The Oracle Mafia

Khanak
June 18, 2024
Tech Mafias

Founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates, Oracle Corporation quickly became a global leader in database software and technology. Originally named Software Development Laboratories (SDL), the company introduced the first commercially available SQL-based relational database management system, revolutionizing data management for businesses.

Larry Ellison's vision and leadership propelled Oracle to prominence, expanding its offerings to include cloud computing, enterprise software, and hardware systems. Despite facing regulatory and competitive challenges, Oracle remains committed to innovation and delivering robust, scalable, and secure solutions to businesses worldwide.

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Larry Ellison (Lawrence Joseph Ellison), Executive Chairman and CTO of Oracle Corporation
Larry Ellison

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The Oracle Mafia

The Oracle Mafia has founded 892 companies and raised $42B.

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List of All the Amazing Companies Covered:

  • Lucid Motors
  • Lacework
  • Nutanix
  • SambaNova Systems
  • GoodLeap
  • Tujia
  • ThoughtSpot
  • Rubrik
  • DNAnexus
  • Workato
  • Vectra Networks
  • Inxeption
  • Dashlane
  • MNTN
  • MATRIXX Software
  • AtScale
  • Headout
  • Code.org
  • Archipelago
  • Airmeet
  • DevRev
  • PocketPills
  • Privacera
  • Unsupervised
  • PayMongo
  • Quiq
  • LeanData
  • Qardio
  • Drishti
  • Xignite
  • Got It AI
  • Shop101
  • Bend Health
  • Bonusly
  • PeerSpot
  • B GARAGE
  • Launchable
  • Falkonry
  • Trustworthy
  • Outplay
  • Advantage Club
  • Vertalo
  • Agile Stacks
  • Telmai
  • Autobound

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Lucid Motors

Founder: Sam Weng

Oracle Role: Sr. Director, Marketing & Alliance

Capital Raised: $10.4B

Investors: Venrock

Stage: Post-IPO Equity

Lucid Motors is an automotive company that specializes in electric cars.

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Lacework

Founder: Vikram Kapoor

Oracle Role: Senior Development Manager

Capital Raised: $1.9B

Investors: Tiger Global Management

Stage: Venture - Series Unknown

Lacework is a cloud security services provider that automates cloud security at scale so customers can innovate with speed and safety.

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Nutanix

Founder: Ajeet Singh, Dheeraj Pandey

Oracle Role: Principal Product Manager, Software Development Senior Manager

Capital Raised: $1.1B

Investors: Battery Ventures

Stage: Post-IPO Debt

Nutanix is a platform that makes managing applications and data across different cloud services easier for businesses.

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SambaNova Systems

Founder: Rodrigo Liang, Aleksandr Yampolskiy

Oracle Role: Sr. Vice President, Sr. Member of Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $1.1B

Investors: BlackRock

Stage: Series D

SambaNova Systems builds AI hardware and integrated systems to run AI applications from the data center to the cloud.

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GoodLeap

Founder: Hayes Barnard

Oracle Role: Account Manager

Capital Raised: $800M

Investors: MSD Partners

Stage: Secondary Market

GoodLeap is a point-of-sale platform for sustainable home solutions.

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Tujia

Founder: Justin Luo

Oracle Role: Sales Manager

Capital Raised: $755M

Investors: GGV Capital

Stage: Series E

Tujia is a leading global homestay booking platform in China, offering diverse lodging options, including apartments, villas, and homestays, in 345 domestic and 1037 overseas destinations. Tujia ensures quality and security through local inspections and an Advance Compensation System, providing a seamless booking experience and high profits for homeowners.

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ThoughtSpot

Founder: Ajeet Singh, Vijay Ganesan

Oracle Role: Principal Product Manager, Architect, Business Intelligence

Capital Raised: $663.7M

Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners

Stage: Series F

ThoughtSpot is a business intelligence platform that helps anyone explore, analyze, and share real-time business analytics data.

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Rubrik

Founder: Arvind Nithrakashyap, Bipul Sinha

Oracle Role: Principal Member of Technical Staff, Engineer to Director - Database Products

Capital Raised: $554.3M

Investors: Bain Capital Ventures

Stage: Venture - Series Unknown

Rubrik offers live data access for recovery and application development by fusing enterprise data management with web-scale IT.

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DNAnexus

Founder: Andreas Sundquist

Oracle Role: Senior Member of Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $472.6M

Investors: First Round Capital

Stage: Series H

DNAnexus develops a cloud platform and global network designed for scientific collaboration and accelerated discovery.

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Workato

Founder: Vijay Tella

Oracle Role: Chief Strategy Officer, Fusion Middleware

Capital Raised: $415M

Investors: Battery Ventures

Stage: Series E

Workato is an enterprise automation platform that helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising governance and security.

