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Timescale builds and maintains TimescaleDB, a time series database built on PostgreSQL. It handles large volumes of time-stamped data efficiently and provides a SQL interface for querying, with features like hypertables for scalable partitioning. The product is available as an open-source core, with premium features, enterprise support, and a fully managed multi-cloud cloud service for on-premise, edge, or cloud deployments. Timescale differentiates itself by leveraging PostgreSQL compatibility, offering flexible deployment options, and combining an open-source base with paid enhancements and managed services. The company's goal is to help organizations store, analyze, and act on time series data at scale, serving industries like IoT and financial services with reliable real-time analytics.
About Tiger Data
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$184.8M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2015
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What believers are saying
- Mid 8-digit ARR with $180M raised; expanding into regulated sectors via Enterprise product.
- PostgreSQL ecosystem momentum; Tiger CLI and pgvectorscale extend developer experience for AI agents.
- Industrial IoT and financial services demand for real-time analytics drives multi-cloud deployment adoption.
What critics are saying
- InfluxDB dominates on-premises industrial IoT with superior compression; 50-70% market erosion risk.
- ClickHouse's columnar architecture delivers 10x faster financial analytics queries; 60-80% customer migration risk.
- PostgreSQL core deprecates TimescaleDB extension in PG17; existential fork risk for on-prem users.
What makes Tiger Data unique
- PostgreSQL-native time-series database serving 2,000+ customers with >100% YoY growth.
- Freemium open-source model with managed cloud and new TimescaleDB Enterprise for on-premises.
- Positioned against NoSQL alternatives; powers Mistral, HuggingFace, Nvidia, Tesla, Toyota workloads.
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$184.8M
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6 month growth
↑ 5%1 year growth
↓ -2%2 year growth
↑ 7%To adequately measure the relative performance of real-time analytics databases, Timescale today released a real-time analytics benchmark dubbed RTABench.
The PopSQL team joins Timescale to help build the best PostgreSQL developer experience for the cloud era.
Over the past 12 months, she has played a decisive role in a number of investments, including a $20 million Series A funding round for Draftea, a fantasy sports platform for Spanish speakers, and a $25 million investment in Timescale, an open source, time-series database company.
Updated Identity Aligns with New Chapter of Cloud Era and Future of ComputingNEW YORK, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Timescale , the cloud data platform company, announced a strategic move to reposition itself in the market, reflecting the significant transformation taking place within the organization. The repositioning includes a refreshed visual identity, an updated website, and product restructuring. It lays the foundation for future product innovation designed to better serve its customers and the developer community, who prioritize scalability, cost, and performance as they work towards more cloud-first deployments.TimescaleRead this blog post by Timescale's CEO, Ajay Kulkarni, for full details of the rebrand.These changes come a year after the company announced its Series C funding of $110 million, which has enabled it to innovate in product development, expand its leadership and management teams and significantly expand the developer solutions it offers in markets spanning AI, IoT, crypto, energy, financial services, and more."Working with thousands of companies, we have realized this: the cloud is a tectonic shift in how software infrastructure is distributed and consumed, and we are still in the early stages of this change. By continuing to embrace the cloud, we have an opportunity to reinvent the database," said CEO Ajay Kulkarni. "We are excited to announce our repositioning effort, which accurately reflects the company we have become. We used to be a database company with a cloud product, now we are a cloud company with a database product."Timescale's rebranding reflects the company's continued dedication to innovation and providing better customer solutions and developer experience
Timescale, Inc. first launched Timescale over six years ago.
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About Tiger Data
Industries
Data & Analytics
Enterprise Software
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$184.8M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2015
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