Real-time company news events including funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, product launches, executive hires, and expansion announcements.
Overview
News Signals capture real-time company events—funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, product launches, executive hires, earnings reports, and expansion announcements.
We monitor news sources across 4M+ companies, extracting and categorizing events into 30+ subtypes. Each signal includes the source article, a concise overview sentence, and structured metadata (location, people involved, financing type, related companies, etc.) so you can act quickly on timely triggers.
The result: you know when a prospect just raised funding, hired a new CXO, opened a new office, or announced a product launch—the exact moments when budgets unlock, priorities shift, and vendors get evaluated.
Available Subtypes
Subtype Enum
Category
Description
acquires
strategic
Company acquires another company or assets
attends_event
market
Company attends or sponsors an industry event
closes_offices_in
operations
Company closes offices in a location
decreases_headcount_by
workforce
Company reduces workforce
expands_facilities
operations
Company expands physical facilities
expands_offices_in
operations
Company expands offices in existing location
expands_offices_to
operations
Company opens offices in new location
files_suit_against
risk
Company files lawsuit against another entity
funding
financial
Company receives financing (Series A, B, C, seed, etc.)
goes_public
financial
Company IPO or public listing
has_earnings
financial
Company reports earnings results
has_issues_with
risk
Company experiences issues (security, product, legal)
has_revenue
financial
Company reports revenue figures
hires
leadership
Company hires new executive or key person
identified_as_competitor_of
competitive
Company identified as competitor to another
increases_headcount_by
workforce
Company grows workforce
integrates_with
technology
Company announces integration with another product/service
invests_into
financial
Company makes investment into another company
invests_into_assets
financial
Company invests in assets (real estate, equipment, etc.)
is_developing
technology
Company developing new product or technology
launches
technology
Company launches new product or service
leaves
leadership
Executive or key person leaves the company
merges_with
strategic
Company merges with another company
opens_new_location
operations
Company opens new physical location
partners_with
strategic
Company announces partnership
promotes
leadership
Company promotes employee to new role
receives_award
market
Company receives industry award or recognition
receives_financing
financial
Company receives financing (general)
recognized_as
market
Company recognized for achievement
retires_from
leadership
Executive retires from the company
sells_assets_to
strategic
Company sells assets to another entity
signs_new_client
revenue
Company announces new customer win
Signal Categories
Category
Description
financial
Funding, earnings, revenue, investments
strategic
Acquisitions, mergers, partnerships, asset sales
operations
Office openings/closings, facility expansion
workforce
Headcount increases/decreases
leadership
Hires, promotions, departures, retirements
technology
Product launches, integrations, R&D
market
Events, awards, recognition
risk
Lawsuits, security issues, product problems
competitive
Competitor identification
revenue
New client wins
Schema
Example: Funding Event
{
"signal_id": "a7d3e1f2-5b84-4c9a-b6e2-9f1a8c3d7e04",
"signal_name": "Funding",
"signal_type": "news",
"signal_subtype": "receives_financing",
"association": "company",
"detected_at": "2026-04-14T09:15:00Z",
"company": {
"name": "Vanta",
"domain": "vanta.com",
"linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/vanta",
"industries": ["Software Development", "Cybersecurity"],
"employee_count_low": 501,
"employee_count_high": 1000
},
"data": {
"overview": "Vanta, the automated security and compliance platform, has closed a $150 million Series C round led by Craft Ventures, bringing its valuation to $2.5 billion.",
"summary": "Vanta closed $150M Series C led by Craft Ventures at $2.5B valuation on Apr 14th '26.",
"title": "Vanta raises $150M Series C to expand automated compliance platform",
"body": "Vanta raises $150M Series C at $2.5B valuation. The funding will accelerate expansion into enterprise compliance automation...",
"confidence": 0.97,
"amount": 150000000,
"financing_type_tags": ["equity"],
"is_planned": false,
"published_at": "2026-04-14T08:00:00Z",
"effective_date": "2026-04-14",
