March 21, 2024 at 11:12AM
Tarsal, a security data movement company, secures $6 million in seed funding from Harpoon Ventures, Mango Capital, Abstract Ventures, Backend Capital, and Y Combinator. Founded in 2022 in San Francisco, the startup aims to enhance security teams’ data management with its ETL platform that provides seamless data ingestion, normalization, and analysis across various platforms. Additionally, Barrett Lyon joins as CTO to expand Tarsal’s core ETL product.
Key Takeaways from the Meeting Notes:
1. Tarsal, a security data movement company, has secured $6 million in seed funding led by Harpoon Ventures and Mango Capital, with additional investment from Abstract Ventures, Backend Capital, and Y Combinator.
2. The San Francisco-based startup, which was founded in 2022, aims to enhance data management for security teams and enable security analytics on top of the modern data stack.
3. Tarsal’s one-click ETL platform allows seamless data ingestion, normalization, and analysis on various platforms, including major data lakes, SIEMs, and XDRs. It also supports data movement from multiple sources to any location and can reduce costs for security teams.
4. The platform integrates with existing systems, eliminating extensive in-house engineering, and offers comprehensive visibility for analysts and engineers.
5. Tarsal’s solution enables customers to keep their SIEMs while migrating analytics to a data lake for increased flexibility and performance, and it can scale as per the customer’s data management needs.
6. Netography co-founder Barrett Lyon is joining Tarsal as chief technology officer (CTO) to lead the development and expansion of Tarsal’s core ETL product.
7. Lyon emphasized the significance of the platform in solving the complex and scalable problem of data security in today’s landscape, with the new funding allowing for expansion and strengthening of Tarsal’s platform.