# MariaDB Corporation

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/mariadb-corporation

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Milpitas, US
- Website: www.mariadb.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $199M
- Latest round: Series D (Feb 1, 2022)
- Investors on record: 14

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2014 by Michael Widenius and Max Mether, and led by Chief Executive Officer Rohit de Souza, MariaDB Corporation Ab developed an open-source database that provides backup, recovery, support, portal binaries, and monitoring features to business client's operations. In August 2025, MariaDB Corporation Ab acquired SkySQL Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

MariaDB Corporation Ab offers MariaDB Enterprise Server, which is an open-source Community Server, offers support for transactional, analytical, and hybrid workloads. The company provides MariaDB MaxScale, which is a database proxy for database infrastructure to simplify app development and admin. It created a product known as MariaDB ColumnStore, which transforms columnar storage and massively parallel processing (MPP) into a standalone or distributed data warehouse for interactive, and ad hoc analytics. In addition, the firm provides a variety of services such as technical support services, remote DBA, training, enterprise architecture, consulting practice, and MariaDB migration architects.

MariaDB Corporation Ab generates revenue primarily through subscription-based licensing for its enterprise-grade database products, offering scalable solutions for transactional, analytical, and AI workloads. It also earns from cloud services via its fully managed SkySQL platform, which provides database-as-a-service capabilities. The company operates as a single segment within the SaaS space and derives the majority of its revenue from customers located in the Americas.

Following the acquisition, SkySQL enables MariaDB to meet customer and market expectations for greater flexibility and deployment choice, including a range of self-managed and fully managed cloud offerings. MariaDB Cloud will encompass the SkySQL capability and form a key part of the product portfolio.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Feb 1, 2022, $105M — Verdure Capital Management, Angel Pond Holdings Corporation
- Series C, Jul 9, 2020, $25M — Intel Capital, European Investment Bank, OnCorps, Inc., Smartfin, ServiceNow Ventures, GP Bullhound
- Series C, Sep 20, 2018 — ServiceNow Ventures
- Series C, Sep 29, 2017, $27M — Intel Capital, Tesi, California Technology Ventures, OpenOcean, Alibaba Group Holding Limited
- Series B, Apr 5, 2016, $3M — Smartfin
- Series C, Jan 21, 2016, $9M — Intel Capital, California Technology Ventures
- Series B, Feb 26, 2015, $3.4M — Runa Capital
- Series B, Oct 22, 2013, $20M — Intel Capital, Tesi, California Technology Ventures, OpenOcean, Spintop Ventures
- Series A, May 30, 2012, $2.5M — California Technology Ventures
- Series A, Apr 4, 2012, $4M — Tesi, OpenOcean, OnCorps, Inc.

## Investors

- Tesi (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tesi) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- OpenOcean (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/openocean) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- OnCorps, Inc. — Series A, Series C
- California Technology Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/california-technology-ventures) — Series A, Series B, Series C
- Intel Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/intel-capital) — Series B, Series C
- Spintop Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/spintop-ventures) — Series B
- Runa Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/runa-capital) — Series B
- Smartfin (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/smartfin) — Series B, Series C
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited — Series C
- ServiceNow Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/servicenow-ventures) — Series C
- European Investment Bank (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/european-investment-bank) — Series C
- GP Bullhound (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gp-bullhound) — Series C
- Verdure Capital Management — Series D
- Angel Pond Holdings Corporation — Series D