New year, who dis?

M&A

• S&P Global acquired ChartIQ.

• Snowflake acquired Myst.

• TipRanks acquired The Fly.

*transactions have been announced but may not be closed

Fundraising

• SurrealDB (database-as-a-service) raised $6M in a Seed round led by FirstMark.

• Vianova (mobility data) raised €6M in a Series A led by Baloise.

• Recall.ai (virtual meeting data) raised $2.7M in a Seed round from multiple investors including Y Combinator.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Robert Britt was promoted to Managing Director & Head of Data Science at Dyal Capital Partners.

• Vladimir Bugay joined Wrike as VP of R&D Unit.

• Megan Green was promoted to Head of Investment Banking Partnership Development at GLG.

• Avia Haynes was promoted to Director of Marketing & Communications at ETR (Enterprise Technology Research).

• Michael Lau was promoted to Global Head of Sell-side Majors, Enterprise Data Sales at Bloomberg.

• Andy Lennon joined FIS as SVP, Head of Solutions Management - Investment Operations & Data Services.

• Lloyd McAllister joined Carmignac as Head of Sustainable Investment.

• Dean McIntyre joined SimCorp as Director of Strategy.

• Erik Mitchell was promoted to CEO at Knoema.

• Shannon Patel joined Inrix as Director, Enterprise Sales.

• John Pernsteiner was promoted to Head of Data Strategy at Lightcast.

• Anneliese Protheroe was promoted to Head of Commercial Strategy & Planning at Fable Data.

• Wouter Schmit Jongbloed was promoted to COO at Exante Data.

• Omri Shtayer joined Similarweb as Director of Investor Intelligence.

• Mike Upman joined Stackline as Client Engagement Director.

• Daniel Witham joined EZOPS as Director, Business Development - Americas

• Michael Wu joined Maiden Century as VP, Client Success.

Who’s Hiring

• Balyasny Asset Management (investment firm) is hiring a Sector Data Analyst: Energy/Industrials.

• Clarity AI (sustainability tech) is hiring a VP of Sales.

• Fable Data (consumer spend insights) is hiring for multiple roles: Head of Business Development Europe, Data Partnerships Executive, and Data Onboarding Manager.

• Williams Racing (motorsports) is hiring a Head of Data and Analytics.

What I’m Reading

• Is It Time To Reinvent the Chief Data Officer Role? by Randy Bean and Allison Sagraves in CDO Magazine.

• The Top 5 Data Science And Analytics Trends in 2023 by Bernard Marr in Forbes.

• The New California Privacy Rights Act: Key Takeaways for Private Fund Managers by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

• All We Are Saying is Give Due Diligence a Chance in 2023 by Dominic-Madori Davis and Ron Miller in TechCrunch (paywall).

What I’m Listening To

Monday Morning Data Chat, a podcast from Ternary Data hosted by Matt Housley and Joe Reis.

• Data Modelling, Writing Books, and More w/ Serge Gershkovich (December 20, 2022)

• Moving on from the Modern Data Stack w/ Sarah Catanzaro (December 12, 2022)

• The Future of Data Catalogs w/ Ole Olesen-Bagneux (December 5, 2022)