# PlanetScale

> Serverless MySQL platform built on open-source Vitess database clustering.

## Why it is interesting

Vitess creators commercializing branching schema workflows; powers GitHub, Slack, HubSpot scale paths.

## Profile

- **Stage:** growth
- **Status:** private
- **Industries:** enterprise-saas
- **Coverage:** full
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-24

## 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)

## Investors in our directory

- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/andreessen-horowitz
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/insight-partners
- https://venturecapitaltracker.com/fund/kleiner-perkins

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