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Summary
After raising hundreds of billions of dollars in private markets to fuel unprecedented growth, key GenAI companies are moving their fundraising efforts to public markets.
Join us for our complimentary webinar on July 22nd as market experts from S&P Global and KPMG break down the latest funding totals for GenAI and discuss growing fundraising in public markets.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Melissa Otto, CFA
Head of Research, Visible Alpha
Melissa is Head of Visible Alpha Research at S&P Global. She focuses on understanding AI applications and the role of the mega-cap technology stocks, while integrating Visible Alpha and CapIQ tools into a broad range of investment research topics, sectors and persona workflows. Prior to joining Visible Alpha, she spent 20+ years as an equity analyst and portfolio manager, investing in global technology and consumer stocks and the Pan-Asia region. In addition to her equity investing career, Melissa worked with engineering teams at data providers and Microsoft Azure building cloud-based solutions to centralize and aggregate critical investment data for investors.
Melissa studied Japanese at Harvard University, received her MA in economics from Brandeis University and MS degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and is a CFA charterholder. She is certified in Azure Fundamentals and Agile Project Management and recently completed The Business of AI course at Columbia Business School. She is a frequent media commentator on equities in the US and abroad.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Sarah James
Senior Editor
Sarah James has more than a decade of experience writing and editing data-driven, sector-focused content, covering everything from retransmission consent disputes to municipal broadband deployment. She has moderated various panels at industry events like Mobile World Congress and Streaming Media West, and she continues to produce articles around environmental, social and governance issues.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Iuri Struta
Editor
Iuri Struta is a Senior Research Associate at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He specializes in analyzing M&A activity within the technology sector, with a particular focus on fintech and artificial intelligence.
Prior to joining S&P Global in 2022, Iuri conducted research on shareholder activism at Insightia, where, among others, he led the research effort on activism vulnerability assessment. He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in international business.
KPMG
Shari Mager
National Capital Markets Leader, Partner
Shari Mager is a partner in KPMG LLP’s Deal Advisory practice and is the U.S. national leader of the Capital Markets Advisory practice. She specializes in the delivery of capital markets readiness, buy-side and sell-side accounting, finance integration, and separation services in the technology industry.
Shari regularly advises clients on technical accounting matters including business combinations, revenue recognition, lease accounting, debt/equity transactions, consolidation assessments, IFRS/U.S. GAAP conversions and various other accounting and SEC-related issues. She has advised on a number of transformative M&A, IPO and SPAC transactions and has supported the preparation of financial statements and drafting of Forms S-1, S-4, 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K; correspondence with the SEC; and technical accounting support.
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