Zima: Omni raised from former Looker board members at First Round and Redpoint
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Colin Zima, co-founder and CEO of BI platform Omni and former Looker executive, details Omni's early team size and investors 13 months post-founding.
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“We have 20 folks on the dot. It's 16 in product and engineering, so very heavy on the build side. And that was intentional because we were fortunate to be able to raise a good amount of capital actually from two former Looker board members at a pair of VC firms Bill at first round and Tom at red point.”
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