Tis The Season
To circle back in the new year
Since last post we’ve seen 3 acquisitions, 7 fundraising rounds, 13 people moves & promotions, 2 new firm launches, 2 articles, and 8 roles. I’ll be at Salesforce World Tour NYC today. Shoot me a note to meetup.
M&A
BC Platforms acquired Medexprim (real world data).
Counterpoint Research acquired Display Supply Chain Consultants (display industry insights).
*transactions have been announced but may not be closed
Fundraising
Airfinity (disease forecasting) announced an investment from IQT.
Carbon (external data management for LLMs) raised $1.3M in a Pre-Seed round.
Chalk (data platform for ML) raised $10M in a Seed round led by General Catalyst, Unusual Ventures, and Xfund.
OurSky (space data platform) raised $9.5M in a Seed round led by Upfront Ventures.
Signum.AI (B2B customer insights) raised a Seed round.
SourseAI (decision intelligence platform) raised AUD $3M in a Series A led by Centerstone Capital.
Yogi (consumer review data and insights) raised $10M in a Series A led by Blueprint Equity.
BattleFin is hosting Discovery Day Miami, January 24th - 26th at the Nobu Eden Roc. The event will bring together cutting-edge data and insight providers to showcase the latest datasets and solutions being used for investment and business decision-making. I compiled a few reasons to attend:
It’s Miami in January
There is a new Snowflake Data Science Track
There is a new offering for team offsites (we all know you didn’t lock in those 2024 targets - why not do it from the beach?)
There is a new Wolfe Research Quant and AI Track featuring Yin Luo
Everyone will be there (FOMO)
There’s a panel discussion titled The Art of War and the Use of Data featuring Brigadier General Anthony J. Tata
I already know about 3 new product launches that will be announced on site
For more information or to register, check out the link here or contact eventsteam@battlefin.com.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
Arianne Adams joined Webull as Chief Strategy Officer.
Hossam Bahlool was promoted to Chief Product Officer at Data Axle.
Jack Berkowitz joined Securiti as Chief Data Officer.
Natasha Brooks joined Forge as SVP, Head of Data Sales.
David Coletti joined iSpot.tv as VP, Sports Insights & Strategy.
Ahmed Elkady was promoted to Head of Americas at Kpler.
Sean Gallagher joined Lazard Asset Management as Global Head of Small Cap Business.
Bill Gottlieb joined Gartner as Senior Account Executive, Gartner Invest.
Laura Hamilton joined GGV Capital as an Investor.
Margaret Jastrebski joined Tegus as SVP, Head of Product.
Brian Reynolds joined ThoughtSpot as Senior Director, Embedded Sales.
Olivier Schlatter joined Alkymi as Senior Sales Engineer.
Amin Venjara was promoted to Chief Data Officer at ADP.
New Fund & Company Launches
Freestone Grove Partners raised $3.5B for a January 2024 debut. The firm is led by Todd Barker (former Citadel).
Twin Dovs Capital Management launched with $80M in internal capital. The firm is led by Sam Tisch (former Millennium).
Who’s Hiring
3E is hiring a Director, M&A and Strategic Projects.
Dow Jones is hiring a Director of Strategy.
Fidelity is hiring a VP, GenAI (LLM - Asset Management).
KraftHeinz is hiring a Senior Manager of Media Analytics & Measurement.
LiveRamp is hiring a Head of Services Operations.
Moody’s is hiring a MD, Head of Relationship Management, North America.
Studio Management is hiring a Principal (Investor).
Opportunity with New Mountain Capital - LinkedIn post here.
What I’m Reading
NY Times Missed These 12 Trailblazers: Meet the Women Transforming AI by Séphora Bemba.
Better Decisions, Faster: How AI Will Change Industrial Real Estate by Matthew Rand.
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
BattleFin Discovery Day, January 24-26, Miami
Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, March 11–13, Orlando
Skiers in Data (SKID) by LEIT Data, March 24, Verbier Switzerland
And another for good laughs…
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