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Datadog CFO David Obstler named to board of directors and former Wise CFO Matt Briers appointed board advisor and observer as company prepares for potential IPO
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Rokt, the leading ecommerce technology company using machine learning and AI to make transactions more relevant to each customer, today announced key additions to its board of directors and advisory group, effective Nov. 15. David Obstler, Chief Financial Officer of Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG), joins the Rokt board and will chair the audit committee. Matt Briers, former Chief Financial Officer of Wise (LON: WISE), joins as a board advisor and observer of both the board and its audit committee.
Both executives bring deep financial, operational, and governance expertise that will help guide Rokt through its next phase of growth and readiness for a potential IPO. These appointments reflect Rokt's continued focus on building a board and governance structure aligned with the standards of leading public technology companies.
"David and Matt are exceptional leaders with proven track records guiding companies through transformation, scale, and public-market success," said Bruce Buchanan, CEO of Rokt. "We're thrilled to welcome them to Rokt and are confident we'll benefit from their extensive finance and corporate governance expertise as we continue to accelerate our global growth."
David is Chief Financial Officer of Datadog and has served as a board advisor to Rokt since 2021. He has three decades of operational finance experience, with over two decades focused on technology companies. Prior to Datadog, Obstler served as CFO of several public and privately held companies, including TravelClick, MSCI Inc., and Risk Metrics Group, as well as investment banking positions at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs. He is currently the Chair of the Audit Committee of Braze, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRZE). and serves on the board of a number of private technology companies. Obstler holds a BA from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
"I've had the opportunity to support Rokt in a board advisory role over the past four years as it has achieved remarkable levels of success,"said Obstler. "I'm now honored to join the board of directors and help the company prepare for its next exciting phase of growth."
Matt served as CFO of Wise from 2015 to 2024, guiding the company through rapid global expansion and its successful direct listing on the London Stock Exchange. Prior to joining Wise, he held senior finance and strategy roles at Google, Lloyds Banking Group, Bain & Company and Capital One. Matt is currently on the Board of Qonto, one of Europe's leading FinTechs, in Paris, and holds advisory roles with a range of fast growing technology businesses. He holds a Master's Degree in Engineering from the University of Oxford.
"Rokt's ability to use technology and data science to create real customer value sets it apart in a crowded marketplace," said Briers. "I'm excited to partner with Bruce and the leadership team to help support the company's financial and operational success as it continues to scale globally."
Rokt's trusted, scaled network will power more than 7.5 billion transactions in 2025 across thousands of leading ecommerce businesses. In 2024, Rokt saw revenues grow by more than 40% year over year to $600 million.
This news follows Rokt's recent announcements of partnerships with Ulta Beauty, Albertsons, and Macy's and its recent acquisitions of Canal, mParticle and Aftersell.
About Rokt
Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce, unlocking real-time relevance in the moment that matters most – The Transaction Moment. Rokt's AI Brain and Ecommerce Network powers billions of transactions connecting hundreds of millions of customers and is trusted to do this by the world's leading companies including Live Nation, Macy's, AMC Theatres, Uber, Hulu, Staples, Albertsons, and HelloFresh. Headquartered in New York City, Rokt has offices across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The company recently acquired Canal, mParticle and Aftersell. To learn more, visit Rokt.com.
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Newly listed options deliver another trading tool to express high conviction views on growth stocks including Astera Labs and MongoDB
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tradr ETFs, a provider of ETFs designed for sophisticated investors and professional traders, today announced that options trading is now available on its four newest leveraged ETFs: the Tradr 2X Long ALAB Daily ETF (Cboe: LABX), the Tradr 2X Long DDOG Daily ETF (Cboe: DOGD), the Tradr 2X Long MDB Daily ETF (Cboe: MDBX), and the Tradr 2X Long LRCX Daily ETF (Cboe: LRCU).
The four ETFs, all first-to-market products launched in August, allow traders to express their high conviction views on underlying stocks with strong ties to the AI data center boom: Astera Labs (Nasdaq: ALAB), Datadog (Nasdaq: DDOG), MongoDB (Nasdaq: MDB) and Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX).
"The launch of options trading on the four newest Tradr ETFs gives investors yet another tool to help navigate one of the most transformative investment themes of our time," said Matt Markiewicz, Head of Product and Capital Markets at Tradr ETFs.
For detailed information on Tradr ETFs and the significant risks involved with leveraged ETFs, please visit www.tradretfs.com.
About Tradr ETFs
Tradr ETFs are designed for sophisticated investors and professional traders who are looking to express high conviction investment views. The strategies include leveraged and inverse ETFs that seek short or long exposure to actively traded stocks and ETFs.
IMPORTANT RISK INFORMATION
Tradr ETFs are for sophisticated investors and professional traders with high conviction views and are very different from most other ETFs. The Funds are intended to be used as short-term trading vehicles and pursue leveraged investment objectives, which means they are riskier than alternatives that do not use leverage because the Funds magnify the performance of their underlying security. The volatility of the underlying security may affect a Fund's return as much as, or more than, the return of the underlying security.
Investors in the fund should: (a) understand the risks associated with the use of leverage; (b) understand the consequences of seeking inverse and leveraged investment results; (c) for short ETFs, understand the risk of shorting; (d) intend to actively monitor and manage their investment. Fund performance will likely be significantly different than the benchmark over periods longer than the specified reset period and the performance may trend in the opposite direction than its benchmark over periods other than that period.
Leverage increases the risk of a total loss of an investor's investment, may increase the volatility of the Funds, and may magnify any differences between the performance of the Funds and their reference security. The Funds seek leveraged investment results for a specific period (daily, monthly or quarterly). The exact exposure of an investment in the Fund intra-period will depend upon the movement of the reference security from the end of the prior period until the time of investment by the investor.
The Fund will not attempt to position its portfolio to ensure it does not gain or lose more than a maximum percentage of its net asset value on a given trading day. As a consequence, investors in a Fund that seeks two times daily performance would lose all of their money if the Fund's underlying security moves more than 50% in a direction adverse to the Fund on a given trading day. Principal risks and other important risks may be found in the prospectus. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
ETFs involve risk including possible loss of the full principal value. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
ETF shares are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the ETF. There can be no guarantee that an active trading market for ETF shares will develop or be maintained, or that their listing will continue or remain unchanged. Buying or selling ETF shares on an exchange may require the payment of brokerage commissions and frequent trading may incur brokerage costs that detract significantly from investment returns.
Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Funds. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the Prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting www.tradretfs.com. The Prospectus should be read carefully before investing.
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