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Select Star Launches Data Warehouse Cost Analysis for the Snowflake Data Cloud

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Select Star , the fully automated data discovery and governance platform for the modern data stack, today announced at Snowflake’s annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2023 , the launch of Data Warehouse Cost Analysis for the Snowflake Data Cloud.

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  • Select Star , the fully automated data discovery and governance platform for the modern data stack, today announced at Snowflake’s annual user conference, Snowflake Summit 2023 , the launch of Data Warehouse Cost Analysis for the Snowflake Data Cloud.
  • In addition to the metadata analysis and data discovery insights, Select Star’s cost analysis allows the data teams to identify objects that cost unnecessary compute load relative to the actual business domain usage.
  • “We are very excited at the launch of Data Warehouse Cost Analysis for the Snowflake Data Cloud.”
    Select Star’s Cost Optimization feature will enable joint customers to gain visibility and better control over their growing Data Cloud environments.
  • “Applying data usage, lineage, popularity indexes created by Select Star to Snowflake computing cost analysis will provide immense value for any enterprises running Snowflake at scale.”
    Select Star is a Snowflake Premier Technology Partner and Data Governance Accelerated partner.

Select Star Announces New Partnership with Databricks Supporting Unity Catalog

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Monday, June 26, 2023

Select Star , the automated data discovery and governance platform, has announced an official partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company, along with integration with Databricks Unity Catalog.

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  • Select Star , the automated data discovery and governance platform, has announced an official partnership with Databricks, the Data and AI company, along with integration with Databricks Unity Catalog.
  • “Customers of Select Star and Databricks will see an instant value of data discovery insights to their cloud data lakehouse with this new integration with Databricks.”
    Databricks and Select Star provide a powerful solution for automated data discovery on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
  • Select Star integrates with Databricks Unity Catalog to uncover deep contextual insights in data models like table and column dependencies and data entity relationships.
  • Databricks Unity Catalog support for Select Star is available today.

Select Star is Selected for SMBTech 50 by GGV Capital, Nasdaq, Crunchbase & Fenwick

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Monday, April 24, 2023

In celebration of the SMBTech 50 list, company honorees will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite today.

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  • In celebration of the SMBTech 50 list, company honorees will ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq MarketSite today.
  • The SMBTech 50 list ( https://smbtech50.com/ ) demonstrates both the breadth and depth of the sector and the enthusiasm of venture capital investors for these companies.
  • GGV Capital’s SMBTech 50 list celebrates the private, venture-backed technology companies seeking to make a significant impact on SMBs.
  • We’re honored to be placed in the SMBTech 50 list alongside innovative companies powering all sizes of businesses,” said Shinji Kim, Select Star founder and CEO.

Select Star Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Select Star , the fully automated data discovery and governance platform for the modern data stack, today announced it closed a $15 million round of Series A funding led by experienced Silicon Valley investors Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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  • Select Star , the fully automated data discovery and governance platform for the modern data stack, today announced it closed a $15 million round of Series A funding led by experienced Silicon Valley investors Lightspeed Venture Partners.
  • Select Star provides a single platform for data discovery and lineage over multiple platforms and clouds, providing a unique solution for the multi-cloud world.
  • Select Star is that product,” said Nnamdi Iregbulem, Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
  • Select Star founder and CEO Shinji Kim was previously CEO and founder of Concord Systems (acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2016).