Redpanda is a Streaming & Messaging company founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, United States. It has raised $150M in total funding, most recently a Series C in 2023.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2025 | Series D | $100M | $1B | GV |
| Jun 27, 2023 | Series C | $100M | $500M | Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| Feb 23, 2022 |
| Series B |
| $50M |
| — |
| GV |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Series A | $12.5M | — | Lightspeed Venture Partners |
| Jan 1, 2020 | Seed | $3M | — | Lightspeed Venture Partners |
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A Kafka API-compatible data streaming platform written in C++ that eliminates the JVM and ZooKeeper dependencies of Apache Kafka. Each node deploys as a self-sufficient process with built-in schema registry, HTTP proxy, and Raft-based replication. Delivers up to 10x lower p99 tail latencies and up to 80% lower data transfer costs versus open-source Kafka, targeting cost-conscious teams running high-throughput event streams.
A fully managed Redpanda service available on AWS, GCP, and Azure with automatic scaling, tiered storage, and 300+ pre-built connectors. Provides native Apache Iceberg support for seamless lakehouse integration and end-to-end encryption, Kerberos auth, and RBAC for enterprise security. Powers NYSE Cloud Streaming, delivering market data with sub-hundred-millisecond latency at exchange scale.
3 patents on file, but none with both an extractable figure and an abstract on Google Patents yet.
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