FirstRain raises $13.6M for investment research
FirstRain is a Foster City, Calif. company that provides investment professionals with search-based research tools.
The company’s search engine pulls from a pool of 30,000 sources covering everything from blog posts to SEC filings.
The $13.58 million funding was provided by Oak Investment Partners, Diamondhead Ventures and Ampersand Ventures, according to peHUB. The company has raised about $65 million total.
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