Tamr
What they do: Provide a data unification platform.
Problem they solve: Enterprise data resides in disparate, siloed databases. As a result, much data never even gets ingested into data analytics programs. According to Tamr, self-service data-preparation tools “hit a brick wall when dirty data from too many silos (10 or more) enter the workflow,” meaning plenty of actionable data never gets inspected, let alone acted upon.
How they solve it: Tamr’s enterprise-scale data unification platform cleans and unifies data across “hundreds, if not thousands, of data silos to deliver accurate, complete data for analytics.”
#Big50-2017 #startup Tamr cleans and unifies data across hundreds, if not thousands, of data silos to deliver accurate, complete data for analytics. #BigData Share on XThrough a combination of “machine learning and human guidance,” Tamr catalogs, connects, and publishes underutilized internal and external data, so enterprises can use all their data for analytics. Tamr says that it can clean and unify data across hundreds, or even thousands, of sources, and its machine learning engine helps it “get smarter and more precise over time.”
Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
CEO: Andy Palmer, who “founded or funded” more than 50 companies. Recently, he co-founded and served as CEO of Vertical (acquired by HP).
Year Founded: 2013
Funding: $42 million in total funding. The most recent round was a $25.2 million Series B from Hewlett Packard Ventures, Thomson Reuters, MassMutual Ventures, and others that closed in June 2015.
Competitors include: The incumbents Tamr hopes to overtake include both traditional ETL vendors (Informatica, Talend, and Pentaho) and data integration tools from the likes of Oracle and Microsoft. Other startups in this space include Alteryx, Paxata, and Trifacta.
Customers include: GE, Toyota, Thomson Reuters, GSK, HPE, Philips, and Amgen.
Why they’re in the Big 50-2017: Tamr did well in online voting, but it’s the startup’s fundamentals that really jump off the page. Tamr has a seasoned leadership team, $42M in funding, and an impressive list of customer wins that proves this startup can punch above its weight.
