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Timescale (Tiger Data)

Timescale builds TimescaleDB, a relational database for time-series data built on PostgreSQL.

timescaledb.org · New York

CALL NO.CS·TIMESCALEDB·26
StageSeries CFebruary 2022 · led by Tiger Global[1][5]
Raised$181Mdisclosed rounds[4]
Headcount119as of Apr 2026[4]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2015[4]
Money

Raised $181M across disclosed rounds.[4]

Series C closed February 2022, led by Tiger Global.[1][5]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Benchmark, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, Icon Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Tiger Global.[1][4][5]

People

Ajay Kulkarni, CEO and Co-founder[1][3][7][8]

Michael Freedman, CTO and Co-founder[1][3][7][8]

Michael Freedman, Cofounder CTO[4]

Tanya Higgins, Brand & Design Lead[4]

Adam N., Head Of Sales[4]

Nichole Johnson, People Partner[4]

Kevin Barry, Head Of Customer Success[4]

Kelsey Pfeiffer, People Business Partner[4]

Agne Rodríguez Leslie, People Partner[4]

Leah Davis Aviram, General Counsel[4]

Ryan Johnson, Head Of Support[4]

Lee Hampton, Director Of Engineering - Platform[4]

Signals
Jun 9 2026launchTiger Data launches PostgreSQL extension designed for AI agents - SiliconANGLE[14]
Apr 23 2026fundingSiemens's ETM Selects TimescaleDB as Its Time-Series company claim, not independently confirmed[9]
Apr 22 2026newsTiger Data (creators of TimescaleDB)[4]
Apr 22 2026newsTimescaleDB 2.26: 3.5x Faster time_bucket() Aggregations, 70x Faster Summary Queries, and Faste.[11]
Apr 21 2026fundingTiger Data Launches TimescaleDB Enterprise for On-Premises and Edge Time-Series Database Deploy.[10]
Jun 11 2024launchTimescale unveils high-performance AI vector database extensions for PostgreSQL[4]
Comps

InfluxData · influxdata.com · Same buyer (developers with time-series workloads), same budget (database infrastructure), substitute behavior for time-series storage.[3]

ClickHouse · clickhouse.com · Overlaps on operational analytics and time-series query performance, but ClickHouse uses eventual consistency and a different query model.[4]

Citus Data (Microsoft) · citusdata.com · Same technical approach (PostgreSQL extension) but focused on horizontal scaling of Postgres generally, not time-series specifically.[3]

MongoDB · mongodb.com · Overlaps on time-series workloads but uses a non-relational data model; competes for developer mindshare on time-series.[6]

Amazon Timestream · aws.amazon.com/timestream · Same buyer (AWS customers with time-series data), same budget (cloud database spend), substitute for managed time-series.[6]

Risk

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Timescale (Tiger Data)

CALL NO.CS·TIMESCALEDB·26

Timescale builds TimescaleDB, a relational database for time-series data built on PostgreSQL.

timescaledb.org · New York

StageSeries C
Raised$181M
Headcount119
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2015
CompsInfluxData +4

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