MySQL - About the company
MySQL is an acquired company based in Cupertino (United States), founded in 1995 by David Axmark and Michael Widenius. It operates as an Open source | Relational database Solution. MySQL has raised $38M in funding from Benchmark and IVP. The company has 129 active competitors, including 23 funded and 10 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like YugabyteDB, Supabase and NEON.
Company Details
MySQL is an open-source database solution that has been downloaded over 100 million times since its inception. Its product offerings range from enterprise level support packages, complete with full service support, to free downloads of the latest MySQL versions. Was acquired by SUN Microsystems in Jan 2008 for $1B. Today, Oracle drives the innovation and capabilities for MySQL.
- Website
- www.mysql.com/
- Social
- Registered Address
- Redwood Shores, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1995
Location
Cupertino, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$38M in 2 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
4th among 129 active competitors
Employee Count
343 as on Jul 01, 2024
Exit Details
Acquired by Sun Microsystems (Jan 16, 2008)
Legal entities associated with MySQL
MySQL is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ORACLE CORPORATION CIN: 542185193 , Belgium, Active | Dec 26, 999 | €1B+ (As on May 31, 2021) | 63105 (As on Dec 31, 2022) | - |
MySQL's acquisition details
MySQL got acquired by Sun Microsystems on Jan 16, 2008 at an acquisition amount of $*****.
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MySQL's funding and investors
MySQL has raised a total funding of $38M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 03, 2003. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Feb 13, 2006 for $*****. 5 investors participated in its latest round. MySQL has 10 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of MySQL:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 13, 2006 | 9943953 | Series C | 4973223 | 4330929 | 7011092 | 4703298 |
Jun 03, 2003 | 9301809 | Series B | 9790478 | 9650531 |
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MySQL's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of MySQL are David Axmark and Michael Widenius.
Here are the details of MySQL's key team members:
- David Axmark: Co-Founder of MySQL. They are also an angel investor in 1 startup.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Michael Widenius: Yes of MySQL. Contact Info: 2 email addresses
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MySQL's employee count trend
MySQL has 343 employees as of Jul 24. Here is MySQL's employee count trend over the years:
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MySQL's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of MySQL include YugabyteDB, Supabase and NEON. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of MySQL, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | YugabyteDB 2016, Sunnyvale (United States), Series C | Open source cloud native database for enterprises | $291M | 70/100 | |
2nd | Developer of relational database management tools and backend infrastructure services | $1.04B | 67/100 | ||
3rd | NEON 2014, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Provider of software development services | $55M | 66/100 | |
4th | MySQL 1995, Cupertino (United States), Acquired | Open source | Relational database Solution | $38M | 64/100 | |
5th | Prisma 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Backend platform based on GraphQL to build scalable applications | $56.5M | 63/100 | |
6th |  Zilliz 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Provider of a vector similarity search engine and data processing platform | $113M | 59/100 | |
7th | SQL database solutions provider | $68M | 57/100 | ||
8th | NuoDB 2010, Cambridge (United States), Acquired | Distributed SQL database enabling scalable, resilient, and fast application deployment | $88.1M | 56/100 | |
9th |  pgEdge 2022, Alexandria (United States), Series A | Provider of enterprise-grade Postgres infrastructure for agentic AI and other applications | $31.7M | 54/100 | |
10th | Provider of a platform offering database creation solutions | $11M | 54/100 |
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MySQL's Investments and acquisitions
MySQL has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to MySQL
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