Who invested in InfluxData

4 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Big Data & Analytics

Y Combinator: W13

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$141Mraised across 4 rounds since 2016, from 4 sources

$16MSeries B$35MSeries C$60MSeries D$30MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $30MFeb 2023
Biggest round: $60MSeries D · Feb 2019
Investors: 9 (1 led)

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2017201820192020202120222023

$16MSeries B$35MSeries C$60MSeries D$30MDebt

First round: Series B, $16M
Biggest round: $60M
Usual gap between rounds: 17 months

InfluxDataAnalytics1 / 15Their pitch deckInfluxData's pitch deck, 15 slidesEach slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.

The rounds

Feb 2023
Debt$30M2 new3 returning
Source recordedSEC filing: $51M sold, first sale Nov 2022
Feb 2019
Series D$60M3 new3 returning
- Battery Ventures
- Mayfield Fund
- Sapphire Ventures
- Trinity
- Harmony
- Norwest Venture Partners/ Sorenson
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $60M sold, first sale Jan 2019
Feb 2018
Series C$35M3 new1 returning
- Battery Ventures
- Mayfield Fund
- Trinity
- Sapphire Ventures/ Harmony
Reported by FinSMEsSEC filing: $35M sold, first sale Jan 2018
Sept 2016
Series B$16M1 new
- Battery VenturesLead
Reported by TechCrunchSEC filing: $17M sold, first sale Aug 2016

Founders and team

From InfluxData's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 2 founders, 9 on the team.

Ali GhodsiCEO and co-founder at Databricks

Paul DixFounder and Chief Technology OfficerNamed on its 2023 Form D

Evan KaplanChief Executive Officer
Dave McJannetCEO at HashiCorp
Arwa KaddouraChief Revenue Officer
Jeremy FreelandChief Legal Officer
Pat WalshChief Marketing Officer
Satyam VaghaniChief Product Officer
Winnie ChengChief Financial Officer
Gary FowlerVP of Products
Yvette La RueVP of People

On the board, as filediAugustus TaiMax SchiresonRama SekharVidya Peters

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Series B2016Series C2018Series D2019Debt2023

Norwest Venture Partners

HarmonyNorwest Venture Partners/ SorensonSapphire Ventures/ Harmony

Everyone who backed them

Battery VenturesVC firm4rounds, led 1

Mayfield FundVC firm3rounds

Sapphire VenturesVC firm2rounds

TrinityHedge fund2rounds

Y CombinatorAccelerator1round

Norwest Venture PartnersVC firm1round

HarmonyCorporate VC1round

Norwest Venture Partners/ Sorensonno record of our own yet1round

Sapphire Ventures/ Harmonyno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 4 firms list InfluxData as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.