Transformative M&A

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Since last post we’ve seen 3 acquisitions, 10 funding rounds ($124.9M raised), 17 people moves & promotions, 15 roles ($233K average salary), 5 articles, 1 podcast, 6 partnerships, 2 legal matters, 1 newly added upcoming event, and memes moving to Instagram (I’ll leave one here each week at the bottom). But first, a word from this week’s sponsor.

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M&A

• Carta Healthcare acquired Realyze Intelligence (data analytics for clinical trial matching). PR

• Stout acquired DebtX Analytics (lending analytics). PR

• Vaisala acquired WeatherDesk (weather forecasting) from Maxar for $70M. PR

• I’ve acquired the It’s Pronounced Data Instagram handle. Will be posting most memes on Insta instead of email (it’s getting a bit much for the email), so be sure to follow. No press release for this one, but some would call this a transformative deal 😁 

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• 1m (healthcare risk management) raised $10M in a Series A led by Banner Health.

• Askable (on-demand research) raised AUD$22M in a Series A led by Airtree Ventures.

• Fasal (crop growing data and intelligence) received an investment from Beyond Capital Ventures.

• Finny (financial advisor prospecting tools) raised $4.3M in a Seed round led by Maple VC and HNVR.

• Keepit (cloud-native data protection and backup) raised $50M in a round led by One Peak and EIFO.

• Koantek (data consulting) received an investment from Databricks Ventures.

• Particle Health (medical record data) raised $10M in a round led by existing investors.

• SkySQL (cloud-native solution for MySQL and MariaDB) raised $6.6M from Eniac Ventures, Good Capital, and WTI.

• Stainless (API platform) raised $25M in a Series A led by a16z.

• Tuva Health (healthcare data platform) raised $5M in a Seed round led by Virtue.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Eva Dong joined Google as Lead of AI Value Realization, Google Cloud.

• Isaac Esseku joined FirstParty as VP of Growth.

• Rayne Gaisford joined Hedgineer as Head of Risk.

• Yet He was promoted to SVP, Head of Global FP&A and Treasurer at FactSet.

• Michael Holt was promoted to CFO at Morningstar.

• Riley Kinser joined Citadel as Talent Intelligence Engineering Lead.

• Katy Mallios joined Cint as SVP of Supply and Data Partnerships.

• Luigi Mangione joined State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, PA. This is a data people moves newsletter. He is (formerly) a data engineer.

• Kerry McClelland was promoted to CFO at 9fin.

• Bill Michalski joined Datassential as SVP of Data Strategy.

• Wendy Mock joined BNY as SVP, Head of Content Strategy & Development.

• Tim Nersten joined Gradient as Head of Strategic Business Development, Financial Services.

• Mike Netzer was promoted to VP of Sales and Marketing at datacenterHawk.

• Derek Scheer joined NBCUniversal as Director, Data Partnerships.

• Sophia Toh joined Ingenio as VP of Analytics.

• Eleanor Treharne-Jones was promoted to CEO at Bigeye.

• Eleanor Walker joined S&P Global as Head of Data and Business Strategy, Private Markets.

Who’s Hiring

It’s time to retire the Google Sheet. I’m now using the Getro platform for the It’s Pronounced Data job board. I’ll be curating the roles which can now be found on this awesome platform for cross-company job posts. 500+ VCs use Getro to make opportunities visible in their networks. If you’re in PE/VC (I’m looking at you platform teams) or at a Professional Network, be sure to check out Getro. Let me know if you’d like an intro to the team.

• Amazon is hiring a Global Insights & Measurement Lead, Amazon Ads ($138K - $239K).

• Atlassian is hiring a Chief of Staff to the Head of Data ($154K - $248K).

• Databricks is hiring a Senior Industry Solutions Director, Banking ($237K - $419K).

• Delectus Partners is placing a Sales Director - Asset Management at a PE-backed financial services solutions provider.

• Federal Reserve Bank of New York is hiring a Head of Data & Statistics ($340K - $440K).

• Fintech Sandbox is hiring a Data Partner Manager.

• Fitch is hiring a Director, Fitch Ventures ($175K - $200K) and a Global Head of Sales, CreditSights ($250K - $325K).

• Green Street is hiring a Global Head of Sales - News ($180K - $200K).

• Jefferies is hiring a Data Strategy Biostatistician ($110K - $160K).

• Moody’s is hiring a Global Business Director - Strategic Accounts - Professional Services ($150K - $270K).

• Russell Investments is hiring a Head of Enterprise Data Management Technology ($250K - $280K).

• Thermo Fisher Scientific is hiring a VP, Head of Data Capabilities, PPD Digital ($175K - $262K).

• Women In Research (WIRe) is hiring a Marketing & Events Manager.

• Workiva is hiring a Lead Data Product Manager ($151K - $242K).

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

What I’m Reading

What I’m Listening To

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

• Texas adds data broker specializing in driver behavior to list of alleged privacy law violators by Suzanne Smalley in The Record.

• Lawsuit Calls Scale AI ‘the Sordid Underbelly of the Generative AI Industry’ by Sam Blum in Inc. Magazine.

*Nothing in this section should be construed as an opinion of the author. This is just to highlight news and articles related to data privacy, legal, regulatory, and compliance matters.

Partnership Corner

• Mosaic Announces Strategic Integration with FactSet Data to Streamline Public-to-Private Deal Modeling.

• Mosaic Announces Strategic Integration with S&P Capital IQ Data to Streamline Public-to-Private Deal Modeling.

• Chronograph Launches Carta Capitalization Tables Integration.

• Archedata Joins Forces with Eagle Alpha and 3D Innovations to Deliver a Secure, Curated Services Library for Kairos, its Procurement and Vendor Management Solution.

• Similarweb Partners with S&P Global Market Intelligence to Enhance Transparency within Credit Risk.

• PM Insights Announces Data Partnership with Nasdaq Private Market.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• *Low-Key Data Happy Hour (The OG), December 18, NYC

• Data-Driven VC Hackathon, January 15, Paris

• BattleFin Discovery Day, January 22-24, Miami

• FISD New York, February 6, NYC

• Eagle Alpha Alternative Data Conference, February 12, NYC

• 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

Views here are the author’s own and not of any employers or companies. The author may be compensated for pieces in this newsletter.