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Fragility of Design-Pattern Named Classes
Talks about Software Development, design patterns and class naming
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Andy Palmer
Founder of DBOS
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overview
Andy Palmer is an accomplished entrepreneur and seed investor based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He has co-founded and held executive positions in successful ventures like Tamr and DBOS, Inc., showcasing expertise in start-ups, venture capital, and entrepreneurship.
With a strong background in data analytics and entrepreneurship, Andy has made significant contributions to the tech industry through his roles as a Co-Founder & Executive Chairperson at Tamr and as a Seed Investor in various successful companies such as AppLand and Carta.
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Chairperson
2024 - Current
Software development technology, cloud-native, serverless computing
Raised $8,500,000.00 from Gutbrain Ventures, Construct Capital, SineWave Ventures and Engine Ventures.
Co-Founder & Executive Chairperson
2024
Supported Tamr team as required to achieve mission/vision.
Co-Founder, Chairperson & CEO
2013 - 2024
Co-Founded company. Did whatever it took to build great independent enterprise data product company.
Tamr offers an enterprise-grade data unification platform that allows organizations to consolidate and streamline their data operations.
Raised $69,200,000.00 from 40 North Ventures.
Founding BOD Member
2021
Osmo gives computers a sense of smell that improves the health and wellbeing of human life.
Raised $63,500,000.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Seed Investor
2020
Runtime Code Analysis for Developers. Visualize your runtime code, identify problems, find solutions, right in your editor
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Dell Technologies Capital, Venture Guides, Unusual Ventures, Secure Octane, Forgepoint Capital, Uncorrelated Ventures, Work-Bench and Argon Ventures.
Seed Investor
2013
Provided seed capital and advice to Henry Ward.
Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
Raised $1,157,600,000.00 from 8090 Partners, Unanimous Capital, Sand Hill Angels, Vetamer, GS Growth, Step Ahead Capital, Massive, Silver Lake, Moonshots Capital and Launchbay Capital.
Seed Investor
2012
Provided seed capital and advice to Founder - Rob Infantino - from concept through start-up, funding and launch. Co-Investors include Google Ventures (Rich Miner), Raptor Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
Everett Kaser Software specializes in offering logic and puzzle games software.
Seed Investor
2012 - 2023
Provided seed capital and advice to Founder - Inder Singh - from concept through start-up, funding and launch. Co-Investors include Founder Collective (Eric Paley), Kleiner Perkins.
Kinsa is a health technology company that primarily offers a thermometer application.
Raised $29,270,000.00 from Access VC.
BOD Member
2019 - 2022
Founding BOD Member
2012 - 2019
Provided counsel and advice to Founders - Dave Girouard, Anna Counselman and Paul Gu - from concept through start-up, funding and launch. Investors include First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, Eric Schmidt, Marc Benioff, Scott Banister, Joe Liemandt and Mark Cuban. Advisors include Bob Kerry and Jessica Jackley.
Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit.
Raised $944,050,000.00 from First National Bank Of Omaha, Progressive, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Rakuten, First Round Capital, Khosla Ventures, Green D Ventures and Third Point Ventures.
Seed Investor
2011 - 2019
Provided seed capital and advice to Founder - Karl Wirth - from concept through start-up, funding and launch. Co-Investors include Jit Saxena and Jim Baum.
Evergage provides a platform that helps digital marketers increase engagement and conversions through real-time 1:1 personalization.
Raised $26,250,000.00 from G20 Ventures, Arrowroot Capital Management and PJC.
Education
Research Affiliate
2015 - 2017
MBA
1992 - 1994
BA
1984 - 1988
High School
1980 - 1984