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VanEck Wide Moat Strategy Now Available on AssetMark SMA Platform

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Mercoledì, Maggio 1, 2024

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VanEck is today announcing that the VanEck Morningstar® Wide Moat Strategy is now available on AssetMark’s Separately Managed Account (SMA) platform, providing access to Morningstar’s approach to investing in quality companies at attractive valuations to financial advisors on the platform.

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VanEck is today announcing that the VanEck Morningstar® Wide Moat Strategy is now available on AssetMark’s Separately Managed Account (SMA) platform, providing access to Morningstar’s approach to investing in quality companies at attractive valuations to financial advisors on the platform.
The strategy seeks to track the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index, the same index underpinning the $14B VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) , which has delivered strong long-term performance relative to the S&P 500 since its launch in April of 2012.
The addition of the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Strategy to AssetMark’s SMA platform builds on the strategic relationship between the two firms.
Since July 2023, AssetMark has worked with VanEck to offer the VanEck Thematic Disruption Strategy on its platform.

GumGum Sees Over 2X Growth Compared to Industry Average, Taps Industry Veteran Michelle Hulst as President

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Mercoledì, Settembre 6, 2023

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- GumGum, a contextual-first, digital advertising platform, announced its significant growth as the industry moves into a post-cookie world. GumGum will continue to focus on scaling the organization with the hire of seasoned executive, Michelle Hulst, who will be joining GumGum as President. She will lead GumGum's global advertising business as well as drive the worldwide adoption of GumGum's platform for the future of digital advertising, The Mindset Platform™. Hulst will report to GumGum's CEO Phil Schraeder and will be based out of San Francisco.

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GumGum, a contextual-first, digital advertising platform, announced its significant growth as the industry moves into a post-cookie world.
GumGum will continue to focus on scaling the organization with the hire of seasoned executive, Michelle Hulst, who will be joining GumGum as President.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- GumGum , a contextual-first, digital advertising platform, announced its significant growth as the industry moves into a post-cookie world.
GumGum will continue to focus on scaling the organization with the hire of seasoned executive, Michelle Hulst, who will be joining GumGum as President.

Serial Entrepreneur Jonah Goodhart Joins Attain Board of Directors

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Mercoledì, Giugno 14, 2023

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CHICAGO, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Attain, a leading permissioned commerce data platform that powers sales transaction measurement and purchase-based data activation for brands, today announced that Jonah Goodhart will join its Board of Directors. Goodhart, the former CEO and co-founder of Moat, former executive at Oracle Data Cloud, founding investor and board member of Right Media, and investor in 100+ technology companies, brings a unique perspective and know-how to Attain's product innovation and go-to-market strategy.

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CHICAGO, June 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Attain , a leading permissioned commerce data platform that powers sales transaction measurement and purchase-based data activation for brands, today announced that Jonah Goodhart will join its Board of Directors.
"Jonah's extensive experience across commerce data and the media industry will be invaluable to Attain as we accelerate our growth strategy," said Brian Mandelbaum, Attain's CEO and cofounder.
"His seasoned insights will be a significant asset to our Board as we scale our platform to further improve brand outcomes."
"Attain's ability to leverage their footprint across retailers and merchants, including online and offline, is truly unique," said Goodhart.

Florence Launches Modern Healthcare Experience With $20M Seed Round Led by Thrive Capital, GV, and Salesforce Ventures

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Giovedì, Marzo 30, 2023

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NEW YORK, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Florence, an innovator in healthcare enablement software, has launched out of stealth mode after raising $20 million in seed funding. The health tech startup's round was led by Thrive Capital, GV (Google Ventures), and Salesforce Ventures with participation from Vast Ventures, BoxGroup and Atento Capital.

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The health tech startup's round was led by Thrive Capital, GV (Google Ventures), and Salesforce Ventures with participation from Vast Ventures, BoxGroup and Atento Capital.
Comprised of physicians and engineers from leading health systems and technology companies, the Florence team has created a technology solution that provides a modern consumer experience while reducing operational overhead.
The technology drives efficiency for healthcare workers and patients, enabling patients to get care faster while load-balancing in-person and virtual capacity across health systems and clinics.
"Technology is the most expedient way to address the growing challenges to our overburdened healthcare system across cost, access and labor," said Aniq Rahman, Florence CEO and Founder.

Swayable recruits top industry veterans and science talent as growth accelerates

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Mercoledì, Gennaio 18, 2023

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Shane Mullane, one of the first revenue executives at Moat, joins Swayable this week as Vice-President of Sales.

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Shane Mullane, one of the first revenue executives at Moat, joins Swayable this week as Vice-President of Sales.
Mullane comes to Swayable with 20 years experience in disruptive innovation in marketing and data, including at MediaOcean and Oracle Data Cloud.
Also joining are Dr Kathy Gerlach (PhD, cognitive neuroscience, Harvard) as COO and Olivia Myszkowski as head of Advanced Services.
2022 saw the Swayable team consistently exceed growth targets, blowing past a $10M ARR projection to end the year up 3X.

