# Couchbase

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Jose, US
- Website: www.couchbase.com
- Total disclosed funding: $254M
- Latest round: Series G (May 21, 2020)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Founded in 2008 and based in California, US, Couchbase, Inc. is the merged entity of Membase (NorthScale Inc.) and CouchOne Inc. The company was founded by Chris Anderson, Damien Katz, Dustin Sallings, James Phillips and Steve Yen. The company operates as a provider of data management solutions for building scalable web and mobile applications. The company has offices in San Francisco, Bangalore, and London. In 2012, Couchbase Server 2.0 transformed Couchbase from a pure key-value database to a JSON document-oriented database. In 2017, Couchbase Server 5.0 introduced Full-Text Search and ephemeral buckets. In 2020, Couchbase debuts its Database-as-a-Service product, Couchbase Cloud™

 As of 2021, Couchbase has 549 customers across more than 50 countries. Couchbase is registered on NASDAQ since July 2021 under the ticker symbol BASE.

The company provides the feature through a query language called N1QL that uses SQL syntax. Couchbase helps corporate customers such as Comcast and eBay manage databases on the web and mobile applications through its NoSQL cloud database service. Couchbase provides an enterprise-class, multicloud to edge database that offers capabilities required for business applications on a scalable and available platform. As a distributed cloud-native database, the company runs in modern dynamic environments and on any cloud, either customer-managed or fully managed as-a-service. Couchbase is built on open standards, combining NoSQL with SQL that simplifies the transition from mainframe and relational databases.

The company generates revenue by charging a subscription price of USD 0.28 per hour per node for cloud developer pro and USD 0.44 per hour per node for cloud enterprise.

The company plans to expand product development and global go-to-market capabilities. 
In June 2025, Haveli Investment Management agreed to acquire Couchbase, Inc. for USD 1.5billion in cash, or USD 24.50 per share, in a public-to-private deal. The transaction was completed in September 2025, and the company was delisted from the Nasdaq Stock Market.

## Funding rounds

- Series G, May 21, 2020, $105M — Accel, Adams Street Partners, Mayfield Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners, Sorenson Capital, Glynn Capital, GPI Capital
- Series F, Aug 10, 2016, $40M — Accel, Adams Street Partners, Mayfield Fund, Ignition Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Sorenson Capital, WestSummit Capital
- Series E, Jun 16, 2014, $59M — Accel, Adams Street Partners, Mayfield Fund, Ignition Partners, Northbridge Capital Partners, DOCOMO Innovations, WestSummit Capital
- Series D, Aug 28, 2013, $25M — Accel, Adams Street Partners, Mayfield Fund, Ignition Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners
- Series C, Oct 18, 2011, $1M — DOCOMO Innovations
- Series C, Aug 10, 2011, $14M — Accel, Mayfield Fund, Ignition Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners
- Series B, Apr 19, 2010, $10M — Accel, Mayfield Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners

## Investors

- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G
- Mayfield Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mayfield-fund) — Series B, Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G
- North Bridge Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/north-bridge-venture-partners) — Series B, Series C, Series D, Series F, Series G
- Ignition Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ignition-partners) — Series C, Series D, Series E, Series F
- DOCOMO Innovations (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/docomo-innovations) — Series C, Series E
- Adams Street Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/adams-street-partners) — Series D, Series E, Series F, Series G
- Northbridge Capital Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/northbridge-capital-partners) — Series E
- WestSummit Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/westsummit-capital) — Series E, Series F
- Sorenson Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sorenson-capital) — Series F, Series G
- Glynn Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/glynn-capital) — Series G
- GPI Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gpi-capital) — Series G