# InfluxData funding: rounds and investors

> InfluxData has raised $141M across 4 rounds since 2016. Investors include Battery Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Sapphire Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/influxdata (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 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 summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$141M** raised across 4 rounds since 2016, from 4 sources

**$16M** Series B **$35M** Series C **$60M** Series D **$30M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $30M Feb 2023
- **Biggest round:** $60M Series D · Feb 2019
- **Investors:** 9 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

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

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$16M** Series B

**$35M** Series C

**$60M** Series D

**$30M** Debt

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

[**InfluxData** Analytics 1 / 15 Their pitch deck **InfluxData's pitch deck, 15 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/influxdata)

## The rounds

- **Feb 2023** Debt **$30M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) Source recorded SEC filing: $51M sold, first sale Nov 2022
- **Feb 2019** Series D **$60M** *3 new* *3 returning* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Trinity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity) [Harmony](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmony) Norwest Venture Partners/ Sorenson Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $60M sold, first sale Jan 2019
- **Feb 2018** Series C **$35M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Trinity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity) Sapphire Ventures/ Harmony Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $35M sold, first sale Jan 2018
- **Sept 2016** Series B **$16M** *1 new* [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) Lead Reported by TechCrunch SEC 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 Ghodsi** CEO and co-founder at Databricks

**Paul Dix** Founder and Chief Technology Officer *Named on its 2023 Form D*

- **Evan Kaplan** Chief Executive Officer
- **Dave McJannet** CEO at HashiCorp
- **Arwa Kaddoura** Chief Revenue Officer
- **Jeremy Freeland** Chief Legal Officer
- **Pat Walsh** Chief Marketing Officer
- **Satyam Vaghani** Chief Product Officer
- **Winnie Cheng** Chief Financial Officer
- **Gary Fowler** VP of Products
- **Yvette La Rue** VP of People

On the board, as filed i *Augustus Tai* *Max Schireson* *Rama Sekhar* *Vidya 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 B** 2016 **Series C** 2018 **Series D** 2019 **Debt** 2023 [Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) L [Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Trinity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity) [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) [Harmony](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmony) Norwest Venture Partners/ Sorenson Sapphire Ventures/ Harmony

## Everyone who backed them

[Battery Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/battery-ventures) VC firm **4** rounds, led 1

[Mayfield Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mayfield) VC firm **3** rounds

[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Trinity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trinity) Hedge fund **2** rounds

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

[Norwest Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norwest) VC firm **1** round

[Harmony](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmony) Corporate VC **1** round

Norwest Venture Partners/ Sorenson no record of our own yet **1** round

Sapphire Ventures/ Harmony no record of our own yet **1** round

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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.

[Harmony Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/harmony-partners) VC firm Per its own site

[Breakpoint Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakpoint-capital) Private equity Per its own site

[Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site

[SAKAL VENTURES](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sakal-ventures) Hedge fund Per its own site

## Quick answers about InfluxData

### Who invested in InfluxData?

InfluxData's investors include Battery Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Sapphire Ventures, Trinity and Y Combinator, and 4 more on record.

### How much has InfluxData raised?

InfluxData has raised $141M across 4 rounds since 2016.

### When did InfluxData last raise?

InfluxData's most recent round was a Debt of $30M in Feb 2023.

### What was InfluxData's biggest round?

InfluxData's largest round on record is $60M (Series D), in Feb 2019.

### Who backed InfluxData first?

InfluxData's first round on record, in Sept 2016, was backed by Battery Ventures.

### What stage is InfluxData at?

InfluxData's latest named round is a Debt, in Feb 2023.

### Where is InfluxData based?

InfluxData is based in the United States.

### Who led InfluxData's rounds?

Battery Ventures led the Series B in 2016.

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