Alacra creates sophisticated online technology and services to help clients find, package and present business information. Financial institutions, professional service firms and other corporations have long used the same content sets to support clients, research deals and investigate market opportunities. The Alacra mission is to package this content and deliver it in a format that best meets each organization's precise needs.
In addition to a configurable suite of robust applications, Alacra provides a single point of access to more than 100 commercial business databases and the Alacra Business Web, our archive of 45,000 content-rich, business-information-only websites indexed by type of publisher, topics of coverage, industries and countries.
Worldwide, more than 600 investment and commercial banks, management consulting firms, law firms, and other corporations, representing 50,000 end users worldwide, use Alacra to effectively find and deploy business information in their daily workflow.
Headquartered in New York, with a European office in London, Alacra, Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial information. The company employs more than 60 information, technology, sales and marketing professionals.
Founded as Data Downlink Corporation in 1996 by Steven Goldstein and Michael Angle, former executives of Knight-Ridder's Business Information Services division, the privately held company was renamed Alacra, Inc. in June 2001. Its services, including the business search engine formerly known as Portal B™ and its flagship database service, .xls, were refined, repackaged, integrated and offered to users as Alacra when the company changed its corporate name and brand identity.
The diverse Alacra customer base numbers more than 600 companies, representing more than 50,000 end-users worldwide. Currently, the company's largest customer segment is investment and commercial banking, followed closely by management consulting, law and multi-national corporations.
Founded as Data Downlink Corporation in 1996 by Steven Goldstein and Michael Angle, former executives of Knight-Ridder's Business Information Services division, the privately held company was renamed Alacra, Inc. in June 2001. Its services, including the business search engine formerly known as Portal B™ and its flagship database service, .xls, were refined, repackaged, integrated and offered to users as Alacra when the company changed its corporate name and brand identity.
The diverse Alacra customer base numbers more than 600 companies, representing more than 50,000 end-users worldwide. Currently, the company's largest customer segment is investment and commercial banking, followed closely by management consulting, law and multi-national corporations.
Corporate Directors
Corporate Officers
- Allen Heery, Chief Financial Officer, Barra, Inc.
- Lee Greenhouse, founder, Greenhouse Associates
- Fred Wilson, managing partner, Flatiron Partners
- Howard Edelstein, former CEO, Thomson Financial Electronic Settlements Group
Corporate Officers
- Steven Goldstein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Angle, President and Chief Operating Officer