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Since last post we’ve seen 3 acquisitions, 2 funding rounds, 17 people moves & promotions, 7 roles ($224K average salary), 2 articles, and 1 newly added upcoming event.

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M&A

• Bloomberg acquired Viridios AI (carbon credit data and analytics) from Viridios Group. PR

• PAR Technology Corporation acquired Delaget (restaurant analytics) for $132M. PR

• S&P Global acquired ProntoNLP. PR

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• HuLoop (intelligent automation) raised a Series A led by Mighty Capital.

• Infinant (bank platform) raised $15M in a Series A led by FINTOP Capital and JAM FINTOP BankTech.

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People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Ibrahim Abusharkh joined NewsCatcher as VP of Customer Success.

• Dan Bennett was promoted to Head of Technology, Enterprise Data Organization at S&P Global.

• Helen Burgess was promoted to Strategic Director, Fixed Income Primary at S&P Global.

• Conner DuBois joined Oxford Data Plan as US Sales Director.

• Paul Geis joined KX as Account Director, Financial Services.

• Scott Graham was promoted to Director, Data and Solutions at Embark.

• Justin Harkness was promoted to Head of Corporate, Tech & SaaS at YipitData.

• Ryan Henderson was promoted to Head of Research at FinChat.

• Jackelyn Keller joined Comscore as CMO.

• James Lowe was promoted to Head of Data Insight & Analytics at 7IM.

• Aaron Moore was promoted to AVP, Data Strategy at WorldQuant.

• Drew Sievers joined ArkiFi as CEO.

• Sarah Smith was promoted to SVP, Head of Sales at BattleFin + Exabel.

• James Swartwout joined Prosperum Fintech Holdings as CEO.

• Kevin To was promoted to Director of Business Development & Partnerships at S&P Global.

• Jamie Wang was promoted to VP, Global Strategic Accounts at Similarweb.

• Stephen Wilkes joined Broadridge as SVP, Head of International Buy-Side Sales.

Who’s Hiring

Check out the It’s Pronounced Data job board for full listings. This week’s additions are below.

• Arches is hiring a Head of Sales.

• Betches Media is hiring a Senior Director, Data Strategy and Solutions ($130K - $140K).

• Guidepoint is hiring a Data Strategy & Operations Lead ($180K - $220K).

• Lowe’s is hiring a Senior Director, Data Science ($179K - $340K).

• PepsiCo is hiring a Enterprise Data & AI Strategy Director ($150K - $300K).

• TCW is hiring a Data Architect ($200K - $230K).

• The Trade Desk is hiring a GM, Data Partnerships ($219K - $402K).

*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.

What I’m Reading

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Alternative Data Happy Hour, January 8, NYC

• Data-Driven VC Hackathon, January 15, Paris

• BattleFin Discovery Day, January 22-24, Miami

• *Data Day Texas, January 25, Austin

• FISD New York, February 6, NYC

• Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference, February 12, NYC

• Winter Data Conference, March 7, Zell am See, Austria

• IIEX North America, April 30 - May 1, Washington D.C.

• World of DaaS Summit, May 8, Washington D.C.

• KIMRA: Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis, June 4, London

• Data Disrupt, June 4-5 2025, NYC

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