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DataStax
Open, multi-cloud stack for modern data apps
- 501-1000 employees
- B2B
- Artificial Intelligence
- Enterprise
- Big data
- SaaS
- Cloud Computing
- Santa Clara, CA
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Company mission
To allow any enterprise to mobilize real-time data and quickly build smart, high-growth applications at unlimited scale, on any cloud.
-15% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
As enterprises modernize their legacy applications and clamber to use cloud services, they require data stores that are both vertically and horizontally scalable across clouds, datacentres and geographies.
DataStax is one company tackling this, offering support services for the NoSQL database, a commercial version of the Apache Cassandra database, and a database-as-a-service platform called Astra. The company has an impressive list of enterprise clients including Bank of America, CapitalOne, Disney, Starbucks, and McDonald’s.
DataStax plans to expand its partner network in more ASEAN markets, while it also looks to move beyond its core product – a sentiment reinforced by the company’s acquisition of cloud messaging service Kesque and machine learning company Kaskada. The latter indicates a growing focus on generative AI features in its enterprise database offerings off the back of its $115 million funding round in 2022.
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Benefits
- Health & Wellness
- Retirement
- Employee Stock Option Program
- Discretionary Time Off (US Only)
- Remote Friendly Distributed Workforce
- Learn and Develop Cutting-Edge Technologies
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet Insurance
Company values
- Obsess over developers and enterprises - We intentionally focus on knowing, connecting with, and serving our developers and enterprises. This focus enables us to create an experience that developers love and that changes the trajectory of the people and companies they work for
- Be an owner - We as a team define what it means to win and we move forward together; as individuals, we're all given the freedom to take initiative and action, we own our outcomes
- Execute thoughtfully with speed - We relentlessly align on the “why” and move rapidly with intention on the “how”. We do this because innovation and speed matters to those we serve
- Cultivate diversity and inclusion - We continually help others see how and why they belong here. We respect our differences, share ideas, and commit to moving forward in an inclusive manner where everyone is seen and heard
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jun 2022
$115m
LATE VC
May 2021
$37.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $451m
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Leadership
Jonathan Ellis
(CTO)After being a Partner and Senior Engineer at FeatureFifty, they became Systems Architect at Rackspace Hosting. They left this role to co-found DataStax.
Chet Kapoor
(CEO & Chairman, not founder)Has previously been VP of Google, CEO of Apigee and VP of IBM. Joined Datastax in 2019.