funding round

Tech Optimizer
May 16, 2025
Databricks acquired the privately held serverless PostgreSQL startup Neon for approximately billion. Neon, founded in 2022, had previously raised million in a Series B funding round. Over 80% of the databases generated on Neon's platform were initiated by AI agents. PostgreSQL, an established relational database platform, is ranked as the fourth most popular database as of 2025. Serverless PostgreSQL offers operational simplicity, allowing on-demand resource allocation, which is particularly beneficial for AI-centric projects. Major cloud providers, including Google, Microsoft, and AWS, offer serverless PostgreSQL services. Databricks aims to build a developer and AI-agent-friendly database platform with this acquisition. Serverless architectures excel in handling short bursts and smaller workloads, providing rapid scalability, but may present challenges in data management. Neon’s model enhances appeal for developers by distinguishing between storage and compute, facilitating automated scaling. The acquisition indicates a shift in infrastructure requirements for successful AI implementation, highlighting the need for flexible, instantly scalable serverless solutions.
Tech Optimizer
May 15, 2025
Databricks intends to acquire Neon, a serverless Postgres startup, for approximately USD 1 billion. Neon specializes in a modern database service based on PostgreSQL, offering features such as near-instantaneous database provisioning, elastic scaling, and powerful branching capabilities. This acquisition aims to enhance Databricks' offerings for AI tools, particularly AI Agents. Databricks has a history of expanding through acquisitions, including the purchase of MosaicML for USD 1.3 billion in 2023 and Tabular for over USD 1 billion in 2024. The company has a valuation of USD 62 billion and projected annualized revenue of USD 2.4 billion by mid-year. The acquisition awaits regulatory approvals.
Tech Optimizer
May 14, 2025
Databricks Inc. has confirmed its acquisition of Neon Inc. for approximately billion. Databricks, based in San Francisco, was valued at billion after its last funding round. Neon specializes in managed cloud databases, has raised over million in funding, and utilizes a proprietary storage engine built on PostgreSQL. Neon's architecture allows for rapid deployment of database instances in under a second, which enhances performance for AI agents. The acquisition is expected to be finalized by July 31.
Tech Optimizer
May 14, 2025
Databricks intends to acquire Neon, a startup known for its open-source alternative to AWS Aurora Postgres, in a deal valued at approximately billion. The acquisition aims to integrate Neon’s serverless relational database management system with Databricks' data intelligence services, enhancing the deployment of AI agents. Neon, founded in 2021, offers a managed cloud-based database platform with features like automatic scaling, database cloning, and point-in-time recovery. Recent data shows that 80% of databases on Neon are provisioned by AI agents. Neon has raised .6 million from investors including Microsoft’s M12, while Databricks has raised over billion, recently closing a .3 billion funding round. Databricks has previously acquired Tabular and MosaicML to strengthen its position in the AI landscape.
AppWizard
April 24, 2025
Manychat has secured million in a Series B funding round led by Summit Partners to expand its operations. The company has approximately 1.5 million customers in 170 countries, including brands like Nike and the New York Times. Manychat facilitates the transmission of billions of messages annually across platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Since its inception in 2015, Manychat had raised around million prior to this round, mainly from a million Series A round in 2019. The company operates at a near break-even point and has experienced significant growth, particularly after Facebook opened its Messenger APIs. Manychat's focus on user engagement distinguishes it from many generative AI chatbots. The new funds will be used for research and development to enhance AI capabilities and improve global sales, marketing, and customer support.
Tech Optimizer
April 13, 2025
Springtail has secured a million pre-seed funding round led by Gradient, Google's early-stage AI fund, with contributions from Octave and various angel investors. The company offers a cloud-based distributed database solution that integrates with Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL, addressing scalability challenges by offloading and scaling read execution without requiring extensive application changes or data migrations. Springtail's architecture allows for horizontal scaling of read-heavy workloads through on-demand read replicas that share a common storage layer, enabling independent scaling of compute resources. The co-founders, Craig Soules and Garth Goodson, have backgrounds in distributed systems and previous experience in successful software enterprises. Springtail claims to potentially save developers up to 58% on PostgreSQL read replication costs compared to Amazon RDS.
Tech Optimizer
March 11, 2025
pgEdge, Inc. has secured strategic investments from Akamai Technologies, Inc. and Qube Research & Technologies (QRT), along with participation from existing investors Rally Ventures and Sands Capital, totaling an impressive amount in seed stage funding. This funding aims to enhance pgEdge's innovation and expansion in distributed PostgreSQL solutions, focusing on high availability and low latency for mission-critical applications. pgEdge is recognized as the only fully distributed PostgreSQL database that is open-source and based on standard PostgreSQL. The company offers innovative multi-master replication technology designed for geographic regions and multi-cloud environments. pgEdge is headquartered in Northern Virginia and serves clients including Bertelsmann, Qube RT, Jobot, the European Parliament, and various U.S. government agencies.
AppWizard
February 6, 2025
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AppWizard
November 14, 2024
US-based game developer Ruckus Games has raised million in Series A funding, led by Krafton, with contributions from Bitkraft Ventures, Transcend, and Hypergryph. The funding is intended for the development of Ruckus's first title, a cooperative shooter. Ruckus Games was founded in 2021 by veterans from Gearbox and Riot Games, with CEO Paul Sage, known for his role as creative director on Borderlands 3. Maria Park, Krafton's corporate development chief, expressed confidence in the future of co-op gaming and praised Ruckus's progress and vision.
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