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M&A
Accordion acquired Merilytics (analytics and data management).
*transactions have been announced but may not be closed
Fundraising
1touch.io (sensitive data intelligence) raised $14M in a Series B led by Neotribe Ventures.
Advance Intelligence Group (AI-powered financial services) raised $80M in a round led by Warburg Pincus and Northstar Group.
AltHub (data insights platform) raised $900K in a Seed round led by The Pearl Fund.
Filament (private equity data infrastructure) raised £2.85M in a round led by Wealth Club.
Immuta (data security) announced an investment from Databricks.
Optery (personal data privacy) raised $2.7M in additional Seed funding led by Bayhouse Capital.
Resilinc (supply chain software & analytics) announced a growth investment from Vista Equity Partners.
Tema Global (ETFs) announced an investment from Index Ventures, Accel, and Zinal Growth.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
Mosisa Abagaro joined YipitData as Senior Manager, Consulting.
Edward Betancourt joined Seek AI as VP of Engineering.
Ryan Boh joined Lockr as Head of Identity.
Catherine Clay joined the Board of Directors of Coin Metrics as an Observer.
Matthew D’Alto joined Corbin Advisors as Head of Research.
Matthew Davies was promoted to COO, ICE Data Services at ICE.
Matt Farinelli joined DeepBench as Director of Client Solutions.
Scott Freeland was promoted to Global Head of Business and Commercial Strategy, Investment & Wealth Solutions at LSEG.
Frances Holmes was promoted to Senior Product Strategy Manager at FactSet.
Steven Kurtosi joined CME Group as Sales Director, Data, Analytics & Partnerships.
Julie Peck joined TalentNeuron as CEO.
Matt Sabin joined RightData as CFO.
Who’s Hiring
Balyasny (investment management) is hiring a Compliance Officer, Alternative Data and Research Vendor Vetting.
ExtractAlpha is hiring a Asia Pacific Sales Lead.
Luminate AI is hiring a Director of Data Science.
Preqin is hiring a VP, Product and a Chief Economist.
Similarweb (web data) is hiring a Solution Architect, Investor Vertical.
Studs (retail)is hiring a Director of Analytics and Data Engineering. Bonus: you get to work with Gabe Harris (my first boss).
*New Company Alert*
Foresight Data is a new platform to help PE & VC professionals to find, diligence, and grow companies by merging portfolio, CRM, market data, and alternative data all in one place. The company was founded by Jason Miller (former EIR & VP of Product at Greycroft and COO & Head of Product at Point72 Ventures) and Antonio Buddington (former Director of Data & Analytics at Greycroft and Director of Data Governance at BlackRock). foresightdata.com
What I’m reading
The Datapreneurs - The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future by Bob Muglia with Steve Hamm. Pre-order now, available June 13th.
Data is Choking AI. Here’s How to Break Free in VentureBeat.
Waters Wrap: Numerix, Fincad and The New World of M&A by Anthony Malakian in Waterstechnology.
What I’m Listening To
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
WatersTechnology North American Financial Information Summit - May 16, NYC
Maiden Century Data Partner Summit - May 16, NYC
Data Driven NYC with Notion AI, Snorkel AI, Pinecone, Foursquare, and NYT - May 16, NYC
Generative NYC hosted by Lightspeed - May 16, NYC
Spatial Data Science Conference - May 17-18, London
BattleFin Discovery Day New York - May 17-18, NYC
Neudata New York Summer Data Summit - June 1, NYC
*Low-Key Data Happy Hour - June 1, NYC
Datatechvibe Velocity Data and Analytics Summit - June 5-7, Dubai
Eagle Alpha UNBOUND New York - June 6, NYC
FISD Alternative Data Council: Expert Networks Panel and Networking - June 7, NYC
Substantive Research Unbundling Uncovered - June 14, NYC
FinTech Connect North America - June 27, NYC