Monopoly Money

Busy week last week and didn’t get a post out. Sohn, Bloomberg, “Healthcare Data Goons”, BattleFin, and to cap off the week with something not data related (yes, I occasionally hang out with people not in data), I went to Anastasia Egeli’s exhibition of new works opening reception. Anastasia is a 3rd generation artist. Her grandfather, Bjorn Egeli, was a portrait artist who painted portraits for Presidents Nixon and Eisenhower. Thank you Ted Merz for introducing me to Anastasia and her art!

Since last post we’ve seen 4 M&A deals, 5 funding rounds, 28 people moves & promotions, 7 roles, 2 new companies, 2 articles, and 1 podcast.

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M&A

• Carbon Arc acquired Neustreet (web data ingestion).

• Datasite acquired Valu8 (private markets intelligence).

• Publicis Groupe acquired LiveRamp (data collaboration platform).

• Sensor Tower acquired AppMagic (mobile and PC market intelligence).

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• Balcony (property data infrastructure) raised $12.7M in a Seed round led by Blockchange Ventures.

• Bunch (private markets infrastructure) raised $35M in a Series B led by Portage.

• Ethos (AI-powered expert network) raised $22.75M in a Series A led by a16z.

• Kohort (mobile gaming analytics) raised $7M in a Series A led by The Raine Group.

• TwoWay (broker chat intelligence) raised €1.5M in a Pre-Seed round led by welovefounders.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Todd Ballard joined ALT Sports Data as CEO.

• Daniel Bassett was promoted to COO at Linedata.

• Curran Browning joined Notch Partners as VP of Client Success.

• Christopher Cain was promoted to Global Head of Equity Strategy at Bloomberg Intelligence.

• Steven Carroll joined SESAMm as a Senior Advisor.

• Jon Eckfeld joined CMC Markets as Head of Market Data Strategy and Services.

• Liz Freeman joined Sia as Managing Director.

• Benjamin Grether joined BC Partners as Head of Data Science & Operating Director.

• Dan Hammaker joined GTCR as Director, Product Manager.

• Kate Higgins joined Arcesium as Head of Sales, Aquata Data Platform.

• Dominique Kleeman joined proSapient as Head of EMEA.

• Jessica Kowalski joined Wiley as EVP & GM, Research.

• Eric Lebovich joined Aiera as Head of Product Management.

• Brian Livell joined Jasper Colin as EVP, Research Operations & Client Solutions.

• Stuart Martin joined Derivia Intelligence as Chief Commercial Officer.

• Stephanie Paterik joined eMarketer as VP, Insights.

• Anna Pavlenko joined Morningstar Sustainalytics as Global Head of Sales and Success.

• Sid Pednekar was promoted to Head of Data & AI, Arcsight Capital at Millennium.

• Obie Quelland joined IANS as CTO.

• Aurelie Reynier joined Esomar as Head of Data, Innovation and AI.

• Steven Scott joined Potloc as Managing Director.

• Danny Siegel joined Accordion as Managing Director, Data & AI Practice.

• Dean Smith joined Credit Benchmark as CTO.

• James Southwick joined Sermo as Senior Director, Insights Business Development.

• Jonny Stange joined CP Capital as Data Strategist.

• Umesh Subramanian joined Motive Partners as a Partner.

• Keith Taylor was promoted to Chief Product Officer at Lumio Solutions.

• Peter Van Roten was promoted to Associate Director, Head of Market Data, Americas as Macquarie.

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

About Last Week - Photo Break

Who’s Hiring

• IANS Research is hiring a Director, Research Operations ($128K - $160K).

• Legora is hiring a Legal Data Strategy Director ($272K - $320K).

• Mastercard is hiring a Vice President, AI & Data Strategy, Americas ($204K - $326K).

• Meta is hiring a Director, Data Licensing Partnerships ($296K - $356K).

• National Audubon Society is hiring a Senior Director, Data Strategy and Program Management ($165K - $233K).

• OpenAI is hiring a Private Equity Lead ($335K - $350K).

• Walmart is hiring a Director, Business Strategy - Scintilla (Global) Primary Research ($110K - $264K).

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

New Company Alerts

JAS Market Data is a specialist consultancy and managed-services partner dedicated to helping hedge funds, asset managers and trading platforms gain tighter control over their market-data ecosystem. The firm is founded by Joseph Staropoli (prior S4 Market Data, Concertiv, and State Street).

Signal & Craft helps hedge funds, asset managers, data companies, and fintech firms navigate the intersection of quantitative finance and technology. The firm is founded by Samuel Livingstone (prior Ambienta, Jupiter Asset Management).

What I’m Listening To

• Demystifying AI in Options Trading featuring Pouya Taahol of Financial AI in discussion with Mark Benzaquen on the Wide World of Options podcast.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Data Intelligence Summit, May 20-21, NYC

• Asia Financial Information Conference (AsiaFIC), May 20-22, Singapore

• Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis (KIMRA), Jun 3, London

• Neudata Summer Data Summit, Jun 11, NYC

• BattleFin Montauk, Aug 10-11, Montauk, NY

• World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), Oct 11-14, Copenhagen

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