Data Streaming Pioneer Redpanda Recognized in Redpoint’s InfraRed 100

InfraRed report showcases the private cloud infrastructure companies set to revolutionize the market

Streaming data leader Redpanda today announced its inclusion in the annual Redpoint InfraRed 100 report. Compiled by Redpoint Ventures, this prestigious report highlights the 100 most notable up-and-coming private companies in cloud infrastructure, showcasing the future leaders set to revolutionize the market.

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Data streaming pioneer Redpanda recognized in Redpoint’s InfraRed 100 (Photo: Business Wire)

“Making the InfraRed 100 list two years in a row is affirmation of our obsession with putting the builder, the hacker, the doer at the center of our story,” said Redpanda founder and CEO Alex Gallego. “We are honored to stand alongside friends and peers shaping the future of data-intensive applications.”

Redpanda is a simple yet powerful and cost-efficient streaming data platform that is compatible with Apache Kafka^® but eliminates Kafka’s complexity. The company raised $100M series C last year and boasts a rapidly growing list of users, including Activision, Akamai, Alpaca, Cisco, Dun and Bradstreet, Jump Trading, LiveRamp, Moody’s, NYSE, Optimizely, Poolside, ShareChat, StoneX, Texas Instruments, The Hotels Network, Vodafone and Zafin.

Redpoint Ventures, a top-tier venture capital firm with a diverse portfolio including companies such as Snowflake, Twilio, Looker, Nextdoor, Ramp, Stripe, Nubank, HashiCorp, Netflix, Hims, and more, launched The InfraRed 100 in 2023 to showcase the exceptional builders in the industry who are creating industry-transforming companies. This is the second consecutive year Redpanda has been included in the list.

To commemorate this achievement, Redpanda’s Alex Gallego will join Redpoint at Nasdaq with other InfraRed 100 leaders to discuss the evolving landscape of cloud infrastructure.

For the complete list of companies included on this year’s InfraRed 100 list and to read the full InfraRed industry report, click here.

About Redpanda

Redpanda is the streaming data platform for developers. API-compatible with Apache Kafka, Redpanda introduces a breakthrough architecture and disruptive capabilities that make it an easy, fast, scalable, and cost-effective engine of record for both real-time and historical enterprise data. Backed by premier venture investors Lightspeed, GV and Haystack VC, Redpanda is a diverse, people-first organization with teams distributed around the globe. To learn more, visit our website at redpanda.com and follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @redpandadata.

About Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones since 1999. We invest in startups across the seed, early and growth phases, and we’re proud to have backed over 578 companies—including Snowflake, Looker, Kustomer, Twilio, 2U, DraftKings, Duo Security, HashiCorp, Stripe, Guild, HomeAway, Heroku, Netflix, and Sonos—with 181 IPOs and M+A exits. Redpoint manages $7.2 billion across multiple funds. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/

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