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M&A
Aiera acquired Columba Systems (corporate event calendar data).
Alpha FMC acquired Shoreline (asset and wealth management consulting).
Databricks acquired Okera (AI data governance).
Intapp acquired Paragon Data Labs (employee compliance software).
*transactions have been announced but may not be closed
Fundraising
Openlayer (AI model testing) raised $4.8M in a Seed round led by Quiet Capital.
Range (wealth-tech) raised $12M in a Series A led by Gradient Ventures (Google).
SAR (event-driven risk analytics) announced an investment led by Anthem Management.
Sentera (ag analytics) raised a Series C led by Conti Ventures and S2G Ventures.
People Moves, Promotions, and Appointments
Evan Abrahm joined Juniper Square in Institutional Account Management.
Nawar Alsaadi joined the Advisory Board of Ocorth.
Ryan McBride joined Scope3 as Global Head of Business Development.
Allen Pachence joined BNY Mellon as Director, Enterprise Data Management and Strategy.
Justin Ramsey joined Finquest as Director, Private Equity.
John Riccardi joined the Advisory Board of Louisa Connects.
Daniel Sanchez-Grant joined AlphaSense as SVP, International Corporate Sales & UK Country Director.
Arielle Sweitzer was promoted to VP, Head of Marketing Content and Communications at FactSet.
Who’s Hiring
Bank of America (financial services) is hiring a Director, Data Strategy & Management, Global CIB COO Team.
Danske Bank (financial services) is hiring a Head of Data Science & Advanced Analytics.
INRIX (mobility analytics) is hiring a Strategic Partnerships Manager.
West Monroe (consulting) is hiring a Data Strategy & Business Analytics Advisor.
What I’m reading
*New Partnership Alert*
Revelate partnered with Gulp Data to create a new offering enabling companies to price and license their data. Revelate will embed Gulp’s valuation capabilities into their ecosystem, which allows companies to package their data in a secure and compliance manner.
Upcoming Events
*new events added since last newsletter
HFM Billion Dollar Leaders Summit - May 8-9, Montauk
ACG DealMAX (formerly Intergrowth) - May 8-10, Las Vegas
The Knowledge Graph Conference - May 8-12, NYC
OpenFin FinJS - May 9, NYC
*Generative AI and the Future of GTM - May 9, San Francisco
Battle of the Quants - May 10, NYC
AWS Capital Markets Financial Data Forum - May 11, NYC
*Eagle Alpha - Quant Relevant Datasets - Interactive Data Profiles & Vendor Insights - May 11, Virtual
WatersTechnology North American Financial Information Summit - May 16, NYC
Maiden Century Data Partner Summit - May 16, NYC
*Data Driven NYC with Notion AI, Snorkel AI, Pinecone, Foursquare, and NYT - May 16, NYC
Generative NYC hosted by Lightspeed - May 16, NYC
Spatial Data Science Conference - May 17-18, London
BattleFin Discovery Day New York - May 17-18, NYC
Neudata New York Summer Data Summit - June 1, NYC
Datatechvibe Velocity Data and Analytics Summit - June 5-7, Dubai
Eagle Alpha UNBOUND New York - June 6, NYC
FISD Alternative Data Council: Expert Networks Panel and Networking - June 7, NYC
Substantive Research Unbundling Uncovered - June 14, NYC
FinTech Connect North America - June 27, NYC