Imply Stock

Imply, the company founded by the original creators of Apache Druid®, today announced it has joined the Connect with Confluent partner program, an initiative designed to help organizations accelerate the development of real-time applications through native integrations with Confluent Cloud. This partnership brings together Imply and Confluent’s cloud-managed services for Druid and Apache Kafka®, respectively.

Imply, the company founded by the original creators of Apache Druid, today announced that Imply Polaris was named Best Open-Source Cloud Solution in The Cloud Awards, the international awards for cloud computing. As a cloud database service for Apache Druid, Polaris provides the simplest developer experience for building real-time analytics applications.

Analytics-focused database startup Imply Data Inc. has reached “unicorn” status after closing on a $100 million late-stage round of funding that brings its value north of $1 billion. Today’s Series D round was led by new investor Thoma Bravo, with participation from OMERS Growth Equity and existing backers Bessemer Venture Funds, Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures. To date, Imply has now raised $215 million in venture capital funding.