Tech Company Financing Transactions

Confluent Funding Round

Confluent secured a $24 million Series B funding round on 7/8/2015. Investors included Index Ventures and Benchmark Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
7/8/2015
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$24,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Index Ventures (Lead Investor) (Michael Volpi )

Benchmark Capital (Eric Vishria)

Proceeds Purpose
This new investment will accelerate the development and enterprise adoption of the Confluent Platform, built around Apache Kafka, and underscores the growing importance of real-time data in the modern enterprise.

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
  Jay Kreps LinkedIn Profile  Jay Kreps Twitter Account  Jay Kreps News  Jay Kreps on Facebook
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
  Jun Rao LinkedIn Profile  Jun Rao Twitter Account  Jun Rao News  Jun Rao on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Simon Hayes
  Simon Hayes LinkedIn Profile  Simon Hayes Twitter Account  Simon Hayes News  Simon Hayes on Facebook
VP - Customer Service
Roger Scott
  Roger Scott LinkedIn Profile  Roger Scott Twitter Account  Roger Scott News  Roger Scott on Facebook
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
  Erica Schultz LinkedIn Profile  Erica Schultz Twitter Account  Erica Schultz News  Erica Schultz on Facebook


 

 

Browse more venture capital transactions:

Prev: 7/8/2015: GoodWorld venture capital transaction
Next: 7/8/2015: Doppler Labs venture capital transaction

 

Share this article

 


Where The Data Comes From

We do our best to report on every notable VC transaction. All VC database entries reported here are sourced from a variety of public sources. The data comes to us via our partnership with VentureDeal.com, an affiliated venture.

 


Additional Resources for Entrepreneurs

Lists of Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms

Franchise Opportunities

Contributors

Business Glossary