Matillion co-founder

Ed Thompson at Matillion

He wrote the first product himself, in 2011, outside Manchester.

Ed Thompson co-founded Matillion in 2011 with Matthew Scullion. He is the chief technology officer.

Both founders left their jobs to start the company near Manchester. Thompson wrote the first product himself. Scullion, who co-founded his first company at 18, set the guiding principles.

Matillion builds data transformation software that runs inside cloud data warehouses. It competes with Fivetran, Informatica, Talend and dbt Labs.

Funding rounds include a $20m Series B in 2018 and a $150m Series E in September 2021 at a $1.5bn valuation, led by General Atlantic. The company has offices in Denver, New York and Seattle.

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What is Ed Thompson's role at Matillion?

Ed Thompson is co-founder and chief technology officer of Matillion, the cloud data software company founded in 2011 with Matthew Scullion.

How did Matillion start?

Thompson wrote the first Matillion product himself in a rural area near Manchester after both founders quit their jobs. Scullion set the company's guiding principles.

What is Matillion worth?

Matillion raised a $150m Series E in September 2021 at a $1.5bn valuation, led by General Atlantic. It is based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.