Quild #25: Stemma

Open-source data catalog

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

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Stemma is a fully managed data catalog with automated metadata, personalized experience, and enterprise management - powered by the leading open-source data catalog, Amundsen. With Stemma, it's easy to make data-based decisions with absolute confidence.

Founders: Mark Grover, Dorian Johnson

Signals:

1. Top venture-backed experience

   • Mark was an engineer at Cloudera (taken private for $5.3B) and Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) for 8 years

   • Dorian led engineering at Heap (raised from Menlo Ventures, NewView, NEA) for 6 years

2. Top university alumni

   • Mark graduated with a BS in Computer Engineering from University of Toronto

   • Dorian graduated with a BS in Computer Engineering from UT Austin

3. Fast team growth

   • Grew 6x YoY to 12 employees

   • And hiring more

4. Midas list investors

   • Sequoia led seed

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Till tomorrow, Kenn