Featured Startup Pitch: Knoyd – Unlock value from your data

COMPANY: Knoyd

ELEVATOR PITCH     

A one-stop shop for companies and professionals who want to transition into data science.

PRODUCT/SERVICE DESCRIPTION

Two sides are struggling with entrance into data science: Companies trying to profit from data and professionals trying to enter into data-driven occupation. We change that. Whether you are a company seeking a data science solution or a professional wanting to become a data scientist we can help you. Future is data!

DIFFERENTIATORS VS. THE COMPETITION  

We provide the only platform where companies get delivered expert data solutions together with the professional making it.

FOUNDERS’ STORY

Lukas Toma, co-founder and Data Scientist at Knoyd, data science enthusiast, formerly founded Data Science department at Ulmon GmbH (Vienna, Austria) and was Senior Data Scientist and early employee at Kreditech Holding GmbH (Hamburg, Germany). Has MSc in Artificial Intelligence with full EMEA Excellence Scholarship from Polytech Nantes (France) and BSc in Applied Mathematics from Masaryk University (Czech Republic). Worked on a variety of student projects related to Machine Learning during studies, two of which spun off into startup companies.

Juraj Kapasny, co-founder and data scientist at Knoyd, data mining enthusiast, data scientist at Teradata (Vienna, Austria). Former intern at Department of Rating and Scoring Models in Unicredit (Prague, Czech Republic). Studied applied mathematics at Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic) and University of Vienna (Austria). At Teradata I have worked on many customer specific project across industries like Telco, Finance or Automotive, helping customers to gain additional insights and value from their data.

HEADQUARTERS: Vienna

WEBSITE: knoyd.com

INVESTORS: Bootstrapped

YEAR FOUNDED: 2015

TWITTER: @knoyd_com

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/knoyding

LINKEDIN: linkedin.com/company/knoyd