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Prattle Analytics
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prattle.co
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Private
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2013
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Prattle Analytics is a privately held financial technology company that automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, the firm applies natural language processing and quantitative analytics to textual financial communications, converting unstructured language data into signals intended for institutional investment decision-making. The company operates with 11–50 employees and remains private.

The firm's core technology is built around language-derived quantitative signals for financial markets, with the stated value proposition of automating research workflows that would otherwise require manual interpretation of corporate or central-bank communications. Based on its investor composition — GCM Grosvenor (lead), New Enterprise Associates, Correlation Ventures, and Plug and Play — and accelerator pedigree (Arch Grants, MassChallenge), Prattle's go-to-market is oriented toward institutional finance buyers. Total disclosed capital raised is approximately $3.35M across a 2014 Arch Grants seed ($50K), 2015 MassChallenge participation, and a January 2017 $3.3M round led by GCM Grosvenor. Brian Peterson serves as Chief Operating Officer.

No revenue, customer count, pricing model, or post-2017 operating data are disclosed in the input. The website (prattle.co) and firmographic description are the only available public-facing assets recorded in the source material, limiting visibility into current product surface, customer base, or commercial status.

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Prattle Analytics automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language through NLP for institutional investors; founded 2013 in St. Louis, 11–50 employees, private.

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Operating
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St Louis
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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Keyword5 values
investment research analytics, financial text analytics, central bank communications, market-moving language quantification, algorithmic trading signals
Industry3 codes
1Strategy & Thematic Research
CodeFSACAGAGPrimaryYes
2Quant Research & Systematic Strategies
CodeFSACAGAFPrimaryNo
3Data, Analytics & AI Consulting
CodeBPAHAEAFPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Portfolio Management and Investment Advice52394
  • Portfolio Management and Investment Advice523940
SIC code1 code
  • Investment Advice6282
Product category
Investment Research Analytics
Marketing channels8 records

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Distribution channels1 record

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Cost components4 values
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Pricing details1 tier
1Free access to all content
ModelFreemiumBilling cadenceMonthly
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Prattle Analytics automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language drawn from financial and central bank communications. The firm converts qualitative policy text into measurable signals that institutional investors can integrate into research and portfolio decisions. The offering is delivered as a software/analytics product to business customers in the financial services industry.

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Functional benefit
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Quantifiable outcome1 value
  • Links updated 1 hour before match start
Scale indicator3 records

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Recent move3 records

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Expansion highlight1 record

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Peers10 records
1AlphaSense
TypeDirect peer
Description

Market intelligence and search platform for investment research using NLP across earnings calls, broker research, and company filings — the closest direct competitor in AI-driven investment research workflows.

2RavenPack
TypeDirect peer
Description

Provides analytics on unstructured financial news and documents using NLP, serving hedge funds and asset managers — directly comparable in quantifying market-moving language for buy-side users.

3Sentieo
TypeDirect peer
Description

AI-powered research platform combining financial data, document search, and analytics for investment professionals (now part of AlphaSense) — directly comparable in NLP-driven investment research.

4Accern
TypeDirect peer
Description

Applies NLP to unstructured data for financial services workflows, including investment research and risk — directly comparable in AI/NLP for capital-markets use cases.

5Amenity Analytics
TypeDirect peer
Description

Text analytics platform extracting insights from corporate communications and financial filings for investors and corporates — comparable niche player in NLP for investment research.

6Bloomberg
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Dominant financial data terminal with extensive analytics, news, and increasingly embedded NLP/AI features — the broad incumbent whose investment research suite overlaps with Prattle's analytics proposition.

7FactSet
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Integrated financial data and analytics platform serving investment professionals with research, portfolio analytics, and increasingly AI-powered content tools — overlaps Prattle's market-moving analytics niche within a much broader product suite.

8LSEG (Refinitiv)
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global financial markets infrastructure and data provider with deep research, analytics, and alternative-data capabilities following the Refinitiv acquisition — broad incumbent in capital-markets research.

9S&P Global Market Intelligence
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Provides research, analytics, and data feeds for investment professionals, including AI-enhanced content and sector analytics — broad incumbent serving the same buy-side customer base as Prattle.

10MarketPsych
TypeEmerging player
Description

Specializes in sentiment and media analytics derived from financial news and social data, including central-bank communications — narrower-scope emerging player with a directly comparable NLP-for-finance focus.

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Weaknesses4 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Funding rounds3 records

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Investors6 records

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Prattle Analytics

Investment Research Analyticsprattle.co

Prattle Analytics automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language through NLP for institutional investors; founded 2013 in St. Louis, 11–50 employees, private.

