ClickHouse Triples Revenue to $250 Million, Eyes IPO Within a Few Years

1 articles · Updated · TechCrunch · May 27

$250 million in annualized revenue run rate marks a threefold jump from a year ago, with co-founder Yury Izrailevsky saying ClickHouse could reach the high nine figures by year-end.
That growth follows a $400 million Series D in January that valued the database startup at $15 billion, a rich multiple that management says supports an IPO path in the next few years.
Jimmy Sexton, formerly Snowflake's investor-relations head, joined as CFO last fall, adding to signs of public-market preparation at the less-than-five-year-old company.
More than 4,000 customers including Anthropic, Meta and Capital One use ClickHouse's open-source database, while its managed cloud service and acquisitions of six startups have helped it ride AI-driven data demand.
ClickHouse is among a small group of startups signaling listings as investors expect a wider IPO window after SpaceX's planned June debut and later offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic.

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