Lyon-based DataGalaxy, a Data Knowledge Catalog that helps organisations understand how their entire business runs on data, announced on Thursday, July 6, that it has raised $10M (approximately €9.19M) in a seed round of funding.
Besides fundraising, the company also announced that it has surpassed over 120 customers. Some of the clients include Dior, Swiss Life, Technip Energies, TotalEnergies, and Sephora, among others.
DataGalaxy has the backing of major investors from both the US and Europe. The $10M seed round was led by AV8 Ventures, with participation from Orange Ventures and previous investors NewFund and Evolem.
Specialising in collaborative data governance
Founded in 2015 by Lazhar Sellami and Sébastien Thomas, DataGalaxy claims to be the industry’s first Data Knowledge Catalogue, assisting firms in understanding how data drives their whole organisation.