When was Aiven founded?

Aiven was founded in 2016 and became a unicorn in 2021, reaching the milestone in 5 years. It raised its 1st funding round 1 year after its incorporation.

Where is Aiven located?

Aiven is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

Who is the current CEO of Aiven?

Oskari Saarenmaa of Aiven. They have also founded 1 company and are angel investors in 6 startups, including .

How many employees does Aiven have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Aiven is 468.

Is Aiven a funded company?

Aiven is a funded company, having raised a total of $421M across 6 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $1M Seed round, raised on Aug 30, 2017.

How much is Aiven worth?

The latest valuation of Aiven is $3B as of May 11, 2022.

When was the latest funding round of Aiven?

Aiven's latest funding was a $210M Series D round on May 10, 2022, with participation from 7 investors.

Is Aiven a Database Technology company?

The primary sectors of Aiven are Database Technology, Open Source, Big Data Infrastructure and PaaS.

Where does Aiven rank among its competitors?

Aiven ranks 8th amongst 84 active competitors, of which 22 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Tessell, which secured $60M in Apr, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Aiven?

Aiven's top competitors include MongoDB, Couchbase and PlanetScale. Among them, Tessell secured the most recent funding round in April, 2025.

Aiven - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of managed open source data technologies and cloud infrastructure. It delivers databases, streaming, search, and analytics tools. The platform offers services such as PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, OpenSearch, and ClickHouse. It provides tools for developers, including Kubernetes operators and Terraform providers. The company focuses on enabling data management and application development.

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Founded Year

2016

Location

Helsinki, Finland

Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$421M in 6 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series D, May 10, 2022, $210M

Post Money Valuation

$3B as on May 11, 2022

Investors

IVP & 13 more

Ranked

8^th among 84 active competitors

Employee Count

468 as on Jun 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

Flow AI & 2 more

Similar Companies

MongoDB & 250 more

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Aiven is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
AIVEN INC CIN: 824450021 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	45 (As on Dec 31, 2024)	-

Aiven has raised a total funding of $421M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 30, 2017. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on May 10, 2022 for $210M. 7 investors participated in its latest round. Aiven has 12 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Aiven:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 10, 2022	$210M	Series D	$3B	-	Eurazeo	BlackRock, IVP, Atomico, Earlybird, World Innovation Lab, Salesforce Ventures
Oct 19, 2021	$60M	Series C	$2B	-	World Innovation Lab, IVP	Atomico
Mar 23, 2021	$100M	Series C	$800M	-	Atomico	World Innovation Lab, IVP, Earlybird, Salesforce Ventures

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The founders of Aiven is Oskari Saarenmaa. Oskari Saarenmaa is the CEO of Aiven.

Here are the details of Aiven's key team members:

Oskari Saarenmaa: Co-Founder & CEO of Aiven. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Aiven's employee count trend

Aiven has 468 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Aiven's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Aiven include MongoDB, Couchbase and PlanetScale. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Aiven, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	MongoDB 2007, New York City (United States), Public	Provider of a cloud-based database-as-a-service platform	$311M	Sequoia Capital, Intel & 26 others	84/100
2nd	Couchbase 2009, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	AI powered dbaas for enterprises	$251M	Accel, North Bridge Venture Partners & 16 others	74/100
3rd	PlanetScale 2018, Mountain View (United States), Series C	Provider of the NewSQL-based database-as-a-service platform	$105M	Insight Partners, Kleiner Perkins & 23 others	67/100
4th	Hitachi Vantara 1989, Santa Clara (United States), Series A	Provider of data infrastructure, hybrid cloud, and data resilience solutions	$6.56M	-	66/100
5th	MariaDB 2010, Redwood City (United States), Acquired	Provider of dbaas platform for enterprises	$237M	Intel Education Accelerator, California Technology Ventures ... & 20 others	64/100
6th	DataStax 2010, Santa Clara (United States), Acquired	Provider of data management and AI application development infrastructure solutions	$305M	Meritech, Goldman Sachs Investment Partners ... & 29 others	60/100
7th	Tessell 2021, San Ramon (United States), Series B	Provider of multi-cloud database-as-a-service platform for database management solutions	$94M	WestBridge Capital, Rocketship & 3 others	60/100
8th	Aiven 2016, Helsinki (Finland), Series D	Provider of managed open source data technologies and cloud infrastructure	$421M	Salesforce Ventures, Draper Esprit & 12 others	60/100
9th	Qubole 2011, Wilmington (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud-based data lake platform	$75M	Harmony Partners, CRV & 10 others	59/100
10th	pgEdge 2022, Alexandria (United States), Series A	Provider of enterprise-grade Postgres infrastructure for agentic AI and other applications	$31.7M	Sands Capital, Akamai & 4 others	55/100

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Aiven has acquired 3 companies including Flow AI, EverSQL and Kafkawize. Aiven has not made any investments as of now.

Here is the list of its acquisitions:

Date of Investment/Acquisition	Type	Company Name	Founded Year	Location
Jul 23, 2026	Acquisition	Flow AI	2020	Tilburg (Netherlands)
Nov 22, 2023	Acquisition	EverSQL	2017	Tel Aviv (Israel)
Sep 29, 2022	Acquisition	Kafkawize	2018	Amstelveen (Netherlands)