Fractal:Edge
131-151 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 5BB
United Kingdom
www.fractaledge.com
Founder:
Gervase CLIFTON-BLIGH
Company Description:
Fractal:Edge develops visualization software to help you access and understand large, complex or fast-moving information sources quickly and accurately. Founded in 1998, the company is backed by private and institutional investors and was recently selected as one of the Red Herring’s top 100 European private companies. Fractal:Edge’s technique is unique, allowing users to see the detail, overview and intermediate summaries of data all in one picture. This helps them understand overall performance more completely and see areas of concern more quickly resulting in better analysis and decision making. The company has patents granted in the USA, UK and other territories.
Product: FRACTAL:INTELLIGENCE
The volume of data that can be processed and delivered has grown exponentially but the ways in which this data is presented have not kept pace. This creates a bottleneck for any data-intensive activity. Better data visualization is the answer and Fractal:Edge offers the “class-leading” alternative according to a recent report by The Butler Group. Fractal Edge products are based on a patented visualization technology that allows huge volumes of data to be displayed onscreen. The technology improves access speeds and comprehension resulting in a faster, more accurate line from data to decision.
Market Opportunity:
The Fractal Edge visualization software is in essence horizontal in applicability – in any area where large amounts of complex or fast moving data must be understood there is an existing and growing need to represent this data more effectively. While Fractal Edge has focused on the Financial Services market to date – pull is now coming from industries as diverse as Telecom, Retail, Transportation, Manufacturing and Policing for financial, sales, IT, inventory and process management purposes. A recent report by analysts IDC forecasts a potential data visualization market of $6.7bn by 2007. Of this, data driven interactive tools, like Fractal Edge’s technology, were estimated to comprise $2.2bn.
Competitors:
Inxight, NeoVision, Panopticon, Compudign, Spotfire
