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OpenBB

Open source investment research

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21-100 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • Investing
  • SaaS
Rose Hill, VA

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Company mission

To make investment research effective, powerful and accessible to everyone.

Our take

Anyone working in finance will be familiar with Bloomberg Terminal, a financial analytics platform used by most financial institutions. OpenBB offers an affordable, open source alternative in what was previously considered an unchallenged market.

Its appeal lies largely in the fact that it’s Python-based and open source - allowing for a great deal of customizability to suit the needs of a specific business or individual. Its machine learning includes natural language processing, meaning it can also analyse news headlines to see how current events have impacted share prices.

The other appeal is that it’s much cheaper - so its target market is largely smaller financial companies priced out of Bloomberg’s dominance. But it’s a young company with ambitions to grow to level where it can market itself at the biggest financial institutions in the world.

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Benefits

  • FLEXIBLE HOURS: We believe that your work should wrap around your lifestyle and not vice-versa. As long as you excel, you will not be asked why you woke up at noon
  • UNLIMITED HOLIDAYS: Who has time to track holidays when building such an exciting project? We trust in our people to manage their own PTO and keep performing at the highest level
  • REMOTE WORK: As long as you are in a location with internet access, we are not worried. This allows us to build a strong diverse team with different backgrounds and ideas
  • COMPENSATION: We offer competitive salaries and proactive pay that increases to reflect growing responsibilities. Equity is available when joining the team. wagmi

Company values

  • PEOPLE DRIVEN: Having strong connections with open source, the company only exists to serve its people. Alone we are weak. Together we are strong
  • FORWARD THINKING: Our people are curious and not scared of leaving their comfort zone to build what they believe in. Innovation always wins
  • CUSTOMER FOCUSED: By getting continuous feedback from our customers we can ensure that we develop financial tools tailormade for their exact needs
  • TRANSPARENT: Due to our origin, it comes without saying that we believe in transparency and being open. This level of honesty is what distinguishes us
  • FUN AND ENERGETIC: Always promoting a fun and energetic environment for our people. A laugh a day keeps the competitor recruiters away
  • PROFITABILITY: While keeping our core open source, we want to be profitable. This will be achieved by our users trusting us to build a better team, and consequently, better products

Funding (2 rounds)

Mar 2022

$8.5m

SEED

Aug 2021

$8.8m

SEED

Total funding: $17.3m

Leadership

Didier Lopes

(CEO)

A former Teacher Assistant of Signal Theory at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Software Design Engineer at u-blox, and Sensor Fusion Engineer at NURV.