulting firms, and corporates. “Data is the new oil” has been thrown around for something like 10 years and I think data is still oil. Every company needs it for intelligence, decision-making, and product building, but finding true Data-as-a-Service companies, true companies that specialize in selling data at real scale is rare to find. I am hopeful with the IPO markets soon to be more open that we see some true DaaS companies start to go public and start to aggressively make some acquisitions. S&P, SimilarWeb, GlobalData, Verisk, and a few others have been active lately and I think it’s in the best interest of the DaaS industry for this to continue. Battlefin is a great way to get the large DaaS companies excited and intrigued about opportunities that are out there. I know I have a dozen companies that are looking to be acquired. Some small, some larger, but the M&A is out there.
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