
Silk is a cloud-based application that enables users to visualize their data online by the way of interactive web pages. Users can also share these data sets; invite others to edit them; embed them in publishing platforms such as Tumblr and WordPress; include price comparison charts, interactive salary databases, and more; organize images and videos; build location-based maps; covert spreadsheet into Silk pages; build personalized web applications; and so on. Silk was founded by Lon Boonen and Salar al Khafaji and is based in Amsterdam and San Francisco. The company is venture-backed by Atomico Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.

Silk is a cloud-based application that enables users to visualize their data online by the way of interactive web pages. Users can also share these data sets; invite others to edit them; embed them in publishing platforms such as Tumblr and WordPress; include price comparison charts, interactive salary databases, and more; organize images and videos; build location-based maps; covert spreadsheet into Silk pages; build personalized web applications; and so on. Silk was founded by Lon Boonen and Salar al Khafaji and is based in Amsterdam and San Francisco. The company is venture-backed by Atomico Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
Product: Cloud-based platform for non-technical users to create, publish, and share interactive data visualizations (pages, charts, maps).
Founding base: Founded in Amsterdam (company also had a San Francisco presence).
Founders: Salar al Khafaji (co‑founder & CEO) and Lon Boonen (co‑founder).
Funding: Raised ~3.66M USD across small rounds between 2011–2013 (Atomico, NEA, and angels).
Exit: Acquired by Palantir Technologies (announced August 2016).
Data visualization, data publishing, and making datasets accessible to non-technical audiences.
Data visualization / SaaS
€320,000
Early-stage round with participation from individual angel investors.
$1.6M
Seed round led by NEA with participation from Atomico and angel investors (named participants reported).
$1.6M
Additional funding from existing investor NEA reported.
“Backed by institutional venture investors including Atomico Ventures and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), alongside angel investors.”