Quild #69: DataDistillr

Query any dataset without having to set up pipelines

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

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DataDistillr lets you join and query datasets from any Database, API, or file, no matter where or how it's hosted. It can combine data of all forms in minutes using built-in formatters so users don’t have to write the same function 100x again.

Founders: Charles (CEO), Joshua (COO)

Signals:

1. Repeat founder

   • Charles founded GTK Cyber, a cybersecurity training firm

2. Top company alumni

   • Charles led data and engineering for the CIA, Booz Allen Hamilton, Deustche Bank, and JP Morgan for over 10 years. He is also the project management committee chair for the open-source project Apache Drill

3. Fast team growth

   • Grew 2.2x YoY to 24 employees

   • And still hiring

4. Top university graduate

   • Joshua graduated from University of Maryland (BA, JD)

5. Accelerated financing

   • Founded in 2020, seed in 2021

6. Midas list investors

   • Bessemer led seed

   • Foundation Capital led pre-seed

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Till tomorrow, Kenn