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Motherduck funding, valuation and investors

Cloud analytics platform built around DuckDB for hybrid local/cloud SQL.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Series B

$52.5M · September 2023

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$88M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

series b · Seattle, WA

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Felicis

Other: Andreessen Horowitz , Redpoint Ventures , Altimeter Capital

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-08-26

Overview

MotherDuck is a cloud analytics platform built on DuckDB, the popular embedded analytical database. It enables hybrid local/cloud analytics where developers run DuckDB locally and scale to MotherDuck's cloud service. a16z led a $35M Series A in November 2022; Felicis led a $52.5M Series B in September 2023 with a16z, Redpoint, and Altimeter participating. On August 25, 2026 MotherDuck announced it had acquired Tower Computing Inc., whose runtime (sandboxing, scheduling, observability) already powered Flights. Terms were not disclosed. It is MotherDuck’s first acquisition.

Why Motherduck is interesting

August 2026: acquired Tower Computing, the runtime already powering MotherDuck Flights — first acquisition in four years. No price. Prior: a16z-led $35M A (2022) and Felicis-led $52.5M B (2023).

Product & use cases

MotherDuck wraps DuckDB with cloud scaling, collaboration, and managed infrastructure — letting analysts and developers query data locally with seamless cloud burst for larger datasets.

  • Hybrid local/cloud SQL analytics for data teams
  • DuckDB scaling without warehouse migration
  • Developer-friendly analytics replacing heavy warehouse setups

Key facts

  • Series A (Nov 2022): $35M led by a16z — GeekWire
  • Series B (Sep 2023): $52.5M led by Felicis — MotherDuck blog
  • Built on DuckDB open-source database
  • Aug 25, 2026: acquired Tower Computing (company; terms undisclosed) — first acquisition

Funding history (newest first)

Series B

2023-09 $52.5M

Source: https://motherduck.com/blog/series-b

Series A

2022-11 $35M

Source: https://www.geekwire.com/2022/motherduck-35m/

Investors in our directory

Funds linked from Motherduck's profile — open a fund page for stage focus and related deal articles.

Andreessen Horowitz Redpoint Ventures Altimeter Capital

Competitive landscape

Edge: DuckDB brand affinity and embedded-to-cloud workflow — developers already love DuckDB locally; MotherDuck is the natural cloud extension.

MotherDuck bets DuckDB's developer love translates to cloud revenue. Snowflake and Databricks own enterprise warehouse budgets; MotherDuck targets teams wanting SQL analytics without warehouse complexity and cost.

  • Snowflake incumbent

    Cloud data warehouse leader.

  • Databricks incumbent

    Lakehouse analytics platform.

  • ClickHouse Cloud direct

    Fast analytical database in cloud.

  • DuckDB (standalone) alternative

    Free embedded database without cloud service.

Notable stories

  • MotherDuck co-founder Jordan Tigani was a founding engineer on Google BigQuery before betting on DuckDB's embedded analytics model.

Industries

Infrastructure & Cloud Developer Tools Enterprise SaaS

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FAQs about Motherduck

Practical answers founders, operators, and investors typically search for.

Cloud analytics platform built on DuckDB for hybrid local/cloud SQL.
a16z (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led Series A. Redpoint (/fund/redpoint-ventures) and Altimeter (/fund/altimeter-capital) participated in B.
MotherDuck is DuckDB-native and developer-friendly; Snowflake is enterprise warehouse.
Popular embedded analytical SQL database — MotherDuck adds cloud scaling.
November 2022 — $35M led by a16z.
DuckDB is open source; MotherDuck cloud service is commercial.
Data teams and developers using DuckDB — customer logos on website.
Not publicly disclosed.
MotherDuck is SQL/DuckDB focused; Databricks is broader lakehouse platform.
Yes. On August 25, 2026 MotherDuck said it acquired Tower Computing Inc., whose runtime already powered Flights. Terms were not disclosed.
a16z-backed data infrastructure.
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