Christina Qi - Excited to announce Databento's $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation!
Databento · Nov 2026 · 1:19 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:19
- Scenes
- 20 · 4.0 s avg
- Voiceover
- Yes
Databento’s 1:19 launch film runs 20 scenes, about 4.0 s each. There is no explicit call to action; a voiceover carries the film. The video is a single talking-head funding announcement cut between two locked-off office framings and a burst of flat graphic stingers. Its style is defined by a calm, sunlit live-action palette interrupted by pale-lavender number cards that animate with thin line work, square node handles and drifting ruler ticks, all tied together by a recurring violet accent and a closing wordmark.
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Christina Qi - Excited to announce Databento's $100M Series C at a $1.1B valuation!, scene by scene
· 20 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:04
A woman in a pink shirt sits centered in a bright loft office, speaking to camera against a blurred background of plants and windows. A white lower-third caption with her name and title fades in at the lower left.
On-screen text: “CHRISTINA QI”, “CO-FOUNDER AND CEO”
Camera: Static
02 · Hook · 0:04–0:07
A woman in a pink shirt speaks in a medium close-up, angled slightly off camera. The background is a soft-focus office lobby with blurred flowers and windows. She talks, then breaks into a small smile. The shot stays static.
Camera: Static
03 · Hook · 0:07–0:10
A woman in a pink button-up shirt sits centered against a blurred office lounge, speaking to the camera. She holds her hands clasped at her waist, then lowers them, her expression shifting from a smile to a neutral speaking face. The camera stays static in a medium shot.
Camera: Static
04 · Social proof · 0:10–0:11
On a dark slate field, thin gray oval outlines frame a violet line that draws itself into a closed loop, alongside small square nodes, dashed lines and an upward arrow. The monospace label 'Data Stream 001' scales up at the lower left as the composition zooms.
On-screen text: “Data Stream”, “001”
Camera: Pull out
05 · Social proof · 0:11–0:12
A light lavender frame holds an oversized “10”, the one in violet and the zero in dark navy. Thin gray line outlines and small square handles trace the right edge, with a faint grid at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Data Stream”, “001”, “10”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
06 · Social proof · 0:12–0:13
A large 100 in purple and dark sits on a pale lavender field with faint grid and ruler marks. A dollar sign and the letter M scale in to complete $100M, with Series C fading in beneath the M.
On-screen text: “$100M”, “Series C”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
07 · Social proof · 0:13–0:14
A light grid of cells with corner handles populates with gray and purple 0s and 1s across its rows; one cell holds a crosshatch pattern while small purple and gray markers sit at the right and bottom edges.
Camera: Static
08 · Social proof · 0:14–0:18
On a pale lavender background, $1.1B holds center frame as the dollar sign scales up from small gray to full dark size. The purple 1.1 and dark B stay fixed, the monospace label Valuation sits under the B, and a small ruler with drifting ticks sits at the lower left.
On-screen text: “$1.1B”, “Valuation”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Social proof · 0:18–0:21
A woman with long dark hair in a pink blouse speaks to an off-camera interviewer in a softly lit room, framed in a locked-off medium close-up with a shallow depth of field blurring the flowers and windows behind her.
Camera: Static
10 · Social proof · 0:21–0:26
Nine investor wordmarks fade in one at a time across a three-by-three grid on a pale lavender field, then the scene cuts to a woman in a pink shirt speaking in a bright office.
On-screen text: “FIFTH DOWN CAPITAL”, “DRIV VENTURE CAPITAL”, “NEA”, “TRIBE CAPITAL”, “HEDOSOPHIA”, “Redpoint”, “TROUSDale VENTURES”, “CROSS CREEK”, “Fitch Ventures”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Social proof · 0:26–0:32
A woman in a pink belted shirt sits centered in a sunlit office lounge, speaking directly to camera. The camera slowly pushes in on her. Behind her, out of focus, a green armchair, white table, wall monitor, and a planter of red and white tulips line a window.
Camera: Static
12 · Social proof · 0:32–0:45
A woman with long dark hair in a pink blouse speaks in a medium close-up, gazing off camera to the right. The background is a soft blur of bright windows and pink and white floral bokeh. The camera holds still as she talks.
Camera: Static
13 · Social proof · 0:45–0:54
A woman with long dark hair in a pink belted shirt sits centered in a sunlit office lounge, speaking to camera and gesturing with her hands. The background stays softly blurred, showing a green armchair, a wall screen and a window with flowers. Static medium shot.
Camera: Static
14 · Other · 0:54–0:58
A woman with long dark hair in a pink blouse speaks in a medium close-up, framed left of center, looking off-camera to the right. The background is a soft-focus interior with windows and pink and white flowers. She talks steadily, her expression shifting as she explains a funding decision.
Camera: Static
15 · Other · 0:58–1:02
A woman in a coral button-up shirt sits centered in a sunlit office lounge, speaking to camera and gesturing with her hands. The background stays soft and blurred, showing a green chair, a wall screen, and a window lined with flowers.
Camera: Static
16 · Other · 1:02–1:07
A woman with long dark hair in a pink button-up shirt speaks in a close-up against a soft-focus office background. The scene cuts to a wider medium shot of her seated in a bright modern office with chairs and potted flowers.
Camera: Static
17 · Other · 1:07–1:11
A woman in a pink button-up shirt stands centered in a bright office, speaking to the camera while gesturing with both hands. The background stays softly out of focus, showing a wall monitor, a green armchair, and a planter of red flowers by tall windows.
Camera: Static
18 · Other · 1:11–1:16
A woman in a pink blouse speaks to an off-camera interviewer in a tight close-up against a blurred, flower-filled office. The shot then cuts to a wider medium frame where she faces the camera, hands clasped, smiling.
Camera: Static
19 · Other · 1:16–1:17
A woman in a magenta button-up shirt sits in a sunlit office lounge, smiling at the camera. She claps her hands together once, then lets them rest in her lap. The background stays soft and out of focus, with chairs, plants and tall windows.
Camera: Static
20 · Outro · 1:17–1:19
The purple databento logo is centered on a plain light background. The icon is a rounded square with internal lines; the wordmark shows data in purple and bento fading in from light gray to dark navy.
On-screen text: “databento”
Camera: Static




