Couchbase

San Jose, California, United States Software & Technology Public

Couchbase is a distributed NoSQL database platform offering document-oriented, multi-model capabilities. The company provides Couchbase Server (open-source distributed database), Couchbase Capella (fully-managed cloud database-as-a-service), and Couchbase Mobile & Edge solutions. Couchbase combines document storage, key-value functionality, and integrated caching in a single platform, serving enterprise applications requiring high availability, scalability, and performance.

Public Company

Couchbase is publicly traded

IPO'd on Jul 22, 2021

BASE NASDAQ

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

Overview

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

Founded

2011

Employees

501–1,000

Total Funding

$249M

7 rounds

Secondary Signals (Note: SetterVC does not verify the accuracy of these)

1 signal
Restructuring Recent 2025-11-13

Laid off ~59-61 staff (San Jose HQ + Austin) via 2 WARN notices, ~2 months after $1.5B Haveli take-private closed

Post-buyout cost-cutting under new PE owner; sales/corporate teams hit

Funding

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

Total raised $249M across 7 rounds

Last updated 08-31-2026

DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
May 21, 2020 Series G TechCrunch $105M — GPI Capital
Mar 15, 2016 Series F Press release $30M — Sorenson Capital
Jun 26, 2014 Series E TechCrunch $60M — WestSummit Capital, Accel Growth Fund

Leadership

  • BJ Schaknowski

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Deirdre Toner

    President and Chief Commercial Officer

  • Kari Wimmer

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Gopi Duddi

    Chief Technology Officer

  • Barry Morris

    Chief Product and Strategy Officer

  • Maggie Warren

    Chief Legal Officer

  • Veronica Curran

    Chief People Officer

  • Joe Remington

    Chief Business and Transformation Officer

  • Eddie Garcia

    Chief Information Security Officer

Competitors

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

  • MongoDB

    Document-oriented NoSQL database with focus on scalability, JSON flexibility, and sharding capabilities.

  • Redis

    In-memory key-value store and caching solution optimized for speed and performance.

  • Apache Cassandra

    Distributed NoSQL database focused on high scalability and data distribution efficiency.

  • Amazon DynamoDB

    Fully managed cloud-native NoSQL database service provided by AWS.

Couchbase Investment FAQ

Couchbase FAQ

Yes, Couchbase is publicly traded under the ticker symbol BASE on the NASDAQ. The company went public in Jul 22, 2021.

Couchbase trades under the ticker symbol BASE on the NASDAQ. It began trading in Jul 22, 2021.

Couchbase (BASE 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 BASE to place an order.

Couchbase went public in Jul 22, 2021 via ipo. Couchbase completed its initial public offering on NASDAQ on July 21, 2021, trading under ticker symbol BASE. On June 20, 2025, Couchbase announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Haveli Investments, a technology-focused investment firm, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion. Shareholders approved the acquisition on September 9, 2025, and the transaction closed on September 24, 2025, making Couchbase a privately-held company.

Couchbase raised $249M across 7 disclosed funding rounds prior to its public listing.

Couchbase is headquartered in San Jose, California, United States.

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