What Prattle Analytics does

Prattle Analytics is a privately held financial technology company that automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, the firm applies natural language processing and quantitative analytics to textual financial communications, converting unstructured language data into signals intended for institutional investment decision-making. The company operates with 11–50 employees and remains private.

The firm's core technology is built around language-derived quantitative signals for financial markets, with the stated value proposition of automating research workflows that would otherwise require manual interpretation of corporate or central-bank communications. Based on its investor composition — GCM Grosvenor (lead), New Enterprise Associates, Correlation Ventures, and Plug and Play — and accelerator pedigree (Arch Grants, MassChallenge), Prattle's go-to-market is oriented toward institutional finance buyers. Total disclosed capital raised is approximately $3.35M across a 2014 Arch Grants seed ($50K), 2015 MassChallenge participation, and a January 2017 $3.3M round led by GCM Grosvenor. Brian Peterson serves as Chief Operating Officer.

No revenue, customer count, pricing model, or post-2017 operating data are disclosed in the input. The website (prattle.co) and firmographic description are the only available public-facing assets recorded in the source material, limiting visibility into current product surface, customer base, or commercial status.

Prattle Analytics firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Prattle Analytics
Legal name
Xoilac TV
Website
https://prattle.co
Company type
Private
Founded year
2013
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
Prattle Analytics automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language through NLP for institutional investors; founded 2013 in St. Louis, 11–50 employees, private.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Prattle Analytics industry classification

Industry
Product category
Investment Research Analytics
NAICS
Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)
SIC
Investment Advice (6282)
akta.pro primary industry
Strategy & Thematic Research (FSACAGAG)
akta.pro secondary industries
Quant Research & Systematic Strategies (FSACAGAF), Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

Keywords

  • Investment research analytics
  • Financial text analytics
  • Central bank communications
  • Market-moving language quantification
  • Algorithmic trading signals

Where Prattle Analytics is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
St Louis
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Prattle Analytics business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

ModelBillingPrice
FreemiumMonthlyFree access to all content

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Prattle Analytics product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Prattle Analytics automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language drawn from financial and central bank communications. The firm converts qualitative policy text into measurable signals that institutional investors can integrate into research and portfolio decisions. The offering is delivered as a software/analytics product to business customers in the financial services industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

  • Links updated 1 hour before match start

Companies that use Prattle Analytics

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Prattle Analytics technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Prattle Analytics partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Prattle Analytics competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • AlphaSense: Market intelligence and search platform for investment research using NLP across earnings calls, broker research, and company filings — the closest direct competitor in AI-driven investment research workflows.
  • RavenPack: Provides analytics on unstructured financial news and documents using NLP, serving hedge funds and asset managers — directly comparable in quantifying market-moving language for buy-side users.
  • Sentieo: AI-powered research platform combining financial data, document search, and analytics for investment professionals (now part of AlphaSense) — directly comparable in NLP-driven investment research.
  • Accern: Applies NLP to unstructured data for financial services workflows, including investment research and risk — directly comparable in AI/NLP for capital-markets use cases.
  • Amenity Analytics: Text analytics platform extracting insights from corporate communications and financial filings for investors and corporates — comparable niche player in NLP for investment research.

Broad incumbents

  • Bloomberg: Dominant financial data terminal with extensive analytics, news, and increasingly embedded NLP/AI features — the broad incumbent whose investment research suite overlaps with Prattle's analytics proposition.
  • FactSet: Integrated financial data and analytics platform serving investment professionals with research, portfolio analytics, and increasingly AI-powered content tools — overlaps Prattle's market-moving analytics niche within a much broader product suite.
  • LSEG (Refinitiv): Global financial markets infrastructure and data provider with deep research, analytics, and alternative-data capabilities following the Refinitiv acquisition — broad incumbent in capital-markets research.
  • S&P Global Market Intelligence: Provides research, analytics, and data feeds for investment professionals, including AI-enhanced content and sector analytics — broad incumbent serving the same buy-side customer base as Prattle.

Emerging players

  • MarketPsych: Specializes in sentiment and media analytics derived from financial news and social data, including central-bank communications — narrower-scope emerging player with a directly comparable NLP-for-finance focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Prattle Analytics social profiles

Digital presence

Prattle Analytics financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Prattle Analytics leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Prattle Analytics funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors6 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Prattle Analytics M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Prattle Analytics

What does Prattle Analytics do?

