Ryft是一家数据管理初创公司，由三位高中好友创立，近期完成了800万美元的种子轮融资，由Index和Bessemer共同领投。Ryft旨在为客户提供比Snowflake、Databricks等云巨头更灵活的数据产品，尤其在AI时代，数据的重要性日益凸显。Ryft的产品专注于数据优化、合规、灾难恢复和治理，同时允许客户掌控自己的数据，并使用不同的工具进行访问。该公司计划利用这笔资金扩大团队、拓展销售并推出新产品。

🤝 **团队背景：** Ryft的创始人Yossi Reitblat、Yuval Yogev和Guy Gadon是高中同学，并在以色列国防军中共同担任软件工程师，积累了丰富的数据软件开发经验。

💰 **融资情况：** Ryft完成了800万美元的种子轮融资，由Index Ventures和Bessemer Venture Partners共同领投，Wiz和Eon的创始团队成员也参与了投资。

💡 **产品优势：** Ryft提供比云巨头更灵活的数据产品，专注于数据优化、合规、灾难恢复和治理，允许客户拥有自己的数据并使用不同的工具。

🚀 **市场定位：** Ryft的目标客户包括金融、电商、广告技术、游戏和网络安全等领域的公司。

💼 **未来规划：** 此次融资将用于扩大工程师团队、扩展销售力度以及推出新产品，以进一步拓展市场。

Ryft has emerged from stealth with an $8 million seed co-led by Index and Bessemer.It says it provides a more flexible data product than cloud giants — a boon in the age of AI.Three friends, who met in high school, founded Ryft, which has 13 employees.

Data management startup Ryft is emerging from a 10-month stealth period with an $8 million seed round.

Index Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners co-led the round, with participation from members of the founding teams at Wiz and Eon.

Ryft cofounder and CEO Yossi Reitblat told Business Insider the company provides a more flexible data product for its customers than cloud giants like Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft, AWS, and Google.

In the age of AI where data is paramount to creating new models, companies "don't want to be locked with a single vendor and then only use their capabilities," he said. "They want to be able to mix and match."

Ryft handles data optimization, compliance, disaster recovery, and governance while allowing customers to take ownership of their data, allowing them to access it with different tools — such as those that write code for AI apps, Reitblat said. It works with companies across finance, e-commerce, adtech, gaming, and cybersecurity.

The New York-based company was founded by three friends who met in high school and subsequently worked together as software engineers in the Israel Defense Forces, building data software. In addition to Reitblat, there's CTO Yuval Yogev and vice president of research and development Guy Gadon. Ryft has 13 employees.

The team built Ryft for Apache Iceberg, an open-source analytic table software developed by Netflix. Ryft makes money by charging a yearly fee based on the amount of data it manages.

The seed round will go toward hiring more engineers, scaling sales efforts, and launching new products, Reitblat said.

Here's a look at the pitch deck that Ryft used to raise $8 million in seed funding.