Mapping Markets

Welcome to the 500+ new subscribers from the market map. We publish weekly recaps of activity in the data, fintech, info services, and market research sectors, with a (un)healthy dose of memes.

Since last post we’ve seen 9 M&A deals, 8 funding rounds ($599.5M raised), 29 people moves & promotions, 4 roles, 1 article, and 1 newly added upcoming event.

Read on below for the details.

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Other Maps To Check Out

• Research Tech - Patrick Comer and Sima Vasa at Restecher have announced a call for contributions to the next res-tech market map. Here is the prior edition.

• Machine Learning, AI & Data - Matt Turck and team at FirstMark have done it again, this year with 1,150 logos.

• European Alt Data Map - Tim Harrington at BattleFin has announced a call for contributions to the next European alt data market map.

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Resources

• Deal Tracker for full M&A and funding rounds.

• Job Board for full listings. This week’s additions are below.

• Compensation Study Summary. Participate here.

M&A

• A-Team Insight acquired Eagle Alpha’s events business (data events). PR

• Charles Schwab acquired Forge (private markets investing platform) for $660M. PR

• Datasharp acquired Techsalerator (dataset marketplace).

• Denominator acquired Equileap (diversity data). PR

• Derivia Intelligence merged with GlobalCapital (financial data and insights). PR

• Emerald Intel acquired Cannabiz Media (cannabis market intelligence). PR

• ID5 acquired TrueData (identity graph). PR

• Morgan Stanley acquired EquityZen (private markets investing platform). PR

• State Street acquired PriceStats (inflation statistics). PR

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• Aily (AI-powered decision intelligence) raised $80M in a round led by FPV Ventures.

• BluWave (private equity value creation resources) raised $14M in a strategic growth round led by Highmount Capital.

• CeresAI (agricultural analytics) raised $13M in a round led by Remus Capital.

• DualBird (data processing) raised $16.5M in a Series A led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

• Hippocratic AI (generative AI for healthcare) raised $126M at a $3.5B valuation in a Series C led by Avenir Growth.

• IgniteData (clinical trial data automation) raised a round led by FCA Venture Partners.

• Mercor (expert AI training) raised $350M at a $10B valuation in a Series C led by Felicis.

• Sensor Tower (app data) received a strategic investment from Shinhan Securities.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Cameron Boland joined Channel Dynamics as Head of Operations.

• Todd Brick joined Engineers Gate as Director of Investment Solutions.

• James Brooks joined Nasdaq Private Market as Chief Strategy Officer.

• Matt Cambridge was promoted to SVP, Global Client Services at Datasite.

• Paul Cataldo was promoted to SVP, Banker Automation Strategy at FactSet.

• Jennifer Connelly joined MediaRadar as VP, Data Operations.

• Jennifer Dimitri joined BNY as MD, Global Head of Asset Owners Product & Platform.

• Sharad Dutta joined Veritas Capital as Chief Information Officer.

• Michelle Gelman joined YouGov as Chief Data Officer.

• Matteo Guillot joined Fitch Group has MD, Global Head of Strategy.

• Mike Hershfield joined Publicis Health as SVP, Head of Data Transformation.

• Yanawan Hurlbut joined OpinionRoute as VP of Operations.

• William Karkar joined KKR as MD, Head of Platform Delivery.

• Niraj Lalka was promoted to EVP, Head of APAC and Middle East at Arbolus.

• Steve Lemka joined Datazoic as Head of Market Intelligence.

• Alyssa Longo was promoted to SVP, Institutional at Guidepoint.

• Jenny Lu joined Hudson Bay Capital Management as VP of Data Analytics.

• Alex Meier joined Zema Global Data Corporation as Global Partner Leader.

• Matt Neligeorge joined Bobsled as Chief Scientist.

• Jonathan Pressman joined TealBook as CEO.

• Abishek Sabbe joined Prime Insights as Director of Client Services.

• Miruna Sasu joined Novartis as US Chief Data Officer.

• Christopher Schell joined Channel Dynamics as COO.

• David Sensenich joined Dun & Bradstreet as Head of Sales.

• Ritesh Shah joined Citadel as Sector Data Lead, TMT.

• Stuart Sim joined Silver Lake as MD, Global Head of AI.

• Rahul Singhal was promoted to President & CRO at Innodata.

• Bruce Traan joined Syntax Data as President & COO, Syntax Indices.

• Troy Wheeler joined YipitData as Director, Enterprise Sales.

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

Who’s Hiring

• Fiscal.ai is hiring a VP of Sales ($200K).

• Kadoa is hiring a Sales Director (Finance) and a Investment Research Consultant.

• OpenAI is hiring a Market Research Lead ($216K - $270K).

• SIX is hiring a Head of Business Strategy.

*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

• Is B2B Research Broken? by Ariane Claire.

Upcoming Events

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