# Cloudera

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/cloudera

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Santa Clara, US
- Website: www.cloudera.com
- Total disclosed funding: $674M
- Latest round: Series F (May 23, 2014)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Founded in 2008 by Christophe Bisciglia, Amr Awadallah, Jeff Hammerbacher, Mike Olson, and Owen O'Malley and based in California, United States, Cloudera, Inc. delivers enterprise data cloud solutions as well as CDP (Cloudera Data Platform) that offers multi-function analytics, a shared data experience, and hybrid cloud capabilities. As of 2021, the company is chaired by Robert Bearden as CEO. The company’s clients include Meharry Medical College and Clearsense, Bombay Stock Exchange, and U.S Census Bureau among others as its solutions serve the financial services industry along with manufacturing, insurance, telecommunications, retail, technology, public sector, healthcare, energy and utilities, and education industry. 

In 2017, the company started trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol, CLDR raising USD 225 million in an IPO. In 2018, Cloudera, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Hortonworks, Inc. in 2019, the company Cloudera and Hortonworks merged in a deal of USD 3 billion. In 2021, Clayton Dubilier & Rice and KKR agreed to acquire Cloudera, Inc. for USD 5.3 billion in cash, or USD 16 per share.

Cloudera Inc’s product portfolio includes DataFlow, a streaming data platform that curates and analyzes data for key insights; Data Science Workbench (CDSW), a self-service experience with Python, R, and Scala; and Enterprise Data Hub that offers marketing automation, predictive maintenance, and regulatory compliance among others. Additionally, the firm offers fast-forward labs research and Hortonworks data platform. 

Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) manages and secures big data lifecycle from Edge to AI and it offers multi-function cloud-native analytics to businesses through its SDX (Shared Data Experience) architecture providing security, enterprise-grade governance, encryption, and control across hybrid clouds. CDP public and private cloud services include data hub, data warehouse, machine learning, data engineering, visualization, and operational database. 

The company generates revenue through subscription sales. The company recorded revenue of USD 226.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2021 where the Subscription revenue was $206.8 million; and revenue of USD 869.3 million for the fiscal year 2021. 

The acquisition will accelerate Cloudera, Inc’s long-term path to hybrid cloud leadership for analytics that spans the complete data lifecycle from the Edge to AI. The company expects revenues in the range of USD 216 million to USD 218 million, and subscription revenue in the range of USD 195-197 million for the first quarter of 2022.

## Funding rounds

- Series F, May 23, 2014, $371M — Intel Capital
- Series F, Feb 5, 2014, $160M — T Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments, GV, DFO Management
- Series E, Dec 3, 2012, $65M — Accel, Meritech Capital Partners, Ignition Partners, Greylock Partners, In-Q-Tel
- Series D, Nov 7, 2011, $40M — Accel, Meritech Capital Partners, Ignition Partners, Greylock Partners, In-Q-Tel
- Series C, Oct 26, 2010, $26M — Accel, Meritech Capital Partners, Greylock Partners
- Series B, May 27, 2009, $6M — Accel, Greylock Partners
- Series A, Oct 14, 2008, $5.4M — Accel, SV Angel

## Investors

- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
- SV Angel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sv-angel) — Series A
- Greylock Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/greylock-partners) — Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E
- Meritech Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/meritech-capital-partners) — Series C, Series D, Series E
- Ignition Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ignition-partners) — Series D, Series E
- In-Q-Tel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/in-q-tel) — Series D, Series E
- T Rowe Price (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/t-rowe-price) — Series F
- Fidelity Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/fidelity-investments) — Series F
- GV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gv) — Series F
- DFO Management — Series F
- Intel Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/intel-capital) — Series F