Freak Off Supplies

Since last post we’ve seen 6 acquisitions, 10 funding rounds, 11 people moves & promotions, 2 new company launches, 1 legal, regulatory & compliance matter, 3 articles, 1 show, 7 roles, 4 newly added upcoming events, and 3 memes (Themes: fed rates, trustworthy data analysis, no diddy memes just a relevant title).

About Last Night (Week)

Monday was Empower Your Research, a happy hour hosted by Emporia Research and Fieldwork at a great spot in Columbus Circle. I’m newer to the survey market research conference circuit, so have really been enjoying meeting so many new people.

Had a great dinner with Thani Shamsi and Richard Hoffmann of Datarade and recently launched Monda, who were in town from Berlin.

Most importantly, I’m up 2-1 in what will likely turn into a weekly battle of billiard’s at Jaq’s on Bond against fellow former FactSetter and data nerd, Jason Taylor (pictured below missing one of the easiest shots).

M&A

• Datavant acquired Trace Data (data privacy and governance).

• Euronext acquired Substantive Research (market data benchmarking).

• Hummingbird acquired LogicLoop (no-code data integration).

• Lumivero acquired Atlas.ti (computer-assisted qualitative data analysis).

• Vyne Medical acquired Extract Systems (automated data extraction).

• ZEMA Global Data Corporation acquired Morningstar Commodity Data (commodities and energy data and insights).

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Fundraising

• Censia (talent intelligence) received an investment from Workday Ventures as part of a Series B round.

• Cercle (AI women’s healthcare data) raised $6M in a Seed round led by Outsiders Fund.

• Cherre (real estate data management) raised $30M in a Series C led by HighSage Ventures.

• Datamaran (ESG analytics) raised $33M in a Series C led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.

• DIRT (emotion analytics) raised $2M in a Pre-Seed round led by Mark Cuban and Dean Dakolias.

• e6data (lakehouse compute for data analytics) raised $10M in a Series A led by Accel.

• Integrum ESG (ESG data and ratings platform) raised £3.4M in a round led by YFM Equity Partners.

• Knit (research AI) raised $9M in a round led by Revolution.

• PinPoint (AI-powered construction data platform) raised $3.2M in a Seed round led by HG Ventures.

• Statt (AI-driven policy and regulatory intelligence) raised $2.8M in a Seed round led by Moneta Ventures.

New Company Alerts

Wayfaster is a voice AI interviewer helping companies save time and money with voice AI screening calls. The company was founded by Varun Khurana (former Instacart) and Shreyas Jaganmohan (former Coinbase, Checkr, and Deepgram). The company also announced a $2.6M fundraise led by Slow Ventures.

Investair provides data analysis and AI generated content to help investor relations teams deliver insights and engaged with their investors. The company was founded by Tim McGowen (former Corporate Connect Research) and Stuart Frith (former Iress).

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

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• Amit Anand joined IDR as Head of Product and Engineering.

• Chris Eby joined Blue Owl Capital as MD, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development.

• Kevin Kozlowski joined Nasdaq as Senior Director of Market Intelligence.

• Matt Krepsik joined MediaRadar as CEO.

• Stuart Lazarus joined AtData as SVP of Sales.

• Samuel Livingstone joined Ambienta as Head of Quantitative Strategies and Risk.

• Lucy Millard joined BNY Mellon as Director, Growth Ventures.

• David Penhearow joined IDR as Head of Client Services and Strategic Projects.

• Steven Reichard joined iConnections as Managing Director, Partnerships.

• Tal Rosenberg joined Apollo Intelligence as CEO.

• Dallan Ryan joined Stotles as Data Research & Content Manager.

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

• A Look Behind the Scenes: Examining the Data Practices of Social Media and Video Streaming Services from the FTC.

*Nothing in this section should be construed as an opinion of the author. This is just to highlight news and articles related to data privacy, legal, regulatory, and compliance matters.

What I’m Reading

• The dodgy details of private equity’s ‘dividend recaps’ by Robin Wigglesworth in the Financial Times.

• These are the AI companies that the CIA is investing in You can’t spell CIA without AI by Jon Keegan in Sherwood News.

• The Future of Alternative Data - AI Integration, Spending Trends and Hot Datasets by Neudata.

What I’m Watching

• What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates on Netflix. First episode is on AI.

Who’s Hiring

• Balyasny Asset Management is hiring a Compliance Officer, Data & Research Compliance ($115K - $190K).

• Brown Brothers Harriman is hiring a Head of Shared Data Platforms and Strategy ($170K - $225K).

• Carlyle Group is hiring a Investment Data Scientist ($140K - $160K).

• Harvard University is hiring a Director of Data Strategy & Governance.

• Placer is hiring a Marketplace Account Manager ($115K - $125K).

• Ralph Lauren is hiring a Data Strategy Lead.

• Roark Capital is hiring a Data Analyst.

*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• *Alternative Data Happy Hour, September 26, NYC

• Neudata San Francisco Data Summit, September 26, San Francisco

• Bits & Pretzels Investor Summit, September 29 - October 1, Munich

• Open Source Data Summit, October 2, Virtual

• Eagle Alpha Data Week, October 7-11, NYC

• *The Market Research Event, October 8-10, Orlando

• Eagle Alpha UNBOUND Alternative Data Conference, October 9, NYC

• Web Data Extract Summit, October 9-10, Austin

• Boston Fintech Week, October 14-18, Boston

• Insight Innovation Exchange (IIEX) AI, October 15-16, Virtual

• BattleFin Corporate Discovery Day, October 15-16, Chicago

• StockTwits Stocktoberfest, October 20-22, Coronado, CA

• Battle of the Quants, October 23, London

• *Beryl Elites Alternative Investments & Data Revolution, October 28-29, NYC

• Neudata Paris Data Day for Investors, October 30, Paris

• *Data Disrupt, June 4-5 2025, NYC

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