S2 was founded in 2023 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

S2 is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

Who is the current CEO of S2?

Shikhar Bhushan of S2. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does S2 have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at S2 is 6.

Is S2 a funded company?

S2 is a funded company, having raised a total of $5.5M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Sep 29, 2025.

When was the latest funding round of S2?

S2's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Feb 25, 2026, with participation from 2 investors. Its primary sector is Database Technology. In United States, the Database Technology sector has seen $404M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does S2 rank among its competitors?

S2 ranks 1st amongst 9 active competitors, of which 3 are funded. It stands 1st in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was S2, which secured $3.85M in Feb, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of S2?

S2's top competitors include Scaphold, Easysoft and Subzero. Among them, S2 secured the most recent funding round in February, 2026.

S2 - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Provider of serverless API for durable, real-time data stream management. The system allows developers to build collaborative experiences and event sourcing for agents. It facilitates broadcasting data to subscribers, enabling consumption from any point. The system provides stream per sandbox instance for observability. It offers unlimited streams and bottomless storage.

Website: s2.dev
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Email ID: *****@s2.dev, *****@s2.dev

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2023

Location

San Francisco, United States

Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$5.5M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Feb 25, 2026, $*****

Investors

Accel & 3 more

Ranked

1^st among 9 active competitors

Employee Count

6 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Scaphold & 13 more

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S2 is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Bandar Systems Inc CIN: 7498861 , United States, Active	Jun 05, 2023	-	-	-

S2 has raised a total funding of $5.5M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 29, 2025. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Feb 25, 2026 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. S2 has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of S2:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Feb 25, 2026	5077138	Series A	4231254	5767227	7523650	7684530
Sep 29, 2025	5019909	Seed	6704604	8289176	4467424	Y Combinator

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The founders of S2 are Shikhar Bhushan, Dwarak Govind Parthiban and Stephen Balogh. Shikhar Bhushan is the CEO of S2.

Here are the details of S2's key team members:

Shikhar Bhushan: Co-Founder & CEO of S2.
Dwarak Govind Parthiban: Co-Founder of S2.
Stephen Balogh: Co-Founder & CTO of S2.

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S2's employee count trend

S2 has 6 employees as of Mar 26. Here is S2's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of S2 include Scaphold, Easysoft and Subzero. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of S2, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	S2 2023, San Francisco (United States), Series A	Provider of serverless API for durable, real-time data stream management	$5.5M	Uncorrelated Ventures, Y Combinator & 2 others	50/100
2nd	Scaphold 2016, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Daily predictions for HK, SGP & SDY lottery numbers	$120K	Zillionize, Y Combinator	26/100
3rd	Easysoft 1993, Wetherby (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Provider of database application programming interface provider	-	-	25/100
4th	Subzero 2017, Oradea (Romania), Unfunded	API for database based on GraphQL query language	-	-	24/100
5th	Motor Admin 2021, Ukraine, Unfunded	Cloud based platform offering application programming interface	-	-	24/100
6th	Neurelo 2022, Mountain View (United States), Unfunded	Cloud API platform for databases	-	-	24/100
7th	VidarDB 2019, Kitchener (Canada), Seed	Online SQL database platform	$30K	Accelerator Centre	23/100
8th	WhoisFreaks 1986, Lahore (Pakistan), Unfunded	Cloud based platform offering application programming interface	-	-	16/100
9th	Car API 2022, Unfunded	Provider of a platform offering application programming interface	-	-	16/100
10th	Data\|CRUDES 2018, Harare (Zimbabwe), Deadpooled	Cloud based platform offering database web application solutions	-	-	15/100