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Since last post we’ve seen 3 acquisitions, 5 fundraising rounds, 15 people moves & promotions, 8 roles, 1 article, 1 partnership, 1 podcast, 1 CNBC interview, and 4 newly added events.
M&A
Bain & Company acquired PiperLab (AI/ML solutions).
BetterCloud acquired G2’s Track product (SaaS cost management).
Daasity acquired Red Fox Analytics (retail and CPG analytics).
Fundraising
Louisa (AI sales enablement) raised $5M in an initial funding round.
Ocient (data analytics solutions) raised $49.4M in a round led by Greycroft and OCA Ventures.
Pienso (no-code AI) raised $10M in a round led by Latimer Ventures.
Unstructured (AI data readiness) raised $40M in a Series B led by Menlo Ventures.
Velou (product data enrichment) raised $4M in a Seed round led by Animo Ventures.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
Marla Bermack joined 3i Members as Managing Director.
Raz Besaleli was promoted to VP of AI Research at Seek AI.
Sam Bottomley joined Addepar as Senior Director, Regional Head of Latam.
Tim Cleary was promoted to Head of Partnerships & Business Development at Vendia.
Philip Coady joined Dataiku as Chief Revenue Officer.
Marc Coppens joined VaultSpeed as CFO.
Amir Husain joined WorldQuant Predictive as Chairman of the Board.
Michael Ingvar Roenning joined ValidMind as Director of Solution Architecture.
Larry Leibowitz joined the Board of Directors of Forge.
Stephan Leithner was appointed CEO of Deutsche Boerse, effective October 1, 2024.
Timothy Nobles was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer at Integral.
Simon Ringrose joined EventVestor as Director of Sales.
Romit Sevani was promoted to Director, Partner Growth at Exabel.
Matthew Shapiro joined Horizon Engage as Senior Director.
Asset Tarabayev joined Beacon Platform as Chief Product Officer.
Who’s Hiring
AllianceBernstein is hiring a Data Strategy Lead.
Arc Worldwide is hiring a VP, Data Intelligence (Analytics and Product Development) ($159K - $200K).
Forerunner Ventures is hiring a Research Associate.
LinkUp is hiring a Director of Capital Markets Data Sales.
LSEG is hiring a Global Head of Investment Management Solutions ($222K - $413K).
Novartis is hiring a Director, Data Strategy, Acquisition and Contracting ($201K - $302K).
Snowflake is hiring a Data Cloud Principal, Data Clean Rooms ($203K - $283K).
Uber is hiring a Data Strategy and Architecture Lead ($180K - $200K).
*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.
What I’m Reading
Data Becomes the New Oil: Businesses Have a Unique Opportunity to Monetize Content and Information as Fuel for AI Models by Solomon Partners.
Partnerships
DealRoom and Grata announced a strategic partnership to help customers streamline dealmaking and increase pipeline management efficiency and effectiveness. To learn more check out the announcement here. The companies are also hosting a joint webinar on March 15 at 11am EST.
What I’m Listening To
A Data Quality Discussion with Karine Pepin of The Research Heads on the Intellicast podcast.
Alex Karp on CNBC talking about short sellers and their coke 🤣
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
BattleFin Discovery Day, March 20-21, Singapore
FISD, March 21, Boston
Enterprise Data World, March 24-29, Orlando
Data Council No Bullsh*t Data Conference, March 26-28, Austin
New York FinTech Week, April 8-12, NYC
FinTech Sandbox Demo Days, April 9 and 11, Virtual
*FISD Alternative Data Council: In the Weeds, Compliance and Generative AI 2.0, April 9, NYC
Data Universe, April 10-11, NYC
*AWS Capital Markets Financial Data Forum, April 11, NYC
VC Platform Global Summit, April 15-17, Miami
Insight Innovation Exchange (IIEX), April 17-18, Austin
World of DaaS Summit, April 18, Washington D.C.
*MIT: Forging the Future of Business with AI, April 18, Cambridge
TDWI Modern Data Leader's Summit, April 29-May 1, Chicago
Knowledge Graph Conference, May 6-10, NYC
Data Summit, May 8-9, Boston
*Battle of the Quants, May 9, NYC
DataIQ 100 Summit, May 20-21, Miami
Asia Financial Information Conference (AsiaFIC), May 28-29, Singapore
SuperReturn International, June 4-7, Berlin
The Quirk’s Event, July 17-18, NYC
Boston Fintech Week, September 16-20, Boston
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