When was Prisma founded?

Prisma was founded in 2016 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Prisma located?

Prisma is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. It is registered at San Francisco.

Who is the current CEO of Prisma?

Soren Bramer Schmidt of Prisma. They have also founded 1 company and are angel investors in 6 startups, including .

How many employees does Prisma have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Prisma is 193.

Is Prisma a funded company?

Prisma is a funded company, having raised a total of $56.5M across 3 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on May 14, 2018.

When was the latest funding round of Prisma?

Prisma's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on May 03, 2022, with participation from 3 investors.

Where does Prisma rank among its competitors?

Prisma ranks 4th amongst 88 active competitors, of which 26 are funded. It stands 3rd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Supabase, which secured $143M in Oct, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Prisma?

Prisma's top competitors include Supabase, PubNub and WaveMaker. Among them, Supabase secured the most recent funding round in October, 2025.

Prisma - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Backend platform based on GraphQL to build scalable applications. It provides an open source GraphQL ORM like data access layer enabling users to access all databases in a universal GraphQL query. It allow users to securely manage and access data in a visual editor. Its auto generated API provides CRUD operations with filtering, sorting, and pagination. Other features include easy data modeling and migration, read and write to the database with GraphQL. Can be integrated with PostGres, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Cassandra and MongoDB.

Website: www.prisma.io/
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Registered Address: San Francisco

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2016

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$56.5M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, May 03, 2022, $*****

Investors

Amplify Partners & 14 more

Ranked

4^th among 88 active competitors

Employee Count

193 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Supabase & 130 more

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Prisma is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
PRISMA DATA, INC CIN: 30-0946098 , United States, Active	Jul 10, 2016	-	6 (As on Dec 31, 2021)	-
PRISMA DATA, INC. CIN: 20228098137 , United States, Active	Nov 08, 2022	-	-	-

Prisma has raised a total funding of $56.5M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on May 14, 2018. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on May 03, 2022 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Prisma has 6 institutional investors and 9 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Prisma:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
May 03, 2022	6421108	Series B	6529923	2879179	5645064	8435818
Jun 26, 2020	2960576	Series A	6256028	8425563	3567085	8736562
May 14, 2018	4320462	Seed	4997745	2165617	7522749	Mango Capital & 9 more

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The founders of Prisma are Johannes Schickling and Soren Bramer Schmidt. Soren Bramer Schmidt is the CEO of Prisma.

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

Johannes Schickling: Former Co-Founder of Prisma. They are also an angel investor in 9 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Soren Bramer Schmidt: CEO of Prisma. They are also an angel investor in 6 startups.
Contact Info: 1 email address

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Prisma's employee count trend

Prisma has 193 employees as of May 26. Here is Prisma's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Prisma include Supabase, PubNub and WaveMaker. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Prisma, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Supabase 2020, Singapore (Singapore), Series E	Cloud based open-source application backend development platform	$544M	Accel, Peak XV Partners & 22 others	64/100
2nd	PubNub 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series E	Provider of infrastructure and APIs for real-time interactive application development	$135M	Sapphire Ventures, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder ... & 14 others	64/100
3rd	WaveMaker 2003, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Developer of low-code platform for building and customizing enterprise applications	$8.72M	Worldview Technology Partners, AllegisCyber Capital ... & 3 others	63/100
4th	Prisma 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series B	Backend platform based on GraphQL to build scalable applications	$56.5M	Kleiner Perkins, Altimeter Capital & 13 others	63/100
5th	Ganymede 2021, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Platform offering baas integrated application development software	$15.6M	Caffeinated Capital, Hawktail & 2 others	62/100
6th	Xano 2014, Los Angeles (United States), Series A	Platform offering cloud application backend development platform	$15.4M	Engineering Capital, MHS Capital	56/100
7th	Microshare 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Series C	Provider of a data platform for IoT applications	$39M	Motley Fool Ventures, Semtech & 4 others	54/100
8th	Encore 2019, Stockholm (Sweden), Seed	Platform offering software to build the backend	$3M	Crane Venture Partners, Essence VC & 6 others	50/100
9th	Back4App 2015, Sunnyvale (United States), Seed	Open source backend-as-a-service platform for web and mobile	-	Alchemist Accelerator, Monashees & 11 others	47/100
10th	MobileForce Software 2005, Sunnyvale (United States), Series B	MobileForce Software	$10.9M	sillicollegesilli.org, Lighter Capital & 2 others	43/100