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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.

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:
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
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
Fast team growth
Grew 6x YoY to 12 employees
Midas list investors
Sequoia led seed
Till tomorrow, Kenn