The problem
Companies need self-serve dashboards and customer-facing analytics without heavy BI tools or analysts
What they do
Open-source business intelligence and embedded analytics, now with AI (Metabot, MCP server, Data Studio)
Traction Used by ~60,000 companies, 49.7k GitHub stars; third-party ARR estimates ~$13M-$30M; reportedly running without new venture cash since 2021
Hiring trend
- Open roles
- 19
- Ops roles
- 4
- Headcount
- ~100-125
Roughly flat headcount (~90-125 by different estimates, +6-7% YoY); 18 open roles, mostly global remote
Hiring in
- Remote (Global)
- Remote (US)
Funding
- Last round
- $30M
- Stage
- Series B
- Date
- May 2021
Led by Insight Partners
- Hiring+1.519 open roles on the live job board (10–29 roles = +1.5)
- Funding recency0Series B · $30M, May 2021 (65 months ago): over 24 months = 0
- Traction+0.75Some growth: Used by ~60,000 companies, 49.7k GitHub stars; third-party ARR estimates ~$13M-$30M; reportedly running without new venture cash since 2021
- Red flags−11 significant flag in the last 24 months, −1 eachAug 2026 zero-day exploited against some cloud and self-hosted customers (data access and API-key creation); no new funding since 2021Metabase blog, Aug 2026 ↗
- Total1.251.5 + 0 + 0.75 − 1 = 1.25 → Cool-down
Cool-down rule: score under 1.5 and the last round is over 24 months old.
Distance (10K) is a separate read on how long the lead can last. It doesn't change the score.
Distance
10K · edge: grows with users
60,000 companies use it, but revenue is small, no funding since 2021, and a 2026 breach hit.
Sources: Metabase: August 2026 security vulnerability, what happened ↗
Watch-outs
Aug 2026 zero-day exploited against some cloud and self-hosted customers (data access and API-key creation); no new funding since 2021
Sources: Metabase blog, Aug 2026 ↗
Last checked Oct 25, 2026