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PingCAP

Open-source SQL database developer

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201-500 employees
  • B2B
  • Big data
  • SaaS
  • Data Analysis
  • Cloud Computing
Sunnyvale, CA

Company mission

To build the database of the future, made by developers, for developers.

Top investors

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7% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Frustrations with the available database solutions are what inspired PingCAP. When three infrastructure engineers got together, their aim was to eliminate the issues with management, scalability and maintenance of databases by creating their own open source distributed database.

With worldwide contributions from like-minded developers, the cloud-based NewSQL database TiDB was created. It soon gained great popularity and so, being open source, is constantly being enhanced.

With the creation of a product that eradicates the problems faced when attempting to scale up traditional relational databases, a wealth of data migration tools and no vendor lock-in, TiDB is an attractive proposition for businesses that need future flexibility. Notable clients include China Zheshang Bank, PatSnap and leading Asian logistics company Ninja Van.

With the backing of $270 million Series D funding in 2020, TiDB continues to grow, and a portfolio of complementary products is in development. It also gained positive publicity from its receiving the award for Open Source Data Solution Provider of the Year from the Data Breakthrough Awards 2024.

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Benefits

  • Generous Company Holidays and Paid Time Off
  • Competitive Compensation and Stock Options
  • Remote Friendly Distributed Workforce
  • Fun Team Building Activities and Awesome Swags
  • Tailored Growth Path with Mentorship
  • Health & Wellness

Company values

  • Customer success
  • Deliver results with excellence
  • Be open
  • Be an owner
  • Respect and empower people
  • Think big, think long and think different

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2020

$270m

SERIES D

Sep 2018

$50m

SERIES C

Total funding: $341.6m

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Leadership

Max Liu

(Co-founder & CEO)

Max worked in software and system infrastructure for over a decade, working at Wandou Labs. They co-founded PingCap in 2015, serving since as CEO.

Dongxu Huang

(Co-founder & CTO)

Dongxu interned at Microsoft before spending 3 years as a NetEase Youdao Senior Software Engineer and working at Wandou Labs. They left in April 2015 to co-found PingCAP.

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