The Asylum Where They Raised Me

Since last post we’ve seen 1 acquisition, 5 fundraising rounds, 20 people moves & promotions, 2 roles, 2 articles, and 1 newly added event.

M&A

• Climavision acquired Intersphere (AI-powered weather prediction).

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Fundraising

• Arbol (climate risk management) raised $60M in a Series B led by Giant Ventures and Opera Tech Ventures.

• Carv (modular data layer for gaming and AI) raised $10M in a Series A led by Tribe Capital and IOSG Ventures.

• Fano Labs (language AI) raised a Series B led by Openspace Ventures.

• NeuBird (AI ITOps engineering) raised $22M in a Seed round led by Mayfield.

• Peregrine (public safety data management platform) raised $30M in a Series B led by Friends & Family Capital and Fifth Down Capital.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

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• Kyle Armbrester joined Datavant as CEO.

• Regent Armstrong joined FiscalNote as Director of Data-Led Advisory.

• Brennan Carley joined Raido Capital Partners as an Operating Partner.

• Adele Caschera joined Hudson Bay Capital Management as Head of Data Integration.

• Meg Culp joined Cox Communications as Director, Data Analysis.

• Sean Evers joined Cimba.ai as Director of Sales.

• Seamus Gibson was promoted to Head of Data Partnerships at Huq Industries.

• Dave Hannibal joined Squirro as Chief Product Officer & Head of Corporate Development.

• Frances Holmes was promoted to VP, Generative AI Strategy at FactSet.

• Jesse Krieger joined AlphaSense as Senior Growth Account Executive, Financial Services.

• Andrew Lehrman joined Crisp as VP, Corporate Development.

• Rachael Moreland joined S&P Global as VP of Global Energy Software & Innovation Lead.

• Chakradhara Panda joined Adani AI Labs as Head of Data and AI.

• Om Patri was promoted to Director, Data at Polar Asset Management.

• James Ryan was promoted to Head of AI, ML, and Data Practice EMEA at Riviera Partners.

• Christopher SanFilippo joined Tradeweb as Director, Head of Data Management.

• Andrew Sprague was promoted to Head of Investor Vertical at Sensor Tower.

• Mike Sussman joined SageBuyer as Head of Revenue.

• Bracken Wilde joined Portage Partners as VP, Data Analytics.

• Chris Young was promoted to SVP, Global Head of Sales at InnovateMR.

Who’s Hiring

• Accordion is hiring a VP, Data & Analytics ($130K-$190K) and a Director, Data & Analytics ($170K-$225K).

• Hedgineer is hiring a Director of Marketing.

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

What I’m Reading

• Why It’s The Year Of Proprietary Data, Not AI by Lauren Cascio of Gulp Data in Forbes.

• Commentary: Misconceptions about using AI and data science in private markets investing by Drew Conway of Two Sigma in Pensions & Investments.

What I’m Listening To

• Still the new Taylor Swift album.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Knowledge Graph Conference, May 6-10, NYC

• 2024 Investment Data & Analytics Symposium, May 7-8, Chicago

• Data Summit, May 8-9, Boston

• Battle of the Quants, May 9, NYC

• DataIQ 100 Summit, May 20-21, Miami

• BattleFin Discovery Day, May 21-22, NYC

• Finovate Spring, May 21-23, San Francisco

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

• *Low-Key Data Happy Hour Sponsored by Portable, Metaplane, RudderStack, and Keboola, June 3, San Francisco

• Neudata Summer Data Summit, June 4, NYC

• SuperReturn International, June 4-7, Berlin

• FISD New York, June 6, NYC

• Substantive Research - Unbundling Uncovered, June 13, NYC

• Vertical AI Summit, June 13, NYC

• Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis (KIMRA) - Generative AI Conference, July 3, London

• The Quirk’s Event, July 17-18, NYC

• Boston Fintech Week, September 16-20, Boston

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