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Shirshanka Das

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Founder at DataHub

San Francisco Bay Area

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Shirshanka Das is the co-founder and CTO of DataHub, an open-source metadata platform he developed to address challenges in managing data at scale. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science at UCLA and spent 10 years at LinkedIn as lead engineer and technical architect for its data platform, overseeing data and metadata management projects with a team of 150 developers, following earlier roles at PayPal and Yahoo. In 2021, he co-founded Acryl Data with Swaroop Jagadish to offer an enterprise version of DataHub; the company has raised over $30 million and serves clients including PayPal, Notion, and Zendesk.

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DataHub's investors · 13

8VCAustin · $500K – $50M checks · since 2023Abstract VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $750K checksBessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $50K – $100M checks · since 2025Data Community FundSan FranciscoIn-Q-TelTysons · $100K – $2.5M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2025Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2023Mantis CapitalSanta Monica · $100K – $1M checksNext Play VenturesMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksSherpalo VenturesMenlo Park · since 2023SINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksWebb Investment NetworkSan Francisco · $500K – $750K checksZero Prime VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at DataHub

SJSwaroop Jagadish
Swaroop JagadishFounder
JJJohn Joyce
John JoyceFounder

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Who is Shirshanka Das?
Shirshanka Das is the co-founder and CTO of DataHub, an open-source metadata platform he developed to address challenges in managing data at scale. He earned a Ph.D. in computer science at UCLA and spent 10 years at LinkedIn as lead engineer and technical architect for its data platform, overseeing data and metadata management projects with a team of 150 developers, following earlier roles at PayPal and Yahoo. In 2021, he co-founded Acryl Data with Swaroop Jagadish to offer an enterprise version of DataHub; the company has raised over $30 million and serves clients including PayPal, Notion, and Zendesk.
Where does Shirshanka Das work?
Shirshanka Das is Founder of DataHub.
What companies did Shirshanka Das found?
Shirshanka Das founded DataHub.

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