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Since last post we’ve seen 4 acquisitions, 13 fundraising rounds, 10 people moves & promotions, 6 roles, 4 articles, 1 podcast, and 3 newly added events.
M&A
Gap Intelligence acquired Competitive Promotion Report (health, beauty, and wellness sector analytics).
Groq acquired Definitive Intelligence (AI-powered data intelligence).
Neovest acquired LayerOne Financial (investment management platform).
Similarweb acquired Admetricks (ad intelligence platform).
Fundraising
Agio Ratings (digital asset risk analytics) raised $4.6M in a Seed round led by Superscrypt.
Alter Domus (fund administration and services) received a strategic investment from Cinven.
Argyle (income and employment data) raised $30M in a round led by Rockefeller Asset Management’s Fintech Innovation Fund.
Baseten (ML infrastructure) raised $40M in a Series B led by IVP and Spark Capital.
Capstack (operating system for banks) received a strategic investment from Citi Ventures.
Entrada (Databricks implementation partner) received a strategic investment from Databricks Ventures.
Fluent (AI-driven analytics) raised $7.5M in a Seed round led by Hoxton Ventures and Tiferes Ventures.
HData (energy regulatory data automation) raised $10M in a Series A led by Buoyant Ventures.
Metaplane (data observability) raised $13.8M in a Series A led by Felicis.
Openprise (RevOps data automation) raised $25M in a Series B led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.
Sonarverse (Web3 data infrastructure) raised $7M in a Seed round led by BlockTower Capital.
TollBit (web data monetization) raised $7M in a round led by Sunflower Capital.
Topsort (AdTech and analytics) raised $20M in a Series A led by Upload Ventures.
Update
For those who don’t know me personally, in addition to this newsletter, I recently co-founded a business called AggKnowledge, which is a data enrichment solution for expert networks, survey platforms, and other knowledge-based communities. I’ll periodically include updates here and I am especially excited to share that Jon Zajac has joined as our Co-Founder & CTO. Jon has an impressive engineering background leading teams at various SaaS companies including HubSpot and Teamshares. He’s maintained an entrepreneurial streak evident in leading his own ventures through the years, and we’re excited to have him join to build and scale AggKnowledge.
With Jon onboard, we begin to accelerate the journey through the AggKnowledge roadmap and product development with our initial design partners. We’re refining the data model, enriching profiles, and integrating multiple datasets to improve the experience for experts while helping networks be more efficient and targeted with their search and discovery.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
Niall Cameron joined BMLL as Non-Executive Director.
Samantha Campbell joined Millennium as Content Analyst, EMEA Equities.
Das Dasgupta joined the Advisor Board of SG Analytics.
Louis DiModugno joined Verisk as Global Chief Data Officer.
Cameron Hood joined J.P. Morgan Chase as Head of Editorial - Payments Marketing.
Nick Kapur joined Argus Media as VP of Business Development.
Andrew Leighton joined Content Catalyst as Business Development Manager.
Clint Maddox joined KX as Chief Revenue Officer.
Alejandro Zamorano was promoted to Head of Identified Partnerships at Datavant.
Who’s Hiring
Bigeye is hiring a Director of Professional Services ($150K-$190K)
Bridgewater is hiring a Data Ranger ($130K-$220K). Bonus: you get to work with Jason Koulouras!
Man Group is hiring a Data Sourcing and Strategy Analyst.
McKinsey is hiring a Assistant General Counsel, Data Privacy ($196K - $262K).
NielsenIQ is hiring a VP, Food Insights Leader
*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.
What I’m Reading
When AI Forgets: The Hidden Pitfalls of Customizing Gen AI Models by Jason DeRise.
Perspectives Paper: Valuing Data by the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC).
What I’m Listening To
Mastering Data Ingestion for Better Decision Making featuring Carson Boneck in discussion with Michael Watson.
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
Data Driven NYC with Dataiku, Runway & Foursquare, March 11, NYC
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, March 11–13, Orlando
Quant Strats, March 12, NYC
*People Data Labs Q1 Happy Hour Hang, March 13, NYC.
BWG Strategy and OTR Global - Future of AI Conference, March 14, NYC
*Data Night Out with Mozart Data, March 14, NYC
BattleFin Discovery Day, March 20-21, Singapore
FISD, March 21, Boston
Skiers in Data (SKID) by LEIT Data, March 24, Verbier Switzerland
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
Data Universe, April 10-11, 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.
TDWI Modern Data Leader's Summit, April 29-May 1, Chicago
Knowledge Graph Conference, May 6-10, NYC
Data Summit, May 8-9, Boston
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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