APIs Startups

Y42 is a Modern Data Ops Cloud platform founded in early 2020 by Hung Dang, a data analytics veteran frustrated with fragmented infrastructure tools. After spending a year building the product without customer input, Hung launched in early 2021 and quickly hit $1M ARR by year-end through warm referrals and network effects, despite initially discovering 30% of features were missing and 20% weren't needed. Today, Y42 has raised $34M in funding, grown to 150 employees, serves several hundred customers primarily in e-commerce and B2B SaaS, and is launching an evolved product suite.

Merge is a unified API platform that allows B2B companies to add hundreds of integrations to their product with a single integration. Founded by Gil Fai and Shen-Ci in May 2020, the company raised $4.5M seed funding within months and grew to multiple seven-figure ARR through early customer validation, word-of-mouth, and aggressive SEO/content marketing. The company has raised $74.5M total (including $55M Series B in Oct 2022), now has 65 employees and 4,000+ customers, and achieved 30X ARR growth in the 12 months leading up to Series B.