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M&A

• Accenture acquired Green Domus (sustainability consulting).

*transactions have been announced but may not be closed

Fundraising

• DataOps.live (Snowflake data products) raised $17.5M in a round led by Notion Capital.

• Hakkoda (cloud data) raised a round from Tercera and Lead Edge Capital.

• Measurabl (real estate ESG) raised $93M in a Series D led by Energy Impact Partners and Sway Ventures.

• Sana Labs (knowledge platform) raised an additional $28M (total $62M) in a Series B led by NEA.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Elina Baygildina joined BWG Strategy as Chief Commercial Officer.

• Michael Blumstein joined EDGECo Holdings as CFO.

• Brian Buroker joined Datos as Sales Development Manager.

• Candida Clark joined Seerist as Sales Executive.

• Matt Doup joined JPMorgan Chase as VP, Payments Innovation Product Strategy.

• Craig Elwin joined Onyx Strategic Insights as Head of Business Development.

• Samantha Reiss Gibson joined S&P Global as Head of Product, EDM & Platform Solutions.

• Michael Hochstat joined DoTadda as CMO.

• David Kulwin joined Databricks as Director, Alliances.

• Luciana Mendes joined Crestline Investors as Vice President.

• Jeff Mills joined data.world as Partner Marketing Director.

• Raymond Pescaro was promoted to Head of External Research Resources at Fidelity Investments.

• Margaret Quigley joined Cohere to manage Data Acquisition.

• Tim Stahl joined Q4 as Chief Revenue Officer.

• Erik Adling Tufvesson was promoted to Head of Partnerships at Inex One.

Who’s Hiring

• Duco is hiring a Head of Revenue Operations and Strategy.

• Morgan Stanley is hiring a US Technology and Data Attorney (Executive Director).

• SCOR is hiring a Head of Data Strategy.

• The Washington Post is hiring a Director, Data Management.

What I’m reading

• VC Contagion by Kyle Harrison of Contrary published as a guest essay in the Newcomer Substack.

*New company alert*

Goodbrand is a marketing agency working with ambitious brands to help fuel growth. The company was founded by Stan Altshuller, former Novus Co-Founder (acquired by SEI) and Partner at Atom Investors and Farris Qunibi, former Novus Partners CMO. Experts in data (they’ve been on both the buying and selling side), marketing, and branding, Goodbrand has quickly emerged as a thought leader in the space, publishing articles on their blog including one of my favorites Do you sell data? Don't! Tell Data Stories and the Data will sell itself. I can attest from what I’ve seen them do to boost the marketing of some friends’ companies - these guys are doing a phenomenal job.

I recently spoke with Stan and he outlined the current situation with many vendors today: there is no automation, no lead attribution, no lead tracking, no MQL scoring, random sales outreach, and no effective marketing campaigns (like drip mail campaigns) to nurture and convert leads. Most importantly, many companies fail to view marketing as a funnel with targeted content for each stage in the customer journey.

If the above sounds like your company, or if you’re interested in learning more about their services, give Goodbrand a shout!

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• 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

• StoryIQ Data Storytelling for Business - June 7, NYC

• FISD London - June 13, London

• *Data Driven NYC with Hebbia AI, Chroma, Grit, and Live Tech Demos - June 13, NYC

• Substantive Research Unbundling Uncovered - June 14, NYC

• StoryIQ Data Storytelling for Business - Virtual - June 15, Virtual

• *BCC Group: Market Data in the Cloud - June 22, NYC

• *Snowflake Summit - June 26-29, Las Vegas

• FinTech Connect North America - June 27, NYC

• Low-Key Data Conference - July 12, Virtual