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^Came across this meme this weekend. I have never felt so called out.
Since last post we’ve seen 1 free market map, 3 acquisitions, 8 fundraising rounds, 5 people moves & promotions, 3 articles, 7 roles, and 3 newly added events.
Market Map Monday
M&A
Adelaide acquired Rita Data (consumer data control and monetization).
Lumivero acquired Risk Decisions (risk intelligence).
Revnest acquired Hungry Robots (short-term rental data).
*Deals are announced but may not be closed.
Fundraising
Adelaide (media quality measurement) raised $1.4M in a Seed-extension round led by AperiamVentures.
BeyondMath (AI engineering simulation) raised $8.5M in a Seed round led by UP.Partners. Some cool F1 stuff here!
DealPotential (investment intelligence) raised $1M in a Seed round.
Grid Status (energy grid data) raised $8M in a round led by Energize Capital.
MIAX (financial exchange) received a $100M investment from Warburg Pincus.
Reliant AI (biopharma AI) raised $11.3M in a Seed round led by Tola Capital and Inovia Capital.
Siepe (software and services for private credit and CLO managers) raised $30M in a Series B led by WestCap.
Space Intelligence (environmental mapping data) received an investment from AzurX Space Ventures and Intercontinental Exchange.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
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Marisa Grossfeld was promoted to Head of Global Client Solutions, Public Markets and Growth at GLG.
Charles Holive joined PepsiCo as SVP, AI Solutions & Platforms.
Atte Lahtiranta joined Citadel as Head of Core Engineering.
John Madsen was promoted to CTO at Goldman Sachs.
Mitja Raubach joined Appinio as Managing Director, UK.
Data Ideas
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What I’m Reading
AI Financial Analysts by Kai Wu at Sparkline Capital.
Data Marketplaces in a LLM World by Alex Izydorczyk at Cybersyn.
How Kroger Is Using Data And AI To Drive Innovation In The Grocery Industry by Randy Bean in Forbes.
Who’s Hiring
Bloomberg is hiring a Product Manager - Private Markets Strategic Partnerships ($140K - $295K).
BWG Strategy is hiring a VP/SVP, Enterprise Sales.
CVS Health is hiring a Executive Director, Chief of Staff - President, Chief Data and Analytics Officer ($175K - $334K).
Datarade is hiring a Head of Sales - New Business, B2B SaaS.
Fidelity is hiring a VP Data Science ($124K - $262K).
Lloyds Banking Group is hiring a Head of Data and AI Ethics (£140K - £164K).
Vanguard is hiring a Head of Data Science & Machine Learning, Personal Investor.
*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
VC & PE Happy Hour, August 28, NYC
*Alternative Data Happy Hour, August 28, NYC
World of DaaS in DC, August 29, Washington D.C.
Cornell Financial Engineering - Future of Finance & AI Conference, September 13, NYC
FISD World Financial Information Conference, September 15-18, Austin
Boston Fintech Week, September 16-20, Boston
*Applied AI strategies for private markets: Boston happy hour, September 18, Boston.
Big Data LDN, September 18-19, London
Neudata San Francisco Data Summit, September 26, San Francisco
Open Source Data Summit, October 2, Virtual
Eagle Alpha Data Week, October 7-11, NYC
Eagle Alpha UNBOUND Alternative Data Conference, October 9, NYC
Web Data Extract Summit, October 9-10, Austin
*Insight Innovation Exchange (IIEX) AI, October 15-16, Virtual
BattleFin Corporate Discovery Day, October 15-16, Chicago
StockTwits Stocktoberfest, October 20-22, Coronado, CA
Neudata Paris Data Day for Investors, October 30, Paris
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