# Starburst's pitch deck

> Starburst's pitch deck: 14 slides, and the funding round we observed afterwards.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/decks/starburst (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

**Starburst** Analytics 1 / 14 Read in the app

Pitch deck

# Starburst's *pitch deck*

The deck, and the 2 rounds we watched Starburst raise afterwards, with the investors each report named.

Starburst is a Boston-based data platform company founded in 2017 by the creators of OS Trino. The company specializes in providing a flexible and secure architecture for analytics, applications, and AI, enabling organizations to unify their data across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments without complex migrations. Their primary offering is a data lake analytics platform built on the open-source Trino engine. This platform supports data federation and virtualization, allowing users to access and analyze data from various sources, including Amazon Athena and Hadoop, without moving it. Starburst's technology enhances AI-driven insights and supports modern data architectures like Data Mesh and Data Lake, catering to a diverse clientele ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies in over 60 countries.

14 slides 3.8MB US Analytics Data/analytics

Read the deck Free account. The deck belongs to Starburst, 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
- 3
- 4 **Market**
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8 **Traction**
- 9
- 10
- 11 **Market**
- 12 **Validation**
- 13 **Validation**
- 14 **Contact**

Cover Market Traction Validation Contact

What happened next

## $22M across 2 rounds

**2** rounds observed **$22M** reported in total **Nov 2019** first we saw **May 2025** most recent

- May 2025 Venture **Amount undisclosed** [Andreessen Horowitz](https://millionrounds.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz)[B Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b-capital)[Citi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi)[Coatue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management)[Index Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) Source recorded
- Nov 2019 Round **$22M** [Index Ventures Lead](https://millionrounds.com/fund/index-ventures) Reported by TechCrunch

[Everyone who backed Starburst](https://millionrounds.com/company/starburst)

Form D

What they told the regulator

## Starburst filed 5 Form Ds with the SEC

The company reporting its own raise, rather than a journalist reporting it.

**$153M** sold under the offering **Aug 2025** most recent filing

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The deck itself

## Read Starburst'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 Starburst.

## Investors who claim them

Firms listing Starburst 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.

[**Founders Circle Capital** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-circle-capital)[**Kluz Ventures** VC firm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kluz-ventures)[**Conduit** Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)

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