About Crate.io: Developer of the CrateDB SQL database

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Crate.io is a company of passionate, experienced developers who’ve crafted a bold and clever database for the fast, data intensive world, making speed and scalability super simple, open, and accessible — a solution that’s built to be sustainable for all.

Team

Executive Management

Christian Lutz
Founder, CEO (2013)

Jodok Batlogg
Founder, CTO (2013)

Syed Hoda
CCO, President North America (2019)

Team

Our Craties

Sarah Fischli
Head of Business Operations (2015)
On maternity leave

Johannes Moser
Head of Product (2015)

Dominik Moosbrugger
Head of Customer & Partner Success (2017)

Jodok Schäffler
Head of IoT Data Platform (2019)

Nevin Bozkurt
Marketing Manager Europe (2019)

Anna Dreier
Head of Business Operations (2019)

Karl Werner
Head of DACH Sales (2019)

Sebastian
Domain Lead (2013)

Mathias
Domain Lead (2013)

Christian
Domain Lead (2014)

Mika
Engineer (2016)

Naomi
Content Director (2016)

Christian
Domain Lead (2017)

Isabelle
Finance & HR Manager (2017) On maternity leave

Fabian
Junior Engineer (2017)

Elias
Engineer (2017)

Stephanie
Junior Product Owner (2017)

Emily
Engineer (2018)

Lukas
Junior Engineer (2018)

Caroline
Marketing Manager (2018)

Bernd
Domain Lead (2018)

Samuel
Director of Crate IoT Data Platform (2018)

Lukas
Product Owner (2018)

Patrick
Engineer (2018)

Ruslan
Engineer (2018)

Magdalena
Executive Assistant (2018)

Walter
Engineer (2018)

Markus
Engineer (2018)

Roman
Product Owner (2018)

Fabrizio
Domain Lead (2018)

Tanay
Developer Advocate (2018)

Michael
Engineer (2019)

Andreas
Head of UX (2019)

Johannes
Engineer (2019)

Ludmila
Officer Manager Berlin (2019)

Miguel
Engineer (2019)

Wolfgang
Customer Success Manager (2019)

Maria
Sales Admin (2019)

Sergei
Site Reliability Engineer (2019)

Juliana
Office Manager Dornbirn (2019)

Matthijs
Technical Writer (2019)

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Julie
Head of Demand Generation (2019)

Lewis
Engineer (2020)

Backed by some influential leaders in the business and technology space, Crate.io is proud to work with the following individuals.

Board of Directors

Mike Chalfen
Chalfen Ventures

Crate.io Board Member Dr. Torsten Kreindl

Dr. Torsten Kreindl
Deutsche Invest Capital Partners

Stuart Chapman
Draper Esprit

Board of Observers & Advisors

Ash Fontana
Zetta Venture Partners

Alois Flatz
Generation Investment Management

Joe Wilson
Rise

Kay-Ingo Greve
Maripoosa

Perks @ Crate.io Employee Stock Options Plan

Investors

Zetta Venture Partners invests in intelligent enterprise software.
They partner with companies building software that learns from data to analyze, predict and prescribe outcomes. They lead or co-lead $1-5M funding rounds.

Deutsche Invest Venture Capital invests in exceptional market-transforming technology companies. DIVC primarily seeks Series A+ investments, supporting outstanding founders and innovative B2B business models through all phases of growth across the fields of IoT, SaaS, TMT, healthcare, fintech, software and data analytics.

Momenta Partners are Connected Industry Growth Partners, providing highly focused growth services for companies in Telemetry, Industrial Automation, RFID, M2M and IoT. Their industry-leading Advisory, Executive Search, M&A and Venture Capital practices accelerate the growth of, and provide optionality for, Connected Industry companies.

Draper Esprit is a member of the Draper Venture Network. It is the largest venture capital network in the world with 140 investment professionals and over 600 portfolio companies. Draper Esprit backs winning companies and does everything it can to help them achieve and exceed their ambitions.

Vito Ventures backs ambitious founders and startups applying technology to solve fundamental problems of society ranging from climate change to energy security. Vito believes that superb engineering and radical entrepreneurial thinking is needed to tackle major challenges of the upcoming decades.

Dawn Capital is an early stage venture fund focusing on enterprise software and fintech. The Dawn team includes experienced entrepreneurs who help European founders build great global companies. The portfolio companies include Crate.io, Collibra, Gelato Group, iControl, iZettle, Mimecast [MIME], Neo Technology, Showpad, and many other outstanding companies.

SpeedInvest is an early-stage fund based in Vienna, Austria and Silicon Valley. With funds of approximately EUR 100M, SpeedInvest targets European startups in the Internet and mobile sectors. SpeedInvest also provides the entrepreneurial know-how and operational experience that is so essential to building great companies.

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Get to know us

For so long people have thought database management is hard. We at Crate.io are here to change that. We strive for innovation, we build to create impact, we leverage diverse skills to solve problems. We work to make things happen. When they do, we celebrate.

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Get to know us (better)

Apart from hard work on some database stuff, the Crate.io team likes to let its hair down, it’s events like our annual Snowsprint that help the people bond and encourages cohesive working between the separate functions within the organisation.