DataStax - About the company
DataStax is an acquired company based in Santa Clara (United States), founded in 2010 by and . It operates as a Cloud based database platform for enterprises. DataStax has raised $305M in funding from investors like Lightspeed Venture Partners, Rackspace and Meritech, with last known valuation of $1.6B. The company has 234 active competitors, including 60 funded and 37 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like MongoDB, Confluent and Couchbase.
Sectors and market segments that DataStax operate in
DataStax serves in the B2B, SaaS space.Company Details
Cloud based database platform for enterprises. It is a distributed nosql database that provides a platform for enterprise search, analytics, and visual management. It integrates apache spark for in-memory processing, batch analytics, and search.
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Founded Year
2010
Location
Santa Clara, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
in 8 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
as on Jun 15, 2022
Investors
Ranked
3rd among
Employee Count
as on Dec 31, 2022
Investment & Acquisitions
Langflow &
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Exit Details
Acquired by IBM (May 28, 2025)
Legal entities associated with DataStax
DataStax is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
CIN: 20121143579 United States, Active | Mar 06, 2012 | - | - | - |
CIN: 272254206 United States, Active | - | 422 (as on Dec 31, 2022) | - |
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DataStax's acquisition details
DataStax got acquired by IBM on May 28, 2025.
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DataStax's funding and investors
DataStax has raised a total funding of $305M over 8 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 23, 2010. Its latest funding round was a Series G round on Aug 30, 2022 for an undisclosed amount. 1 investor participated in its latest round, which include Harmony Venture Partners, Cross Creek, Meritech and Kleiner Perkins.
DataStax has 30 institutional investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Rackspace and Meritech. Jason Calacanis is only Angel Investor in DataStax.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of DataStax:
Date of funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post money valuation | Revenue multiple | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 30, 2022 | Undisclosed | Series G | - | - | |
May 26, 2021 | $115M | Series G | - | - | |
Sep 10, 2014 | $106M | Series E | $830M | - |
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DataStax's founders and board of directors
The founders of DataStax are and .
Here are the details of DataStax's key team members:
- : Co-Founder & CTO of DataStax.
- : Co-Founder of DataStax.
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DataStax's employee count trend
DataStax has 422 employees as of Dec 22. The total employee count is 31.0% more than what it was in Dec 21. Here is DataStax's employee count trend over the years:
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DataStax's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of DataStax include MongoDB, Confluent and Couchbase. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of DataStax, ranked by 秘密研究所 score:
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Overall Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | 秘密研究所 Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | MongoDB 2007, New York City (United States), Public | Provider of a cloud-based database-as-a-service platform | $311M | Kaplan Group Investments, HTIF听&补尘辫;听 | 81/100 |
2nd | _1590472586674.png?height=40&width=40){kind=logo} Confluent 2014, Mountain View (United States), Public | Cloud based data streaming analytics and governance platform | $456M | HTIF, Founders Circle Capital听&补尘辫;听 | 75/100 |
3rd | 2010, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired | Cloud based database platform for enterprises | $305M | Harmony Venture Partners, Cross Creek听&补尘辫;听 | 74/100 |
3rd | Couchbase 2009, Mountain View (United States), Public | AI powered dbaas for enterprises | $251M | 75/100 | |
5th |  Imply 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Open Source Platform for Exploratory Analytics | $215M | Bessemer Venture Partners, Thoma Bravo听&补尘辫;听 | 66/100 |
6th |  Incorta 2013, San Mateo (United States), Series D | AI-based business intelligence suite | $202M | Kleiner Perkins, SVB听&补尘辫;听 | 66/100 |
7th | StreamSets 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Streaming data flow management | $67.5M | 64/100 | |
8th | MariaDB 2010, Redwood City (United States), Acquired | Provider of dbaas platform for enterprises | $237M | Kreos Capital, 听&补尘辫;听 | 62/100 |
9th | Qubole 2011, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired | Provider of cloud-based data lake platform | $75M | IVP, TriplePoint Capital听&补尘辫;听 | 62/100 |
10th |  Pinecone 2016, San Mateo (United States), Series B | Provider of a cloud-based vector database for similarity search | $138M | Menlo Ventures, Iconiq Capital听&补尘辫;听 | 61/100 |
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DataStax's Investments and acquisitions
DataStax has made 1 investments in companies including Instaclustr. DataStax has also acquired 5 companies including Langflow and Kesque. Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
Date of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 04, 2024 | Acquisition | 2023 | Uberlandia, | |
Jan 27, 2021 | Acquisition | 2020 | ||
Mar 03, 2020 | Acquisition | 2012 |
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