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Vectra Networks

Founder: Hitesh Sheth

Oracle Role: Engineering Manager

Capital Raised: $352.5M

Investors: Accel

Stage: Series F

Vectra is a cybersecurity platform that uses AI to detect attackers in real time and perform conclusive incident investigations.

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Inxeption

Founder: Farzad Dibachi, Mark Moore

Oracle Role: Senior Vice President of New Media, SVP Development

Capital Raised: $336.5M

Investors: Coatue

Stage: Debt Financing

Inxeption is a cloud-based digital commerce platform that helps B2B companies accelerate growth and manage logistics.

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Dashlane

Founder: Bernard Liautaud

Oracle Role: France Sales Marketing Manager

Capital Raised: $210.9M

Investors: Sequoia Capital

Stage: Series D

Dashlane is a leading credential manager that removes complexity by pairing comprehensive security with ease of use.

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MNTN

Founder: Mark Douglas

Oracle Role: Senior Director Oracle Applications Division

Capital Raised: $185.8M

Investors: Greycroft

Stage: Seed

MNTN Performance TV is a CTV advertising platform with targeting, measurement, and optimization for amplifying marketers' performance goals.

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MATRIXX Software

Founder: Dave Labuda, Jennifer Kyriakakis

Oracle Role: SVP, Communications Business Unit, Director, Product Solutions

Capital Raised: $128.6M

Investors: GreylockStage: Private Equity

MATRIXX Software delivers a modern converged charging and digital monetization solution proven at scale.

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AtScale

Founder: Matthew Baird

Oracle Role: Senior Director Product Management

Capital Raised: $95M

Investors: Morgan Stanley

Stage: Series D

The Leading Semantic Layer Platform for Data and Analytics.

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Headout

Founder: Vikram Jit Singh

Oracle Role: Senior Member Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $57.7M

Investors: Haystack

Stage: Series B

Headout is a platform that connects users with real-life experiences, from tours and adventures to cultural events and wellness activities. It offers a seamless booking process through its app and website, inspiring people to explore and engage with the world beyond their screens.

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Code.org

Founder: Ali Partovi

Oracle Role: Software Consultant

Capital Raised: $57.9M

Investors: Pluralsight One

Stage: Grant

Code.org is a non-profit foundation focusing on developing computer programming education in the U.S.

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Archipelago

Founder: Roger Bodamer

Oracle Role: Kernel Engineer, Manager, Director 9iAS Integration

Capital Raised: $57.2M

Investors: Scale Venture Partners

Stage: Series B

Archipelago uses AI to digitize risk for large owners of commercial property to increase their resiliency and lower their cost of risk.

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Airmeet

Founder: Lalit Mangal, Vinay Jaasti

Oracle Role: Member Technical Staff, Senior Member-Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $50.1MInvestors: Global Founders Capital

Stage: Series B

Airmeet is an all-in-one platform for virtual & hybrid summits, conferences, and events designed for an immersive attendee experience.

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DevRev

Founder: Dheeraj Pandey

Oracle Role: Software Development Senior Manager

Capital Raised: $50M

Investors: Mayfield FundS

tage: Seed

DevRev is a platform for managing developer-customer relationships that allow developers to build, support, and grow their businesses.

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PocketPills

Founder: Abhinav Gupta

Oracle Role: Principal Member Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $50.9M

Investors: TELUS Ventures

Stage: Debt Financing

Pocketpills is an online pharmacy that provides medication and refill transfers.

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Privacera

Founder: Don Bosco Durai

Oracle Role: Senior Director - Enterprise Security

Capital Raised: $67.3M

Investors: Battery Ventures

Stage: Series B

Privacera is a SaaS-based data security and governance platform that offers data sharing without compromising regulatory compliance.

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Unsupervised

Founder: Noah Horton

Oracle Role: Head of Product Management & Shared Engineering - Oracle Cloud

Capital Raised: $53.5M

Investors: SignalFire

Stage: Series B

Unsupervised is an automated analytics platform provider that finds hidden insights in complex data.

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PayMongo

Founder: Francis Plaza

Oracle Role: Software Engineer

Capital Raised: $45.7M

Investors: Y Combinator

Stage: Series B

PayMongo is a payment processing startup that provides a payments API that can be integrated into mobile apps or websites.

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Quiq

Founder: Mike Myer

Oracle Role: Senior Director, Oracle Fusion Middleware

Capital Raised: $44M

Investors: Venrock

Stage: Series C

Quiq is a messaging platform that enables companies to engage with their customers across SMS/text messaging, Facebook Messenger, and other channels.

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LeanData

Founder: Evan Liang

Oracle Role: Principal Engineer

Capital Raised: $42.6M

Investors: Sapphire Ventures

Stage: Series C

LeanData is a revenue orchestration platform that helps businesses drive growth by aligning people, processes, and data.

