For the founders of Atlan, a data governance startup, data has always been at the heart of what they do, even before they launched the company. In fact, co-founders Prukalpa Sankar and Varun Banka got their start building India’s national data platform called SocialCops. So it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that they have developed a tool for controlling and collaborating around data, pulling together the myriad data sources and bringing some control to the data chaos inside large organizations.
The company was founded in 2020, but the data problem has only grown in importance since then, and today, as companies try to get their data house in order to take advantage of generative AI, it’s even more paramount. Perhaps that’s why the company announced a $105 million investment on a healthy $750 million valuation on Wednesday. The startup seemingly finds itself in the…
