Private dataset buyers
I asked people which companies someone with a private dataset (like a shut-down startup's data) should talk to if they want to sell it:
Votes Company Founders Team size HQ
19
micro1
Ali Ansari A.
101-250
SF
9
Mercor
Brendan Foody F. , Adarsh Hiremath H. , Surya Midha M.
250+
SF
5
Handshake
Garrett Lord L. , Ben Christensen C. , Scott Ringwelski R.
250+
SF
5
SF Data
Brandon Guo G. , Faiz Siddiqi S.
1-10
SF
4
Surge
Edwin Chen C.
101-250
SF
3
AfterQuery
Carlos Georgescu G. , Spencer Mateega M.
51-100
SF
3
Ooak Data
Pierre-Louis Vouteau V. , Thomas Aubry A. , Grégoire Lamy L.
1-10
Paris
2
DataVendor
Lorenss Martinsons M. , Parth Patel P. , Jay Ram R.
11-25
SF / Singapore
2
Grepped*
Erik Newsham N.
11-25
SF
2
Nyne
Michael Fanous F. , Emad Fanous F.
1-10
SF
2
Standard Data
S Stealth
1-10
SF
* Grepped received one negative vote as well.
Also mentioned (one vote each)
Some of the voters' own companies also buy data, such as
Since posting, the founders of SimpleClosure and SF Traces have also told me they buy data.
By @chrisbarber . Disclosure: on this list, I'm a small investor in AfterQuery, Convergent, Fleet, Ionic, Nyne, Ooak Data, Patronus, SF Data, and Snorkel. I advise Zero Billion. People couldn't pick a company they work at or founded. I didn't vote.
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