Alation

Alation is the creator of AIOS™, the open, governed, self-improving intelligence operating system for enterprises.

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TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Alation | 1823 days from X account to first raise on record

@Alation·Raised $312M in 5 sourced rounds·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. July 3, 2025
   Series B+ · amount undisclosed
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
2. December 16, 2022
   Series B+ · $120M
   SSanabil (lead), TThoma Bravo (lead), DDell Technologies Capital, HHewlett Packard Enterprise, IIcon Ventures, QQueensland Investment Corporation, RRiverwood Capital, SSalesforce Ventures, SSapphire Ventures, UUnion Grove Venture Partners
   Source: startupintros.com
3. June 1, 2021
   Series B+ · $110M
   RRiverwood Capital (lead), CCostanoa Ventures, DDell Technologies Capital, IIcon Ventures, SSalesforce Ventures, SSanabil, SSapphire Ventures, SSnowflake Ventures, UUnion Grove Venture Partners
   Source: startupintros.com
4. January 1, 2019
   Series B+ · $50M
   SSalesforce Ventures (lead), SSapphire Ventures (lead), BBlackstone Innovations Investments, CCostanoa Ventures, DDCVC, HHarmony Partners, IIcon Ventures, IIsai
   Source: startupintros.com
5. July 1, 2017
   Series B+ · $23M
   IIcon Ventures (lead), CCostanoa Ventures, DDCVC, HHarmony Partners, SStartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
   Source: startupintros.com
6. March 1, 2015
   Series A · $9M
   CCostanoa Ventures (lead), DDCVC (lead), BBCM Bruker Capital Management GmbH, BBloomberg Beta, DDave Kellogg, GGeneral Catalyst, NNaval Ravikant, OOneTen Capital, SSteve Papa, TTenOneTen Ventures
   Source: startupintros.com
7. March 4, 2010
   X account created
8. July 27, 1998
   Website created

Founders and team

• AK
  Aaron Kalb Founder

  LinkedIn
• FN
  Feng Niu Founder

  LinkedIn
• SS
  Satyen Sangani Founder

  @satyx
• VG
  Venky Ganti Founder

  @venkyganti · LinkedIn
• DC
  Deepesh Chourey Sr. Director, Engineering
• MT
  Matt Turner Director, Industry Strategy
• SL
  Scott Leggett Director, Customer Success - APAC

Acquisitions

Acquired company	Price	Announced
NNumbers Station	Not disclosed	May 20, 2025 · techtarget
LLyngo Analytics	Not disclosed publicly	Date not given
KKloud.io	Not disclosed publicly	Date not given

Investors

• BBCM Bruker Capital Management GmbH
• BBlackstone Innovations Investments
• BBloomberg Beta
• CCostanoa Ventureslead investor
• DDatabricks Ventures
• DDave Kellogg
• DDCVClead investor
• DDell Technologies Capital
• GGeneral Catalyst
• HHarmony Partners
• HHewlett Packard Enterprise
• IIcon Ventureslead investor
• IIsai
• NNaval Ravikant
• NNTT DOCOMO Ventures
• OOneTen Capital
• QQueensland Investment Corporation
• RRiverwood Capitallead investor
• SSalesforce Ventureslead investor
• SSanabillead investor
• SSapphire Ventureslead investor
• SSnowflake Ventures
• SStartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)
• SSteve Papa
• TTenOneTen Ventures
• TThoma Bravolead investor
• UUnion Grove Venture Partners

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