MotherDuck is an Analytical Databases company founded in 2022 and based in Seattle, United States. It has raised $99.5M in total funding, most recently a Series B in 2023 at a $400M valuation.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2023 | Series B | $52.5M | $400M | Felicis |
| Jan 1, 2023 | Series A | $35M | — |
| Andreessen Horowitz |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Seed | $12M | — | Redpoint Ventures |
A serverless cloud data warehouse built on DuckDB, offering interactive SQL analytics on cloud-persisted datasets. Targets data analysts and engineers who want Postgres-like simplicity with OLAP performance. Technically notable for Dual Execution, which automatically splits query stages between local DuckDB instances and the cloud, minimizing data transfer costs while often improving query speeds compared to fully centralized execution.
A single-line connection model that upgrades any local DuckDB session into a MotherDuck-connected instance. Gives analysts cloud persistence, sharing, secrets storage, and S3 interoperability without changing their existing Python or CLI workflows. Enables hybrid analytics patterns where small local datasets can be joined with large cloud tables without full data movement.