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data.world
Cloud-native data catalog platform
- 201-500 employees
- B2B
- Enterprise
- Big data
- Business Intelligence
- SaaS
- Data Sharing
- Greystone Center, Austin, TX
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Company mission
To build the most meaningful, collaborative, and abundant data resource in the world.
Our take
data.world is an enterprise data catalog used by companies to inventory and organise the data within their systems. The aim is to provide employees with wide access to data, helping to encourage data-driven decision making processes. data.world calls its platform a collaborative data community – a place where employees can upload, exchange and catalog data sets, then discuss their findings with other employees. It aims to become the GitHub for data, a data community with the power to democratise access to code.
CEO Brett Hurt formerly founded Bazaarvoice, and brings a wealth of experience in the data space. Despite rivalry from firms such as Google and IBM and startups such as Stemma, the business has carved out a strong enterprise customer base, which includes Choreograph and The Associated Press. It however faces some pushback from a segment of the market that does not believe that data catalogues are the solution to managing data due to issues with documentation and data quality problems for instance.
Most recently data.world has closed a Series C funding round led by Goldman Sachs. It is using this funding to scale its workforce, further develop its product offering and expand its market presence globally. Going forward, it is well-positioned to capture a large share of the growing data catalogue market.
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Benefits
- Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for the whole family
- Open PTO, and a personalized wellness incentive
- Hybrid/Remote work environment
- A tight-knit team of startup veterans with integrity, passion, and curiosity for days
- Your own Sparkletar owl character
- Competitive market compensation with a generous bonus structure
Company values
- Determination: We believe in our shared mission. The changes we are focused on making in both the data industry and throughout society are not easy to accomplish, but with velocity, persistence, focus, and excellence, together we can change the world.
- Passion: As a team, we are inspired and enthusiastic. We choose to work together every day because we are passionate about our cause and genuinely hope to inspire that same passion in others.
- Community: We believe in the power of community: the communities we work in, the communities we can empower and uplift, and our data.world community of members and customers. Through community, we strive for empathy, compassion, and impact.
- Curiosity: We are lifelong learners and believe in the power of ingenuity. We are reinventing the way people use data and analysis collaboratively which will become the standard across businesses and the greater society.
- Integrity: We approach teamwork, both in our community and with each responsibility. It is the most important trait we have together.
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2022
$50m
SERIES C
May 2021
$11.1m
LATE VC
Total funding: $137.2m
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Leadership
Brett Hurt
(CEO)Brett started their career as a Deloitte Systems Analyst before starting Hurt Technology Consulting in 1997. They took on numerous Board Member and Advisory roles, before co-founding Data.world as CEO in September 2015.
Matt Laessig
(COO)After an MBA at the Wharton School, Matt worked as Business Development Manager at CDNow and working as a self-employed Venture Consultant. They co-founded Southwest Photomaps, Beds Network, and Desert Sierra Enterprises before working at HomeAway.com and founding Data.world.
Bryon Jacob
(CTO)Before co-founding data.world was VP Technology & Technical Fellow at HomeAway.com . Before that was a Software Development Engineer for Amazon and Lead Developer at Marsh.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at data.world
Lisa Novak (VP, Employee Experience)
- Diverse teams are stronger, make work more fun and interesting, and reflect the diversity of those you are trying to win and serve.
- We are proud early adopters and signatories of the Diversity Pledge and our SameWorks status!
- We believe that diversity leads to the most creative discussions, ideas, and outcomes.