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Earlier this week we published a Q3 Recap on Substack here. If you’re not a paid subscribe and you’d like a copy, please leave a comment on the LinkedIn post here.
This week 2 acquisitions, 10 fundraising rounds, 20 people moves & promotions, 2 articles, 10 roles, and 1 new event.
M&A
Louisa AI acquired Weavit Networks (personal contact network management).
*transactions have been announced but may not be closed
Fundraising
Allium Data (insurance data) raised $750K in a Pre-Seed round led by Markd.
Clipway (secondaries) launched with strategic investment from Carmignac and General Atlantic
Daash Intelligence (predictive intelligence for retail markets) raised $2.75M in a Seed round led by Silicon Road Ventures and New Stack Ventures.
Frec (index investing) raised $26.4M in Seed and Series A rounds led by Greylock.
Health Data Analytics Institute (healthcare predictive risk platform) raised $31M in a Series C.
PandasAI (AI assistant for data analysis) raised €1M in a Pre-Seed round from Runa Capital, Episode1, and Vento (Exor Ventures).
Revio (bank customer insights platform) raised $2.5M in a round led by BankTech Ventures and EJF Ventures.
Sparta (commodities market intelligence) raised $17.5M in a Series A led by FirstMark.
TRG Screen (enterprise subscription management) announced a strategic growth investment from Vista Equity Partners.
Vyzer (digital wealth management) raised $6.3M in a Seed round.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
Steve Bisgay joined Clear Street as CFO.
Sourav Choudhury joined Spline Data as Director.
Michael Cichowski joined FTV Capital as a Partner.
Will Dick joined Morrow Sodali as MD, Head of US Business Development.
Frank Farrall joined DAS42 as CEO.
Tom Griffiths joined AlphaSense as Global Sales Director.
Gideon Mann joined Millennium as Global Head of AI, Technology.
Greg Meyer joined Mangomint as Data Operations Manager.
Anu Murgai joined the US Department of the Treasury as Director, Office of Capital Markets.
Laura Schnaidt founded Paradox Principals.
Tony Scott joined Concord Energy as Managing Director of Analytics.
Jamie Ter Beest joined RS21 as CTO.
William Thomas was promoted to Director, Strategic Initiatives at AlphaSense.
Leigh Walters was promoted to CEO at TRG Screen.
John Wise joined ESG Book as Chair of the Board.
Who’s Hiring
Biogen is hiring a Head of Data Management & Analytics.
Bloomberg is hiring a Team Lead, ESG Data Product.
Calendly is hiring a Head of Data.
Credit Karma is hiring Head of Partnership Analytics & Strategy.
Disney is hiring a SVP, Data Analytics.
Fortegra is hiring a Data Scientist.
Golub Capital is hiring a Vice President, Enterprise Data & Corporate Technology.
Hims & Hers is hiring a Director, Data Science.
Penguin Random House UK is hiring a Head of Data Engineering.
Priceline is hiring a Principal Data Analyst, Commercial Analytics.
What I’m reading
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
Eagle Alpha London Alternative Data Conference, October 12, London
FinTech Sanbox's Boston FinTech Week, October 10-13, Boston
FISD Alternative Data Council: Compliance and Generative AI, October 17, NYC
Battle of the Quants, October 18, London
Seek AI Happy Hour: NYC TechWeek, October 20, NYC
The Market Research Event (TMRE), October 23-25, Denver
*FISD Women’s Group & Allies Luncheon: Women and Wealth-Building, October 26, Chicago
Neudata Dubai Data Day For Investors, November 1, Dubai
BattleFin Corporate Discovery Day, November 2, NYC
SuperReturn North America, November 6-7, NYC
Substantive Research Unbundling Uncovered, November 8, London
Tegus Converge, November 8, Virtual
Benzinga Fintech Deal Day & Awards, November 13, NYC
FIMA Data Tech Innovation Day, November 27, London
FIMA Europe, November 28-29, London
And a non-data cartoon, just for laughs…
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