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Founded
2018
Headquarters
New York City (United States)
Status
Series C
Company Details
Atlan is a pioneering active metadata platform transforming how enterprises manage data and AI governance. Often described as the "GitHub for data teams," Atlan integrates fragmented metadata from sources like Snowflake, dbt, Databricks, Looker, and Tableau into a unified control plane for discovery, lineage, and governance. The company serves a global clientele including General Motors, Cisco, Unilever, and Nasdaq, leveraging AI to automate stewardship and policy enforcement. With 201–500 employees and deep integrations across the modern data stack, Atlan is engineering the context layer critical for AI-readiness in complex enterprises.
Core Products and Services
Active Metadata Platform: Unifies technical, business, and operational metadata into a single pane for data cataloging, lineage, and governance.
AI-Powered Stewardship: Automates documentation, quality checks, and policy enforcement (e.g., auto-flagging PII breaches).
Collaboration Hub: Enables real-time annotations, data sharing, and context embedding within tools like Tableau/Snowflake.
Policy Manager & Transparency Center: Governance-by-exception framework tying policies directly to data assets.
Metadata Lakehouse: Open architecture integrating best-of-breed tools (e.g., Monte Carlo for observability).
Business Model & Revenue Streams
SaaS Subscriptions (85%): Tiered pricing based on data volume/users (ARR: $70–80M).
Enterprise Licensing (10%): Custom deployments for large clients (e.g., Cisco, Unilever).
Professional Services (5%): Implementation, training, and AI-readiness consulting.
FY24 Performance: 75% competitive win rate; 40% revenue from North America, 30% Europe, 30% APAC.
Customer Segmentation
Enterprise Exclusive: 100% B2B; 80% Fortune 500, 20% mid-market.
Top Clients & Partnerships
Marquee Clients: General Motors (AI governance), FOX (media analytics), Nasdaq (financial data), HubSpot (customer data), Autodesk (product analytics).
Snowflake/Databricks: Deep bi-directional metadata sync.
dbt: Integrated transformation lineage.
AWS/Azure: Cloud infrastructure optimization.
Open Source Leadership: Core contributor to OpenLineage; maintains 10+ community-driven connectors.
Future Outlook & Strategic Priorities
AI Governance Suite: Scaling "Atlan AI" for LLM validation and synthetic data monitoring (beta: Q3 2025).
Global Expansion: Target 50% revenue from APAC by 2027; GIC-backed GTM in Singapore/Japan.
Acquisition Pipeline: Eyeing metadata observability startups to expand lakehouse capabilities.
Regulatory Fragmentation: GDPR/CCPA vs. APAC data sovereignty laws complicating policy templates.
Key Metrics
Total Equity Funding
$206 Million
No. of Funding Rounds
5
Latest Funding Round
$105 Million, Series C
as of May 8, 2024
Post Money Valuation
$750 Million
as of May 8, 2024
Funding Multiple
3.6
as of May 8, 2024
Investors
Peak XV Partners
and 2 moreEmployee Count
516
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Exit Details
N/A
All Funding Rounds
| Date | Round Name | Amount | Valuation | Revenue | Revenue Multiple | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2024 | Series C | $105 Million | $750 Million | - | - | GIC, Meritech, Salesforce Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Insight Partners, WaterBridge |
| March 19, 2024 | Series B | $27.5 Million | - | - | - | WaterBridge, Salesforce Ventures, Peak XV Partners |
| March 2, 2022 | Series B | $50 Million | $450 Million | $1.8Million | 219.9x | Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, WaterBridge, Peak XV Partners |
| May 25, 2021 | Series A | $16.5 Million | - | $736 K | - | Insight Partners, Surge, WaterBridge |
| July 2, 2019 | Seed | $2.6 Million | - | $2.7 Million | - | WaterBridge, 500 Global, Bhagchandka Family Fund |