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M&A

• Progress acquired MarkLogic.

• Qlik acquired Talend.

• Solactive acquired Minerva Analytics.

*transactions have been announced but may not be closed

Fundraising

• Capella Space (satellite imagery) raised $60M from the U.S. Innovative Technology Fund.

• Chaos Genius (data observability) raised $3.3M in a Seed round led by Elevation Capital.

• Chronosphere (observability) raised $115M in a Series C extension from GV and Geodesic Capital.

• Consumer Edge (consumer insights) raised $60M in equity funding from CoVenture.

• Endicott Capital made a strategic investment in CFRA (investment research and forensic accounting).

• Metaplane (data observability) raised $8.4M in a Seed round led by Khosla Ventures.

• Seek AI (generative AI) raised $7.5M in a Seed round led by Conviction Partners and Battery Ventures.

• TMX Group made a strategic investment in VettaFi (ETFs and indexes), acquiring 21% of the common equity of VettaFi for $175M.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Carsten Brinkmann joined Amazon Web Services (AWS) as Senior Business Development Manager, Private Equity.

• Tori Bynon joined Bain & Company as Manager, Bain Advisor Network Operations.

• Keith Cacciola joined Sterling Trading Tech as Chief Customer Officer.

• Peter Dorsey joined Bobsled as Senior Solutions Engineer.

• David Feldman joined Egon Zehnder as US Expert Leader.

• Johanna Grossman was promoted to Head of Healthcare & Life Science Capital Markets at NYSE.

• Geoff Hammond was promoted to Head of Market Data at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).

• Michael LaBrosse joined Balyasny Asset Management as Manager, Data Support & PM Success.

• Rob Laible joined BMLL as Head of Americas.

• Andrew Licini was promoted to Vice President, Sales & Service at ETR (Enterprise Technology Research).

• Matt Mezzancello was promoted to Head of Sales Performance & Rewards at S&P Global.

• Hap Oakley joined Optima Partners Compliance Advisory as Global Head of Sales.

• Stephen Prosperi was promoted to Executive Director, Innovation Strategy & Digital Assets at The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC).

• Michael Rhodes joined Snowflake as Principal, Snowflake Marketplace.

• Eva Schuckel was promoted to VP, Head of Brand, Communications & Partnerships at Preqin.

• Richard Yonkers was promoted to Chief Revenue Officer at data.world.

• *New Firm Alert*: Garrett Levey and Bill Kloza launched Blue Ladder Capital with a focus on acquiring and growing industry-specific B2B software companies. www.blueladdercap.com

Who’s Hiring

• Canoe Intelligence is hiring a Director of Product Management - Data Products.

• Capital One (financial services) is hiring a Director, Product Management - Enterprise Data Insights, Machine Learning Services.

• DeepBench (expert-based research) is hiring a COO.

• Groopit (crowdsolving) is hiring a Head of Marketing.

• Two Sigma (investment firm) is hiring a Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development.

What I’m Reading

• Banks vs. Fintechs: Why all the billions in the world can't help Wall Street crush its digital rivals by Bianca Chan and Reed Alexander in Insider.

• Why Financial Services Organizations Are Racing to Automate Their Analytics and Reporting by Jonathan Louey at Redbird.

• The digital revolution is coming for private-equity firms, and it'll change the way dealmaking is done by Dan DeFrancesco in Insider.

• Modern Data Stack Explained: Use Cases & Components (2023) by Ethan Aaron at Portable.

What I’m Listening To

Banking on Innovation, a podcast from Personetics Technologies.

• Hans Morris, Managing Partner of NYCA Partners (January, 2023)

• Erin Pryor, EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at First Horizon (December, 2022)

• Ankit Bhatt, EVP Consumer Chief Digital Officer at US Bank (November, 2022)