Universal Ingnorance

Since last post we’ve seen 10 M&A deals, 6 funding rounds, 22 people moves & promotions, 7 roles, and 1 article.

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M&A

• Bloomberg acquired Canoe Intelligence (private markets data management and intelligence)

• Equality Asset Management acquired OptionMetrics (options data and analytics)

• FirstParty acquired Gulp Data (data valuation and commercialization)

• Goldman Sachs Alternatives acquired AEGIS Hedging (commodity market intelligence and infrastructure)

• Intercontinental Exchange acquired MarketAxess (fixed income trading) for $6B

• Legora acquired Wexler.ai (fact intelligence)

• Monetate acquired Simon AI (customer data platform)

• OpenBrand acquired Comperemedia (market intelligence)

• S&P Global acquired a majority stake in Agusto & Company (ratings agency)

• Vena acquired Morpheo (agentic data platform)

_{*Deals are announced but may not be closed.}

Funding

• CAIS (alternative investment platform) raised $170M at over a $2B valuation in a Series D led by Vista Equity Partners

• Credible Data (AI data context) raised $10M in a Seed round

• Databahn (agentic data control plane) raised $40M in a Series B led by Insight Partners

• Ellis (AI-native operations platform for private credit) raised $10M in a Seed round

• Harvey (AI for professional services) received a strategic investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives and J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners

• Simile (human behavior simulation) raised $200M at a $2B valuation in a Series B led by Greenoaks

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Kelly Beaver was promoted to Global CEO at Ipsos

• John Blaine joined Rogo as Director, Buyside

• Ties Boukema joined Hg as Head of Internal AI

• Ashley Burkardt was promoted to COO at Rep Data

• Xi Chen joined JPMorganChase as MD, Head of AI for Electronic Markets

• Stephen DiMarco joined Savanta as Chief Commercial Officer

• Michael Easton was promoted to CFO at Clarivate

• Jack Fitzpatrick joined Seersite as Chief Revenue Officer

• Paul Gallant joined Versana as Chief Product Officer

• Evan Haney joined Millennium as Head of Strategic Data Management

• Brad Hunt joined BMLL as Chairman of the Board

• Triona O’Keeffe joined NatWest Group as Chief Data and Analytics Officer

• Ricky Odello was promoted to Chief Revenue Officer at Rep Data

• Dan Ostermueller joined Jane Street as Data Strategist

• Ryan Rothe was promoted to Chief Growth Officer at Rep Data

• Dawson Smith joined FirstParty as VP of Growth

• Brinley Tilley was promoted to SVP, Global Head of Client Coverage at S&P Global

• Sachin Vaya joined The Coca-Cola Company as VP, Data, North America

• Paul Wealleans joined OvationMR as MD, UK & EMEA

• Eric Weitzman was promoted to SVP, Senior Director, Data Partnerships at FactSet

• Gaby Whitehouse joined Onviv as SVP & Managing Director, Account Services

• Michelle Yaiser joined Savanta as Chief Product Officer

*may not have started roles, but roles are announced or updates provided online.

Who’s Hiring

• Bloomberg is hiring a Product Manager, Alternative Data - Data Feeds ($140K - $295K)

• Jain Global is hiring a Data Engineer

• Oliver Wyman is hiring a Head of External Data Vendor Management ($163K - $221K)

• Point72 is hiring a Data Strategist ($130K - $150K)

• Sieve is hiring a Research & Product Lead

• Walmart Data Ventures is hiring a Manager, Strategic Account Management - Market Research

• YipitData is hiring a Head of Data, Private Investor ($230K - $250K)

*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

• How to turn synthetic data into strategy-grade insights by Keith Rinzler

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• BattleFin Montauk, Aug 10-11, Montauk, NY

• Boston Fintech Week, Sep 21-25, Boston

• Collingwood Value Creation Summit, Oct 7, London

• World Financial Information Conference (WFIC), Oct 11-14, Copenhagen

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