# Prisma: Information technology & services, Berlin, Germany

> Prisma: Prisma Data, Inc. is a software company focused on enhancing the developer experience by simplifying database interactions. Based in Berlin, Germany.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/prisma-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Prisma

Prisma Data, Inc. is a software company focused on enhancing the developer experience by simplifying database interactions.

Funding reported Last round: Series B

Information technology & services Berlin, Germany

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2016 10 years old
- **Team:** 190 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** 56.5M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Series B May 2022

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Prisma has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Prisma

Prisma Data, Inc. is a software company focused on enhancing the developer experience by simplifying database interactions.

Founded in 2016, Prisma is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and Fremont, California, operating as a remote-first, SaaS platform tailored for TypeScript and Node.js teams. The company offers a range of products, including Prisma ORM, a type-safe Object-Relational Mapping layer, and Prisma Postgres, a fully managed Postgres database. Other offerings include Prisma Studio, a visual interface for database management, Prisma Accelerate for improved app performance, and Prisma Pulse for real-time database events. Prisma's Application Data Platform standardizes workflows between data owners and developers, promoting faster development with a focus on type safety and schema management. Prisma primarily serves developers and engineering teams, as well as businesses looking to enhance data-driven application development. The company has raised $56.5 million in funding, with notable investors including Kleiner Perkins and Amplify Partners.

## What company datasets say Prisma raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **56.5M** in the source's currency

Last round **Series B**

Last round size **40M**

Last round date **May 2022**

Investors listed **5**

## Founders and team

From Prisma's own website: 1 founder, 4 on the team.

**Adam Wiggins** Founder of Heroku

- **Augusto Marietti** CEO at Kong
- **Guillermo Rauch** CEO at Vercel
- **Nicolas Dessaigne** CEO at Algolia
- **James Walker** VP, Product Marketing Temporal

## On 4 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Amplify Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-partners)
- [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit)
- [PWV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pwv)
- [Preston-Werner Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/preston-werner-ven)

Each firm lists Prisma on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

ai-driven optimization zero-downtime migration cloud optimization multi-region deployment consumers performance scaling project management typescript open source community edge cache low latency enterprises performance tuning application scalability flexibility laravel

Built with from their website

Prisma Google Tag Manager Atlassian Linkedin Insight Tag Font Awesome YouTube GitHub MailChimp Google Workspace CloudFlare

+8 more

Viewport Meta LinkedIn Ads IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio CookieYes Lucide PostgreSQL webpack C3.js

- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 54151, 51321, SIC 3571, 7372
- **Region:** Berlin
- **Revenue:** 3.2M a year, as listed

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