Datasets

Datasets that we have included in past and ongoing data-driven horizon scanning projects. Datasets marked with * indicate datasets that we haven't yet used but are planning to in the future.

Dataset name	Insight	Short description	Coverage	Size	Status
Crunchbase	Companies (startups), investments	Database on global companies, including investment rounds	Global	3.4M+ companies	In the pipeline: Updated weekly
Gateway to Research	Research funding	Data on research projects funded by UKRI	UK	100K+ research projects	In the pipeline: Updated weekly
UK Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)	Policy discourse	Records of parliamentary debates in the UK	UK	Full record of House of Commons and House of Lords debates	In the pipeline: Updated weekly
NIHR Open Data	Research funding	Data on medical research projects funded by NIHR	UK	~10K research projects	Not added to the pipeline
OpenAlex	Research publishing	A database of academic publications	Global	250M+ academic works	Not added to the pipeline (work in progress)
Google Patents	Patents	Database of patent publications from 100+ international patent offices	Global	120M+ patents	Not added to the pipelline (work in progress)
Media Cloud*	Media discourse	Global database of news stories across multiple media sources	Global	1B+ news stories (headlines or full text)	To be explored
360Giving*	Philanthropic funding	Data on grants funding in the UK	UK	1M+ grants	To be explored