The Venture Codex

Participated · Seed · Jul 2023

Prospective offers an interactive analytics and data-visualization product designed to access, analyze, and visualize large and streaming datasets in real time through a user-friendly web interface. The company is the enterprise version of the open-source Perspective project and was founded by Andrew Stein and Eric Schmalzbauer. Prospective targets high-performance, precision, and granular tasks, aiming to streamline data retrieval and operationalization for builders, consumers, and analysts. It positions itself as a bridge between model outputs (including LLMs) and human understanding by making insights more intuitive and shareable. Parallel to announcing its Seed funding, Prospective is launching a private beta for a limited number of firms and is accepting teams on a wait list. Financially, the company announced a $6M Seed raise to support product development and rollout.