Tech Company Financing Transactions

PlanetScale Funding Round

On 5/24/2019, PlanetScale announced $22 million in Series A funding from Andreessen Horowitz and SignalFire.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/24/2019
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$22,000,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
278 Hope St.
Mountain View, CA 94041
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
PlanetScale is a NewSQL database-as-a-service(DbaaS) based on the open source project. They run the world's most scalable database clusters with Vitess. They created Vitess, a MySQL sharding solution powering products such as YouTube, Slack, Square and many more. PlanetScale's expertise helps such businesses scale their new and existing infrastructure faster.
Profile
PlanetScale LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
PlanetScale Company Twitter Account
Company News
PlanetScale News
Facebook
PlanetScale on Facebook
YouTube
PlanetScale on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jitendra Vaidya
  Jitendra Vaidya LinkedIn Profile  Jitendra Vaidya Twitter Account  Jitendra Vaidya News  Jitendra Vaidya on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Sugu Sougoumarane
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VP - Finance
Karen Wong
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VP - General Counsel
Tal Niv
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VP - Product Management
Sam Lambert
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VP - Sales
Vijay Nambiar
  Vijay Nambiar LinkedIn Profile  Vijay Nambiar Twitter Account  Vijay Nambiar News  Vijay Nambiar on Facebook


 

 

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