Dragonfly × Modern Data Stack (MDS)
Dragonfly, a technology intelligence platform, acquired Modern Data Stack (MDS), an online community and knowledge hub for the data industry. [35, 40] The deal, for which financial terms were not disclosed, transfers MDS's assets, including its directory of 500+ data tools and its 25,000-member community, to Dragonfly. [35, 45] Dragonfly plans to integrate MDS's content and vendor-agnostic mapping of data tools to expand its own knowledge graph of software vendors. [35, 40]
The asset
The acquisition includes a directory of over 500 data tools, a content archive, real-world data stack breakdowns, a newsletter, a podcast, and the brand's online community. [35, 40, 45]
- 500 data tool directory entries
- 25k community members
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Data industry knowledge hub
- Modalities
- web_content, text
- Jurisdiction
- UK
What it means if you hold data
This transaction shows that even community-generated, publicly-facing datasets and content archives are valuable assets worth acquiring. For Dragonfly, buying the established map of the 'data stack' era is a strategic move to bolster its intelligence platform for the 'AI stack' era. [35]