# Start DT

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/start-dt

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Hangzhou, China
- Website: www.startdt.com
- Total disclosed funding: $72M
- Latest round: Series C (Nov 19, 2021)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Established in 2016 and based in Hangzhou, China, Start DT is a data technology company that operates a data center driven by artificial intelligence. The company is headquartered in Hangzhou and has branches in Shanghai and Chengdu. The company team comes from Alibaba Group, Ant Financial, IBM, Huawei, and other companies. As of November 2021, Singularity Cloud has provided products and services to over 600 clients, covering manufacturing, finance, government, and other industries. The founder and CEO of this company, Jinyin Zhang, has more than 20 years of senior data industry experience and 12 years of Alibaba big data experience, and is the founder of DataWorks, Ali's data middleware. In May 2022, it released a new data product matrix of "Data Cloud + Analytics Cloud". In April 2023, it raised approximately CNY 100 million in series C+ funding led by new investor Yuhang Hangzhou Financial Holding Group, with participation from new investor Bohai Zhongsheng Industrial Fund Management.

The company found artificial intelligence(AI)-powered data middleware, helping client enterprises improve their operational efficiency. Its products offer data lifecycle management, data collection automation, data governance intelligence, etc. Its core products include DataSimba, a data cloud platform, DataBlack, a data security engine, and DataKun, a data storage engine. dataSimba covers the basic modules of data collection, data research and development, data operation and maintenance, data governance, and data authority management.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Nov 19, 2021, $31M — Detong Capital, Taikang Life Insurance, ByteDance, XY Capital
- Series B, Jan 20, 2021, $12M — IDG Capital, ByteDance
- Series B, Sep 28, 2020, $18M — Detong Capital, 5Y Capital, Volcanics Venture, Yuanyi Capital
- Series A, Dec 31, 2018, $8.7M — IDG Capital, 5Y Capital, Zheshang Venture Capital, XY Capital
- Angel, Mar 30, 2017, $2.3M — Riverhill Fund

## Investors

- Riverhill Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/riverhill-fund) — Angel
- IDG Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/idg-capital) — Series A, Series B
- 5Y Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/5y-capital) — Series A, Series B
- Zheshang Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zheshang-venture-capital) — Series A
- XY Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/xy-capital) — Series A, Series C
- Detong Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/detong-capital) — Series B, Series C
- Volcanics Venture (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/volcanics-venture) — Series B
- Yuanyi Capital — Series B
- ByteDance — Series B, Series C
- Taikang Life Insurance — Series C