Top SQL Database startups
There are 183 SQL Database startups which include YugabyteDB, NEON, Supabase, Prisma, Yellowbrick Data. Out of these, 65 startups are funded, with 49 having secured Series A+ funding. United States has the most number of companies in SQL Database (100), followed by China and United Kingdom
which have (9) companies.
Over the past 10 years, an average of 7 new companies have been launched annually. Notably, several of these startups have been founded by alumni of Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of California (Berkeley).
Here is the list of top SQL Database Startups
1. YugabyteDB
Open source cloud native database for enterprises. It is a transactional database for cloud applications. It offers both SQL and NoSQL in a unified database. Features include distributed ACID transactions, document-based storage, multiple read consistency levels for distributed OLTP, and multi-region deployments with optional read replicas.
Key facts about YugabyteDB
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Sunnyvale (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $291M
- Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Sep 2021, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 71/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 1 of 152 Competitors
2. NEON
Provider of software development services. It offers features like autoscaling, branching, and instant provisioning. It supports integration with various languages and frameworks, facilitating developer workflows. The platform also focuses on AI applications, offering capabilities like high-dimensional vector search.
Key facts about NEON
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $55M
- Investors: GGV Capital, Menlo Ventures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 07, 2024, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 64/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 2 of 152 Competitors
3. Supabase
Cloud based open-source application backend development platform. The platform assists users in developing backends and applications using postgres database and APIs. It offers a database system that enables users to view table relationships, edit schemas, sort data, and clone tables. Its features include media management dashboards, authentication, edge functions, storage, and more.
Key facts about Supabase
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $544M
- Investors: Peak XV Partners, Accel and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Oct 02, 2025, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 64/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 3 of 300 Competitors
4. Prisma
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.
Key facts about Prisma
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $56.5M
- Investors: Amplify Partners, Altimeter Capital and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 03, 2022, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 63/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 3 of 131 Competitors
Provider of data warehousing and analytics platform deployable across multiple environments. The platform offers data loading, querying, and processing capabilities with speed and scalability. It supports enterprise data warehousing, ad-hoc and streaming analytics, and business intelligence workloads. The platform is built on a cloud-native architecture.
Key facts about Yellowbrick Data
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $292M
- Investors: DFJ Growth, Next47 and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Nov 03, 2021, $*****
- Tracxn Score: 63/100 What is this?
- Competitors Rank: 14 of 267 Competitors
