Databricks was founded in 2013 by Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Ion Stoica, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, and Reynold Xin. According to The Information in July 2024, the company is nearing a possible IPO eleven years after its founding. However, despite these conversations, the company has not publicly endorsed a plan to participate in an IPO.
Databricks is an engineering and analytic software company based on AI technology. Per Forge data, Databricks has raised a total of $4 billion in funding over 12 rounds, with their latest funding on February 27, 2024. Key investors include Counterpoint Global, Franklin Templeton Investments, and In-Q-Tel.
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Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Capital One Ventures, Clearbridge Investments, Counterpoint Global, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Ghisallo Capital Management, Gic, Nvidia, Octahedron Capital, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price Associates
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
9,313,729
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Capital One Ventures, Clearbridge Investments, Counterpoint Global, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Ghisallo Capital Management, Gic, Nvidia, Octahedron Capital, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price Associates
08/31/2021
Series H
$1.63B
$xx.xx
$37.89B
Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Clearbridge Investments, Coatue Management, Counterpoint Global, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Gic, Greenoaks, Octahedron Capital, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price, Uc Investments, Whale Rock Capital Management
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
22,200,000
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Clearbridge Investments, Coatue Management, Counterpoint Global, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Gic, Greenoaks, Octahedron Capital, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price, Uc Investments, Whale Rock Capital Management
02/01/2021
Series G
$1.03B
$xx.xx
$28B
Alkeon Capital Management, Amazon Web Services, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Capitalg, Coatue Management, Cppib, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Microsoft, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price, Whale Rock
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
17,400,000
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Alkeon Capital Management, Amazon Web Services, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Capitalg, Coatue Management, Cppib, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Microsoft, Salesforce Ventures, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price, Whale Rock
10/22/2019
Series F
$408.01MM
$xx.xx
$6.2B
Alkeon Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Coatue Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, Geodesic Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Microsoft, New Enterprise Associates, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
28,500,000
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Alkeon Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Blackrock, Coatue Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, Geodesic Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Microsoft, New Enterprise Associates, Tiger Global Management, T. Rowe Price
02/05/2019
Series E
$250MM
$xx.xx
$2.81B
Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Geodesic Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Microsoft, New Enterprise Associates
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
35,231,280
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management, Geodesic Capital, Green Bay Ventures, Microsoft, New Enterprise Associates
08/22/2017
Series D
$140MM
$xx.xx
$960.3MM
A Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Green Bay Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, The Future Fund
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
50,104,962
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
A Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Geodesic Capital, Green Bay Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, The Future Fund
12/15/2016
Series C
$60.37MM
$xx.xx
$519.62MM
Andreessen Horowitz, In-Q-Tel, New Enterprise Associates, Sinewave Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
30,709,548
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, In-Q-Tel, New Enterprise Associates, Sinewave Ventures
06/30/2014
Series B
$34.14MM
$xx.xx
$250.23MM
Andreessen Horowitz, Australia Future Fund, Data Collective, New Enterprise Associates
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
30,618,855
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
6.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
--
Key Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Australia Future Fund, Data Collective, New Enterprise Associates
In a year where the IPO market still failed to fully unlock, private market investors haven't been shy about allocating large sums to private companies at valuations that rival public market competitors. In October, for example, OpenAI announced it raised $6.6 billion at a $157 billion valuation. But another AI-related company, Databricks, bested that in terms of fundraising size, with the announcement of a $10 billion Series J in December 2024 ($8.6 billion out of $10 billion completed so far), at a $62 billion valuation.
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