The Vest Season

High of 80 today, summer vest?

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Dan Entrup
October 06, 2025

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Since last post we’ve seen 3 mergers & acquisitions, 4 funding rounds, 13 people moves & promotions, 3 roles, 1 article, 1 podcast, and 2 newly added upcoming events.

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M&A

Check out the It’s Pronounced Data Deal Tracker for full M&A and funding rounds.

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

How Canva, Perplexity and Notion turn feedback chaos into actionable customer intelligence

Support tickets, reviews, and survey responses pile up faster than you can read.

Enterpret unifies all feedback, auto-tags themes, and ties insights to revenue, CSAT, and NPS, helping product teams find high-impact opportunities.

→ Canva: created VoC dashboards that aligned all teams on top issues.
→ Perplexity: set up an AI agent that caught revenue‑impacting issues, cutting diagnosis time by hours.
→ Notion: generated monthly user insights reports 70% faster.

Stop manually tagging feedback in spreadsheets. Keep all customer interactions in one hub and turn them into clear priorities that drive roadmap, retention, and revenue.

Funding

  • Dashmote (AI-powered data analytics) raised $6M in a Series A led by Blossom Street Ventures and Rabobank.

  • DataJoint (computational database) raised $4.9M in a Seed round led by Nina Capital, Inoca Capital Partners, and Capital Factory.

  • i-Genie (AI-powered consumer insights) raised $7.5M in a Series A led by Mudita Ventures and Silicon Road Ventures.

  • Navatar (CRM for private markets) received an investment from Decathlon Capital Partners.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

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  • Sam Cantor was promoted to Director, Product Management - Data Platforms at CME Group.

  • Catherine Clay was appointed CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices, effective November 1.

  • Jason Cook joined Proxima as VP Sales & Partnerships, Data.

  • Steve Green joined Standard Chartered as Global Chief Data Officer for Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) and International Markets.

  • Anita Karppi joined International Capital Market Association (ICMA) as Senior Director - Buyside, Market Practice and Regulatory Policy.

  • Jeff Lipton joined The Bond Buyer as Market Intelligence Analyst.

  • Matthew Lyberg was promoted to Global Head of AI, Asset Management & Product at Manulife.

  • Nachiket Mehta joined The Hartford as VP, AI & Data Engineering.

  • Frederick Miles was promoted to Global Head of Data Operations at Rimes.

  • Andrea Remyn Stone joined PEI Group as Non-Executive Director.

  • Duncan Robinson joined Franklin Templeton as Director of AI & Optimization, Principal Research Scientist.

  • Enrique Sacau joined Infront as CEO.

  • Scott Wallace joined Emporia Research as VP, Client Solutions.

Who’s Hiring

Check out the It’s Pronounced Data job board for full listings. This week’s additions are below.

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

What I’m Reading

What I’m Listening To

Upcoming Events

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