Perscient, formerly known as Second Foundation Partners, has built a narrative intelligence platform that combines large language models with its proprietary Semantic Signatures technology to identify, quantify, and visualize the strength of stories circulating in news, social media, academic journals, transcripts, and other text sources. Delivered to customers as Storyboards, the software helps investors and business leaders understand market drivers, politics, sports, media, and entertainment trends. The company positions its product as a more sophisticated alternative to basic sentiment or keyword tools, promising clearer historical context, real-time awareness, and forward-looking signals. Recent hiring has added five specialists, including former Salient Partners co-founder Jeremy Radcliffe as Chief Product Officer, to accelerate product growth and client expansion. Perscient will also continue to publish narrative analysis through its Epsilon Theory media brand, powered by the same underlying technology. Financially, the company just secured $4.1 million in new capital and is already deploying the platform to paying clients across multiple industries. No revenue or user figures were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Jun 2025