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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub).\n\nShirshanka Das is co-founder and CTO of DataHub (Acryl Data). From 2010 to 2020 he was the overall architect for big data at LinkedIn, where he founded the DataHub project to support data governance, including GDPR compliance. He is also a PMC member and committer on Apache Gobblin.\n\n## What Shirshanka builds\n\n- [DataHub](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/datahub.md), graded C, 59.4/100, in Company knowledge \u0026 data catalogues. Open-source data catalogue and metadata platform from Acryl Data, trading as DataHub. Co-founder, Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub), researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Swaroop Jagadish](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/swaroop-jagadish/), Co-founder, Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub)\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/)\n- [8VC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/8vc/)\n- [Tru Arrow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tru-arrow/)\n- [SineWave Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sinewave-ventures/)\n- [In-Q-Tel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/in-q-tel/)\n- [Zero Prime Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zero-prime-ventures/)\n- [LinkedIn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/linkedin/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Shirshanka Das?\n\nShirshanka Das is co-founder and CTO of DataHub (Acryl Data). From 2010 to 2020 he was the overall architect for big data at LinkedIn, where he founded the DataHub project to support data governance, including GDPR compliance. He is also a PMC member and committer on Apache Gobblin.\n\n### What does Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists DataHub from Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub). Open-source data catalogue and metadata platform from Acryl Data, trading as DataHub.\n\n### Who has invested in Acryl Data, Inc. (DataHub)?\n\nThe sources our research read name Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Tru Arrow, SineWave Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Zero Prime Ventures and LinkedIn.\n\n### How are Shirshanka's tools graded?\n\nDataHub is graded C, 59.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://datahub.com/company/\n- https://datahub.com/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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