When was Hydra founded?

Hydra was founded in 2021 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Hydra located?

Hydra is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

How many employees does Hydra have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Hydra is 18.

Is Hydra a funded company?

Hydra is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Mar 2022.

When was the latest funding round of Hydra?

Hydra's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Mar 2022, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Hydra rank among its competitors?

Hydra ranks 28th amongst 86 active competitors, of which 14 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Databricks, which secured $2B in Jan, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Hydra?

Hydra's top competitors include Databricks, Snowflake and SingleStore. Among them, Databricks secured the most recent funding round in January, 2026.

Hydra - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Hydra is a seed company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2021 by Jonathan Dance. It operates as an Open-source analytics on column-oriented Postgres. Hydra has raised $500K in funding from Y Combinator. The company has 86 active competitors, including 14 funded and 7 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Databricks, Snowflake and SingleStore.

Company Details

Open-source analytics on column-oriented Postgres. It enables users to query rows without code changes.

Website: www.hydra.so/
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Founded Year

2021

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$500K in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Mar 2022, $*****

Investors

Y Combinator & 1 more

Ranked

28^th among 86 active competitors

Employee Count

18 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

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Hydra has raised a total funding of $500K over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Mar 2022 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Hydra has 1 institutional investor and 1 angel investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Hydra:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 2022	6179855	Seed	9466409	6487979	3449202	2802077

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The founders of Hydra is Jonathan Dance. Joseph Sciarrino is the CEO of Hydra.

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

Jonathan Dance: Co-Founder & CTO of Hydra and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Hydra's employee count trend

Hydra has 18 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Hydra's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Hydra include Databricks, Snowflake and SingleStore. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Hydra, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Databricks 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series K	Provider of a unified platform for data analytics and artificial intelligence	$20.2B	Andreessen Horowitz, Insight Partners & 101 others	83/100
2nd	Snowflake 2012, Bozeman (United States), Public	Provider of cloud-based data platform for analytics and data sharing	$1.56B	Sutter Hill Ventures, Altimeter Capital & 33 others	82/100
3rd	SingleStore 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud based relational database for enterprises	$558M	Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners & 34 others	74/100
4th	Solver 1996, Calabasas (United States), Acquired	Provider of extended financial planning and analysis software and related services	-	-	62/100
5th	FireBolt 2019, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series C	Developer of a cloud data warehouse platform for analytical workloads	$269M	Alkeon Capital, Zeev Ventures & 7 others	61/100
6th	DataOps 2018, London (United Kingdom), Series A	Provider of a platform for data pipeline automation and governance	$27.8M	Notion, Anthos Capital & 41 others	55/100
7th	Netezza 2000, Marlborough (United States), Acquired	Big data warehousing solutions provider	$73.1M	Meritech, Sequoia Capital & 7 others	54/100
8th	lockr 2020, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provider of data warehouse platform	$2.5M	Junction Venture Partners, Mozilla Ventures ... & 3 others	51/100
9th	Ellie 2018, Helsinki (Finland), Seed	Cloud-based big data infrastructure and warehouse solution provider	$2.72M	Crowberry Capital, Newion	48/100
10th	NextData Automation 2016, Los Angeles (United States), Seed	Provider of autonomous data product platform for AI, analytics, and applications	$12M	Greycroft, Acrew Capital & 1 others	46/100
28th	Hydra 2021, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Open-source analytics on column-oriented Postgres	$500K	Y Combinator & 1 others	25/100