If you’re building a startup that collects unique data, hedge funds want to talk to you… by yesterday. If you work at a medium to large hedge fund that doesn’t have a data team, rest assured that you’ll be seeing some kind of data initiative in the next 12-18 months because everyone and their mother’s boss is looking for new sources of edge/alpha on the buyside. Here are examples of company archetypes for data deals we’ve been seeing and some metrics around revenues those companies are commanding for data: While there are examples of companies building sales teams themselves, most...