Where is Bolster located?

Bolster is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand.

Who is the current CEO of Bolster?

Guy Phillips of Bolster. They have also founded 1 company.

Which legal entities is Bolster associated with?

Bolster is associated with BOLSTER LIMITED.

How many employees does Bolster have?

As of Jun 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Bolster is 1.

Is Bolster a funded company?

Bolster is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Bolster rank among its competitors?

Bolster ranks 790th amongst 1083 active competitors, of which 203 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Databricks, which secured $5B in Aug, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Bolster?

Bolster's top competitors include Palantir, Databricks and Altair. Among them, Databricks secured the most recent funding round in August, 2026.

Bolster - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Online data research and advisory platform for the multi-industry. They provide comparative data and information describing market value and growth, descriptions of events influencing the market. They also offer tools for generating notifications and handling event traffic.

Website: bolster.nz
Email ID: *****@bolster.nz

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2017

Location

Wellington, New Zealand

Stage

Funding Raised

Investors

Hillfarrance

Ranked

790^th among 1083 active competitors

Employee Count

1 as on Jun 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Palantir & 894 more

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Bolster is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
BOLSTER LIMITED CIN: 5820750 , Germany, Active	Dec 20, 2021	-	-

Bolster is a funded company. Bolster has 1 institutional investor.

View details of Bolster's funding rounds and investors

The founders of Bolster are Steffen Merten and Guy Phillips. Guy Phillips is the CEO of Bolster.

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

Steffen Merten: Co-Founder & CTO of Bolster. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Guy Phillips: Co-Founder & CEO of Bolster.

Bolster's Board of Directors

Bolster's board has 3 active members. Steffen Merten is part of team and Guy Phillips and Robin Edward Vickery are independent board members.

Here is the list of Bolster's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Steffen Merten	Team	-	Current	4y 7m
Guy Phillips	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 7m
zibyphs	Independent board member	-	Current	7y 8m

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Bolster's employee count trend

Bolster has 1 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Bolster's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Bolster include Palantir, Databricks and Altair. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Bolster, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Palantir 2003, Denver (United States), Public	Platform that provides data analysis and management solutions	$2.46B	Founders Fund, Artis Ventures & 167 others	84/100
2nd	Databricks 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series L	Data and AI platform that unifies analytics	$25.2B	Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners & 117 others	83/100
3rd	Altair 1985, Troy (United States), Acquired	Provider of enterprise software for simulation, data analytics, AI, and HPC	$35.1M	General Atlantic, Shefa Capital & 3 others	77/100
4th	Anaplan 2006, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud-based platform for scenario planning, analysis, and reporting	$300M	Premji Invest, Meritech & 28 others	77/100
5th	C3 AI 2009, Redwood City (United States), Public	Cloud based AI application development platform	$454M	Breyer Capital, TPG & 13 others	71/100
6th	Virtualitics 2016, Pasadena (United States), Series C	AI-driven platforms and applications for data analysis and optimization	$73.8M	northsoundpartners.com, The Venture Reality Fund ... & 7 others	70/100
7th	GoodData 2007, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Provider of a data intelligence platform for building agentic applications	$125M	Tenaya Capital, Andreessen Horowitz & 18 others	70/100
8th	Mode 2013, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Data analytics platform with integrated R, SQL and Python	$79.8M	Foundation Capital, Goldcrest & 13 others	69/100
9th	Haber 2017, Pune (India), Series C	AI based automation solutions for process and utility optimization	$65.2M	Accel, Beenext & 12 others	66/100
10th	Taktile 2020, Berlin (Germany), Series C	Developer of software for automated financial decisioning and case management	$189M	Index Ventures, Goldman Sachs & 20 others	66/100
790th	Bolster 2017, Wellington (New Zealand), Funding Raised	Onine data research and advisory platform for the multi industry	-	Hillfarrance	20/100