Raised $3.4M across disclosed rounds.[7]

Seed closed August 2022, led by Y Combinator.[7]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel.[5][7]

Joe Averbukh, Co-Founder[3]

Stepan Parunashvili, CTO[3]

Drew Harris, Founding TypeScript Engineer[3]

Supabase · supabase.com · Same buyer and same job: startup developers choosing a backend for real-time web apps. Prism founder Alex Liu explicitly compared InstantDB to Supabase, saying Supabase required manual optimistic updates and client-state sync that InstantDB removes.[5]

Firebase · firebase.google.com · Same buyer and same job: developers building real-time collaborative apps. Firebase founder James Tamplin endorsed InstantDB for building the relational queries Firebase never shipped, and TechCrunch framed Instant as harkening back to pre-Google Firebase.[5]

Convex · convex.dev · Same buyer and same job: TypeScript developers wanting a real-time backend with frontend-integrated data access and minimal backend engineering.[7]

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[3][5]

Ask for one referenceable production customer.

Not a recommendation. The first thing this ledger cannot answer.

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