# Vinay Samuel

> Vinay Samuel is the founder and CEO of Zetaris, a data virtualization and analytical data fabric company he started in a Melbourne garage in 2013 after walking away from a million-dollar executive contract. A first-generation Australian and self-taught programmer since age 14, he spent two decades in senior roles at Teradata, Greenplum, Vertica and Hewlett-Packard before building technology that lets enterprises query data wherever it lives, without first moving it into a data lake. Zetaris has raised roughly $30 million from investors including In-Q-Tel, works with customers such as Telstra, NBN, Optus, Nokia and Melbourne Water, and now positions its platform to prepare data for AI faster and at lower cost.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Zetaris
- **Organizations:** Zetaris, Greenplum, Vertica, GridMatics, Hewlett-Packard, Teradata
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** MBA, Australian Institute of Business (AIB), Member (MAICD), Australian Institute of Company Directors
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Zetaris to a valuation reported above $150 million, Built what the company describes as the world's first analytical data fabric for enterprise reporting, analytics and AI, Raised approximately $30 million from investors including In-Q-Tel, Exto Partners, Vulpes Ventures and 72 Capital

## Career timeline

- **1990s** — Began IT career at Teradata as a data marketing expert; became an early pioneer in event-based analytics and parallel database technology
- **2000s** — Held senior roles including Vice President Asia at Greenplum, executive roles at Vertica, CEO of GridMatics, and Vice President APJ at Hewlett-Packard
- **2013** — Founded Zetaris out of a Melbourne garage after turning down a million-dollar contract, bootstrapping with his own funds
- **2019** — Zetaris won the Australian Computer Society's CXO Disruptor of the Year award
- **2022** — Closed Series A funding (part of roughly $30M raised total) with investors including In-Q-Tel
- **2023-2024** — Repositioned Zetaris around AI data preparation and an AI-optimized data lakehouse; expanded into the US market, based in Palo Alto

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Zetaris to a valuation reported above $150 million
- Built what the company describes as the world's first analytical data fabric for enterprise reporting, analytics and AI
- Raised approximately $30 million from investors including In-Q-Tel, Exto Partners, Vulpes Ventures and 72 Capital
- Won the Australian Computer Society's CXO Disruptor of the Year 2019
- Signed enterprise customers including Telstra, NBN, Optus, Nokia and Melbourne Water
- Established partnerships with IBM, Accenture and Ernst & Young

## Latest updates

- **2024-07** — Zetaris profiled as it targets the fast-growing AI data market, positioning its platform to prepare data for AI projects faster and at lower cost.
- **2023-10** — Featured in a 'Deep Dive' interview on his leadership approach and view that data preparation is the major investment area for AI.

## Links

- Website: https://zetaris.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vinaysamuel
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Zetaris
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cYhDwyWaP8
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZetarisNDP/

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Last updated: 2026-07-24