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(^h/t Gabe)

Since last post we’ve seen 5 acquisitions, 13 fundraising rounds, 4 people moves & promotions, 9 roles, 2 reports, 3 articles, 1 survey, 1 podcast, and 2 newly added events.

M&A

• Apex Fintech Solutions acquired AdvisorArch (portfolio management).

• Bridger acquired DeepBench (expert network).

• Further acquired Pandata (AI/ML solutions for high-risk industries).

• Hg acquired CUBE (regulatory intelligence).

• Sensor Tower acquired Data.ai (app data).

Fundraising

• Ascend Analytics (energy transition analytics) announced a strategic growth investment led by Rubicon Technology Partners.

• BigID (data security) raised $60M in a growth round led by Riverwood Capital.

• Cache (large stock position brokerage) raised $8.5M in a Seed round led by First Round Capital and Quiet Capital.

• D2X (crypto derivatives exchange) raised $10M in a Series A led by Point72 Ventures.

• Dynium (data access management) raised $7M in a round led by Two Bear Capital.

• Figure Markets (digital assets and blockchain financial platform) raised $60M in a Series A led by Jump Crypto, Pantera Capital, and Lightspeed Faction.

• MarineLabs (maritime weather intelligence) raised $4.5M in a Seed round led by BDC Capital Sustainability Venture Fund.

• Mindfuel (data product management) raised €3.75M in a Seed round led by Project A Ventures.

• Omni (business intelligence platform) raised $20M from Theory Ventures.

• OpenMeter (AI monetization) raised $3M in a Seed round.

• Superlinked (vector stack) raised $9.5M in a Seed round led by Index Ventures.

• Vawlt (data storage) raised €2.15M in a round led by Lince Capital.

• WarpStream (data streaming) raised $20M in a round led by Greylock and Amplify Partners.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Kavita Anand joined NewtonX as VP of Product.

• Peter Anderson joined Balyasny Asset Management as Senior AI Researcher.

• Lambert Billet joined the Board of Directors of Omni.

• DJ Mbenga joined the Advisor Board of dClimate.

Who’s Hiring

• AccessWave is hiring a VP of Content & Marketing.

• Capital Group is hiring a Data Strategy and Enablement Senior Manager ($174K-$328K).

• D.E. Shaw is hiring a Machine Learning Developer ($250K-$350K).

• dv01 is hiring Head of Client Success ($200K-$225K).

• FinChat is hiring a Head of Sales.

• Four Seasons is hiring a Analyst, Data Assets.

• MediaRadar is hiring a VP, Sales (Publisher Sales).

• Primary Venture Partners is hiring a Senior Associate, Incubation Strategy.

• Publicis Media is hiring a Director, Audience Data Strategy ($106K-$179K).

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

Special Reports

• Exabel published their US Consumer Sector Report, providing insights into the US consumer sector by amalgamating key data trends from Facteus, Flywheel Alternative Data, and Revelio Labs. The report focuses on Consumer Cyclicals and Consumer Noncyclicals sectors, with a rigorous methodology ensuring comprehensive and comparable insights from 80+ companies including , , , and .

• SparkToro published Who Sends Traffic on the Web and How Much? The report utilizes data from leading clickstream provider, Datos, and has some incredible insights into web traffic referrals. Check out the report and be sure to join Rand Fishkin and Eli Goodman for Virtual Office Hours on April 16 at 2pm EDT, where they will be discussing the data and insights.

What I’m Reading

• Unlock the Potential of Your Data Assets: Why strategies need to move from being data-driven to value-driven in 2024 by Jeremy Bruck in Inc.

• Location (Data) Is Everything for Retailers Opening Stores by Kate King in The Wall Street Journal.

• High-profile hedge fund managers line up launches for 2024 by Carolina Mandl and Nell Mackenzie in Reuters.

Survey

• Conference Feedback survey from Dave Hannibal.

What I’m Listening To

• The Alternative Data Podcast episode featuring Don D’Amico of Glacier Network in conversation with Mark Fleming-Williams.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Enterprise Data World, March 24-29, Orlando

• Data Council No Bullsh*t Data Conference, March 26-28, Austin

• New York FinTech Week, April 8-12, NYC

• FinTech Sandbox Demo Days, April 9 and 11, Virtual

• FISD Alternative Data Council: In the Weeds, Compliance and Generative AI 2.0, April 9, NYC

• *Low-Key Data Happy Hour, April 10, NYC

• Data Universe, April 10-11, NYC

• AWS Capital Markets Financial Data Forum, April 11, NYC

• VC Platform Global Summit, April 15-17, Miami

• Insight Innovation Exchange (IIEX), April 17-18, Austin

• World of DaaS Summit, April 18, Washington D.C.

• MIT: Forging the Future of Business with AI, April 18, Cambridge

• TDWI Modern Data Leader's Summit, April 29-May 1, Chicago

• Knowledge Graph Conference, May 6-10, NYC

• Data Summit, May 8-9, Boston

• Battle of the Quants, May 9, NYC

• DataIQ 100 Summit, May 20-21, Miami

• Asia Financial Information Conference (AsiaFIC), May 28-29, Singapore

• SuperReturn International, June 4-7, Berlin

• *Substantive Research - Unbundling Uncovered, June 13, NYC

• The Quirk’s Event, July 17-18, NYC

• Boston Fintech Week, September 16-20, Boston

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