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Since last post we’ve seen 4 acquisitions, 7 fundraising rounds, 10 people moves & promotions, 2 articles, 1 podcast, 7 roles, and 1 newly added upcoming event.

M&A

• CloudSoda acquired DataIntell (data management and analytics)

• EPAM acquired Odysseus Data Services (health data analytics).

• Field Agent acquired Shelfgram (retail insights).

• Semrush acquired a majority stake in Datos (clickstream data).

*Deals are announced but may not be closed.

Fundraising

• Arches (expert network) raised $3M in a round led by KUSABI.

• Continuus Technologies (data engineering and cloud consulting) received a Growth Equity investment from Borgman Capital.

• Finbourne (financial data management) raised £55M in a Series B led by Highland Europe and AXA Ventures Partners.

• Real World Health (health data analytics) raised £1.7M in a Series A led by Maven Capital Partners.

• Scoop Analytics (business analytics tools) raised $3.5M in a Seed round led by Ridge Ventures.

• SurrealDB (multi-model database) raised $20M in a round led by FirstMark.

• Tinybird (real-time data platform) raised $30M in a Series B led by Balderton Capital.

Deal Highlights

Semrush announced an integration Datos’s global clickstream data in its suite of products. The company also shared that they acquired a majority stake in Datos in December 2023.

Datos has made an exciting splash on the data scene, introducing a new, anonymized global clickstream dataset to the market. The company provides advanced analytic capabilities to investors and corporations to understand web activity and trends in consumer behavior.

Datos was founded in 2019 and is led by CEO Eli Goodman (former Jumpshot, comScore). The company has offices in NYC, Spain, and Germany.

Semrush was founded in 2008 and is led by CEO Oleg Shchegolev and President Eurgene Levin (former Target Global and Foresight Ventures). The company went public in 2021 under the ticker symbol NYSE:SEMR.

For more information on the acquisition and data integration, check out the press release here.

People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments

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• Aram Barkamian joined Nasdaq as Senior Director, Index Governance.

• Peter Bentley joined Iress as Head of Platform Development.

• Jordan Brown joined Bridgewater Associates as Data and Research Ranger.

• Barry Hurewitz joined the Advisory Board of ModuleQ.

• Kyle Johnson joined Hedgineer as Head of Sales & Marketing.

• Nancy Luquette joined Nasdaq as SVP, Chief Audit Executive.

• Sam McBride-Wright was promoted to Global Head of Financial Services at GLG.

• Alex Sharata was promoted to Partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

• Brendan Siebecker joined Analytics8 as VP of Partnerships and Channels.

• Stuart Tolander joined Speech Craft Analytics as Chief Revenue Officer.

• PostSig announced a new Advisory Board with members including - Tom Griffiths, Robert Jeanbart, Phil Kim, Chris Petrescu, and Alexa Summer.

What I’m Reading

• Artificial Investment, a new newsletter from Richard Lichtenstein, Expert Partner & Chief Private Equity Data Officer at Bain & Company.

• Spreadsheets Are Dead. Long Live Spreadsheets by Jason DeRise.

What I’m Listening To

• Transforming Market Research featuring Sam Glasswell of Arbolus in discussion with Mark Hayward on the Business Growth Talks podcast.

Data Ideas

As we continue to build our data community, It’s Pronounced Data would like to help founders or soon-to-be founders of data businesses get their ideas off the ground. Submit your data business idea here and we will share with a curated group of data industry veterans to provide feedback and leverage our network of investors, advisors, operators, and data professionals.

Who’s Hiring

• ByteDance is hiring a Product Manager, LLM Data Acquisition and Production ($156K - $296K).

• Datarade is hiring a Partnerships Manager, B2B SaaS, Data & AI ($100K).

• Hearst is hiring a Product Manager, Data Product Development ($165K - $205K).

• Humana is hiring a Lead, Venture Investing ($123K - $170K).

• Moderna is hiring a Head of Commercial Data ($270K - $310K).

• TIFIN is hiring a Head of Growth Marketing ($150K - $200K).

• Vanda Research is hiring a VP of Sales.

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

Upcoming Events

*new events added since last newsletter

• Knowledge & Information Management, Research & Analysis (KIMRA) - Generative AI Conference, July 3, London

• *Applied AI Strategies for Private Markets - Happy Hour, July 10, NYC

• People Data Labs Q2 Happy Hour Hang, July 17, NYC

• The Quirk’s Event, July 17-18, NYC

• Boston Fintech Week, September 16-20, Boston

• StockTwits Stocktoberfest, October 20-22, Coronado, CA

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