What A Data Pro does

A Data Pro is a privately held content, data, and business intelligence services company headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, with additional offices in Plovdiv and Veliko Tarnovo. Founded in 1999, the company operates a 500+ person multilingual workforce covering 50+ languages and 80+ jurisdictions to deliver three product pillars: Media Intelligence (media monitoring, social listening, brand reputation, competitor and influencer analysis, crisis management, custom reports, contextual targeting, curated newsletters, and multilingual media indexing and tagging), Risk Intelligence (due diligence reports, sanctions lists with enriched identifiers, adverse media screening, and PEPs/SOEs databases for AML/KYC compliance), and Data Solutions (data automation/ETL, managed data services with human-in-the-loop validation, and Training Data for AI annotation).

The underlying technology combines AI and machine learning with human-expert validation: a Source Automation platform continuously collects, normalises, and classifies data from global registries, sanctions lists, and corporate filings; an entity intelligence layer resolves and enriches risk signals with identifiers, severity scores, and audit-ready evidence; custom media intelligence scoring models apply client-specific weightings to coverage, sentiment, and share-of-voice metrics; and a propaganda detection methodology tags written and visual content across traditional and social media. AI modalities in use include NLP, anomaly detection, knowledge retrieval, and generative AI under human review.

A Data Pro runs an enterprise sales-led go-to-market with no self-service storefronts, app marketplace listings, or reseller channels. Customers engage via direct expert consultations or inquiry forms and receive bespoke quotes based on scope and frequency; revenue streams are predominantly subscription or recurring for Risk Intelligence and Media Intelligence, with project-based professional services fees for Data Solutions. Marketing is anchored on thought leadership — including the Due Diligence Download podcast, AMEC Global Summit 2024 headline sponsorship, recurring blog publishing, webinars, and e-books — with named enterprise clients such as Publicis Groupe Bulgaria. Leadership includes CEO Ilia Krastev, Founder Ivo Prokopiev, and Chief Product and Technology Officer Atanas Dyulgerov.

Name

A Data Pro

Legal name

A Data Pro, Inc.

Website

https://aiidatapro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

A Data Pro is a privately held Bulgaria-based content, data, and business intelligence services company that delivers Media Intelligence, Risk Intelligence, and Data Solutions — including AI training data annotation — to enterprise PR/marketing and finance/compliance customers worldwide via a 500+ multilingual expert workforce.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Intelligence Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Strategy & Governance Services (BPAEAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Quality, Observability & Metadata Management Services (BPAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Media intelligence services
• Risk intelligence solutions
• Data annotation services
• Sanctions screening solutions
• Adverse media monitoring

Headquarters

HQ city

Sofia

HQ country

Bulgaria

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Risk Intelligence Solutions: Subscription or project-based professional services providing due diligence reports, sanctions list monitoring and enrichment, adverse media screening, and PEPs/SOEs database access. Services are tailored to compliance, AML/KYC, and GRC needs with pricing based on scope and frequency.
2. Media Intelligence Services: Recurring or ad-hoc fees for media monitoring, social listening, media intelligence reports, curated newsletters, contextual targeting taxonomies, and media analysis/indexing/tagging. Delivered on daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly intervals depending on client needs.
3. Data Solutions (Automation, Management, Training Data for AI): Fees for end-to-end data integration (ETL), data management with human-in-the-loop monitoring, and training data annotation services. Team of 500+ domain experts in 50+ languages provides precise data annotation and tailored solutions, with flexible engagement models for research-on-demand or ongoing subscriptions.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

A Data Pro provides media intelligence, risk intelligence, and data solutions to organizational clients. Its services combine AI- and machine-learning-enabled data processing with human validation, multilingual domain expertise, and coverage across more than 80 jurisdictions.

Product overview

A Data Pro offers a three-pillar product portfolio: Media Intelligence, Risk Intelligence, and Data Solutions. Media Intelligence is an umbrella platform covering sub-products for media monitoring, social listening, brand reputation, competitor analysis, influencer analysis, crisis management, trend analysis, contextual targeting, curated newsletters, and media analysis/indexing/tagging. Risk Intelligence provides due diligence reports, sanctions lists (dynamically updated with enriched data), adverse media screening, and PEPs/SOEs databases for AML/KYC compliance. Data Solutions encompasses data automation (ETL), data management with human-in-the-loop validation, and training data for AI. The company leverages 500+ employees across 50+ languages to deliver these services globally from offices in Sofia, Plovdiv, and Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Media Intelligence A business-facing intelligence service for monitoring and analyzing media coverage, social channels, influencers, campaigns, and reputational or crisis signals. It is delivered to communications, public-relations, marketing, and brand-management functions.
• Risk Intelligence A service offering for sanctions, watchlist, PEP, adverse-media, reputational-risk, and due-diligence intelligence used by compliance and risk teams in regulated organizations.
• Data Solutions A customized data-service offering for data collection, annotation, enrichment, processing, and automation in AI, machine-learning, and enterprise-data workflows.

Quantifiable outcome

• Enriched sanction datasets reached the market faster than those of major global data providers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Updata OneminorOthersA Data Pro is identified as 'Part of the Updata One community' on its website footer. The nature of the relationship is not explicitly detailed but appears to be a community or ecosystem affiliation rather than a formal commercial partnership.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Meltwater: Meltwater is a global media intelligence and analytics platform offering media monitoring, social listening, and consumer intelligence. It directly overlaps with A Data Pro's Media Intelligence pillar but serves a much broader enterprise client base with a self-serve SaaS model.
• Cision: Cision is a long-established PR and media intelligence platform serving enterprise communications teams. It competes head-to-head with A Data Pro's media monitoring and brand reputation offerings, with additional scale in distribution and earned media analytics.
• Refinitiv (LSEG): Refinitiv, now part of LSEG, offers World-Check for risk and compliance screening, plus broad financial data services. It directly competes with A Data Pro's Risk Intelligence offering including sanctions lists, PEPs, and adverse media screening for AML/KYC.
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides AML, KYC, due diligence, and adverse media screening platforms serving global financial institutions. It directly overlaps with A Data Pro's sanctions lists, adverse media, and enhanced due diligence capabilities.
• Dow Jones Risk & Compliance: Dow Jones provides sanctions, PEPs, and adverse media screening data for compliance teams. It is a direct competitor in the Risk Intelligence pillar where A Data Pro cites it explicitly as a benchmark for enriched sanctions data delivery.

Emerging players

• DataRunners: DataRunners is a data services firm offering multilingual data collection, annotation, and enrichment. It overlaps with A Data Pro's Data Solutions pillar, particularly training data for AI and ETL-style data automation work.
• Quantexa: Quantexa provides AI-driven decision intelligence for AML, KYC, and risk management using entity resolution and network analytics. It overlaps with A Data Pro's Risk Intelligence entity enrichment and adverse media screening, though with a more software-centric delivery model.

Direct peers

• Appen: Appen is a leading provider of high-quality training data for AI systems, with a large global crowd of annotators covering many languages. It directly competes with A Data Pro's Training Data for AI offering and shares the human-in-the-loop, multilingual data annotation model.
• Defined.ai: Defined.ai is a data platform for AI offering training datasets, ethical data sourcing, and a global workforce of annotators. It is a direct peer to A Data Pro's Data Solutions / Training Data for AI offering and competes for enterprise AI-lab customers.

Regional players

• Trasers (a Zeetix company): Trasers is a Bulgaria-based research and business intelligence firm providing country risk, market intelligence, and due diligence reports. It is a regional peer overlapping with A Data Pro's Risk Intelligence and data content offerings in the CEE/OEEC markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ADataPro

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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