Microsoft and OpenCorporates partner to enable global business transparency

We’re excited to announce a partnership with Microsoft ACTS (Advanced Cloud Transparency Services) Microsoft’s ACTS initiative helps governments mobilize data to accelerate and enhance transparency. Since launching in 2020, they’ve been working through partners to show governments how new innovations in digital technology—like real-time analytics, AI, and machine learning—can help promote democracy and increase citizen … Continue reading Microsoft and OpenCorporates partner to enable global business transparency →

[Infographic] Company Universe Uncovered: 2022

Between a global pandemic, war in Europe and sustained economic instability – the last three years have felt like a perma-crisis. Being OpenCorporates however, we asked ourselves: how has the global company universe changed in this time? That’s why, near the end of last year, we analysed the company incorporation data we hold since the … Continue reading [Infographic] Company Universe Uncovered: 2022 →

[Webinar] Uncovering risk hidden in plain sight: The power of knowledge graphs applied to corporate structures

Thursday 23 February 2023 3pm UK | 10am New York Watch the webinar now > Analysing the typologies of interconnected companies can reveal greater insights about your third parties than traditional risk management approaches. But how do you get the full picture? And how do you pick shell companies or high-risk agents and Trust and … Continue reading [Webinar] Uncovering risk hidden in plain sight: The power of knowledge graphs applied to corporate structures →

Professional services firms: 5 ways to add value for clients with company data

Management consultants: your competitors are already adopting data-driven solutions to add greater value for clients. Are you lagging behind? Having worked with all Big 4 firms and a plethora of smaller challengers, in this blog post, we outline 5 ways company data can help professional services firms bolster and differentiate their service offerings – as … Continue reading Professional services firms: 5 ways to add value for clients with company data →

Case study: Sigma automates risk detection & monitoring with OpenCorporates’ data

Summary Customer OverviewSigma Ratings (Sigma) is an AI-driven risk management platform which helps financial institutions and other firms to detect, score and monitor risks across the client lifecycle. ChallengeMatching companies mentioned in various risk-related datasets to their corresponding legal entity, so Sigma can automate their customers’ risk detection and monitoring processes. SolutionIntegrating OpenCorporates’ data into … Continue reading Case study: Sigma automates risk detection & monitoring with OpenCorporates’ data →

Where to find US company information?

Are you looking for information about companies in the United States? Finding US company information can be difficult. That’s because there’s no centralised official company information database in the US. US companies are registered mostly at the state level, so there’s a company register for each state – plus another for the District of Columbia … Continue reading Where to find US company information? →

Meet Andrew Dunn, Chief Technology Officer

Andrew Dunn joined OpenCorporates as our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) late last year. He is an experienced leader of fast-growing and innovative technology companies, having been the CTO previously at Arachnys and Smarsh. We sat down with Andrew to hear what some of the key challenges are when building a company data platform, what customers … Continue reading Meet Andrew Dunn, Chief Technology Officer →

Case study: Quantexa uncovers risk hidden in corporate networks using OpenCorporates data

“OpenCorporates’ global company data enables us to resolve entities and piece together complex corporate networks in our knowledge graph – so our customers can uncover risks that wouldn’t otherwise be visible”. Alex BraidGlobal Head of Credit Risk SolutionsQuantexa Challenge Managing third party, credit, fraud and other risks is made difficult by the complexity of corporate … Continue reading Case study: Quantexa uncovers risk hidden in corporate networks using OpenCorporates data →

OpenCorporates identifiers now in OpenSanctions: A win for the open data ecosystem

Good news for users of the open data ecosystem! OpenSanctions, the open database of sanctions targets and persons of interest, has started mapping sanctioned entities in its database back to company records in OpenCorporates – so their users can explore more detail about sanctioned companies. Everyone can use the OpenCorporates URL to view the related … Continue reading OpenCorporates identifiers now in OpenSanctions: A win for the open data ecosystem →

Why OpenCorporates should be on your approved vendor list

Many large organisations, institutions and companies maintain approved vendor lists. These lists determine which vendors their employees should use whenever they need to procure a wide range of products and services – such as data from external vendors like us. Whether you call them master vendor lists, preferred vendor lists or approved data sources lists, … Continue reading Why OpenCorporates should be on your approved vendor list →