Forward Deployed Newsletter

Since last post we’ve seen 5 M&A deals, 2 funding rounds, 16 people moves & promotions, 2 roles, and 1 article.

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M&A

• Apax Partners acquired Techoraco (digital infrastructure and technology industry events) and Institutional Investor (investment industry intelligence) from Delinian

• Green Street acquired StorTrack (self-storage market intelligence)

• Progress Software acquired Domo’s AI and Data Platform

• Stirista acquired Alesco Data (consumer data)

• TRG Screen acquired BST America (market data advisory)

_{*Deals are announced but may not be closed.}

Funding

• Alpaca (brokerage infrastructure) raised $135M in a round led by Peak XV

• Horizon Trade (agentic trading platform) raised $2M in a Pre-Seed round led by Entrée Capital

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Randall Beard joined Metaforms as Senior Advisor & Chair of the Advisor Board

• Elaine Cooper-Cunningham joined Private Markets Data Exchange as Head of Data Operations

• JD Deitch joined YouGov as Chief Transformation Officer

• Edward Dennis joined Qualitate as Director, Sales

• Stephen Dorrian joined Options Technology as SVP, Enterprise Data

• Ginny Gomez joined ISS STOXX as CEO

• David Greenawalt joined 3M as Head of B2B Customer Insights

• Noah Hammond was promoted to Co-CEO at Institutional Investor

• Jessica Horsfall joined Cboe as Head of Market Data & Access Services, Europe

• John Koehl joined Point72 Cubist as Chief Product Officer

• Shelly McDougal was promoted to VP, Global Operations & New Markets at Walmart Data Ventures

• Jacob Milender joined Morning Consult as Research Director

• Mark Pason joined Squarepoint as Head of Data Strategy

• Huw Richards joined 9fin as Head of Customer Partnerships

• Irina Stoian joined NielsenIQ as Chief AI Commercial Officer

• Joe Xavier joined Rogo as CTO

*may not have started roles, but roles are announced or updates provided online.

Cool Data

The footprints of every building in NYC by Jon Keegan in Beautiful Public Data. Jon is a data journalist and tech reporter and created Beautiful Public Data, a curated selection of visually interesting datasets collected by local, state and federal government agencies

Who’s Hiring

• ADIA is hiring a Quantitative Researcher & Developer - Data Science

• Bloomberg is hiring a Product Manager - Third Party Data | Enterprise Data ($140K - $295K)

*salaries only listed where provided by the company and may vary based on location and other factors. See links for specific salary details.

What I’m Reading

• The great unbundling and why MCP will redistribute value by The Terminalist

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• BattleFin Montauk, Aug 10-11, Montauk, NY

• Boston Fintech Week, Sep 21-25, Boston

• World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), Oct 11-14, Copenhagen

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