Quild #26: Acryl
Quild #26: Acryl
Yup, another data catalog. This time from LinkedIn
This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.
Acryl Data empowers data teams with extreme productivity, using trusted, compliant data through a next-generation metadata platform powered by LinkedIn DataHub.
Founders: Shirshanka Das (CEO), Swaroop Jagadish (CTO)
Signals:
Top company alumni
Shirshanka worked as an engineer at PayPal, Yahoo!, and LinkedIn for 16 years
Swaroop worked as an engineer at Pivotal CRM, Yahoo!, Linkedin, and Airbnb for 15 years
Top university alumni
Shirshanka graduated with a PhD in Computer Science from US Los Angeles
Swaroop graduated with an MS in Computer Science from UC Santa Barbara
Fast team growth
Grew 5x to 17 employees YoY
Accelerated financing
Founded in Jan 2021 and announced seed in June 2021
Midas list investors
8VC led seed
Insight participated in seed
Till tomorrow, Kenn