Active Metadata Management Software7000 N Mopac Expy, Austin, TexasFounded 2016CEO Brett Hurt
data.world is an Austin-based enterprise data catalog company founded in 2015 by Brett Hurt, Jon Loyens, and Bryon Jacob, among others.
data.world has not published its revenue. GetLatka estimates it at about $45.2M a year (October 2024). data.world is #166 on the Latka Top. The Latka Top ranks the 1,372 companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by revenue.
| As of | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2018 | $500K | – |
| Sep 2020 | $6M | – |
| Nov 2021 | $11M | – |
| Apr 2022 | $16M | – |
| Apr 2023 | $23M | – |
| Oct 2024 | $45.2MEST. | GetLatka estimate |
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data.world is privately held, so there is no data.world stock to buy. Investors valued it at $500M in its April 2022 Series C.
data.world has raised $132.3M across six rounds since 2016. The latest was a $50M Series C in April 2022.
| Date | Round | Raised | Valuation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2022 | Series C | $50M | $500M | Brett Hurt on cameraWatch at 20:08 |
| May 2021 | Series B | $11M | – | – |
| Sep 2020 | Series B | $26M | – | – |
| Sep 2018 | Series A | $12M | – | – |
| Feb 2017 | Seed | $19.3M | – | – |
| Jul 2016 | Pre-Seed | $14M | – | – |
| Total raised | $132.3M |
Nathan Latka has interviewed data.world once, speaking with Brett Hurt. Each figure links to the second it was said.
Watch: How data.world Raised $132M Total and Built a Team of 150 to Disrupt the Enterprise Data Catalog Market (Interview with CEO and Co-founder Brett Hurt)April 2023 · Brett Hurt, CEO and Co-founder
data.world competes most directly with Snowflake and Alation.
Brett Hurt founded data.world in 2016 with Jon Loyens and Bryon Jacob and runs it as CEO. data.world had 215 employees (October 2024, LinkedIn), up from 150 a year earlier.
BoardKirk Dando, Rachel Woods
InvestorsMarcus D. Stroud, Aileen Black, Matthew Schneider, Michael Reilly
Also at data.worldDave A. Liu, Adam Zeplain, Sujoy Nandi, Ted Behling, Vadarevu Lavanya, Sean Gajjar, Venkatesh Gondiparla, Jonathan Monette, Alexa Welch, vanum siva, Juan Sequeda, Elaine Joslin, Donald Likeum, Todd Speck, Joshua Annandsingh, Brett Broyles, Daniel Shah, Alexandra Elliott, Dean Allemang, Brandon Gadoci, Rupinder Bajwa, Dustin Goss, Monica U. Garcia, New World, Dave Griffith, Jason Guarracino, Alvaro Benítez Fernández, Jennifer Bloch, Kenny (Kehinde) Shittu, Hafsa Idsaid, Frederick Sadler, AJ Mooney, Carrie Couch, Victoria Shamrai, Steven Arenas, Amber Behring, Nadim Antar, Ian Parker, Daniel Herman, Robert McNabb, Brent Dunham, Cam Knights, Tsewang B, Amber Prince, Kelly Wallace, Liz Madden, Patrick McGarry, Shawn Smith, Anoop Lalla, Scott Bannach, Laura Robinson, Dani Agos Kolbe, Marie Chatfield Rivas, Brian Cruver, Garrett Eastham, Devi Ramanan, Kehinde Adetowoju, Melissa J. Pearson, Matt Laessig, Max Gonzalez, Stephen Verleye, John Morkes, Steven Larson, Veronica Acevedo, Robert Hansen, IAGRO Global, Kaytlyn Williams, Mike Milburn, Chelsea Camacho, Rob Harris, Elizabeth Elfman, Lydia Guarino, Robert Myers, Ren Curry, Maideli Garcia, Susan Oakley, Chris Paladino, Len Fishman, Julie Maples, Paul Albright, Sarah L., Mark DiMarco, Venu Shamapant, Dan Northrup, Sushant Chaudhary, Ariane Chan, Sean Leslie
| As of | Employees | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 215 | |
| Apr 2023 | 150 | Brett Hurt on cameraWatch at 22:08 |
| Nov 2022 | 197 | – |
| 2022 | 197 | – |
| Nov 2021 | 139 | – |
| Aug 2021 | 139 | – |
| Nov 2020 | 125 | – |
| Sep 2020 | 125 | – |
GetLatka estimates data.world's revenue at about $45.2M a year (October 2024). The company hasn't published its own figure.
Investors valued data.world at $500M in its April 2022 Series C, as Brett Hurt said on camera.
data.world has raised $132.3M across six funding rounds. The latest was a $50M Series C in April 2022.
No. data.world is a private company, so its shares aren't traded on a stock exchange.
data.world had 215 employees in October 2024, according to LinkedIn.
Brett Hurt is the CEO of data.world and co-founded the company in 2016. Nathan Latka interviewed Brett Hurt in April 2023.
Brett Hurt, Jon Loyens and Bryon Jacob founded data.world in 2016.
4 said on camera · 1 from public sources · 1 estimate. Founder figures link to the second they were said; public figures name their source; estimates are marked EST. and say whose they are. Not financial advice. The Latka Top ranks the private, operating companies Nathan Latka has interviewed by the latest revenue figure on each profile, reported or estimated; equal figures share a rank.
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