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Since last post we’ve seen 7 acquisitions, 8 funding rounds ($294.4M raised), a new record 27 people moves & promotions, 17 roles ($216.7K average salary), 1 new company, 3 newly added upcoming events, and 2 memes.

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M&A

• ACKWEST Group acquired Precision Sample (market research data and sample supplier.

• Databricks acquired BladeBridge (AI-powered enterprise data warehouse migration solutions).

• FactSet acquired LiquidityBook (trading solutions) for $246.5M.

• OpinionRoute acquired Jibunu (survey programming).

• Wand AI acquired Accern (NLP platform).

• With Intelligence acquired The Deal (M&A and PE deal intelligence) from Delinian.

• XOi acquired Specifx (field service equipment data enrichment).

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• Air Aware Labs (air quality data) raised a Pre-Seed round.

• Atombeam (data compression and cryptography) raised $20M.

• GenLogs (freight intelligence) raised $14.6M in a Series A led by Venrock and HOF Capital.

• GetWhys (AI-powered customer insights) raised $2.75M in a Seed round led by Next Frontier Capital.

• Model ML (AI for financial services) raised $12M in a round led by Y Combinator and LocalGlobe.

• Smile Digital Health (health data platform) raised $15M in credit financing led by FirePower Capital.

• Streetbeat (AI-powered financial advisor) received an investment from 3Lines Venture Capital.

• XOi (field service equipment data) raised $230M from KKR.

Special Event

I’m very excited to attend my first SampleCon in Pasadena, California March 17-19. Join me and insights industry leaders at The Langham for 3 days of idea exchange on how we understand, collect, and harness the data powering the market research ecosystem. I’m looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting the many attendees from expert networks, survey panel providers, market research firms, and others innovating in the industry.

This year’s event will also include a LA Fire Community Service Project as part of SampleCon Gives Back, early morning running & walking groups, and a pickleball tournament!

To register, check out the webpage here.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Alexander Abreu-Lese was promoted to Director, Operational Excellence at Coleman Research.

• Constantinos Antoniades was promoted to MD, Head of Corporate Development at Trumid.

• David Belnap joined Unifyd Insights as Director of Commercial Sales.

• Mike Benz joined Advocate Technologies as Head of Sales, Real Estate.

• Joshua Blond joined YipitData as Head of FP&A.

• Yudong Cao joined BCG X as Head of Quantum and AI.

• Sudhir Chaturvedi joined NTT Data as Global Chief Growth Officer and CEO of North America.

• Ian Cook joined Qloo as SVP of AI Technology.

• Ritendra Datta joined Eightfold AI as VP of AI.

• Tom Davidson joined LevFin Insights as Senior Managing Editor.

• Meaghan Dugan joined Cboe Global Markets as SVP, Head of US Options.

• Ashwini Gillen joined Airbyte as Head of Sales.

• Keith Haberlin joined SimCorp as MD, Global Head of Sales, Business Solutions.

• George Hawkins was promoted to Team Lead at Neudata.

• Roberto Hoornweg joined the Board of Directors of MarketAxess.

• Adam Kansler was appointed CEO of Inovalon, effective March 1, 2025.

• Jared Majerle joined NewtonX as Principal.

• Brittany Maulo was promoted to SVP, Chief of Staff to the CAO at Moody’s.

• Eugene Miculet was promoted to Global Head of Data Sourcing and Strategy at WorldQuant.

• Mario Moscatiello joined Airbyte as Head of Growth.

• Mara Pometti joined Mastercard as Director, AI and Data Strategy.

• Edan Portaro joined BioBrain Insights as EVP of Sales.

• Drew Stark joined Bigeye as Head of Sales.

• Justin Stepnowski was promoted to EVP II at Guidepoint.

• Hannah Turenshine was promoted to Product Manager at GLG.

• Matt Vickers joined Rogo as Head of Product.

• Jeremy Wells was promoted to Director, Head of Global Survey at Coleman Research.

New Company Alert

Zenith Health is a new company with the vision for every pregnant person to have access to reliable, trustworthy, evidence-backed information, empowering them to feel informed and confident making deeply personal health decisions throughout their pregnancy. Zenith pairs real-world data with individual patient experiences, creating transparency for those who stand most to benefit from increased access to data – patients. The company is founded by CEO Abigail Bertelson (prior Datavant), Chairman Travis May (Shaper Capital, prior Datavant, LiveRamp), and Founding Engineer Tom Duffield (prior Datavant). More on the launch can be found here.

Who’s Hiring

Check out the It’s Pronounced Data job board for full listings. This week’s additions are below.

• Banyan is hiring a Analytics Engineer / Data Analyst. Check out Vish Shastry’s post for details.

• BlueFlame AI is hiring a AI Product Strategist - Private Equity ($175K - $225K).

• Explorer Research is hiring a Research Director.

• Fastmarkets is hiring a Product Director, Data and Analytics.

• Fin Capital is hiring a Chief of Staff

• FoundersCard is hiring a Director of Member Analytics ($175K - $225K).

• HP is hiring a Senior Director, Data Strategy ($183K - $275K).

• ICIS is hiring a Head of Global Partnerships.

• JPMorganChase is hiring a Global Research Modernization - Business Intelligence - Executive Director ($200K - $350K).

• Lincoln Financial is hiring a SVP, CTO.

• Rogo is hiring a Demand Generation Lead and a Solutions Architect. Check out Alex Pall’s post for details.

• Standard Chartered is hiring a Global Head Data Management Operations, a Global Head Data Governance, Conduct and Control, and a Global Head - Data Analytics and AI Enablement.

• State Street is hiring a Data Commercialization, Product Development, VP ($110K - $177K).

• VF Corporation is hiring a VP, Data Intelligence ($240K - $300K).

• ZoomInfo is hiring a Principal Product Manager, Data Acquisition ($168K - $231K).

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

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Alternative Data Happy Hauer, February 11, NYC.

• Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference, February 12, NYC

• *Low-Key Data Happy Hour, February 26, NYC

• Winter Data Conference, March 7, Zell am See, Austria

• *Quant Strats, March 11, NYC

• *SampleCon, March 17-19, Pasadena, California

• IIEX North America, April 30 - May 1, Washington D.C.

• World of DaaS Summit, May 8, Washington D.C.

• KIMRA: Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis, June 4, London

• Data Disrupt, June 4-5 2025, NYC

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