Discern Group Inc

DISCERN Group Inc. is a private, San Mateo-based SaaS company offering Signals-as-a-Service to investment professionals. The Signals-as-a-Service platform synthesizes relevant data from the data and content providers of the world, and delivers alerts and personalized views to investment professionals.

AbOUT

Discern is based in San Mateo, California with an additional office in New York. The company offers investment research blended with contextual foresight to identify emerging trends and opportunity areas in financial markets. The firm employs information analytics tools and makes use of proprietary data streams to enable research about companies. It caters to institutional investors.

History

In 2008, The National Academy of Sciences Committee for Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies invited Harry Blount to help conduct a research study on foresight using data, tech and processes. In 2009, based on the research, Harry formed a team to found the DISCERN, which began as a data-driven research provider. In 2012, the firm recruited additional engineers and started developing software product to help gather data in one browser-accessible location and see the data mapped to STOCK tickers. In 2014, the company rolled out a product for energy sector analysts. In May 2014, the the company trademarked the phrase "Signals as a Service". The term refers to the notifications received by its subscribers, whose data is scanned persistently for business anomalies.