MemSQL raised millions post-YC and stayed stealth for 15 months
Eric (MemSQL) · Panel discussion // Data Driven NYC #13 // Dec 2012 · Dec 5, 2013 · at 7:28
Eric Frenkiel is the co-founder and CEO of MemSQL. At Data Driven NYC in December 2012, he shares MemSQL's timeline from Y Combinator graduation to commercial product launch.
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“We were able to raise a couple million following the program. We shut up shop in San Francisco and then basically went stealth for 1415 months. Launched the product just this year in June”
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