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PlanetScale
Serverless MySQL platform built on open-source Vitess database clustering.
Stage
growth
Status
private
Coverage
full
Why PlanetScale is interesting
Vitess creators commercializing branching schema workflows; powers GitHub, Slack, HubSpot scale paths.
Key facts
- Investor: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
- Source: a16z public investment list / related coverage
- Series B (2021): $30M led by Insight Partners; a16z participated (Business Wire)
- Series C (2021): $50M led by Kleiner Perkins; a16z and Insight re-upped (PlanetScale blog)
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Industries
Enterprise SaaS
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Last updated: 2026-07-24