Cincinnati-based tech startup Astronomer has raised $5.7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Sierra Ventures, with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Frontline Capital Ventures, CincyTech, Refinery Ventures, Grand Ventures and Wireframe Ventures.
Additionally, Sierra Ventures Managing Director Tim Guleri joined the Astronomer's board of directors.
Astronomer is Apache Airflow as a Service provider. The service, which was developed at Airbnb, is a "platform to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows." The company announced its "shift in focus" from Clickstream, their software as a service product, to Apache Airflow in 2018.
"I created Airflow to help data engineers solve complex data orchestration problems. It's very exciting and rewarding to see adoption accelerate to so many data teams around the world," said Apache Airflow Creator and Astronomer Strategic Advisor Maxime Beauchemin. "I'm honored to continue partnering with Astronomer and the vibrant Airflow Community to fulfill the vision and potential of Airflow."
Astronomer CEO Joe Otto explained how the new funds would be used.
"With this financing, we are directing more investment toward the Apache Airflow project to bolster the already impressive capabilities of Airflow, and are partnering with leading world wide organizations to improve the efficiency of their complex data flows and create a new standard for data orchestration in the modern enterprise," he said.
This isn't the first round of funding for the Astronomer team. Founded in 2015, the company has raised a reported $11.5 million.
