Prisma

Prisma makes working with databases easy.

Data and analytics Developer tools and cloud

Latest funding

$40M Series B+ · May 3, 2022

Led by Altimeter Capital · Source: startupintros.com

Total raised: $56.5M across 3 sourced rounds

All 3 rounds ↓

Website: prisma.io.

X: @prisma · 79,428 followers.

GitHub: prisma.

LinkedIn: prisma-io.

Categories: Data and analytics Developer tools and cloud.

Sectors: Developer Platform, Enterprise Software, Information Technology, Software.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Berlin, Germany.

Founded: 2016.

Total raised: $56.5M in 3 sourced rounds.

Last round: May 3, 2022 · 1,657 days ago.

Headcount: 1–10 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 30, 2026.

Signals

X account@prisma · created Feb 17, 2016 (10 years old) · 79,428 followers

Website registeredSep 6, 2013 (13 years old)

About Prisma

Prisma Postgres is a fast, fully managed database solution built on bare-metal and unikernels that offers instant scaling, whether you’re going from zero, or handling a spike, low-latency performance, and a stellar developer experience.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Prisma | 818 days from X account to first raise on record

@prisma·Raised $57M in 3 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

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
May 3, 2022	Series B+	$40M	AAltimeter Capital	startupintros.com
Jul 6, 2020	Series A	$12M	AAmplify Partners	startupintros.com
May 15, 2018	Seed	$4.5M	KKleiner Perkins	startupintros.com

Timeline

February 17, 2016
X account created
September 6, 2013
Website created

Founders and team

JS
Johannes Schickling Founder

LinkedIn
SB
Soren Bramer Schmidt Founder

@sorenbs · LinkedIn
JG
Joël Galeran TypeScript Engineer
MB
Marcus Böhm Software Engineer
PK
Peter Kim Senior Product Manager

Investors

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Altimeter Capital portfolio →

Sources and API

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