On November 29th, 2017, Eagle Alpha presented in London at an event regarding how asset managers leverage satellite imagery data
We arranged this interview with a provider of satellite imagery data to learn more about potential applications.
SpaceKnow developed products for monitoring economic activity for a wide variety of both consumer and enterprise clients through AI-powered satellite image analysis tools.
The case study presented below was prepared by a satellite imagery data analytics company that catalogued and back tested more than one million parking lot images that accounted for 1.5 billion cars over seven years.
Analyzing satellite imagery and obtaining actionable insights is not easy and the main problem is obvious: clouds.
In its recent Global Equity Outlook, BlackRock outlined its position on the attractiveness of China’s equities: “Making money in Chinese stocks requires dropping one’s preconceptions, paying close attention to policy priorities and using new data sources to generate ideas.
Asset managers use information derived from satellite data analytics providers to assist in their estimation of revenues of companies in various sectors, including retail, oil and gas and construction.
Satellite data company provides investors with actionable insights on year-over-year traffic trends based on proprietary quantitative analysis of satellite data, retail parking lot imagery, store locations, and climate data.
Descartes Labs, a startup analyzing satellite imagery data, announced that it would make its corn yield forecast available for free and updated every week throughout the 2016 growing season.
Orbital Insight announced its $15M Series B funding round led by Alphabet Inc.’s GV (formerly Google Ventures) with CME Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Lux Capital, and Bloomberg Beta participating. The agreement and investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT) brought the total to $20M.
Michael Beal, Data Capital Management CEO, discussed how his hedge fund uses big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence to trade the market - video below.
Jeff Shen, co-chief investment officer of BlackRock’s Scientific highlighted the importance of unusual sources such as satellite imagery, Q&A transcripts, online search and social media.
