Databento

Databento is a technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, that specializes in providing efficient access to market data. Founded in February 2019, the company integrates numerous trading venues and data providers into a unified platform, leveraging the expertise of its team from leading trading firms. The company offers a market data platform that delivers real-time and historical financial data through APIs, covering various asset classes such as equities, futures, and options. Databento's platform provides institutional-grade data feeds over the public cloud and directly from colocation sites, allowing users to access full order book feeds and live exchange data. Their innovative pay-as-you-go pricing model enables customers to pay only for the data they use, promoting a self-service approach without long-term commitments or large upfront fees. Databento serves a diverse customer base, including startups and large investment firms, and has raised over $27 million in funding. The company launched its historical data service in April 2023 and introduced live real-time options and equities data in August 2023.