We Are So Back

Happy Tax Day Eve to those who celebrate. Since last post we’ve seen 10 acquisitions, 6 funding rounds ($147.0M raised), 17 people moves & promotions, 4 roles ($242K average salary), 1 special report, 2 articles, 1 legal & regulatory matter, and 3 newly added upcoming events.

There’s A Data Provider For That - Tariff Edition

• Descartes Datamyne

• ImportGenius

• Panjiva (S&P)

• Trade Data Monitor

• TradeImeX

• Trademo

M&A

• ACA Group acquired Global Transaction Analytics (cost analysis tools).

• Apex Group acquired Flow (private markets infrastructure).

• Cloudflare acquired Outerbase (developer database platform).

• Crisp acquired Atheon Analytics (demand intelligence).

• Crisp acquired ClearBox Analytics (CPG intelligence).

• Humach acquired Markets EQ (AI-powered voice analytics).

• IBM acquired Hakkoda (data and AI consultancy).

• KKR acquired OSTTRA (post-trade solutions) from S&P Global and CME Group for $3.1B.

• Model ML acquired Flippr (document analysis).

• Nielsen IQ acquired Gastrograph AI (sensory insights).

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Funding

• Cint (research marketplace) raised SEK 596M in a rights offering.

• Dealstack (private capital operating system) raised $5.5M in a Seed round.

• Metopio (community intelligence solutions) received a growth investment from Plymouth Growth.

• Springtail (Postgres database scalability) raised $2.5M in a Pre-Seed round led by Gradient.

• Tessell (multi-cloud database-as-a-service) raised $60M in a Series B led by WestBridge Capital.

• TransFICC (connectivity and workflow services for Fixed Income and Derivatives markets) raised $25M in a Series B led by Citadel Securities.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

• Elina Baygildina was promoted to SVP, Client Service at GLG.

• Steve Bonanno joined IEX as Chief Information Officer.

• Antonia Büttner was promoted to Director at Enco Insights.

• Gavin Carey joined BMLL as Head of Content.

• Rory Curran joined Conveo as VP of Sales.

• Kurt Knapton joined the Board of Directors of Rep Data.

• Jan Larsen joined the Advisory Board of ValidMind.

• Tara Marotti was promoted to President & CEO at Burke.

• Kevin Morgan joined Expand Research as Senior Principal.

• Carter Page joined Astronomer as EVP, R&D.

• Pallavi Pal was promoted to SVP, Head of Product at Grata.

• Pranav Rao was promoted to Director, Head of Research/Content Strategy at Smartkarma.

• Markus Röhrig joined Boerse Stuttgart Group as Chief Growth Officer.

• George Tarakhovski joined Paychex as Co-Head of Data Acquisition & Partnerships.

• Ali Van Nes joined THEIA Analytics as Chief Business & Legal Officer.

• James Weatherbed joined QuantifyAI as Managing Director, EMEA.

• Cho Qiuli Xue was promoted to Director of Client Delivery at Cherre.

• Eric Yuen joined Decimal Point Analytics as Partner.

• Kyril Zimin joined Toloka as Chief Solutions Officer, AI

Who’s Hiring

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

• Bank of America is hiring a Global Markets Data Management – Vice President/Director.

• Intuit is hiring a Principal Strategy Manager, Platform and Data Strategy ($207K - $280K).

• OpenAI is hiring a Engagement Manager ($240K).

• Validity is hiring a Senior Product Manager - Data Management.

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

Special Report

Inex One published their annual Expert Network Market Size report, highlighting 9% industry growth in 2024 to surpass $2.5B.

What I’m Reading

• Data and Defensibility: When does data confer defensibility? Let’s find out by Abraham Thomas.

• Headcount as Alpha: Forecasting Revenue for Growth & PE Investors by Cloud Ratings and People Data Labs.

Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

• Two Lawsuits Allege The Trade Desk Secretly Violates Consumer Privacy Laws by Kendra Barnett in Adweek.

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Data Council No Bullsh*t Data Conference, April 22-24, Oakland, CA

• Restecher Capital Markets Day, April 28, NYC

• Momentum AI, April 28-29, NYC

• IIEX North America, April 30 - May 1, Washington D.C.

• World of DaaS Summit, May 8, Washington D.C.

• GLG Alumni Reunion, May 13, NYC

• Sohn Investment Conference, May 14, NYC

• BattleFin Alternative Data Experience at Sohn, May 14, NYC

• FactSet Developer Days, May 15, Virtual

• *FISD Alternative Data Council, May 21, NYC

• *FISD New York, May 22, NYC

• KIMRA: Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis, June 4, London

• Data Disrupt, June 4-5 2025, NYC

• *BattleFin Discovery Day, June 10-11, NYC

• Web Data Extract Summit, September 24-25, Austin, TX

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