In their own words

Dataminr is a real-time social media analytics company with a mission to discover new value in social media for enterprise clients. We leverage Twitter and other social media data-sets as a global sensor network for detecting emerging events and public trends. Our clients include buy-side and sell-side firms in the finance industry as well as municipal and federal agencies in the government sector. Dataminr was founded in 2009 and is based in New York City.