BrightSun

BrightSun is a London-based company founded in 2011 by Stephen Piron that provides a database of private companies for venture capital and private equity investors. The platform utilizes an algorithmic, data-driven sourcing technology to help investors find high-quality deals.

The service offers detailed information on private companies, including funding history, burn rate, cash on hand, and predictions on whether the founders are actively seeking funding. BrightSun aggregates data from various sources such as news outlets, company databases, incubators, and university labs, feeding it into an algorithm that surfaces relevant start-ups based on a user's specific investment criteria.

The company was founded in 2011 and is located in London, United Kingdom. It has raised $200K in an Angel funding round on January 13, 2014. In 2013, BrightSun was selected as one of 55 European start-ups "most likely to scale to £100MN in revenue in the next 3-5 years" by 'Silicon Valley comes to the UK'.

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