Smartkarma Uses Funding to Grow Content, Staff

The vendor will use some of that funding to "invest in our platform and in our technology," says Smartkarma co-founder and chairman Jon Foster. This will be funneled into improving search and discovery functions of its research notes, adding more analytical tools and providing its contributors with access to a broader range of data. "We want be a one-stop shop for all of that stuff to de-risk the choice of moving away from a big bank," Foster says.

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