Building for the Buyout: How Manta Engineered Its Exit to IBM
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Join Founders Network for a global keynote with Tomas Kratky, co‑founder and former CEO of Manta, as he breaks down how his team built a data lineage platform not just to scale—but to strategically become an acquirable asset. Tomas will unpack how Manta’s capabilities in data lineage became a strategic lock-in for IBM’s AI and data governance roadmap—culminating in IBM’s eighth acquisition of 2023.
In this global keynote, Tomas will cover:
✅ How they turned competitors into partners, and engineered their way into acquisition conversations with IBM
✅ The trade-offs between closing big deals early and staying true to long-term product vision
✅ What it really means to build for a buyout—not an IPO—and how to optimize all parts of your business with that endgame in mind
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