"location": "San Francisco, California, United States, North America",
"location_data": [
{
"city": "San Francisco",
"state": "California",
"country": "United States",
"continent": "North America"
}
],
"product_tags": [],
"job_title_tags": [],
"assets_tags": [],
"image_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/vanta-series-c.jpg",
"url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/14/vanta-raises-150m-series-c/"
}
}
Example: Partnership
{
"signal_id": "b2c4d6e8-1a3b-5c7d-9e0f-2a4b6c8d0e1f",
"signal_name": "Partners With",
"signal_type": "news",
"signal_subtype": "partners_with",
"association": "company",
"detected_at": "2026-05-20T14:30:00Z",
"company": {
"name": "Acme Corp",
"domain": "acme.com",
"linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/acme-corp",
"industries": ["Software Development"],
"employee_count_low": 201,
"employee_count_high": 500
},
"data": {
"overview": "Acme Corp announces strategic partnership with K Line Group to expand logistics automation across Asia-Pacific.",
"summary": "Acme Corp partners with K Line Group for logistics automation expansion.",
"title": "Acme Corp and K Line Group announce strategic partnership",
"body": "Acme Corp and K Line Group today announced a strategic partnership...",
"confidence": 0.85,
"is_planned": false,
"related_company_domain": "kline.co.jp",
"related_company_name": "K Line Group",
"published_at": "2026-05-20T14:30:00Z",
"location": "Tokyo, Japan, Eastern Asia, Asia",
"location_data": [
{
"city": "Tokyo",
"state": null,
"country": "Japan",
"region": "Eastern Asia",
"continent": "Asia"
}
],
"financing_type_tags": [],
"product_tags": [],
"job_title_tags": [],
"assets_tags": [],
"image_url": "https://example.com/partnership.jpg",
"url": "https://example.com/acme-kline-partnership"
}
}
Example: Earnings Reported
{
"signal_id": "dc0ad8dc-a2f6-4d2c-9701-d69e72c6442b",
"signal_name": "Earnings Reported",
"signal_type": "news",
"signal_subtype": "has_earnings",
"association": "company",
"detected_at": "2026-05-18T12:27:04Z",
"company": {
"name": "Pharmaniaga",
"domain": "pharmaniaga.com",
"linkedin_url": "linkedin.com/company/pharmaniaga-berhad",
"industries": ["Pharmaceutical Manufacturing"],
"employee_count_low": 51,
"employee_count_high": 200
},
"data": {
"overview": "Pharmaniaga's net profit up 6pct in Q1 to RM31.47mil.",
"summary": "Pharmaniaga Group has earnings of $7.91M.",
"title": "Pharmaniaga's net profit up 6pct in Q1 to RM31.47mil.",
"body": "Pharmaniaga Bhd's net profit rose 6% in the first quarter...",
"confidence": 0.44,
"amount": 7910000,
"ticker": "KL:PHARMA",
"is_planned": false,
"published_at": "2026-05-18T12:27:04Z",
"location_data": [],
"financing_type_tags": [],
"product_tags": [],
"job_title_tags": [],
"assets_tags": [],
"image_url": "https://assets.nst.com.my/images/socialmedia/682F9D838473ED55D8442B86A77F31C3_data.jpg",
"url": "https://www.nst.com.my/business/corporate/2026/05/1442574/pharmaniagas-net-profit-6pct-q1-rm3147mil"
}
}
Field Reference
Top-Level Fields
Field
Type
Required
Description
signal_id
string (UUID)
✓
Unique identifier for this signal
signal_name
string
✓
Human-readable event name (e.g. "Funding", "Hires")
signal_type
string
✓
Always "news"
signal_subtype
string
✓
News event subtype (see Available Subtypes above)
association
string
✓
Entity association type — always "company"
detected_at
string (ISO 8601)
✓
When the event was detected
Company Object
Field
Type
Required
Description
company.name
string
✓
Company name
company.domain
string
✓
Company website domain (primary match key)
company.linkedin_url
string
LinkedIn company URL (alternate match key)
company.industries
array[string]
Industry classifications
company.employee_count_low
integer
Lower bound of employee count range
company.employee_count_high
integer
Upper bound of employee count range
Data Object
Field
Type
Required
Description
data.overview
string
✓
Key sentence from the source article describing the event
data.summary
string
✓
Brief structured summary of the event
data.title
string
✓
Article headline
data.body
string
Full article text
data.url
string
✓
Source article URL
data.confidence
float
Confidence score (0.0–1.0) for event classification accuracy
data.is_planned
boolean
Whether this is a planned/future event vs. already happened
data.published_at
string (ISO 8601)
Article publication date
data.effective_date
string
Date the event takes/took effect (e.g. hire date, event date)
data.image_url
string
Article image URL
data.amount
number
Dollar amount (normalized to USD integer). Present for funding, earnings, revenue, investments
data.ticker
string
Stock ticker (e.g. "NASDAQ:PBPB", "KL:PHARMA"). Present for public companies
