Funding to supercharge AI innovation and accelerate international and new vertical market expansion
NEW YORK, March 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Dataminr, one of the world’s leading AI companies, today announced it has secured $85 million in new funding from NightDragon and HSBC through a combination of convertible financing and credit. The new capital will allow Dataminr to accelerate its growth trajectory and continue to pioneer trailblazing Generative AI and Agentic AI capabilities that shape the future of real-time information. Dataminr will also use this new funding to expand its international go-to-market in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and to power additional products in new verticals with its Platform API.
Rising geopolitical tensions, economic instability, cybersecurity threats, and technological disruptions are creating unprecedented challenges for businesses and governments worldwide. As these risks converge, they pose potentially catastrophic consequences for corporations and governments that are unprepared. Without accurate, real-time information, informed decision-making becomes increasingly difficult – leaving organizations vulnerable to missteps, miscalculations, and even disaster.
“As global risks become increasingly complex, unpredictable, and catastrophic, the demand for real-time, AI-driven intelligence has never been more urgent. When seconds matter and truth is obscure, Dataminr is helping the world’s leading organizations and governments make smarter, more informed decisions in real-time by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI,” said Dave DeWalt, Founder and CEO, NightDragon. “NightDragon is honored to lead this latest investment in Dataminr, as we work together to build the future of reimagined real-time decision support and become the system of record for a growing number of verticals and industries.” DeWalt will additionally join the Dataminr Board of Directors as Vice Chairman.
“With this latest financing, HSBC is proud to support Dataminr in their growth as they expand internationally and develop new applications across additional verticals,” said Prasant Chunduru, HSBC Head of Technology Credit Solutions. “Dataminr stands out in the current AI landscape through its unique ability to process billions of data signals in real-time, delivering organizations the critical intelligence needed to preempt emerging threats. Their innovative approach to multi-modal AI and real-time decision support enables industry-leading response-times.”
Dataminr has created a revolutionary real-time AI platform for discovering events, risks, and threats. Using its unique multi-modal Fusion AI – which synthesizes images, video, sound and machine-generated sensor data, and text in 150 languages – Dataminr performs trillions of daily computations, across billions of daily multi-modal public data signals and millions of public data sources to deliver the fastest, most accurate and most comprehensive real-time information.
Dataminr has established itself as a leader in Generative AI, including its 2024 launch of ReGenAI, a breakthrough form of Gen AI that automatically regenerates live event briefs in real time as events unfold. In April 2025, the company will launch Context Agents, a novel Agentic AI capability that dynamically adds real-time context around breaking events, risks, and threats. Dataminr’s AI platform is powered by more than 50 proprietary LLMs and multi-modal foundation models, all trained on Dataminr’s 12+ year unique event and data archive.
Dataminr’s latest round of funding comes on the heels of strong momentum for the company, including:
- Strong Company Growth – Dataminr is approaching $200M in ARR with strong growth across the enterprise, government, and defense markets.
- Top Government and Enterprise Customers – Dataminr customers now include two-thirds of the Fortune 50, half of the Fortune 100, more than 100 U.S. Government Agencies, and 20+ International Governments.
- Cutting-Edge AI Innovation – In 2024, Dataminr launched ReGenAI, a breakthrough form of Gen AI that automatically regenerates live event briefs in real time as events unfold. In April 2025, the company will launch Context Agents, an Agentic AI capability that dynamically adds real-time context around breaking events, risks, and threats. Upcoming Agentic AI releases also include client-tailored context that synthesizes client data into live event descriptions, and PreGenAI, Agentic AI, and Gen AI Powered Predictive Intelligence that describes what might happen next as events unfold.
- New Partner Program – New comprehensive Dataminr Partner Network helps partners grow with Dataminr’s proven artificial intelligence platform that solves customers’ complex real-time challenges across a wide variety of sectors, industries, and verticals.
“We are excited to welcome esteemed investors NightDragon and HSBC, and thrilled to have security industry luminary Dave DeWalt join the Dataminr board as Vice Chairman as we seek to turbocharge our go-to-market efforts and meet growing global demand for our products. The era of Gen AI and Agentic AI holds immense new opportunities for Dataminr. We look forward to using this capital to continue pioneering trailblazing AI capabilities that solve tangible real-world problems for our customers,” said Ted Bailey, Founder and CEO, Dataminr.
In addition to their initial investment, NightDragon also intends to create a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for up to an additional $100 million in Convertible Financing Investment available to third-party investors.
To learn more about Dataminr, visit www.dataminr.com
About Dataminr
Dataminr has created a revolutionary real-time AI platform for detecting events, risks and critical information from public data signals. The company’s world-leading AI platform performs trillions of daily computations across billions of public data inputs from over one million unique public data sources. Dataminr is known for its trailblazing AI platform, which has pioneered multi-modal fusion AI – synthesizing terabytes of real-time data spanning text, image, video, sound, and sensor signals for accurate, real-time event detection across 150+ languages and 220+ countries. The company also pioneered ReGenAI, a breakthrough form of Gen AI that automatically regenerates live event briefs in real time as events unfold. Powered by more than 50 proprietary large-language models, Dataminr delivers the earliest actionable information to enhance the security and resilience of organizations, infrastructure, and people. For more information, visit www.dataminr.com.
About NightDragon
NightDragon is an investment and advisory firm focused on growth and late-stage investments within the SecureTech industry, including cybersecurity, safety, security and privacy. Its platform and vast industry network provide threat insights, deal flow, market leverage and operating expertise to drive portfolio company growth and increase shareholder value. Founded by Dave DeWalt, the NightDragon team has more than 25 years of operational and market expertise leading technology companies such as Documentum, EMC, Siebel Systems (Oracle), McAfee, Mandiant, Avast and FireEye. Read more about NightDragon at www.nightdragon.com.
About HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of HSBC, is headquartered in London. HSBC serves customers worldwide from offices in 58 countries and territories. With assets of US$3,017bn at 31 December 2024, HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations.
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