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M&A

• InnovateMR acquired Ivy Exec.

• McKinsey acquired Iguazio.

• Snowflake acquired SnowConvert from Mobilize.Net.

*transactions have been announced but may not be closed

Fundraising

• Crux raised $50M in a round led by Two Sigma and Goldman Sachs.

• GeoComply raised a round led by Norwest and Arctos.

• Komprise raised $37M in a growth round from Canaan Partners, Celesta Capital, Multiplier Capital, and Top Tier Ventures.

• Microsoft announced a multi-year, multibillion-dollar investment in OpenAI.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Tim Baker joined Expero as Managing Director, Financial Services Practice Lead.

• Matthias Braun was promoted to President at Insider Intelligence.

• Ethan Chernofsky was promoted to SVP of Marketing at Placer.ai.

• Brendan Gay was promoted to Data Partnerships Executive at Exabel.

• Matthew Greninger joined Sylera as VP of Sales, Americas.

• Andrew Kovacs joined Charles River Development as Director of Product Management, EMEA.

• Bartley O’Dwyer joined Stout as Managing Director & Head of PE Business Development.

• Tom Opper joined Cmind as CRO.

• Matt Stickley joined State Street Global Advisors as VP, Global Market Data.

• Joe Tabak joined Flyer Financial Technologies as VP, Product Management.

• John Wiseman joined Addepar as CRO.

Who’s Hiring

• Apollo Global Management (investment management) is hiring a Head of ESG Data Strategy.

• BlackRock (investment management) is hiring a Vice President, Platform Strategy and Transformation.

• Bloomberg (financial information) is hiring a Global Head of Data Strategy - Commodities and Economics.

• Cboe (financial markets) is hiring a Head of Strategic Partnerships.

• Consumer Edge (data-driven insights) is hiring a Director, Product Marketing.

• FlashCloud Intelligence (prospecting tools) is hiring a Director of Global Data Acquisition.

• Grata (deal sourcing platform) is hiring a Sales Director.

• Optum (healthcare) is hiring a Chief Data & Analytics Officer.

• Setanta Asset Management (investment management) is hiring a Senior ESG Analyst.

What I’m Reading

• Generative AI - Overhyped or Underhyped by S. Somasegar at Madrona Venture Group.

• Climate Data Startups Take Science Off Campus and Into Boardrooms by Eric Roston at Bloomberg.

• My colleague Máté Facsar just released the 3rd edition of Behavioral Finance: Limited Rationality in Financial Markets.

What I’m Listening To

• Jason Calacanis’s This Week in Startups episode: ANGEL: Brad Feld on investing through 3 economic cycles, CEO/investor dynamics, and more.