The startup provides risk intelligence services that deliver verified updates on critical news events and tailored insights, enabling organizations to make informed decisions during crises. By integrating with existing systems, it ensures quick access to trusted information, helping businesses and NGOs maintain operational continuity amid emerging risks.
Funding
$5.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Organizations often struggle to sift through the overwhelming volume of real-time information from diverse sources to identify and verify critical events that pose immediate risks. Delays in accessing trusted intelligence can hinder decision-making, impacting operational continuity and the safety of personnel and assets.
Solution
Factal provides a risk intelligence platform that delivers verified breaking news and tailored insights, enabling organizations to make informed decisions swiftly during crises. By combining AI-powered event detection with a 24/7 newsroom of experienced journalists, Factal filters out noise and misinformation to deliver accurate, contextualized alerts. The platform offers a unified view of global risks, targeted threat detection, travel monitoring, and brand monitoring, all within a single interface. Factal integrates with existing security and communication systems, ensuring rapid dissemination of critical information to relevant stakeholders, and facilitates collaboration through a secure chat network connecting security professionals.
Target Audience
Factal serves global security, travel safety, business continuity, crisis management, and communications teams, as well as media newsrooms and humanitarian NGOs.
Features
- AI-driven engine detects early signals of potential incidents across open data sources in 100+ languages
- 24/7 verification by experienced journalists to ensure accuracy and context
- True Impact™ proximity technology to identify risks to specific locations, routes, and travelers
- Brand monitoring to detect threats and reputation-altering events
- Secure chat network for real-time collaboration with other companies and Factal editors
- Customizable alerts via email, browser, app, and chat
- Mobile app for on-the-go access to verified breaking news
- API integrations with platforms like Esri, Everbridge, and Ontic for seamless data sharing