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Since last post we’ve seen 2 M&A deals, 3 funding rounds ($102.1M raised), 27 people moves & promotions, 2 roles, 7 articles, 1 podcast, 1 interactive map and table, and a bonus meme at the end (very nice!)

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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.

• Market Map PDF, PNG, and Spreadsheet.

• Compensation Study Summary. Participate here.

M&A

• Discuss merged with Voxco (survey software and solutions). PR

• FE fundinfo acquired Contengo (wealth management data solutions). PR

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• Chaos (location intelligence) raised €2M.

• Maybern (private fund operating system) raised $50M in a Series B led by Battery Ventures.

• WisdomAI (AI data analyst) raised $50M in a Series A led by Kleiner Perkins.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• David Berglund joined Consello as Chief Data & AI Officer.

• Josh Bourone joined MSCI as Head of Private Equity.

• Alexandra Calinikos was promoted to Chief Investment Officer at The Financial Times and Nikkei Group.

• Philip Coughlin was promoted to VP of Sales, Americas at Grata.

• Adi Davidov joined Gener8 as VP of Data Partnerships.

• Patrick De Regt joined Esomar as COO.

• David Dittmann joined The Walt Disney Company as VP - Data & AI, Technology Strategy.

• Ammad Ejaz joined IDR as Head of Commercial, EMEA.

• Mark Hale joined the Advisory Board of THEIA Analytics.

• Jeffrey Kerridge joined Satellogic as SVP of Sales.

• Eric Kider joined S&P Global as Head of Global Insights.

• Nader Kobeissi joined PureSpectrum as SVP, Middle East & Africa.

• Steve Kolatac joined Filament Syfter as Sales Lead, North America.

• Michael Kostadinovich joined 73 Strings as CTO.

• Maryam Longrus joined FE fundinfo as Head of Private Markets.

• Victoria Maseda joined LPL Financial as Data & AI Transformation Lead, VP Product.

• Stephen McDowall joined Addepar as Director, Data Operations.

• Bob Moritz joined the Board of Directors of S&P Global.

• Kiran Muraleedharan joined Carlsberg Group as Head of Data Strategy & Transformation.

• Anthony Nicastro joined Lazard Asset Management as Director, Head of AI.

• Jared Pinsky joined Embark as Head of Corporate Development.

• Aditi Sawhney was promoted to Head of Data Science at Man Group.

• Ryan Taylor joined QuantifyAI as MD, EMEA.

• Wilson Tsai joined Alter Domus as Head of Data & AI.

• Mike Weir joined Consumer Edge as Chief Revenue Officer.

• Susan Weng joined Citadel Securities in Data Sourcing and Strategy, APAC.

• Albert You joined BDT & MSD Partners as Principal, Head of Data Architecture and Data Engineering.

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

Who’s Hiring

• Airbnb is hiring a Senior AI-Enabled Insights Lead ($208K - $260K).

• Walr is hiring a Global Head of Data Solutions.

*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

• What Would an “AI Bubble” Mean for Insights & Analytics? by Kristi Zuhlke.

• A Crash Course on Synthetic Data: ESOMAR Congress 2025 Recap by Enric Cid.

• What if We Rewarded Good Survey Participants Instead of Punishing the Bad? by Katie Casavant.

• Data & Info: You're Asking the Wrong Question by George Watson.

• Why Winning the Data Race in Financial Services Starts in the Middle Office by Brent Fierro.

• Unstructured Returns, a new Substack from Cornelius Graubner.

• FT Alphaville’s new Substack

Interactive Table of the Week

Check out this AI Data Deals Interactive Explorer from my friend Freeman Lewin at Brickroad. In it you’ll find a mapping of the data/content licensing deals (and values for many) across the ecosystem from the paper, A Sustainable AI Economy Needs Data Deals That Work for Generators.

What I’m Listening To

• AI Exchanges: The Role of Data featuring Neema Raphael, Chief Data Officer at Goldman Sachs, in conversation with Allison Nathan and George Lee.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• BattleFin Discovery Day, Nov 20, London

• FISD Holiday Party, Dec 11, NYC

• Samplecon, Mar 16-18, 2026 Lake Oconee, Georgia

• World of DaaS Summit, May 7, 2026, Washington D.C.

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