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Qardio

Founder: Marco Peluso

Oracle Role: Principal Product Manager

Capital Raised: $39.5M

Investors: Digital Health Ventures

Stage: Series B

Qardio develops a suite of smart health monitoring devices that provide medical-grade data in a simple and convenient way.

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Drishti

Founder: Prasad Akella

Oracle Role: Senior Vice President

Capital Raised: $37.2M

Investors: Andreessen Horowitz

Stage: Series B

Drishti offers AI-powered video analytics for manual factory assembly lines to improve productivity and quality.

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Xignite

Founder: Stephane Dubois

Oracle Role: Vice President, Enterprise Performance Management

Capital Raised: $37.6M

Investors: StarVest Partners

Stage: Series C

Xignite provides cloud-based financial market data APIs to help fintech developers innovate.

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Got It AI

Founder: Peter Relan

Oracle Role: Director, Platform Strategy

Capital Raised: $22.5M

Investors: Floodgate

Stage: Series A

Got It AI is developing the Conversational AI, Generative AI, and LLMOps technologies needed to scale accurate and reliable conversations with unstructured content.

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Shop101

Founder: Abhinav Jain

Oracle Role: Principal Member Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $19.9M

Investors: Stellaris Venture Partners

Stage: Series C

Shop101 provides a platform for entrepreneurs to set up an online store and sell products through social channels.

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Bend Health

Founder: Jordan Tishler

Oracle Role: Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

Capital Raised: $32M

Investors: Polsky Venture Partners

Stage: Series A

Bend Health offers pediatric behavioral care through telehealth services and virtual programs.

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Bonusly

Founder: Raphael Crawford-Marks

Oracle Role: Senior Manager, Software Development

Capital Raised: $31.4M

Investors: FirstMark

Stage: Series B

Bonusly is a fun and engaging recognition and rewards platform that enriches company culture and improves employee engagement.

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PeerSpot

Founder: Russell Rothstein

Oracle Role: Vice President, Product Management

Capital Raised: $30M

Investors: Chicago Ventures

Stage: Series C

PeerSpot is a technology review platform that helps enterprise tech buyers make better purchasing decisions by providing peer reviews and expert advice.

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B GARAGE

Founder: Nobuhiro Endo

Oracle Role: Senior Director, Japan

Capital Raised: $30.2M

Investors: Global Brain Corporation

Stage: Series B

B GARAGE is a Japanese startup accelerator that provides seed funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage technology companies.

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Launchable

Founder: Harpreet Singh

Oracle Role: Product Management, Product Strategy

Capital Raised: $12.7M

Investors: Sequoia Capital India

Stage: Series A

Launchable uses machine learning to predict the likelihood of a software change causing a failure and recommends the right tests to run.

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Falkonry

Founder: Nikunj Mehta

Oracle Role: Principal Member Technical Staff

Capital Raised: $13.3M

Investors: Zetta Venture Partners

Stage: Series A

Falkonry provides operational machine learning for manufacturing and defense to improve operational outcomes by discovering and using patterns in their existing data.

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Trustworthy

Founder: Jon Lincoln Clark

Oracle Role: Senior Director, Product Management

Capital Raised: $15M

Investors: WTI

Stage: Series A

Trustworthy helps families store and manage their important information and documents securely in one place.

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Outplay

Founder: Ram Chaitanya

Oracle Role: Senior Principal Product Manager

Capital Raised: $9.3M

Investors: Sequoia Capital IndiaStage: Seed

Outplay is a sales engagement platform that helps businesses increase sales productivity and efficiency through personalized multichannel outreach.

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Advantage Club

Founder: Smiti Bhatt Deorah

Oracle Role: Principal Engineer

Capital Raised: $6.7M

Investors: GrowX Ventures

Stage: Series A

Advantage Club is an employee engagement platform that provides benefits, rewards, and recognition programs to boost employee satisfaction and productivity.

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Vertalo

Founder: Dave Hendricks

Oracle Role: Senior Director, Financial Services

Capital Raised: $7.8M

Investors: Hack VC

Stage: Series A

Vertalo is a digital asset management platform that helps issuers and investors manage their tokenized assets.

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Agile Stacks

Founder: John Mathon

Oracle Role: Principal Product Manager

Capital Raised: $8.5M

Investors: Canaan Partners

Stage: Series A

Agile Stacks provides DevOps automation platforms to accelerate the deployment and management of cloud applications and infrastructure.

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Telmai

Founder: Shilpa Lawande

Oracle Role: Senior Director

Capital Raised: $5.6M

Investors: Sierra Ventures

Stage: Seed

Telmai offers a data observability platform to monitor, detect, and resolve data quality issues in real time.

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Autobound

Founder: Blake Stovall

Oracle Role: Technical Program Manager

Capital Raised: $4M

Investors: Defy Partners

Stage: Seed

Autobound uses AI to provide sales reps with contextually relevant sales intelligence and engagement strategies to increase productivity.

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