To the moon

Across the dark side (no, not the buy side)

October 13, 2023

This week 1 acquisition, 9 fundraising rounds, 20 people moves & promotions, 5 articles, 5 roles, 2 new events, and 2 memes.

Israel

This may seem out of place in this newsletter but I think it’s important to acknowledge what is going on in the world and the horrific events in Israel. It’s unfathomable that these heinous acts of terrorism still exist in this modern day. Many readers of this newsletter are located in Israel, which is home to amazing data companies and incredibly talented people. I’m thinking of all of you at this time and hoping for your safety and peace. I’ve been talking to a lot of folks this week about organizations to get involved with or donate to. Here are a few I’ve come across, and I’d welcome you sharing with me any additional.

M&A

*transactions have been announced but may not be closed

Fundraising

  • Carbon Equity (climate investing platform) raised €6M in a Series A led by BlackFin Capital Partners.

  • Cleanlab (data quality and labelling) raised $25M in a Series A led by Menlo Ventures and TQ Ventures.

  • Deasie (data governance) raised $2.9M in a Seed round.

  • MDisrupt (healthtech expert marketplace) raised $3M in a Seed round led by The Venture Collective

  • Prophecy (data transformation) raised $35M in a Series B led by Insight Partners and SignalFire.

  • Sensigo (automotive data platform) raised $5M in a Seed round led by UP.Partners and Porsche.

  • TileDB (multi-modal database) raised $34M in a Series B led by AlleyCorp.

  • Upvest (investment infrastructure) raised €30M from Blackrock and existing investors.

  • Vellum Insurance (insurance analytics) raised $7M in a Seed round led by Acrew Capital.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

  • Greg Chambers was promoted to Head of Sales, Trading and Global Market Data at Iress.

  • Brian Christian joined Symphony as Head of Business Development.

  • James Chew was promoted to Head of Wholesale Market Data and Repositories at ICE.

  • John Cosenza joined OptimX Markets as a Strategic Advisor.

  • Tim Daniels joined Coalesce.io as Sales Director.

  • Collins Dunn was promoted to SVP, Senior Director of AI Search & Insights at FactSet.

  • Dylan Evaldsson joined pass_by as Chief Revenue Officer.

  • Juanse González was promoted to CEO at Bitmaker.

  • Lee Khan was promoted to Head of Sales, Americas Financials at Dow Jones.

  • Kevin Peterson was promoted to Senior Data Analyst, BI Analytics & Product Engineering at BWG Strategy.

  • Matthew Rance was promoted to Head of Commercial Data & Analytics at Immediate Media Co.

  • Brian Rowan was promoted to SVP, Senior Director - Market Intelligence at FactSet.

  • Bradley Saacks joined Insider as Hedge Fund Reporter.

  • Jose Salas joined SESAMm as Head of Sales Partnerships & Strategy.

  • Chloe Shanteau was promoted to Head of Client Services at Level Company.

  • Jon Stange was promoted to Data Sourcer at Chicago Trading Company.

  • Liam Sturges joined Datasite as Senior Sales Executive.

  • Michael von Geldern joined Anthony Nolan as Director of Data and Analytics.

  • Cassandra Vukorep joined Lloyd’s as Chief Data Officer.

  • Daniel Wallis joined Turnleaf Analytics as Head of Sales.

Who’s Hiring

What I’m reading

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

And another meme…thank you Jason Taylor for this gem.

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