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Select Star Closes $15M Round To Add Context To Disparate Data

PRIVATEJan 31, 2023

Amount Raised

$15 Million

Round Type

Funding Round

San FranciscoSoftwareAnalyticsSaaS

Investors

PebblebedSozo VenturesBowery CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners

Description

Select Star, a startup providing data discovery, lineage and governance tools to mostly enterprise organizations, today announced that it raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Bowery Capital, Sozo Ventures and Pebblebed. The fresh cash brings the company’s total raised to $20 million, and CEO Shinji Kim tells me that it’ll be put toward product engineering, go-to-market and customer success efforts.

Quick answer

Select Star raised $15 Million in a Funding Round round, dated January 31, 2023. Investors: Pebblebed, Sozo Ventures, Bowery Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Select Star is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How much did Select Star raise?
Select Star raised $15 Million in a Funding Round round on January 31, 2023.
Who invested in Select Star?
Pebblebed, Sozo Ventures, Bowery Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners are named as investors in this round.
What does Select Star do?
Select Star is a modern data governance platform that helps organizations manage and understand their data at scale - enabling AI, analytics, and self-service across the business.
Where is Select Star based and how big is it?
Select Star is based in San Francisco, California, United States. Fundz records about 22 employees.
Who are the decision-makers at Select Star?
Fundz holds 2 contacts at Select Star, including the Head of Business. Names and contact details are shown to Fundz members.

Source: Fundz verified event record.

Who else raised in Analytics and SaaS around the same time

Companies in the same sectors as Select Star that raised within 45 days of this round, from Fundz verified event records.

  • SOCi raised $120M (Funding Round) on March 7, 2023.
  • Inigo raised $4.5M (Seed) on March 7, 2023.
  • Landytech raised $12M (Series B) on February 13, 2023.
  • Apperio raised $7M (Funding Round) on January 10, 2023.
  • Deeploi raised $3.2M (Seed) on March 16, 2023.
  • Wingspan raised $14M (Funding Round) on March 16, 2023.

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Company Information

Company

Select Star

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Select Star is a modern data governance platform that helps organizations manage and understand their data at scale - enabling AI, analytics, and self-service across the business. It automatically catalogs datasets, traces end-to-end lineage, and builds a shared business glossary and semantic layer, so teams can confidently work with trusted data. With a user-friendly data portal and built-in automation, Select Star supports use cases including data democratization, data governance, semantic layers, and cloud data migrations—serving as a foundational layer for enterprise AI and data initiatives.

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