#762 The Power of Partnership in Startup Ecosystems with Gil Feig from Merge & Daniel Marashlian from Drata
Today we’re talking to Gil Feig, Co-Founder at Merge, and Daniel Marashlian, Co-Founder & CTO at Drata. Gil and Daniel explore automating compliance, enhancing SaaS support, and the art of building high-EQ tech teams. Their conversation is a roadmap for aspiring CTOs, emphasizing innovation and strategic partnerships. A must-listen for those navigating the tech startup ecosystem.
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About Gil Feig
Gil Feig is a technology entrepreneur with a track record of identifying and solving real-world problems through innovative tech solutions. His approach to startup success involves deeply understanding customer needs, leveraging diverse industry feedback for product validation, and prioritizing team motivation to foster a strong company culture. Gil’s leadership style emphasizes the importance of aligning team efforts with core business objectives to drive growth and scalability.
About Merge
Merge is one API to add hundreds of integrations to your product. Merge’s platform makes secure data access easy by offering Unified APIs across key software categories, including HRIS, accounting, CRM, file storage, and more. Merge handles the full integrations lifecycle — from an easy initial build taking just weeks to providing integration observability tools ensuring customer delight, and fully owning the maintenance of integrations.
Thousands of companies use Merge to power their integrations, enabling them to unblock sales, reduce customer churn, accelerate time to market for new products, and save engineering costs and resources.
Merge is backed by $75 million in funding from Accel, NEA, and Addition. Merge was founded in 2020 by Shensi Ding and Gil Feig and is proudly built in San Francisco, New York City, and Berlin.
About Daniel Marashlian
Founder. Technologist. Serial Entrepreneur. Investor.
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder at Drata, Daniel Marashlian specializes in tech integration and SaaS customer support, driving success through strategic partnerships and customer-centric product development.
About Drata
Replace manual GRC efforts, reduce costs, and save time preparing for audits and maintaining compliance. Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects. We help thousands of companies streamline compliance for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, your own custom frameworks, and many more through continuous, automated control monitoring and evidence collection. Drata is backed by ICONIQ Growth, Alkeon, Salesforce Ventures, GGV Capital, Okta Ventures, SVCI (Silicon Valley CISO Investments), Cowboy Ventures, Leaders Fund, Basis Set Ventures, SV Angel, and many key industry leaders. Drata is based in San Diego, CA with team members across the globe.