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Confluent

#30 on Setter30 Most recent: Q4 2020
Mountain View, CA Software Public

Confluent is an enterprise data streaming platform built on Apache Kafka that enables organizations to access, process, and manage data in motion across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Public Company

Confluent is publicly traded

IPO'd on June 24, 2021

CFLT NASDAQ

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market. Shares can be traded publicly under CFLT.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2014

Employees

1,980+

Total Funding

$455.9M

5 rounds

Last Private Valuation

$4.5B

April 21, 2020

Funding

Total raised $455.9M across 5 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

Series E

Date

April 21, 2020

Amount

$250M

Valuation

$4.5B

Lead Investors

Coatue Management
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
April 21, 2020 Series E $250M $4.5B Coatue Management
January 23, 2019 Series D $125M $2.5B Sequoia Capital
March 7, 2017 Series C $50M Sequoia Capital

Funding by Round

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Valuation Trajectory

Valuation indexed to 1.0× at the selected entry round. Valuation marks are estimates and may contain errors. Hover each dot to compare.

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Entry · Series B

$0.2B

Jul 2015

Confluent today

$4.5B

Apr 2020 · latest mark

Confluent multiple

27.6x

valuation uplift since first round

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Leadership

  • Jay Kreps

    Co-founder & CEO

    LinkedIn
  • Jun Rao

    Co-founder

    LinkedIn
  • Neha Narkhede

    Co-founder, Board Member

  • Rohan Sivaram

    Chief Financial Officer

    LinkedIn

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Redpanda

    Kafka-compatible streaming platform with high performance capabilities

  • Databricks

    Data intelligence platform for analytics and AI workloads

  • Snowflake

    Cloud data platform for data sharing and analytics

  • AWS MSK (Managed Streaming for Kafka)

    Fully managed Kafka service on Amazon Web Services

  • Google Cloud Pub/Sub

    Messaging service for real-time data streaming on Google Cloud

  • StreamNative

    Cloud-native streaming platform based on Apache Pulsar

Confluent Investment FAQ

Confluent FAQ

Yes, Confluent is publicly traded under the ticker symbol CFLT on the NASDAQ. The company went public in June 24, 2021.

Confluent trades under the ticker symbol CFLT on the NASDAQ. It began trading in June 24, 2021.

Confluent (CFLT on the NASDAQ) shares can be purchased through any standard brokerage account — including Fidelity, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, and online platforms like Robinhood or E*TRADE. Search for the ticker CFLT to place an order.

Confluent went public in June 24, 2021 via ipo, with an offering valuation of approximately $4.5B. Confluent completed its IPO on NASDAQ (ticker CFLT) on June 24, 2021, selling 23 million shares at $36 per share, raising $828M at a $11.4B valuation.

Confluent raised $455.9M across 5 disclosed funding rounds prior to its public listing.

Confluent was co-founded by Jay Kreps, Jun Rao, and Neha Narkhede in 2014.

Confluent is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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