We extract and organize structured data from documents, such as PDFs, excel sheets for non-engineers. A CRE firm uses us to pull data from several deals to populate their underwriting spreadsheets in 5 minutes, instead of hours.
Extract, search and analyze data in your documents
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### Extract, search and analyze data in your documents

We extract and organize structured data from documents, such as PDFs, excel sheets for non-engineers. A CRE firm uses us to pull data from several deals to populate their underwriting spreadsheets in 5 minutes, instead of hours.



Midship

Founded:2024

Team Size:3

Location:San Francisco

### Active Founders

### Kieran Taylor, Co-Founder

Co-founder of Midship - Extract, search and analyze data in your documents. Spent 7 years building data platforms at Instacart, Amazon & Deloitte. Experienced every pain point possible working with data-focused teams. From the UK, avid traveller, mediocre tennis player, competitive vimmer.



### Aahel Iyer, Founder

Former indie rock guitarist turned product designer. Shaped user experiences at Lyft, Faire, and Dashworks, specializing in financial products, and gen AI. Moved from India to the US at 18. Now using diverse insights to build user centric products.



### Max Maio, Co-Founder

Shipped software loaning billions at PayPal; built an AI-powered app from zero to one at Dashworks. Snowboarder, surfer, and espresso machine fixer.



### Company Launches

[### Midship - Extract documents straight to your spreadsheets](

Hey YC! We're Aahel, Kieran, and Max from [Midship](

We became friends while working together at our previous company. We grew up in different corners of the world, but quickly found common ground over intense FIFA matches, Blue Bottle Coffee and love for building impactful software. We're so thrilled to be on this journey.

### **TLDR**

[Midship]( extracts information from complex documents and inputs it directly into your preferred spreadsheets, significantly reducing manual data entry.

### **The Problem**

Enterprise professionals waste hours manually extracting data from documents into spreadsheets. Whether it's loan applications or legal contracts, this process steals hours from valuable analysis.



### **Our Solution**

1.  Upload your source documents (PDFs, reports, etc.)
2.  Upload your target spreadsheet template
3.  Midship extracts the required data and maps it to your template
4.  Download your fully populated spreadsheet, ready for analysis in minutes

### **See it in action**

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### **Our Ask**

Know senior finance professionals in these areas?

*   Hedge Funds or Asset Management
*   Investment Banking
*   Private Equity

We've made it easy to help! Just drop their names, LinkedIn URLs, or emails in our [quick form]( Your referrals are incredibly valuable to us as we grow.

### **We are launching a Startup Tier**

We're excited to introduce our Startup Tier, designed to support early-stage companies. While we're starting small to ensure quality support, we'd love to hear from you if you're moving data from PDFs to Excel/GSheets or structured JSONs.



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