Tik Tok On The Clock

But the party don't stop, no

Dan Entrup
January 20, 2025

Since last post we’ve seen 8 acquisitions, 11 funding rounds ($585.0M raised), 9 people moves & promotions, 11 roles ($218K average salary), 2 partnerships, 1 research study, 4 articles, 1 podcast, and 2 legal matters.

This week we have a pitch deck that VP-AI used to raise $73M (probably) in a Series A (probably not) led by (definitely not) z16a, Old Enterprise Associates (OEA), Soundspeed, Lion Global, Unique Catalyst, SoEast Venture Partners, Third Round Capital, Subtraction, Greykey, 9-Volt Battery Ventures, and Decel. Scroll to the bottom for details.

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M&A

dbt Labs acquired SDF Labs (SQL comprehension). PR
FPE Capital acquired Clearstate (medtech data) from The Economist Group. PR
H.I.G. Capital acquired Kantar Media (media data & analytics). PR
Perplexity acquired Read.cv. PR
Qlik acquired Upsolver (real-time data streaming and ingestion). PR
ServiceNow acquired Cuein AI (conversation data analysis and insights). PR
SIX acquired Swiss Fund Data (fund data). PR
The Trade Desk acquired Sincera (advertising data). PR

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

Alium (enterprise software buying intelligence) emerged from stealth and announced it raised $7M in a Seed round led by Greycroft and Primary.
BeZero (carbon ratings agency) raised $32M in a Series C led by Temasek’s GenZero.
Daash Intelligence (commerce intelligence) raised $5.5M in a Seed round led by Bullpen Capital.
Instabase (unstructured data platform) raised $100M in a Series D led by Qatar Investment Authority.
LetsData (text and video metadata analysis) raised $1.6M in a Pre-Seed round.
NatureMetrics (biodiversity data and insights) raised €24.4M in a Series B led by Generation Investment Management’s Just Climate.
Prophecy (data transformation copilot) raised $47M in a Series B1 led by Smith Point Capital.
Rockfish Data (synthetic data generation) raised $4M in a Seed round led by Emergent Ventures.
Shippeo (multimodal transportation visibility and analytics) raised $30M in a round led by Woven Capital.
Sydecar (private investment vehicle management) raised $11M in a Series A led by Deciens Capital.
Truveta (healthcare data and genome project) raised $320M in a round from 17 health systems, Illumina, and Regeneron.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

Saul Bello joined RiskSmart as Chief Revenue Officer, Americas.
Amy Fuller-Riley joined Wood MacKenzie as VP of Sales, Americas.
Martijn Groot joined APG Asset Management as Value Stream Manager, Data Products Management.
Liz Hocker joined NYSE as Regional Head, Capital Markets.
Jason Howard joined Dialectica as Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer.
Derek Kannenberg joined Addepar as Group Product Manager, Market Data.
Michelle Majeski joined Moody’s Analytics as Director, Global Partnerships & Alliances.
Cody McCauley joined TollBit as Partnerships Manager.
John Ridley joined Confluence as Enterprise Sales Director - North America Analytics.

Partnerships Corner

Who’s Hiring

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

BMLL is hiring a Head of Content.
Capital Markets Gateway (CMG) is hiring a Global Client Director, Sellside ($300K - $350K).
Citi is hiring a SVP, Marketing Data Platforms ($144K - $216K).
Monda is hiring a Head of Demand Generation.
S&P Global is hiring a Head of Commercial Enablement, S&P DJI ($245K - $280K) and a Head of Strategic Partnerships ($300K - $350K)
Shutterstock is hiring a Director, Data Licensing & AI Growth Marketing ($160K - $185K).
Stocktwits is hiring a Director, Data Sales.
TradingHub is hiring a Head of FP&A.
Walmart is hiring a Manager, Strategic Account Management, Data Ventures ($96K - $202K).
Wolfe Research is hiring a Equity Sales Associate, Quantitative Sales ($100K - $120K).

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

Research Study

Doug Laney at BARC is initiative a study, Measuring the Value of Data Assets and Data Products. This survey-based report will examine both the economic benefits and the cost considerations of data assets, focusing on how organizations can assess and optimize the value they derive from data.

What I’m Reading

What I’m Listening To

Beyond Silos: Building a Centralized Data Marketplace featuring Kirk McKeown in conversation with Jake Schuster.

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

BattleFin Discovery Day, January 22-24, Miami
IPEM PE & Wealth, January 28-30, Cannes
Data Day Texas, January 25, Austin
FISD New York, February 6, NYC
Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference, February 12, NYC
Winter Data Conference, March 7, Zell am See, Austria
IIEX North America, April 30 - May 1, Washington D.C.
World of DaaS Summit, May 8, Washington D.C.
KIMRA: Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis, June 4, London
Data Disrupt, June 4-5 2025, NYC

Pitch Deck for VP-AI

There are multiple (so ironic) “world’s first” AI-powered investment analysts and associates. But until now, no one created the World’s First AI-Powered Investment Banking Vice President. Here we have their pitch deck breakdown. You can download the pdf in the link below.