FinovateSpring 2015 / Context Relevant
Presenter Profile:
How they describe themselves: Context Relevant is using distributed compute and automated exploration technologies to deliver a powerful, scalable Advanced Analytics Platform to Wall Street and F-500 companies. From fraud detection, risk exposure and trading algorithms, to automated hedge calculation, Context Relevant’s automated predictive analytics technology is solving previously unsolvable problems and bringing transparency and stability to global financial markets.
How they describe their product/innovation: Context Relevant’s automated predictive analytics technology is the only system with sufficient scale, compute and automation to analyze petabytes of structured and unstructured data in real-time – incorporating findings back into its modeling process automatically. These adaptive learning-systems’ ability to make sense of seemingly unrelated data, at scale and real-time, is redefining industries from finance to aeronautics.
Product distribution strategy: Direct to Business (B2B), through financial institutions
Contacts:
Bus. Dev & Sales: Jeff Feinstein, VP Strategic Development, jfeinstein@contextrelevant.com, 206-369-2380
Press: Bethanie Maples Krogstad, Head of Marketing, bkrogstad@contextrelevant.com, 707-766-4192
Website: contextrelevant.com
Twitter: @contextrelevant
HQ: Seattle, WA
Founded: January 2012
Product Demoed: Advanced Analytics Platform for Financial Services and Security
Metrics: Context Relevant employs more than 65 people across three offices located in Seattle, New York & Palo Alto and expects to double its size in 2015. The company raised over $42M in a Series B-1 round in Q3 2014.
Presenters: Divanny Lamas (VP Product Management), Konstantin Getmanchuk (Head of Financial Products)
- Key Executives
Stephen Purpura (CEO & Founder), Christy Wilson (VP Operations), Dustin Hillard (VP Engineering), Brad Spiers (VP Predictive Solutions Engineering), Jeff Feinstein (VP Strategic Development), Divanny Lamas (VP Product), Richard A. Clarke (Head of Security Products)
Key Stats
- Key Board Members
Chris Kelly (Formation 8), Jim Kim (Formation 8), Bina Kalola (Bank of America Merrill Lynch), Mark Leslie (Stanford Business School), Tim Porter (Madrona Venture Group), Shirish Sathaye (Formation 8), Rana Yared (Goldman Sachs)
- Key Investors
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, New York Life, Formation 8, Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital
- Key Advisory Board Members
Richard A. Clarke (Good Harbor Risk Management), Dr. Christopher Re (Stanford), Neil Zane (Goldman Sachs), Mark Leslie (Stanford)
- Key Partnerships
Good Harbor Risk Management, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs
- Key Customers
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, New York Life