# Alation's pitch deck > Alation's pitch deck: 14 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards. Source: https://millionrounds.com/decks/alation (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) **Alation** Analytics 1 / 14 Read in the app Pitch deck # Alation's *pitch deck* The deck, and the 4 rounds we watched Alation raise afterwards, with the investors each report named. Alation is a Silicon Valley-based enterprise data intelligence company headquartered in Redwood City, California, with additional offices in London and Chennai. Founded in 2012, Alation aims to be the "trust layer for enterprise data and AI," helping organizations verify and trust their data for AI and analytics initiatives. The company has approximately 550–700 employees and serves nearly 600 enterprise customers globally, including 40% of the Fortune 100. Alation's primary offering is its Data Intelligence Platform, which includes features like AI-driven automation, a data catalog for easy data discovery, and tools for data governance and stewardship. The platform supports self-service analytics, allowing business users to access and trust data independently. Alation also launched Alation AI Governance to help enterprises manage AI compliance. The company partners with major data and cloud platforms, enhancing its solutions for clients in various sectors, including finance, healthcare, and technology. 14 slides 2.7MB US Analytics Data/analytics Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to Alation, so reading it needs one; everything on this page is public. What is in it ## The deck, slide by slide Each slide by what it argues. 14 slides against a median of 13 across the 1,712 decks we hold. *median* - 1 **Cover** - 2 **Vision** - 3 - 4 - 5 **Traction** - 6 **Solution** - 7 **Market** - 8 **Validation** - 9 **Product** - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 **Market** - 14 **Contact** Cover Vision Traction Solution Market Validation Product Contact What happened next ## $82M across 4 rounds **4** rounds observed **$82M** reported in total **Mar 2015** first we saw **Jun 2023** most recent - Jun 2023 Venture **Amount undisclosed** [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures)[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Source recorded - Jan 2019 Series C **$50M** [Costanoa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa)[DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[Harmony](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmony)[Icon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon) Sapphire Ventures/ Salesforce Reported by FinSMEs - Jul 2017 Series B **$23M** [Costanoa](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa)[Data Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) Icon Ventures/ Harmony Reported by FinSMEs - Mar 2015 Series A **$9.0M** [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[Bloomberg Beta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bloomberg-beta)[Costanoa Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/costanoa-ventures)[Data Collective](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[General Catalyst Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) Source recorded [Everyone who backed Alation](https://millionrounds.com/company/alation) 1 / 14 The deck itself ## Read Alation's full pitch deck All 14 slides, each read for what it argues and set against the decks that raised at the same stage. The cover is shown here; the rest is read in the app. Read the deck *→* Free account. The deck belongs to Alation. ## Investors who claim them Firms listing Alation on their own portfolio page: the firm's own account rather than a round we watched. Weaker than an announcement, much stronger than a list somebody sold us. [**Sapphire Ventures** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures)[**Icon Ventures** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/icon-ventures)[**Dell Technologies Capital** Corporate VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dell-technologies-capital)[**Harmony Partners** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmony-partners) ## More decks [**Clari** Analytics 1 / 15 **$346M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/clari)[**Amperity** Analytics 1 / 5 **$178M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/amperity)[**Amplitude** Analytics 1 / 15 **$150M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/amplitude)[**Posthog** Analytics 1 / 15 **$145M** raised after](https://millionrounds.com/decks/posthog) [Browse all 1,712 decks](https://millionrounds.com/decks). We hold no record of where this file came from or on what terms. If it is yours and you would rather it were not here, [tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?deck=alation) and it goes.