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Prukalpa
Co-Founder at Atlan – Home for Data Teams - Forbes30 & Fortune40 lists - TED Speaker
Prukalpa Sankar is the Co-Founder of Atlan, a modern data collaboration workspace founded in June 2019.1 She is based in San Francisco, California, and has a background in creating innovative data solutions.1
Career Highlights
- Co-founded Atlan, which provides a platform for data teams to collaborate more effectively, similar to GitHub for engineering or Figma for design.12
- Previously co-founded SocialCops (July 2013 - June 2020), a data for good company that impacted over a billion lives through various projects.1
- Led projects such as India's National Data Platform and UN SDGs monitoring in multiple countries.1
Achievements and Recognition
- Forbes 30 under 30 (2015)1
- Fortune 40 under 40 (2016)1
- Most Powerful Women Impact Award by Business Today (2018)1
- Named one of 30 Global Visionaries by New York Times (2018)1
- Economic Times Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year (2019)1
Atlan's Growth
Under Prukalpa's leadership, Atlan has gained significant traction:
- Debuted as a Top Right Leader in the most recent Forrester wave1
- Backed by top investors including Insight, Sequoia, and Waterbridge1
- Valued at $450 million post-money after a $50 million funding round in March 20223
Prukalpa's approach to building Atlan was shaped by her experiences as a data team member, focusing on solving real-world problems in data collaboration and management.23
Highlights
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