firstRain Market Intelligence™ is the leading software for deploying intelligence applications for enterprises that seek to secure lasting competitive advantage through a comprehensive and continuous understanding of the shifting trends in their marketplace and increased awareness of specific events in the world of their competitors, customers, prospects, partners and suppliers. firstRain Market Intelligence software monitors the internal and external business environment, detecting leading indicators of strategic trends and improving the organization’s “reaction time” to critical events. What is needed to address this void is a product that can source and analyze data from every possible unstructured source. The answer—firstRain.
Financials
| Date | Type | Amount | Investors | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/14/08 | Series C | 13.6M | Lurie Investments, Allen and Company Inc, Enhanced Capital Partners LLC, Onondaga Venture Capital Fund LLC, Rand Capital SBIC, Tompkins Trustco Inc | Unknown |
| 08/01/11 | Other | 6.4M | Unknown |
People
Luis Buhler (CFO)
Todd Rudley (VP Sales)
Martin Betz (VP Technology)
Penny Herscher (President/CEO)
Y. Lee (COO)
Competitors
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News
FirstRain brings enterprise analytics to Salesforce’s Touch Platform in first third-party integration
March 12, 2013 7:57 pm
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October 21, 2011 6:22 pm
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