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Since last post we’ve seen 0 acquisitions, 7 funding rounds ($184.2M raised), 9 people moves & promotions, 20 roles ($263K average salary), 2 articles, 1 legal matter, 2 newly added upcoming events, and 2 memes.

Funding

• 9fin (debt market intelligence) raised $50M in a Series B led by Highland Europe.

• Boosted.ai (AI for investment management) raised $15M in a round.

• Darwin (biodiversity intelligence) raised €1.5M in a Pre-Seed round led by Astérion.

• Montara (data development platform) raised $5.4M in a Seed round led by Norwest Venture Partners.

• Pyramid Analytics (generative BI) received a $50M investment from BlackRock.

• Range (AI wealth management platform) raised $28M in a Series B led by Cathay Innovation.

• SatVu (satellite thermal data) raised £10M in a round led by Adara Ventures Energy Fund and Molten Ventures.

• Wherebots (geospatial data cloud) raised $21.5M in a Series A led by Felicis.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Stuart Aitken was appointed CEO of Circana, effective January 1, 2025.

• Christa Ancri joined Credit Benchmark as Global Head of Marketing.

• Chris Davidson joined Range as CTO.

• Phil Garrett joined Edison Group as Sales Director.

• Yochai Korn joined the Advisory Board of Bridgewise.

• Beth Mellefont joined Vanda Research as Marketing Manager.

• Mark Relph was promoted to Director, Data & AI Partner GTM at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Anahita Tafvizi joined Snowflake as Chief Data Analytics Officer.

• Bjørn Sibbern was appointed CEO of SIX, effective January 1, 2025