The problem
Teams need to query billions of rows in milliseconds without warehouse-sized bills or slow dashboards
What they do
Open-source real-time analytics database and managed cloud for analytics, observability and AI
Traction $350M+ run-rate revenue (Sep 2026), up from ~$200M end of 2025; 4,000+ customers
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 203
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~800
Nearly 800 staff (Sep 2026), targeting 1,000 by year-end; LinkedIn ~738, about 2x YoY; 198 open postings (193 on Sep 23)
Hiring in
- The Netherlands
- San Francisco
- AMER
- Remote (US)
- Remote (Europe)
Latest news
Sep 2026
Named ex-Snowflake CFO Mike Scarpelli to board as run-rate revenue passed $350M ↗Glassdoor
3.8 ★ 28 reviews ↗Funding
- Last round
- $400M
- Stage
- Series D
- Date
- Jan 2026
Led by Dragoneer Investment Group (extension added J.P. Morgan Private Capital, BDT & MSD, Craft Ventures, 20VC)
- Hiring+2203 open roles on the live job board (30+ roles = +2)
- Funding recency+1.5Series D · $400M, Jan 2026 (9 months ago): 6–12 months = +1, $100M+ round +0.5
- Traction+1.5Strong growth: $350M+ run-rate revenue (Sep 2026), up from ~$200M end of 2025; 4,000+ customers
- Red flags0None found in the last 24 months
- Total5.02 + 1.5 + 1.5 − 0 = 5.0 → Sprint (4.75 or more)
Distance (Half) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
Half · edge: hard to leave
The leading open-source real-time analytics database, tripling revenue to $350M+ with 4,000+ customers and new Postgres and observability lines; still smaller than Snowflake, Databricks and Datadog, with 50–70% gross margins and big AI-lab customers.
Sources: ClickHouse: Scarpelli joins board; $350M+ run-rate, ~800 staff (Sep 2026) ↗ · TechCrunch: ClickHouse triples annualized revenue to $250M (May 2026) ↗ · Dealroom: ClickHouse ARR passes $350M; gross margins 50–70% (Aug 2026) ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026