"It's exciting to see Portugal becoming an internationally recognised hub for startups" | Interviewing Fabiana Clemente, the co-founder of YData
"It's exciting to see Portugal becoming an internationally recognised hub for startups, and year after year, we see more entrepreneurs and more support infrastructure"
Interviewing Fabiana Clemente, the co-founder of YData
Fabiana Clemente is the co-founder of YData, a development platform for data scientists that helps build datasets faster and cheaper with data quality profiling, labelling and synthetic data generation.
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Quais os grandes milestones da YData em 2021?
2021 foi um ano em cheio! Começámos a trabalhar com os primeiros clientes internacionais, duplicamos a equipa e concluímos a nossa ronda Seed de $2.7M.
Como achas que o ecossistema cresceu, neste ano? O que mudou?
É excitante ver Portugal a tornar-se um hub de startups reconhecido internacionalmente e, ano após anos, vemos mais empreendedores e mais infraestrutura de apoio, o que é excelente! As próprias associações de empreendedorismo, como a Startup Lisboa, estão a evoluir e a tornar-se mais maduras, conseguindo não apenas ajudar startups mas a catapultá-las para o sucesso.
Que ambições tem a YData para 2022?
Continuar a crescer o negócio, a equipa e o produto! Estamos muito entusiasmados por esta nova etapa nos EUA e estamos a começar a trabalhar com os primeiros clientes, por isso avizinha-se um 2022 muito excitante!
What are YData's significant milestones in 2021?
2021 was a big year! We started working with our first international clients, doubled the team and completed our $2.7M Seed round.
How do you think the ecosystem has grown this year? What has changed?
It's exciting to see Portugal becoming an internationally recognised hub for startups, and year after year, we see more entrepreneurs and more support infrastructure, which is excellent! In addition, the entrepreneurship associations themselves, like Startup Lisboa, are evolving and becoming more mature, managing to help startups and catapult them to success.
What ambitions does YData have for 2022?
Continue to grow the business, the team and the product! We are very excited for this new stage in the US and are starting to work with the first customers, so a very exciting 2022 is ahead!