Tech Company Financing Transactions

Confluent Funding Round

Confluent, based in Mountain View, secured $50 million from Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital and Index Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
3/8/2017
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$50,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

Sequoia Capital (Lead Investor) (Matthew Miller)

Benchmark Capital (Eric Vishria)

Index Ventures (Mike Volpi)

Proceeds Purpose
Confluent will use the new funds to further its vision of placing its streaming platform at the heart of every modern business.

Company Information

Company Status
Publicly-held
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
899 W Evelyn Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Email Address
Overview
Founded by the team that built Apache Kafka, Confluent builds a streaming platform that enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams.
Profile
Confluent LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Confluent Company Twitter Account
Company News
Confluent News
Facebook
Confluent on Facebook
YouTube
Confluent on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jay Kreps
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Chief Financial Officer
Cheryl Dalrymple
  Cheryl Dalrymple LinkedIn Profile  Cheryl Dalrymple Twitter Account  Cheryl Dalrymple News  Cheryl Dalrymple on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Giancarlo Lionetti
  Giancarlo Lionetti LinkedIn Profile  Giancarlo Lionetti Twitter Account  Giancarlo Lionetti News  Giancarlo Lionetti on Facebook
Co-Founder
Neha Narkhede
  Neha Narkhede LinkedIn Profile  Neha Narkhede Twitter Account  Neha Narkhede News  Neha Narkhede on Facebook
Co-Founder
Jun Rao
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VP - Bus. Development
Simon Hayes
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VP - Customer Service
Roger Scott
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VP - Customer Service
Sarah Sproehnle
  Sarah Sproehnle LinkedIn Profile  Sarah Sproehnle Twitter Account  Sarah Sproehnle News  Sarah Sproehnle on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Ganesh Srinivasan
  Ganesh Srinivasan LinkedIn Profile  Ganesh Srinivasan Twitter Account  Ganesh Srinivasan News  Ganesh Srinivasan on Facebook
VP - Operations
Erica Schultz
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