Confluent
Latest round
- Series E
Last raised
- Apr 2020
Total raised
- $456M
Investors
- 8
About Confluent
Founded in 2014 and based in California, US, Confluent, Inc. operates as an event streaming platform. The company was co-founded by CEO Jay Kreps, CTO Neha Narkhede, and Jun Rao. In December 2025, IBM Corporation acquired Confluent, Inc. from Battery Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Digital Disrupt for USD 11 billion. The company develops and operates Apache Kafka, a software-as-a-service (Saas)-based platform that provides open-source event streaming for enterprises to view transactions, manage software, and track operations-related data streams in real-time. Confluent also operates as a data infrastructure designed to connect applications, systems, and data layers of a company around a real-time central nervous system. Its offering can be deployed either as a fully-managed, cloud-native SaaS offering available to cloud providers, or an enterprise-ready, self-managed software offering. The acquisition aims to support IBM Corporation's provide intelligent data platform for enterprise IT by integrating Confluent capabilities.
Who invested in Confluent
8 investors across 5 rounds
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Who invested in Confluent?
Confluent has 8 investors on record across 5 venture rounds. Sign up free to see every VC on the cap table and the rounds they joined.
How much funding has Confluent raised?
Confluent has raised 5 venture rounds. Sign up free to see how much each round raised and the total.
When did Confluent last raise money?
Confluent's most recent round on record is a Series E, in Apr 2020.
What does Confluent do?
Founded in 2014 and based in California, US, Confluent, Inc.
Where is Confluent headquartered?
Confluent is headquartered in Mountain View, US.
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