Databento

About Databento

Databento is a next-generation market data provider serving the financial industry with a focus on modernizing how firms access market data. The company offers a usage-based pricing model where customers only pay for the data they consume, contrasting with traditional providers' cumbersome onboarding, complicated APIs, and expensive licensing structures. Databento powers some of the world's largest finance and fintech institutions while lowering barriers to entry for smaller startups, having gained over 4,000 users during their first year of launch. The company was founded by former data users from leading quantitative trading firms including Two Sigma, Belvedere, Pico, Flow Traders, and Tower Research, bringing deep domain expertise to their platform.