In a round led by IDG Ventures India, Heckyl Technologies raised more than $3.5 million in new capital. Also participating in the round were Seedfund Advisors, a previous investor, and angel investor, Rajiv Dalal. The company’s total funding now stands at $4.75 million.
Heckyl Technologies provides real-time financial information and analytics for researchers, traders, and investors. Their platform includes news, market, sentiment, and predictive data analysis, covering more than 35,000 companies and more than 3,500 non-listed entities around the world.
The company made headlines earlier this year for taking first place at the UK Trade & Investment contest in June. Heckyl also was named the fastest growing enterprise startup in the Indian brokerage industry.
Founded in 2010, Heckyl Technologies demoed its FIND 2.0 (Financial In News & Data) technology at FinovateEurope 2013. See the company in action here.