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Aster Data Systems

Aster Data Systems was a data management and analysis software company headquartered in San Carlos, California. It was founded in 2005 and acquired by Teradata in 2011.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

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Aster Data Systems was a data management and analysis software company headquartered in San Carlos, California. It was founded in 2005 and acquired by Teradata in 2011.2

How it started

History

Aster Data was co-founded in 2005 by Stanford University graduate students George Candea, Mayank Bawa, and Tasso Argyros. It received funding from First Round Capital, Sequoia Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Cambrian Ventures, Jafco Ventures as well as angel investors, including Rajeev Motwani, Ron Conway and David Cheriton.

It received its first round of funding of $5 million in 2005, a second round of $17 million in February 2009, and third round of $30 million in September 2010.

Aster was mentioned in 2010 by Intelligent Enterprise' editor.

It was ranked seventh in 2011 of venture-funded companies by The Wall Street Journal.

Argyros (Chief Technical Officer at the time) was listed as a technology pioneer of information technology and new media by the World Economic Forum in 2011.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aster Data Systems, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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