meaningful Data

What meaningful Data does

Meaningful Data is a privately held Spanish software company founded in 2018 and headquartered in Salamanca, with a secondary office in Madrid. The company focuses on regulatory reporting and official statistics automation for the European banking supervision and national statistics communities. Its core technology stack is built directly on three open standards: SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange), VTL (Validation and Transformation Language), and the European Banking Authority's Data Point Model (DPM). Meaningful Data's flagship product, ADAM (Advanced DPM Analysis Mechanism), is a DPM-centric validation and analysis platform that validates XBRL-XML and XBRL-CSV instance data against the official EBA Data Point Model, performing structural, dimensional, and semantic checks, including cross-template consistency and release-to-release analysis across DPM 1.0 and DPM 2.0. ADAM is delivered as a library, an API, and an interactive analysis tool, and is paired with a free ADAM Explorer tier. The company also offers VTL Suite, an enterprise platform for collaborative authoring, versioning, and execution of VTL scripts via REST APIs, plus two open source projects on GitHub (XBridge for data bridging and VTL Engine for VTL execution) that underpin and seed adoption of the proprietary products.

Name

meaningful Data

Legal name

Meaningful Data

Website

https://meaningfuldata.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Meaningful Data is a Spanish software firm that builds ADAM and VTL Suite for EBA regulatory reporting validation and SDMX/VTL-based official statistics workflows, serving European central banks, regulators, and statistical offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regulatory Reporting Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Data Quality, Profiling & Validation (within Integration) (HDAEACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Engineering, Integration & ETL/ELT Services (BPAEAHAB)

Keywords

• Regulatory reporting software
• Data validation platform
• Statistical data processing
• XBRL validation tools
• VTL scripting platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Salamanca

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Products (ADAM, VTL Suite): Professional versions of ADAM and VTL Suite include professional maintenance and support, as well as long-term commitment to compliance with DPM and VTL standards. Products available as library, API, and interactive analysis tool.
2. Consulting Services: Consulting services for integration of different software solutions for data transformation and validation processes. Includes support for SDMX, VTL and DPM, and standard development environments such as Python or Java.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Meaningful Data builds and sells software products for regulatory reporting and official statistics automation. Its core offerings are ADAM (Advanced DPM Analysis Mechanism), a platform for validating XBRL-XML and XBRL-CSV data against the EBA Data Point Model, and VTL Suite, an enterprise platform for authoring and executing Validation and Transformation Language (VTL) scripts. These are complemented by consulting services for SDMX, VTL, and DPM integration and open source projects (XBridge, VTL Engine).

Product overview

Meaningful Data offers a unified product portfolio centered on regulatory reporting and official statistics automation. The core offerings consist of ADAM (Advanced DPM Analysis Mechanism), a DPM-centric validation and analysis platform available as a library, API, and interactive tool, paired with the free ADAM Explorer for navigation of EBA DPM validations. The VTL Suite provides enterprise-grade authoring, management, and execution of VTL scripts via REST APIs, targeting statistical workflows in national statistical offices and central banks. Both products are complemented by open source projects (XBridge and VTL Engine) and consulting services for custom integrations around SDMX, VTL, and DPM standards using Python or Java.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ADAM: Advanced DPM Analysis Mechanism - A DPM-centric validation and analysis platform for EBA supervisory reporting that validates XBRL-XML and XBRL-CSV instance data against the official EBA Data Point Model.
• VTL Suite

Products and services

• ADAM (Advanced DPM Analysis Mechanism) DPM-centric validation and analysis platform for EBA supervisory reporting. Validates XBRL-XML and XBRL-CSV instance data against the official EBA Data Point Model, including structural, dimensional, and semantic validation rules derived from EBA ITS frameworks. Supports deep data quality checks, cross-template consistency, and release-to-release analysis across DPM 1.0 and DPM 2.0. Available as library, API, and interactive analysis tool.
• ADAM Explorer Free DPM validation navigator available at adam.meaningfuldata.eu that allows users to explore and validate DPM-XL data and navigate EBA DPM validations interactively.
• VTL Suite Enterprise platform for authoring, managing, and executing Validation and Transformation Language (VTL) scripts. Provides a collaborative web-based VTL editor, project and version management, dataset preview, and a controlled execution environment via REST APIs. Supports versioning, task orchestration, managed execution, and integration with external systems for production-grade statistical workflows.
• Consulting Services Professional consulting services for integration of software solutions for data transformation and validation processes, including support for SDMX, VTL, and DPM standards and development environments such as Python or Java.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• European Central Bank (ECB)minorOthersECB is referenced as a customer/organization that Meaningful Data supports through its DPM validation tools and SDMX/VTL expertise.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SAS Institute: SAS provides risk and regulatory reporting solutions used by many large European banks for EBA submissions. Overlaps with Meaningful Data in XBRL/DPM validation and data quality, but as part of a much broader analytics and risk platform.
• BearingPoint: BearingPoint is a management and technology consultancy whose RegTech practice historically built ABACUS and other regulatory reporting tools (now Regnology). Provides SDMX/DPM consulting services that compete directly with Meaningful Data's consulting practice, alongside broader transformation offerings.
• Moody's Analytics: Moody's Analytics offers regulatory reporting and data quality solutions for banks and supervisors. Comparable to Meaningful Data in targeting EBA reporting customers, but as part of a much broader credit, risk, and regulatory data business.
• Oracle (OFSAA): Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) is a long-standing incumbent in bank regulatory reporting and data integration. Targets the same EBA reporting workflow as ADAM, but within a much larger enterprise software stack.
• Wolters Kluwer: Wolters Kluwer's OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting is a broad incumbent solution serving banks' EBA reporting needs. Comparable to Meaningful Data because both target the same regulatory validation workflow, but Wolters Kluwer operates across a much wider finance/risk/compliance portfolio.

Direct peers

• Regnology: Spun out of BearingPoint RegTech, Regnology is a leading vendor of regulatory reporting solutions for banks and supervisors across EBA, BCBS, and other frameworks. Directly competes with Meaningful Data's ADAM for EBA DPM validation mandates, with a much broader product portfolio and larger sales footprint.

Others

• Talend: Talend provides data integration and data quality tooling widely used in financial services data pipelines. Adjacent to Meaningful Data's data engineering and integration scope, but horizontal rather than tailored to EBA DPM validation.
• Informatica: Informatica is a leading data integration and data quality platform used by banks to build reporting pipelines. Adjacent to Meaningful Data's XBridge and ADAM because it addresses data quality and integration challenges, but as a horizontal platform rather than an EBA-specific solution.
• Collibra: Collibra is a data governance and data catalog platform used by banks and regulators to manage data definitions and lineage. Complementary to ADAM's validation logic, since governed metadata underpins high-quality regulatory reporting, though not a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/Meaningful-Data
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meaningfuldata

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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