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YC S22Munich, DE · Founded 2022 · 10 employees · 5 known investors
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Lamin provides a lineage-native lakehouse platform for biological R&D that enables scientists to query, trace, and validate complex biological datasets across academia, biotech, and pharma. The platform integrates data versioning and cataloging capabilities to close the feedback loop between experimental results and machine learning models.
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S22)
Lamin was founded in 2022 by Alex Wolf and Sunny Sun.
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Alex WolfCo-Founder & CEOAlex Wolf previously created Scanpy and led the development of the compute platform at Cellarity; he now works on open-source data infrastructure for biology at Lamin.
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Sunny SunCo-Founder & PresidentFounder of Lamin, a lineage-native lakehouse platform for biological R&D. Sun has contributed to open science and technology projects, with a visible record of research and software development.
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Alex T. WolfFounder
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Ollie BaskeyfieldRecruiter
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Richard SriworaratFounding Full Stack Engineer
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Sergei RybakovFounding Principal Engineer
Investors · 5
Pioneerlisted by PioneerToronto, Ontario
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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
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Dimension CapitalreportedSan Francisco · $1M – $10M
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Nielsen Investments LPreportedSeattle
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Pillar VCreportedBoston · $50K – $4M
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- What does Lamin do?
- Lamin provides a lineage-native lakehouse platform for biological R&D that enables scientists to query, trace, and validate complex biological datasets across academia, biotech, and pharma. The platform integrates data versioning and cataloging capabilities to close the feedback loop between experimental results and machine learning models.
- Who founded Lamin?
- Lamin was founded by Alex Wolf, Sunny Sun in 2022.
- Who are Lamin's investors?
- Lamin's investors include Pioneer, Y Combinator, Dimension Capital, Nielsen Investments LP, Pillar VC.
- Where is Lamin headquartered?
- Lamin is headquartered in Munich, DE.