2014 Review: Industry Finds Ways to Derive Value from the Crowd

Estimize, which already provides crowd-sourced earnings estimates data, expanded this year with a new platform dubbed Mergerize that highlights potential acquisition targets and acquisitive companies, based on individuals’ predictions of M&A activity, to reflect the investor “rumor mill” that may impact stock prices. And while some still question the crowd-sourced approach, others clearly believe in its potential, as demonstrated by $1.2 million in new funding raised from existing investors and