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Start Smart Labs

Start Smart Labs

Palo Alto, Californiastartsmartlabs.com

Overview

Start Smart Labs is a Big Data Incubator for startups that are developing data intensive applications on Hadoop, helping those companies move from concept to a running business. Start Smart Labs provides advice, coaching and mentoring to entrepreneurs, along with seed funding and a number of discounted services, such as banking, legal, hosting and office space .

Year Founded

2012

Portfolio Companies

2

Investments

Start Smart Labs investments
CompanyDateStageLead
PlanetScaleDec 2018Seed-
InnovaccerMay 2015SeedLead

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Year Founded2012

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