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Datavant

Protect, connect, and deliver the world's health data

1001+ employees
  • Healthcare
  • B2B
  • Big data
  • Analytics
  • Data Sharing
  • MedTech
44 Montgomery Street, Floor 3, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA

Company mission

Datavant's mission is to connect the world's health data to improve patient outcomes.

Top investors

44% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

Datavant’s healthcare data platform leverages AI to allow medical companies to organize, protect, match, interpret and share data for use in clinical trial decision making. Founded in 2017, they already have an impressive list of clients including Janssen, Symphony Health, Medidata and Blue Health Intelligence.

The market in which Datavant operates is booming, as global big data analytics in healthcare is forecast to be worth nearly $70 billion by 2025, up from $16 billion in 2017.

Having raised significant venture funding from Transformation Capital and notably, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, the company has since gone on to form a $7 billion merger with peer company Ciox Health. This move makes Datavant the largest health data ecosystem in the US.

Benefits

  • Full family coverage
  • WFH stipend & monthly credit
  • Paid parental & family leave
  • Equity
  • Learning & development
  • Annual stipend for health tech tools
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • We Keep Data Human Every datapoint we touch represents a patient. We obsess over patient privacy and benefit in all decisions we make, even when it adds friction.
  • We Are Customer Obsessed We listen to our customers' current needs, anticipate their future needs, and set the pace for the possible. Today’s awesome is tomorrow’s average.
  • We Operate Like Owners We demonstrate unmatched accountability and follow-through. We lead with “how might we” rather than “we can’t.” We raise a hand when there is no clear owner and embrace a “no job too big, no job too small” mindset to win together.
  • We Prioritize Growth Over Comfort Growth happens outside our comfort zone. We embrace ambition, strive for exceptionalism, and see feedback as a gift. We invest boldly to grow each other, our network, and our impact on healthcare.
  • We Value Time As Our Most Prized Asset We respect team and customer time by simplifying steps, knowing when done is better than perfect, and never being the bottleneck. We speak truthfully and openly so information travels fast.

Funding (2 rounds)

Oct 2020

$40m

SERIES B

Apr 2018

$40.5m

EARLY VC

$80.5m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

Travis May

(Co-Founder)

Studied Economics and Mathematics at Harvard. Founded iStart while still a student. Was CEO of the Data and Marketing company LiveRamp from 2009 to 2017.

Aneesh Kulkarni

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously a Data Scientist at Lyft. Prior to this the worked at Microsoft for 5 years as a Software Engineer and Data Scientist.

Endorsements

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Career progression (3)

Nice people (2)

Opportunities to learn (1)

Autonomy (1)

Meaningful work (1)

My opinions are valued (1)

Focus on employee wellbeing (1)

Innovative product (1)

Inspiring mission (1)

Becoming a member of the Datavant team 18 months ago, I could not have anticipated the personal and career growth that has been made available to me in that time. I have grown more since joining Datavant than at any other point in my career.

People, HR, Recruitment

Career progression

Mar 2023

The belief and trust in me ability shown by my line manager has played a huge part in allowing me the opportunity to work autonomously. I feel that my opinions are valued, my work is appreciated and I'm consistently excited for my next project or initiative.

People, HR, Recruitment

Autonomy

Mar 2023

Ensuring that a company is fully committed to the positive wellbeing of their employees is crucial. I believe that Datavant works hard to provide a healthy, happy working culture that allows everyone to feel that they have the support they need, along with an excellent healthcare benefits package, together with a caring, kind and thoughtful team.

People, HR, Recruitment

Focus on employee wellbeing

Mar 2023

Personal growth is a staple of working at Datavant, and my managers have exemplified this part of our culture. I've had numerous feedback sessions with valuable information to help me improve toward goals I've set for myself. Being at Datavant has helped me understand my impact, where I want to go in my career, and how I can get there.

Software Engineering

Career progression

Mar 2023

Datavant is using technology to connect data and make a meaningful impact to patients' lives. Our work in the UK is directly tied to the use of medical data to power a number of patient applications and patient-centered research.

Software Engineering

Meaningful work

Mar 2023

We're a product-driven company that works to incorporate customer feedback to quickly delivery on super cool use cases that are brining more data to clinical research.

Software Engineering

Innovative product

Mar 2023

My opinions are heard through various channels by peers, cross-functional teams, and leadership. Regular team surveys are taken and management react to the findings and often implement changes where needed. I also have a voice in meetings regardless of what seniority of person is in attendance, it feels quite a flat structure during discussions.

Product

My opinions are valued

Mar 2023

Company vision and goals are talked about regularly to help make them clear, the mission is inspiring itself as it has the opportunity to advance healthcare data, healthcare innovation, and do to it faster. The mission feels inspiring as colleagues and customers both seem excited by our mission when it's talked about.

Product

Inspiring mission

Mar 2023

"Smart, nice, and gets things done" is what DV look for when hiring and current employees are also expected to show these values. You can't only be smart and getting things done, you need to do it with respect for your colleagues and customers. When working with different teams across the organisation, people have always been supportive in helping me move myself and projects forward.

Product

Nice people

Mar 2023

Datavant has an open and collaborative culture and operates like a start up in the sense that if someone has a good idea they are encouraged to pursue it with no red tape. I have found the right mix of "throw you in the deep end" and mentorship

Operations & Strategy

Opportunities to learn

Mar 2023

When I joined datavant I had a mostly operations background – i quickly working on cross functional projects and now have experience in product and engineering. Because the company is growing so quickly, it's not just that career growth is encouraged, but is actually an expectation

Operations & Strategy

Career progression

Mar 2023

"no brilliant jerks" is part of the hiring mentality and it shows. I feel like there is an expert in everything I could want to know about healthcare or technology somewhere in the company and I'd be totally comfortable scheduling some time with anyone to ask them questions or chat about their work

Operations & Strategy

Nice people

Mar 2023

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