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ClickHouse

Open-source column-oriented OLAP database and cloud service for real-time analytics at petabyte scale
ClickHouse is the commercial company behind the popular open-source columnar OLAP database used by Cloudflare, Uber, eBay, and thousands of others for sub-second analytics at scale. Sacra estimates ~$160M ARR in 2025, up 256% YoY. Closed a $350M Series C in late 2025 led by Khosla Ventures at a reported $15B valuation - one of the largest data-infrastructure rounds of the cycle.
Software 📍 Portola Valley, CA Founded 2021
Current Valuation
$15B
as of 2025-Q4
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QL Price

$18B
+18% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for ClickHouse, published 2026-10-07 — above the last disclosed round of $15B (2026-01).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $15B 2026-01 weight 0.59
Secondary market print $21B 2026-06-27 weight 0.54
How this price has held up
No round has priced for ClickHouse since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
How to actually get exposure to ClickHouse →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookrumored

Is ClickHouse going public in 2027?
An IPO is rumored for 2027, with nothing filed. ClickHouse remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is ClickHouse's valuation in 2026?
ClickHouse is valued at $15B as of 2025-Q4, set by its Series D ($400M, Jan 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has ClickHouse filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for ClickHouse as of 10/07/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are ClickHouse's investors?
ClickHouse's investors include Dragoneer Investment Group, Khosla Ventures, Index Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, GIC and 4 more.
How much has ClickHouse raised?
ClickHouse has raised $1.0B in total, most recently a Series D of $400M in Jan 2026.
Is ClickHouse publicly traded — can you buy ClickHouse stock?
No. ClickHouse is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for ClickHouse on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to ClickHouse →
Read the ClickHouse pre-IPO deep dive · 09/14/2026 →
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
Aaron Katz
Founded
2021
HQ
Portola Valley, CA
Employees
~400
Total Raised
$1.0B
Est. Revenue
$250M (ARR as of 2026-05)
Growth
ARR crossed $250M by May 2026, roughly tripling year over year, with ClickHouse Cloud ARR up more than 250%. Over 3,000 ClickHouse Cloud customers and 4,000+ in total, including Meta, Anthropic, Tesla, Sony, Cursor, Capital One, Airwallex, Polymarket, Lovable and Decagon. Six acquisitions to date, most recently Langfuse (LLM observability).
Last Round
Series D — $400M (Jan 2026) · Lead: Dragoneer Investment Group
IPO Status
rumored

Fundraising Status

Series D · $400M · 9 mo ago
rumoredTotal raised $1.0B

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$219.32
Last round price / share
$159.59
vs last round
+37.4%
Open interest
9
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$160Last round$219Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+44.7%6-month+213%1-year+3243%All-time+777%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series D$400MJan 2026Dragoneer Investment Group—

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+17% vs 2026-08
Open roles
7
via ashby
Product-build share
86%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
heavy product build — 86% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 6 of 7 open roles are engineering.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month6Aug '267Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionEngineering6Marketing1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Senior Backend Engineer (Data Infrastructure)Senior Software Engineer (SDK)Senior Product EngineerSenior Cloud Infrastructure EngineerProduct Marketing EngineerDeveloper Relations Engineer (Events & Community)
Counted from ClickHouse's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Alexey MilovidovAaron KatzYury Izrailevsky

Investors

Dragoneer Investment Group · Khosla Ventures · Index Ventures · Lightspeed Venture Partners · Bessemer Venture Partners · GIC · T. Rowe Price · WCM Investment Management · Coatue · Battery Ventures

Products

  • ClickHouse open-source columnar OLAP database
  • ClickHouse Cloud (managed service)
  • ClickPipes (managed ingestion)
  • ClickStack (observability bundle)
  • Langfuse (LLM observability, acquired 2026)
  • Native Postgres service with CDC into ClickHouse, via a partnership with Ubicloud

Competitors

Snowflake · Databricks · DuckDB · StarRocks · Druid
DatabaseOLAPOpen SourceAnalytics
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q4. Refreshed quarterly.