Vested Options

Next up into the shark tank

August 12, 2024

^And to think there was almost a world without cookies. Anyone who knows me well knows my closet looks like this. This is the set of ads I got on a website about fintech funding (not a vest shop). There was even a mid page ad with more vests.

Since last post we’ve seen 5 acquisitions, 9 fundraising rounds, 22 people moves & promotions, 6 articles, 1 legal & regulatory matter, 3 roles, and 2 newly added events.

Trying out Monday posts. Let me know what you think (or just click some links to boost the click-through-rate). Today is also my birthday (and another fellow data / meme / datameme / F1 nerd’s 😉 🎂 🎉)!

Market Map Monday

Last Monday, we published an initial draft and call to action to contribute companies across private markets data. Please contribute via comments on LinkedIn in the link.

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M&A

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Fundraising

  • Aviato (private markets analytics) received an investment from CerraCap Ventures.

  • Groq (AI inference) raised $640M at a $2.8B valuation in a Series D led by BlackRock.

  • KNIME (open-source data science and AI) raised $30M from Invus.

  • Placer.ai (location analytics) raised $75M at a $1.5B valuation in a round led by existing investors.

  • PortfolioPilot (AI financial advisor) raised $2M in a Seed round.

  • Powerlytics (consumer and business data) raised a round led by Curql.

  • ProRata.ai (generative AI attribution) raised $25M in a Series A.

  • Roe AI (unstructured data analytics) raised $3.5M in a Seed round led by Gradient Ventures (Google).

  • Seeq (industrial analytics and AI) raised $50M in a Series D led by Sixth Street Growth.

There’s A Data Provider For That

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Now that the Paris Olympics are closed, the events live on in the record books, our memories, YouTube and 50 other streaming sites, and also in the data! Olympian Database aims to deliver accurate, well organized, and transparent content about the Olympic sporting events from a variety of perspectives - focusing on an individual athlete or a nations achievements over time in the Olympics. Or by focusing on a particular sport or a particular event and its champions and medalists.

We’ve got something in the works with much more on sports data.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

Powered in partnership with Live Data Technologies. Who else is changing jobs? Get the latest data for the companies that matter most to you for free: http://www.livedatatechnologies.com/trial

  • Don D'Amico joined the Advisory Board of Gulp Data.

  • Madison Ball joined The Carlyle Group as Investment Data Scientist.

  • Erik Beck joined Rimes as President and Chief Revenue Officer.

  • Philipp Becker joined

  • Rohit Dhawan joined Lloyds Banking Group as Executive Director and Group Head of AI and Advanced Analytics.

  • Daniel Donovan joined AlphaSense as GTM Lead.

  • Mary Fleisch was promoted to Director of Market Data Sourcing at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

  • Ryan Goldberg joined Finbourne Technology as Sales Director, Private Markets.

  • James Hernandez joined Reade Street as COO.

  • Sidd Iyer was promoted to Head of Global Healthcare, Private Equity at GLG.

  • Dominique Kleeman joined TekCor4 as Chief Revenue Officer.

  • Holly Knightly was promoted to CFO at Circana.

  • Yanbang Li joined Datadog as Chief Product Officer.

  • Pooja Madia joined S&P Global as Director, Data Governance.

  • Veronique Montreuil joined Semrush as Chief Customer and Data Officer.

  • Min Park joined Beacon Platform as Head of Technical Account Management.

  • Jonathan Reed joined Benchmark Mineral Intelligence as Chief Revenue Officer.

  • Tim Sanders joined G2 as VP of Research Insights.

  • Wes Schmidt joined ISI Markets as Chief Revenue Officer, Data & Analytics.

  • Kevin Thornton joined Third Bridge as VP Sales, Private Markets.

  • Joseph Weinstein-Avery was promoted to Director, Service - Global Mega Private Equity at GLG.

  • Joanna Zheng joined Brightwave as Director of Business Operations.

More Sports Data

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What I’m Reading

About Last Night

Thank you ESOMAR for hosting a lively, informative discussion, “The Human Edge in the Age of AI” last week, with a presentation from Thomas Troch, Partner and Head of Innovation at Human8. I’m newer to attending market research industry events (I’m an old man on the data circuit and surprisingly the two worlds didn’t collide as much as they should). This was one of the better events I’ve been to in my career. Everyone was engaged in discussion, there were no forced sales pitches, networking was top notch, and the pigs in a blanket provided by host Colgate-Palmolive were 🔥

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

*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.

Who’s Hiring

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

Upcoming Events

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