dbt Labs
Founded 2016 · 18 known investors
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dbt Labs provides a data transformation platform used by teams to organize, catalog, and manage data in their warehouses. The company serves data practitioners and organizations across industries seeking to build reliable data pipelines from development to production.
Founders & leadership
dbt Labs was founded in 2016 by Tristan Handy, Drew Banin, and Connor McArthur.
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Tristan Handyin𝕏Founder & CEOFounder and CEO of dbt Labs, which provides a data transformation platform for organizing, cataloging, and managing data in warehouses. He has also worked as an early-stage venture investor focused on cloud and data infrastructure, developer tools, and security.
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Connor McArthurCo-FounderFounder, dbt Labs at Amplify Partners
Investors · 18
Allison Pickens VenturesWayne · $250K – $1M
Amplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M
Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M
Firebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcPalo Alto
ICONIQSan Francisco
Salesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M
Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M
Altimeter CapitalreportedMenlo Park · $1M – $25M
Amplify Partners CVreportedMenlo Park
Databricks VenturesreportedSan Francisco
GICreported · 2 sourcesSingapore
GV (Google Ventures)reportedMountain View · $250K – $50M
ICONIQ GrowthreportedSan Francisco
Tiger Global ManagementreportedNew York · $1M – $100M
Also in the syndicate · 3
AmplifyDatabricksSnowflake
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountSeries DOct 2025
Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries DFeb 2022
Altimeter (lead), Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Databricks, GIC, GV, ICONIQ Growth, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Snowflake, Tiger Global
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries CJun 2021
Altimeter (lead), Amplify, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 8
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Databricks1841 shared keywordsDatabricks provides a unified platform for data engineering, analytics, and artificial intelligence, enabling organizations to build and deploy data and AI applications on cloud infrastructure.
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Hevodata902 shared keywordsHevo provides a data pipeline platform that transforms raw data into clean, structured datasets for reporting, dashboards, and analysis, with support for SQL and dbt Core models. It offers native orchestration, scheduling, lineage tracking, and monitoring for data teams building analytics workflows.
Secoda887 shared keywordsSecoda is an AI-powered data management platform that consolidates data catalog, lineage, governance, monitoring, and observability functions for enterprises. It enables data teams and business stakeholders to access and act on insights from their organization's data infrastructure.
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Acquisitions · 1
Early investors' stakes continue via these dealsTransform
dbt (part of Fivetran) provides a SQL-based data transformation platform that lets data teams build modular, tested, version-controlled data pipelines with interactive lineage, automated refactoring, and orchestration. Powered by its Fusion engine, it targets data teams building analytics and AI products across cloud data platforms.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does dbt Labs do?
- dbt Labs provides a data transformation platform used by teams to organize, catalog, and manage data in their warehouses. The company serves data practitioners and organizations across industries seeking to build reliable data pipelines from development to production.
- Who founded dbt Labs?
- dbt Labs was founded by Tristan Handy, Drew Banin, Connor McArthur in 2016.
- Who are dbt Labs's investors?
- dbt Labs's investors include Allison Pickens Ventures, Amplify Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Firebolt Ventures Management Company, Llc, ICONIQ, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia Capital and 7 more.