Acryl Data provides a community-driven metadata platform and enterprise data catalog with solutions for data discovery, governance, lineage and an observability module called Observe. Its platform is built on the open-source DataHub framework and uses event-driven metadata to reduce catalog maintenance costs and enable trigger-based workflows. Features include real-time data quality monitoring, configurable metadata tests to surface cost-optimization opportunities, and lineage and impact analysis to accelerate resolution of data issues. Acryl plans to add AI features to intelligently curate metadata, suggest business glossary tags, and generate summaries describing catalog characteristics such as reliability and usage. The company has a 25-person workforce and lists customers including Notion, Zendesk, Robinhood, OVO Energy, BetterUp and Riskified; DataHub itself is used by companies like Pinterest, Stripe, Optum, Expedia, Saxo Bank and Peloton. Acryl disclosed a $21M Series A round, bringing total capital raised to $30M. Acryl Data develops a next-generation, stream-based metadata platform that extends the open-source DataHub and includes a developer-friendly data catalog. The platform uses a streaming architecture powered by Apache Kafka and an API-first design to enable DataOps practices, automated policy-based actions on metadata changes, and real-time metadata integration across tools. Its first product is an enterprise-ready SaaS data catalog, currently in private beta, that aims to simplify data discovery and governance across multi-cloud environments. The company emphasizes a DataOps approach and data quality to help central data teams scale and enable reliable data products. Acryl Data was founded by Shirshanka Das and Swaroop Jagadish, who previously led data efforts at LinkedIn and Airbnb respectively, and builds on Das’s work on DataHub and Apache Gobblin. The company announced a $9 million seed raise and is based in Mountain View, California.

Total raised

$30M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2023