StockTwits Selects SkyGrid to Power Real-time Financial News

StockTwits with SkyGrid Pairs Real-time Tweets Alongside Real-time News

SkyGrid, the award-winning real-time financial news platform, has partnered with StockTwits, the fastest-growing Twitter application for investors, to give StockTwits users real-time, tickerized financial content. Not only does SkyGrid give StockTwits users the ability to see all the news happening in real-time, it also allows users to sort by sentiment and popularity to quickly see the information they care about most. This partnership brings together two of the fastest-growing investor applications on the Internet and offers the only place to see real-time tweets alongside real-time news.

“StockTwits is one of the most passionate and innovative communities using real-time information online. We’re enthusiastic about giving the StockTwits community an easy way to see the information they care about most,” said SkyGrid founder and CEO Kevin Pomplun.

SkyGrid delivers high-quality financial content from trusted sources, in real-time. SkyGrid gives its members a unique way to filter financial news in real-time by using sentiment, source type, and even real-time clusters that show which companies are being discussed the most in the news.

“StockTwits has the most active and engaged traders in the investing universe. Our community is passionate about real-time in all of its manifestations and this includes relevant market news clustered around stocks. Partnering with SkyGrid gives the StockTwits community something that no other financial website has: real-time news surrounded by real-time conversation,” said StockTwits co-founder Howard Lindzon.

StockTwits with SkyGrid adds to a growing list of awards and accolades recognizing the company’s distinctive technology and market leadership. Some awards received in the past include being named to the AlwaysOn Global 250 List and the prestigious Adobe MAX Award in 2007, given alongside Nike, Verizon and Visa. More recently, in the past few months, Pomplun was named one of BusinessWeek magazine’s “Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2009,” and also SkyGrid was named as an AlwaysOn Global 250 winner.

About SkyGrid

SkyGrid delivers high quality financial content from trusted sources, in real-time. SkyGrid members include people who are passionate about stock market news, business news, and financial information. To deliver high quality content to its members, SkyGrid gathers millions sources online, filters the information for reputation and relevance, and then presents a real-time stream of the information. Members can search by company, index, industry sector, or multiple custom portfolios. SkyGrid’s reach has a vast index covering millions of blogs and enthusiast websites, thousands of local and regional newspapers, press releases, news wires, product review sites, and the top 100 largest websites by traffic. SkyGrid’s efficiency means that you can search the equivalent of a stack of paper more than a mile high in less than one second.

SkyGrid was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in New York City as well. Investors include RRE Ventures, BlackRock, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Esther Dyson, and others. For information, please telephone 408-731-9494 or visit www.skygrid.com.

About StockTwits

StockTwits is an open, community-powered investment idea and information service. You can think of it as ’The Human Ticker’. Eavesdrop on what traders and investors are talking about RIGHT NOW or contribute to the conversation and build your reputation and following as a savvy market wizard. For more information, visit www.stocktwits.com.
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