ModernIR

What ModernIR does

ModernIR (legal entity Modern Networks IR, LLC) is a Colorado-based analytics firm founded in 2005 by Tim Quast that provides quantitative market structure intelligence to investor relations (IR) professionals, C-suite executives, and Boards of public companies. The company's core technology analyzes Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) trade-execution data — capturing all trading volume including activity that settlement-based market intelligence cannot observe — to characterize the demographics of trading in a stock, distinguishing passive and quantitative flows from active investment. Its product set spans six integrated analytics services: Quantitative Equity Intelligence, Activism Monitoring, Earnings Cycle Analytics, Deal Arbitrage Monitoring, Buyback Analytics, and Short Reporting, delivered as subscription-based plans with varying frequency (daily, weekly, periodic) and scope.

Name

ModernIR

Legal name

Modern Networks IR, LLC

Website

https://modernir.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ModernIR provides subscription-based quantitative market structure analytics to investor relations teams at public companies, analyzing Reg NMS trade-execution data to deliver insights on trading behavior, activism, earnings cycles, M&A, buybacks, and short interest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Equity Market Structure Analytics

akta.pro primary industry

Best Execution & TCA Compliance (FSAFAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Algorithmic Trading & Execution Platforms (FSAFANAN), Algorithmic Trading & Smart Order Routing (Equities) (FSACAFAH)

Keywords

• Market structure analytics
• Investor relations services
• Equity market intelligence
• Quantitative trading analytics
• Shareholder value analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Analytics Services: Multiple service plan subscriptions providing quantitative market structure analytics to investor relations professionals at public companies. Plans are designed to fit different budgets based on frequency and scope of analytics provided.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ModernIR provides subscription-based quantitative market structure analytics to investor relations professionals at publicly traded companies. Its offering analyzes Regulation National Market System (Reg NMS) trade-execution data to help IR teams, executives, and boards understand why stock prices move, detect activist patterns, optimize earnings reporting cycles, coordinate buybacks, monitor M&A deal dynamics, and track short interest. Services are delivered as multiple subscription service plans tailored by frequency and scope of analytics.

Product overview

ModernIR offers a unified analytics platform for public companies operating in quantitative markets. The core offering consists of six integrated services: Quantitative Equity Intelligence, Activism Monitoring, Earnings Cycle Analytics, Deal Arbitrage Monitoring, Buyback Analytics, and Short Reporting. These services are delivered through Market Structure Analytics, which forms the foundation of their market intelligence. The company provides weekly reporting data, daily reports, and periodic studies (pre-earnings assessment, post-earnings impact studies) to help investor relations teams understand passive characteristics of their stock, monitor trading behaviors, and make data-driven decisions about earnings reporting cycles and capital allocation. The platform is subscription-based with multiple service plans to fit different budget requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quantitative Equity Intelligence

Quantifiable outcome

• Clients report improved understanding of passive investment behaviors and market structure dynamics
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• FactSet: FactSet provides financial data, analytics, and workflow solutions widely used by IR and corporate development teams at public companies. While not a direct IR analytics specialist, its portfolio analytics, ownership data, and capital markets intelligence compete for budget allocated to IR market intelligence.
• Nasdaq IR Intelligence: Nasdaq offers IR intelligence products (board engagement, shareholder analytics, and market surveillance) to public companies. As a major exchange operator, Nasdaq has access to deep market-structure data and competes with ModernIR for IR analytics spend at large-cap issuers.
• S&P Global Market Intelligence (Ipreo): S&P Global Market Intelligence, which absorbed Ipreo, provides capital markets data, investor targeting, and IR workflow tools. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in IR analytics and shareholder intelligence sold to the same public-company buyer.
• Bloomberg Terminal / Bloomberg Intelligence: Bloomberg's terminal and intelligence products are ubiquitous at public companies and offer market structure analytics, ownership data, and trading analytics. It is a broad incumbent competitor for IR-related analytics budgets and market intelligence workflows.

Direct peers

• Georgeson: Georgeson provides shareholder services, activism defense, and M&A advisory to public companies globally. It competes with ModernIR in activism intelligence and shareholder identification, serving a similar buyer with complementary analytics and advisory services.
• Wall Street Horizon: Wall Street Horizon provides corporate event and earnings intelligence to public companies and the buyside. Its earnings date analytics and corporate event data overlap directly with ModernIR's Earnings Cycle Analytics offering.
• Q4 Inc. Q4 provides investor relations software, communications, and analytics to public companies. It directly overlaps with ModernIR's IR analytics buyer, including capital markets intelligence and earnings workflow tools that compete for the same IR budget.
• D.F. King: D.F. King is a proxy solicitation and shareholder activism advisory firm that serves public companies on shareholder activism, M&A, and proxy contests. Its activism monitoring and shareholder intelligence offerings overlap with ModernIR's Activism Monitoring and Deal Arbitrage Monitoring capabilities.

Regional players

• Morrow Sodali: Morrow Sodali provides shareholder engagement, governance, and activism advisory services with strong international coverage. It overlaps with ModernIR in activism and shareholder intelligence while extending the comparable buyer to global public companies outside the US.

Others

• Shareholder Services (ISS / Glass Lewis): ISS and Glass Lewis provide proxy advisory and governance analytics used by public companies to understand shareholder voting and activism dynamics. While not direct market-structure analytics peers, they address the broader activist-monitoring and proxy-intelligence use case that ModernIR's Activism Monitoring product serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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