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Dan Entrup
November 26, 2025

Enjoy your 10 minute reprieve from family while you read this this evening.

Since last post we’ve seen 5 M&A deals, 9 funding rounds ($141.5M raised), 14 people moves & promotions, 5 roles, 3 articles, 1 podcast, and 1 newly added upcoming event.

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Resources

M&A

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

  • Bedrock Data (data security) raised $25M in a Series A led by Greylock Partners.

  • Greenshoe (AI platform for SEC disclosure automation) raised $3M in a Seed round led by AIX Ventures.

  • Juristat (IP analytics) received a growth investment led by Advantage Capital.

  • LakeFusion (AI-powered master data management) raised a Seed round led by Carbide Ventures.

  • Litmus (edge data platform) received an investment from Insight Partners and Munich Re Ventures.

  • Model ML (AI workflow automation for finance) raised $75M in a Series A led by FT Partners.

  • Numerai (AI-powered, crowdsourced hedge fund) raised $30M in a Series C.

  • Vurvey Labs (AI-powered consumer research) raised $8.5M in a Series A led by Havas.

  • World Labs (spatial intelligence) received an investment from Cisco.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

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  • Ovid Amadi joined ARK Investment Management as Multiomics Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

  • Jesse Bigelow joined D.A. Davidson as Director of Research.

  • Kevin Cosgrove was promoted to SVP, US Director of Sales at RavenPack.

  • Martyn Crook joined the Board of Directors of the Insights Association.

  • Ricardo Dalmas joined the Board of Directors of the Insights Association.

  • John Donoghue joined 3i Members as Head of Corporate Development.

  • Janeen France was promoted to Chief Client Officer at Addepar.

  • Will Johnson joined Outward Intelligence as CEO.

  • Ali Khan joined Finastra as Chief Data Officer.

  • Edward Kramkowski joined Datos as Senior Data Scientist, Financial Markets.

  • Trevor Rempel joined Longaeva Partners as Head of Data.

  • Jason Saibel was promoted to Head of New Business Sales, Financial Services at AlphaSense.

  • Ali Schleider joined Foresight as Head of Partnerships.

  • Jeremy Wells joined BWG Strategy as Head of Global Survey and Custom Research.

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

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Who’s Hiring

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

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