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November 04, 2024

^ Huge congrats to Ed, JT, Nasser, and other financial services and data industry folks who ran the NYC Marathon yesterday!

Back on schedule this week after my wedding and mini-moon!

Since last post we’ve seen 3 acquisitions, 9 funding rounds, 11 people moves & promotions, 1 poll, 4 articles and 1 book, 1 what I’m wearing, 5 roles, 1 legal, regulatory & compliance matter, 2 newly added upcoming events, and 6 memes (+20% WoW).

Looking for a new job? Check out the It’s Pronounced Data Job Board for a table of the jobs from each week’s newsletter and the status of each posting. Made some enhancements this week for summary stats on open roles.

Remember to vote tomorrow. Practice voting today…

M&A

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Fundraising

  • Bifrost AI (3D generative data) raised $8M in a Series A led by Carbide Ventures.

  • BondBloxx (fixed income ETFs) raised $27M in a round led by Macquarie Asset Management.

  • Cornerstone AI raised (healthcare data cleaning) raised $5M in a round led by Acrew Capital.

  • Databento (market data platform) raised $10M in additional Series A funding bringing the round to $30M.

  • Evertune AI (brand monitoring & analytics for AI) raised $4M in a Seed round led by Eniac Ventures.

  • GlassFlow (event-driven data pipelines) raised $4.8M in a Seed round led by Upfront Ventures.

  • MIND (data security platform) raised $11M in a round led by YL Ventures.

  • Sana (enterprise knowledge AI) raised $55M in a round led by NEA.

  • Wobby (AI for research) raised €1.1M in a Seed round.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

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  • Jared Bowns joined Elyxor as Head of Data & AI Practice.

  • Jia-Lin Fu was promoted to VP, Director - Product Management at FactSet.

  • Miles Graham joined Parameta Solutions as Chief Revenue Officer.

  • Gary Grochmal was promoted to COO at Quodd.

  • Chris Hecht joined Silversmith Capital Partners as Operating Partner.

  • Georgia Hobden joined Squarepoint Capital as Data Sourcing & Strategy Associate.

  • Amit Kotecha joined MSCI as VP, Sales - Private Capital Solutions.

  • Jeremy Rosenthal was promoted to Executive Director, Sales & Business Development at S&P Global.

  • Brett Shenkel joined Shelton AI as Head of Partnerships.

  • Asif Mahammad Syed joined Verisk as VP, Data Strategy & Governance.

  • Jonathan Tovar joined ClearDox as Head of Account Management, Americas.

What I’m Wearing

I feel so called out by this…

What I’m Reading

Who’s Hiring

Check out the It’s Pronounced Data Job Board for a table of the jobs from each week’s newsletter and the status of each posting.

*salaries only listed where provided by the company. See links for specific salary details.

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

*Nothing in this section should be construed as an opinion of the author. This is just to highlight news and articles related to data privacy, legal, regulatory, and compliance matters.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

^ Last week’s meme that I forgot to include in the newsletter.

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