Company Research Report: Streamkap
Company Overview
Name:
Streamkap
Mission:
To make real-time data easy, accessible, and low cost for businesses.
Founded and Founders:
Streamkap was co-founded in June 2022 by Paul Dudley and Ricky Thomas.
Key People:
- Paul Dudley - Co-Founder and CEO
- Ricky Thomas - Co-Founder
Headquarters:
548 Market St, PMB 49709, San Francisco, CA 94104, US
Number of Employees:
2-10 employees
What is the Company Known For:
Streamkap is known for its modern streaming ETL platform built on Apache Kafka and Flink, which facilitates real-time data movement and processing with sub-second latency.
Products
Core Product: Streamkap Platform
High-Level Description:
Streamkap offers a modern streaming data platform that enables businesses to switch from slow batch processing to real-time data streaming. The platform is built on Apache Kafka and Flink and focuses on ease of use, zero maintenance, and cost efficiency.
Key Features:
1. Change Data Capture (CDC):
- Streams all changes from databases with minimal source impact and sub-second latency.
2. Pre-Built Connectors:
- Supports a broad range of databases and event sources including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, and more.
3. Real-Time Transformations:
- Capability to transform data in real-time before it reaches the destination (e.g., hashing, aggregating, masking, joins, and JSON splitting).
4. Automated Scaling and Maintenance:
- Automatically scales and maintains infrastructure, ensuring minimal end-user intervention.
5. Monitoring and Alerting:
- Provides comprehensive monitoring and alerting features to ensure pipeline health.
6. Data Security:
- SOC 2 Type 2 certified, GDPR/CCPA compliant, offering SSL, SSH tunnels, SSO, and audit trail functionalities.
Recent Developments
Recent Developments in the Company:
1. August 2, 2024:
- Case Study: Streamkap helped Niche.com reduce data latency from 24 hours to near real-time, significantly improving their data infrastructure and cost-efficiency.
2. August 1, 2024:
- New Funding: Streamkap announced raising $3.3 million in seed and pre-seed funding from investors including InReach Ventures, TEN13, Haatch, and Begin Capital.
3. July 29, 2024:
- Technology Update: Comparison of Streamkap as a cost-efficient real-time alternative to Fivetran, highlighting an 8x cost reduction and sub-second data streaming capabilities.
4. Product Enhancements:
- DynamoDB CDC Support: Recently launched support for DynamoDB change data capture.
- Real-Time Personalization: Partnered with BrandAlley to provide real-time data feeds for enhanced personalization algorithms.
New Products Launched:
There is no specific mention of new products launched besides enhancements to the existing platform capabilities (e.g., DynamoDB CDC Support).
New Features Added to Existing Products:
1. Multiple Versions for Differential Management:
- Deploy multiple versions of Streamkap service for production and development environments.
2. API and Terraform Integration:
- Programmatically manage Streamkap deployment using API or Terraform provider.
New Partnerships:
- BrandAlley: To power real-time personalization and significantly increase conversion rates.
Financial Information
Revenue:
No information is available.
Additional Notes:
The Modern Streaming Data Platform:
- Sources and Destinations:
- Supports a wide range of sources (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) and destinations (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks).
- Flexible Deployment Options:
- Includes the option for BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) to ensure data does not leave the customer’s environment.
- Schema Drift Handling:
- Automatically manages schema changes without slowing down data pipelines.
Testimonials
Marcin Migda (Staff Data Engineer):
"Streamkap was 4x faster and had 3x lower total cost of ownership than our previous solution."
Kohei Hasegawa (CTO):
"The migration to Streamkap has resulted in clear and predictable billing, reducing unexpected costs. Success metrics include a 54% reduction in data-related costs."
Vikram Chauhan (Head of Data Engineering at Niche.com):
"With Streamkap, we went from waiting 24 hours for data refreshes to having it available in near real-time, which has transformed our ability to make data-driven decisions quickly."
This market research report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Streamkap based on the available data. If any field had no information available, it was explicitly stated in the relevant section.