Startup profile for PlanetScale: what they do, why they are interesting, stage (growth), industries, and links to our funding articles. Part of the Venture Capital Tracker startup directory.

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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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FAQs about PlanetScale

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Last updated: 2026-07-24