Prattle Analytics automates investment research by quantifying market-moving language drawn from financial and central bank communications. The firm converts qualitative policy text into measurable signals that institutional investors can integrate into research and portfolio decisions. The offering is delivered as a software/analytics product to business customers in the financial services industry.

Is Prattle Analytics a public or private company?

Prattle Analytics is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.

When was Prattle Analytics founded?

Prattle Analytics was founded in 2013. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Prattle Analytics based?

Prattle Analytics is headquartered in St Louis, United States, in the North America region.

Who are Prattle Analytics's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are AlphaSense, RavenPack, Sentieo, Accern and Amenity Analytics. Broad incumbents are Bloomberg, FactSet, LSEG (Refinitiv) and S&P Global Market Intelligence. MarketPsych is listed as an emerging player.

Does Prattle Analytics have an API?

No public API is recorded for Prattle Analytics.

What industry is Prattle Analytics in?

Prattle Analytics's product category is Investment Research Analytics. Its primary akta.pro industry code is FSACAGAG, Strategy & Thematic Research, with a secondary code of FSACAGAF, Quant Research & Systematic Strategies. Its NAICS code is 52394 and its SIC code is 6282.

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BenzingaEvan Schnidman Targets Stock Movers With This New VentureEvan Schnidman, co-founder of MarketReader.com, sold his previous venture Prattle Analytics to Liquidnet in June 2019, having developed a sentiment analysis platform leveraging natural language processing and machine learning to measure market impact from central banks and corporate communications. Schnidman has now launched MarketReader.com, a new platform designed to provide real-time, data-driven explanations of asset price movements to individual investors and traders. The platform aims to offer faster and more objective analysis of price drivers compared to traditional news outlets and existing platforms.PR NewswirePrattle Launches Upgraded Corporate Analytics Platform for Finance ProfessionalsPrattle has launched an upgraded version of its Equities Analytics platform, which now includes new analytics on corporate communications aimed at finance professionals. The platform offers predictive sentiment data and automated research reports on communications from over 3,000 publicly traded companies, enhancing the investment research process. This update is intended to help users monitor company language patterns and improve investment outcomes efficiently.VC News DailyPrattle Raises $3.3M Seed RoundPrattle, a provider of sentiment data solutions for finance professionals, announced the close of a $3.3 million seed round of financing led by GCM Grosvenor, with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Correlation Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and a group of angel investors. The company will use the capital to continue developing its proprietary sentiment analysis products that use natural language processing, sentiment analysis, and machine learning to quantify the relationship between language and the market. Prattle's technology is designed to predict the market impact of central bank and corporate communications, delivering data in real time through an interactive web portal, email notifications, or an API.Business InsiderA start-up that has been predicting the Fed's next move just scored $3 million in fundingPrattle, a Missouri-based data provider, raised a $3.3 million seed round led by GCM Grosvenor. The company quantifies language in Fed communications to predict market impact, having previously predicted the Fed's dot plot and treasury yield effects.FinSMEsPrattle Raises $3.3m in Seed FundingPrattle, a St. Louis-based text analytics startup, raised $3.3m in seed financing led by GCM Grosvenor with participation from NEA, Correlation Ventures, Plug and Play Ventures, and angel investors. The company will use the capital to build its proprietary sentiment analysis products, which quantify the relationship between language and the market.PR NewswirePrattle Raises $3.3m Seed Round Led by GCM GrosvenorPrattle announced a $3.3 million seed funding round led by GCM Grosvenor, with participation from New Enterprise Associates, Correlation Ventures, and other investors. The company intends to use the capital to further develop its proprietary sentiment analysis products designed for finance professionals. This investment supports Prattle's mission to provide quantitative measures of market-moving language through natural language processing and machine learning.Business InsiderThe Fed just admitted that a startup can predict its upcoming interest rate forecastsThe San Francisco Fed published a letter showing that Prattle's textual analysis of Fed communications accurately predicted the Fed's dot plot. The study found a statistically reliable positive relationship between hawkish sentiment scores and higher projected policy rates.PR NewswireFormer Fed Governor Larry Meyer Partners with Prattle to Provide Economic Insights and Financial AnalyticsLH Meyer, Inc., a research firm founded by former Federal Reserve Board Governor Larry Meyer, has partnered with Prattle, a provider of tradable textual analytics, under a new parent company called Quiet Signal. The merger combines LH Meyer's monetary policy and macroeconomic analysis with Prattle's central bank communication analytics to provide investors with actionable signals from unstructured financial data. Former Prattle CEO Evan Schnidman will lead Quiet Signal as CEO, while Larry Meyer remains president of LH Meyer.