When was Starcounter founded?

Starcounter was founded in 2006 and raised its 1st funding round 9 years after it was founded.

Where is Starcounter located?

Starcounter is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

How many employees does Starcounter have?

As of May 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Starcounter is 10.

Is Starcounter a funded company?

Starcounter is a funded company, having raised a total of $1.8M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Jan 27, 2015.

When was the latest funding round of Starcounter?

Starcounter's latest funding was a $***** Grant (prize money) round on Sep 30, 2019, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Starcounter rank among its competitors?

Starcounter ranks 8th amongst 21 active competitors, of which 6 are funded. It stands 9th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was LeanXcale, which secured an undisclosed amount in Jan, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Starcounter?

Starcounter's top competitors include SingleStore, Cockroach Labs and PingCAP. Among them, LeanXcale secured the most recent funding round in January, 2024.

Starcounter - 2026 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Starcounter offers combined NewSQL in-memory database and application server for speedy development of applications. It can handle 3,000,000 ACID transactions per second on one standard/commodity server.

Website: www.starcounter.com/
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Founded Year

2006

Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Stage

Public

Total Funding

$1.8M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Grant (prize money), Sep 30, 2019, $*****

Investors

Industrifonden & 2 more

Ranked

8^th among 21 active competitors

Employee Count

10 as on May 31, 2026

Similar Companies

SingleStore & 25 more

Exit Details

Public

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Starcounter has raised a total funding of $1.8M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 27, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Grant (prize money) round on Sep 30, 2019 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Starcounter has 3 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Starcounter:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Sep 30, 2019	4654804	Grant (prize money)	4764495	3672501	2277395	3263331
Oct 01, 2017	8310533	Grant (prize money)	5186657	2794931	2642740	Europa
Oct 31, 2015	2590074	Grant (prize money)	8326677	8595032	1826002	EIC Fund

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Starcounter's employee count trend

Starcounter has 10 employees as of May 26. Here is Starcounter's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Starcounter include SingleStore, Cockroach Labs and PingCAP. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Starcounter, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	SingleStore 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cloud based relational database for enterprises	$558M	Goldman Sachs, Insight Partners & 35 others	74/100
2nd	Cockroach Labs 2015, New York City (United States), Series F	Developer of a distributed SQL database designed for mission-critical applications	$633M	Altimeter Capital, Bond Capital & 20 others	65/100
3rd	PingCAP 2015, Sunnyvale (United States), Series D	Cloud-based platform offering distributed NewSQL databases	$342M	5Y Capital, Sequoia Capital China & 24 others	64/100
4th	NuoDB 2010, Cambridge (United States), Acquired	Distributed SQL database enabling scalable, resilient, and fast application deployment	$88.1M	Longworth Venture Partners, HWVP & 4 others	51/100
5th	ScaleBase 2010, Newton (United States), Acquired	AI-powered platform optimizing subscription businesses' revenue processes, from quote to cash	$10.5M	Ascent Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures ... & 1 others	51/100
6th	Clustrix 2006, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Open-source database solutions for enterprise scalability, cloud, and modern applications	$75M	ATA Ventures, Sequoia Capital & 7 others	45/100
7th	SequoiaDB 2012, Shenzhen (China), Series D	Open source, document-oriented NewSQL Database	$20M	CICC Capital, DCM Ventures & 3 others	41/100
8th	Starcounter 2006, Stockholm (Sweden), Public	In-memory NewSQL database with integrated application server	$1.8M	Industrifonden, EIC Fund & 1 others	32/100
9th	LeanXcale 2015, Madrid (Spain), Seed	Scalable full ACID full SQL database	-	CDTI, Bullnet Capital & 3 others	33/100
10th	Tokutek 2006, Lexington (United States), Acqui-Hired	Improved Storage Engine for MySQL, MariaDB and MongoDB	$5.8M	National Science Foundation, OSTI	31/100