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Back on schedule this week after my wedding and mini-moon!
Since last post we’ve seen 3 acquisitions, 9 funding rounds, 11 people moves & promotions, 1 poll, 4 articles and 1 book, 1 what I’m wearing, 5 roles, 1 legal, regulatory & compliance matter, 2 newly added upcoming events, and 6 memes (+20% WoW).
Looking for a new job? Check out the It’s Pronounced Data Job Board for a table of the jobs from each week’s newsletter and the status of each posting. Made some enhancements this week for summary stats on open roles.
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M&A
Forian acquired Kyber Data Science (healthcare analytics) from TD Cowen.
MDX Technology acquired Schematiq (Excel model optimization).
Samba TV acquired Semasio (contextual targeting and audience data solutions).
*Deals are announced but may not be closed.
Fundraising
Bifrost AI (3D generative data) raised $8M in a Series A led by Carbide Ventures.
BondBloxx (fixed income ETFs) raised $27M in a round led by Macquarie Asset Management.
Cornerstone AI raised (healthcare data cleaning) raised $5M in a round led by Acrew Capital.
Databento (market data platform) raised $10M in additional Series A funding bringing the round to $30M.
Evertune AI (brand monitoring & analytics for AI) raised $4M in a Seed round led by Eniac Ventures.
GlassFlow (event-driven data pipelines) raised $4.8M in a Seed round led by Upfront Ventures.
MIND (data security platform) raised $11M in a round led by YL Ventures.
Sana (enterprise knowledge AI) raised $55M in a round led by NEA.
Wobby (AI for research) raised €1.1M in a Seed round.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
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Jared Bowns joined Elyxor as Head of Data & AI Practice.
Jia-Lin Fu was promoted to VP, Director - Product Management at FactSet.
Miles Graham joined Parameta Solutions as Chief Revenue Officer.
Gary Grochmal was promoted to COO at Quodd.
Chris Hecht joined Silversmith Capital Partners as Operating Partner.
Georgia Hobden joined Squarepoint Capital as Data Sourcing & Strategy Associate.
Amit Kotecha joined MSCI as VP, Sales - Private Capital Solutions.
Jeremy Rosenthal was promoted to Executive Director, Sales & Business Development at S&P Global.
Brett Shenkel joined Shelton AI as Head of Partnerships.
Asif Mahammad Syed joined Verisk as VP, Data Strategy & Governance.
Jonathan Tovar joined ClearDox as Head of Account Management, Americas.
What I’m Wearing
I feel so called out by this…
What I’m Reading
Private equity is the sleeping giant of the gen AI boom by Chris Taylor.
Information Services Insight - Q3 2024 by Raymond James.
Unleashing the Power of Data with Trusted AI: A guide for board members and executives by Wendy Turner-Williams.
Ultimate List of Data Licensing Deals for AI by Thani Shamsi.
Who’s Hiring
Check out the It’s Pronounced Data Job Board for a table of the jobs from each week’s newsletter and the status of each posting.
CoreLogic is hiring a Director, Product Marketing - Data Solutions - Data & Cloud ($110K - $150K) and a Senior Sales Engineer, Data Solutions ($124K - $156K).
Molson Coors is hiring a Consumer Insights Analyst.
Platform Ventures Studio is hiring a Founder-in-Residence, M&A Transaction Copilot.
Volvo Cars is hiring a Head of Data & Analytics Delivery.
*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.
Legal, Regulatory & Compliance
*Nothing in this section should be construed as an opinion of the author. This is just to highlight news and articles related to data privacy, legal, regulatory, and compliance matters.
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
Data Driven NYC, featuring Modal, Haize Labs, Writer, and TensorZero, November 6, NYC
Low-Key Data Happy Hour, November 6, NYC
Substantive Research Unbundling Uncovered, November 6, London
AI4F Workshop on LLMs and Generative AI for Finance, November 14, NYC
*Monda Meetup - Biggest Data Sales Challenges You Faced in 2024, November 20, London
*Feeding the AI Machine: Diving Deeper into the Data That Powers the World’s Leading AI Companies, November 21, Tel Aviv
Data Disrupt, June 4-5 2025, NYC
^ Last week’s meme that I forgot to include in the newsletter.
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