Data vs. Data

8 acquisitions, 7 fundraising rounds, 17 people moves & promotions, 2 articles, 1 podcast, 5 roles, 6 new events, and be sure to take the poll at the end. If you’d like a downloadable copy of the latest market map, drop a comment on the LinkedIn post here.

^Randall Munroe at xkcd

M&A

• Apica acquired Logiq.AI (data fabric).

• LocumTenens.com acquired Inlightened (healthcare expert network).

• MikMak acquired ChannelAdvisor’s Shoppable Media & Brand Analytics product lines from CommerceHub.

• MSCI acquired the remaining 66% of Burgiss Group (private asset data) for $697M.

• OptimX Markets (block trading platform) raised a Seed round led by Deutsche Börse's DB1 Ventures.

• PDI Technologies acquired Skupos (retails & CPG data).

• Roper Technologies acquired Syntellis Performance Solutions (enterprise performance management software & analytics) for $1.25B.

• Planet acquired Sinergise (earth observation data platform).

*transactions have been announced but may not be closed

Fundraising

• Apica (active observability) raised $10M and acquired Logiq.AI.

• Caden (data monetization) raised $15M in a Series A led by Nava Ventures.

• Marqo (vector search) raised $5.2M in a Seed round led by Blackbird Ventures.

• Osano (data privacy) raised $25M in a Series B led by Baird Capital.

• Rightfoot (consumer permissioned financial data) raised $15M in a Series A led by Blue Lion Global and Renegade Partners.

• Tracer (data intelligence platform) raised $18.1M in a Series A led by Newroad Capital Partners, Progress Ventures, and BDMI.

• Virtualitics (AI-powered data exploration) raised $37M in a Series C led by Smith Point Capital.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Ryan Beale joined FINTRX as Chief Revenue Officer.

• Natasha Clasby was promoted to Senior Director of Compliance & Enterprise Risk at Tegus.

• Mark Clement joined Prospect 33 as Global Head of AI Client Solutions.

• Cara Dailey joined T. Rowe Price as Head of Data Governance, Operations and Products.

• Amit Garg joined SIX as Head, Products APAC.

• Peter Granat joined the Board of Directors of Signal AI.

• Noah Hammond joined Institutional Investor as COO.

• Rishi Karir joined Cassini Systems as Chief Revenue Officer.

• Jason Lindauer joined Dun & Bradstreet as Senior Director, ESG Products.

• Marshall Lux joined B Capital as a Venture Partner focused on FinTech.

• Gregory Nardone was promoted to Senior Director, Head of New Business, North America at S&P Global.

• Roman Ostrovski was promoted to Director, Data Partners GTM and Sales at Databricks.

• Chris Smith joined Clear Street as CEO of Clear Street Futures.

• Justin Stile was promoted to VP, Client Development at Circana.

• Jonathan Syren joined Fenics Market Data as Head of New Product Development.

• Ashit Talukder joined S&P Global as Global Head of AI & Automation.

• Mandy Xu joined Cboe Global Markets as VP, Head of Derivatives Market Intelligence.

What I’m reading

• Umbrex Expert Network Directory by Will Bachman. Direct link here but shoot his post a like/comment on LinkedIn.

• What is data monetisation and why leaders should accelerate their data monetisation adoption strategy, by Osama Khattab on LinkedIn.

What I’m Listening To

• VIP Video Panel - B2B FinTech featuring:

  • Steve McLaughlin of FT Partners (moderator)

  • Jesse Wedler of CapitalG

  • Merritt Hummer of Bain Capital Ventures

  • Charles Birnbaum of Bessemer Venture Partners

  • Jillian Williams of Cowboy Ventures

  • Logan Allin of Fin Capital

Who’s Hiring

• Ampersand is hiring a Director of Data Strategy.

• Mintec is hiring a New Business Development Executive - Financial Services.

• RetailStat is hiring a Data Architect.

• Similarweb is hiring a Product Manager, DaaS.

• The UK Government is hiring a Chief Data Officer.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• *Tegus - Understanding Next Generation AI: Answering Venture Capital and Private Equity Investor’s Top Questions, August 30, Virtual

• *Data Nerds Antisocial, August 31, NYC

• DataEngBytes, Multiple August Dates, Australia

• New York Venture Summit, September 6-7, NYC

• *FinovateFall, September 11-13, NYC

• FISD London at Google, September 19, London

• *TechCrunch Disrupt, September 19-21, San Francisco

• FinJS, September 20, Toronto

• Big Data LDN, September 20-21, London

• Data Careers Summit, September 22, Virtual

• Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan's 2023 Future Of Finance Conference, September 22, NYC

• The Executive Briefing by Pitchly - Data Enablement to Empower Your Organization for Growth & Success, September 26, NYC

• BattleFin Discovery Day London, September 26-27, London

• *Financial Times Future of Asset Management North America, September 27-28, NYC

• Neudata San Francisco Data Summit, September 28, San Francisco

• FISD New York at Societe Generale, September 28, NYC

• Snowflake Data Cloud World Tour, October 2, NYC

• FinTech Sanbox's Boston FinTech Week, October 10-13, Boston

• *The Market Research Event (TMRE), October 23-25, Denver

• BattleFin Corporate Discovery Day, November 2, NYC.

• Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards, November 13, NYC

Views here are my own and not of my current or former employers.