Databricks
Your data. Your AI. Your future.
Last Funded January 2026
Highlights
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$3B in ARR at the end of 2024, up 60% year-over-year from $1.9B at the end of 2023
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$10B Series J closed by Thrive Capital and co-led by a16z, DST Global, and Insight Partners
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Key investors include T. Rowe Price, NVIDIA, and strategic partners such as Microsoft and BlackRock
Our Team
Ali GhodsiCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Creator of Apache Spark. Professor at UC Berkeley, on the board of RiseLab. Holds an MBA and PhD from KTH/Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Ion StoicaCo–founder and Executive Chairman
Professor at UC Berkeley, co-director of the AMPLab. Co-founder of Conviva. PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon.
Matei ZahariaCo–founder and CTO
Associate Professor at UC Berkeley. Started Apache Spark. PhD at Berkeley
Pitch
The following information is highly confidential and must not be shared or disclosed.
The deal closes on Monday, Feb 10th.
This investment opportunity is private and for accredited investors only (506b). We're looking to invest at a max price per share of $125 but expect to get in at around ~102/share.
Investors will invest in a Wefunder-managed vehicle. Our allocation is between $5-10M, if interested in investing a larger size, we’ll need to see whether we can accommodate your investment. For any questions or additional information, please reach out to Mattia at mattia@wefunder.com.
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