Starburst

formerly Starburst Data

Starburst is an analytics company in Boston, United States, founded in 2017. It has raised $414.0M across 4 rounds, most recently a $250.0M Series D in February 2022.

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Employees
201–500
Founded
2017
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$414.0M
Last Round
$250.0M Series DFeb 2022
Rounds
4

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About

Starburst is an open data lakehouse analytics platform built on Trino (the open-source distributed SQL query engine), enabling fast, governed access to data across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments without costly data migrations. Used by enterprises in 60+ countries, it unifies distributed data sources for analytics and AI workloads with built-in RBAC/ABAC governance, smart caching, and Apache Iceberg support. The platform is available as Starburst Galaxy (cloud-managed) and Starburst Enterprise (self-hosted).

Summary

It lists 201–500 employees. It has raised $414.0M in total across 4 rounds, most recently a $250.0M Series D round in Feb 2022. Investors include Alkeon Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures.

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Funding History

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Series DSeries DFeb 2022
$250.0M

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Funding: Series A through Series D. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

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