Pay-as-you-go market data platform delivering normalized historical and real-time feeds from 70+ venues via a modern API
Databento is a market-data infrastructure company founded in 2019 by Christina Qi (ex-Partner at HFT fund Domeyard) that delivers normalized historical and real-time feeds from 70+ exchanges through a pay-as-you-go API, pioneering full order-book delivery over the cloud. After a public launch in 2023 it reached profitability ahead of schedule, grew revenue 6.65x year-over-year with 97% enterprise retention, and now serves 3,000+ companies — from student traders to the largest hedge funds — with fewer than 30 engineers. On July 9, 2026 it raised a $97M Series B led by NEA (with DRW, Redpoint, and Tribe Capital), bringing total funding to $127M against $300M+ of oversubscribed demand. Customers include Nvidia and OpenAI, and the company positions itself as a modern alternative to Bloomberg and LSEG in the $50B+ market-data industry.
Fintech📍 Salt Lake City, UTFounded 2019
Current Valuation
$600M
as of 2026-Q3 (est., undisclosed)
PRIVATE
QL Price
$600M
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Databento, published 2026-09-05 — in line with the last disclosed round of $600M (2026-Q3 (est., undisclosed)).
Confidence
low
Basis
round anchored
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$600M
2026-Q3 (est., undisclosed)
weight 0.36
How this price has held up
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Databento going public?
No. Databento has no imminent IPO plans on record. It is still private.
What is Databento's valuation in 2026?
Databento is valued at $600M as of 2026-Q3 (est., undisclosed), set by its Series B ($97M, Jul 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Databento filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Databento.
Who are Databento's investors?
Databento's investors include NEA, DRW Venture Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Tribe Capital, Trousdale Ventures, Fifth Down Capital and 6 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Christina Qi
Founded
2019
HQ
Salt Lake City, UT
Employees
~50
Total Raised
$127M
Last Round
Series B — $97M (Jul 2026) · Lead: New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
IPO Status
no imminent plans
Fundraising Status
Series B · $97M · 2 mo ago
no imminent plansTotal raised $127M
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series B
$97M
Jul 2026
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
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Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
20% of roles posted in last 30d
Open roles
15
via greenhouse
Product-build share
60%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 60% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Counted from Databento's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Christina Qi
Investors
NEA · DRW Venture Capital · Redpoint Ventures · Tribe Capital · Trousdale Ventures · Fifth Down Capital · Cross Creek · Motley Fool Ventures · Operator Collective · Alumni Ventures · Indicator Ventures · Clear Street
Products
Historical market data API (pay-as-you-go)
Live real-time market data feeds
Full order book (MBO) data
Normalized feeds across 70+ trading venues
Competitors
Bloomberg · LSEG (Refinitiv) · ICE Data Services · Polygon.io · Nasdaq Data Link · Kaiko
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q3 (est., undisclosed). Refreshed quarterly.