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Imply funding, valuation and investors
Commercial Apache Druid company — real-time analytics database for operational and product analytics.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series D
$100M · 2022
Latest known valuation
$1.1B
Series D · 2022
Total disclosed equity funding
$170M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
growth · Burlingame, California
Investors in latest funding
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Bessemer Venture Partners , Khosla Ventures , Tiger Global Management
Overview
Imply is the commercial company behind Apache Druid — a real-time analytics database used for operational and product analytics at scale.
Why Imply is interesting
a16z led Series A on original Druid team; powers analytics-in-motion for Netflix, Salesforce, Reddit.
Product & use cases
Imply commercializes Apache Druid — a real-time analytics database for high-volume operational and product analytics at sub-second query latency.
- Real-time product analytics at internet scale
- Operational monitoring and observability data
- Interactive dashboards on streaming event data
Key facts
- Series C (2021): $70M led by Bessemer at $700M; Tiger Global, Khosla, a16z participated — Businesswire
- Series D (2022): $100M at $1.1B unicorn; a16z and Khosla re-upped — Businesswire
- Customers include Netflix, Salesforce, and Reddit for real-time analytics
Funding history (newest first)
Series D
2022 $100M Valuation: $1.1B- Andreessen Horowitz (participant)
- Bessemer Venture Partners (participant)
- Khosla Ventures (participant)
- Tiger Global Management (participant)
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2022/imply-series-d
Series C
2021 $70M Valuation: $700MSource: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2021/imply-series-c
Investors in our directory
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Original Druid team commercializing the OSS project — customers include Netflix, Salesforce, and Reddit.
Real-time analytics at scale is competitive. Imply's moat is Druid ecosystem leadership and enterprise support — unicorn at $1.1B (Series D, 2022).
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ClickHouse direct
Real-time analytics OLAP; Druid competes on sub-second interactive queries.
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Pinot (StarTree) direct
LinkedIn-originated OLAP; similar real-time analytics niche.
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Snowflake adjacent
Cloud warehouse; Imply targets real-time streaming analytics.
Notable stories
- Founded by Apache Druid creators — a16z led Series A on original team.
- Unicorn status with $100M Series D at $1.1B valuation (Businesswire, 2022).
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