Richie Bello Brings Data Science To Funding Business Growth

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Martedì, Dicembre 27, 2022

Psychology, AI, Growth, Marketing, Data Science Institute, Algorithm, Verner, Research, DSI, Cryptocurrency, Financial services, Moat

MIAMI, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AI technology has revolutionized the way businesses operate, enabling them to work more efficiently and reduce costs. By leveraging AI algorithms, businesses can analyze large datasets quickly and accurately. The Data Science Institute (DSI) utilizes data technologies to target investors for its clients, which was one of the first attractions that led Richie Bello to partner with the company. "Tony Vermer, Founder and CEO of DSI has reduced the time and money spent on inefficient approaches to the market by utilizing technology combined with psychology, creating more targeted approaches to investors," said Richie Bello, founder of SSA Data "and it doesn't end there".

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The Data Science Institute (DSI) utilizes data technologies to target investors for its clients, which was one of the first attractions that led Richie Bello to partner with the company.
MIAMI, Dec. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AI technology has revolutionized the way businesses operate, enabling them to work more efficiently and reduce costs.
The Data Science Institute (DSI) utilizes data technologies to target investors for its clients, which was one of the first attractions that led Richie Bello to partner with the company.
said Tony Vermer, CEO and Founder of Data Science Institute (DSI).

Recast raises $3.4 million for automated marketing data science platform

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Giovedì, Dicembre 15, 2022

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Recast puts state-of-the-art marketing science tools into the hands of practitioners.

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Recast puts state-of-the-art marketing science tools into the hands of practitioners.
Tools for marketing mix modeling (MMM), forecasting and planning, and robust marketing optimization can be used directly by marketing teams without having to wait on data scientists or outside consulting firms.
Recast plans to use the investment to scale the software engineering and data science teams to increase their lead as the best automated marketing science platform in the world.
Recast is an automated marketing data science platform providing the next generation of marketers with near-real-time marketing mix modeling and sophisticated forecasting and planning tools.

VanEck Expands Moat Investing Suite With Launch of ETF Targeting Small- and Mid-Cap Moat Stocks

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Giovedì, Ottobre 6, 2022

VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (CBOE: SMOT) , the newest addition to the firms lineup of moat-focused equity funds.

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VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (CBOE: SMOT) , the newest addition to the firms lineup of moat-focused equity funds.
The flagship fund of this suite, the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT), has attracted significant investment since its inception in 2012, driven in large part by the long-term success of its investment strategy.
SMID-cap stocks are an attractive segment of the U.S. equity market, as theyve historically provided greater return potential than large caps.
The Morningstar Wide Moat Focus IndexSM, Morningstar Global ex-US Moat Focus IndexSM, Morningstar Global Wide Moat Focus IndexSM, Morningstar US Sustainability Moat Focus IndexSM, and Morningstar US Small-Mid Cap Moat Focus IndexSM were created and are maintained by Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar, Inc. does not sponsor, endorse, issue, sell, or promote the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF, VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF, VanEck Morningstar Global Wide Moat ETF, VanEck Morningstar ESG Moat ETF, or VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF and bears no liability with respect to the ETFs or any security.

Bonfire Ventures Raises Over $230M for Two New Funds to Help B2B Software Startups Beat the Odds

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Martedì, Maggio 31, 2022

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LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bonfire Ventures — the firm helping seed-stage B2B software companies beat the odds — today announced the close of its third core seed fund at $168 million, and its second opportunity fund, at $63 million. Bonfire has now raised five funds since its founding in 2017 and, including predecessor funds, has over $1 billion under management. Bonfire's first two core funds have performed in the top 10% of global venture capital (VC) funds for their respective vintage years. The firm's third fund was considerably oversubscribed, but Bonfire capped the raise to maintain their proven model of success - providing curated, hands-on partnership to guide B2B software founders through the tumultuous journey from Seed to Series A and beyond.

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Bonfire has now raised five funds since its founding in 2017 and, including predecessor funds, has over $1 billion under management.
"We're singularly focused on backing B2B software founders at the seed stage to help them beat the odds and transform the industries they serve."
Bonfire Ventures will use the new funding to invest in a select number of B2B software companies while providing specialized support for seed-stage B2B software founders in their most critical moments.
Bonfire Ventures goes to work at the seed stage for ambitious B2B software founders who consider us their most trusted and helpful advisors.

EDO Appoints Former Moat and Oracle Advertising VP James Zaumeyer as SVP, Head of Revenue

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Lunedì, Aprile 25, 2022

Prior to EDO, Zaumeyer served as VP of Sales for Oracles Moat product suite, where he was responsible for all new business activity globally focused on brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms.

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Prior to EDO, Zaumeyer served as VP of Sales for Oracles Moat product suite, where he was responsible for all new business activity globally focused on brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms.
In his eight-year stint at the company, Zaumeyer held senior leadership positions in the US, and also served as Senior Director for Oracle Advertising, leading the strategy, operations and sales for all of Oracle Advertising products across Asia Pacific, Australia, Japan, New Zealand.
Before Moat, Zaumeyer held senior roles at Adobe and pioneering digital measurement company Hitwise.
Every part of this hugely valuable marketplace wants to truly know what works, and Ive seen how EDO is offering a uniquely powerful answer, said Zaumeyer.