The database software provider has taken the size of its Alibaba and Intel Capital-backed series C round to $79m and its total funding past $125m.
MariaDB Corporation, a Finland-based database technology developer backed by e-commerce group Alibaba and chipmaker Intel, raised $25m in additional series C funding yesterday.
Private equity firm SmartFin Capital led the tranche, which included investment banking firm GP Bullhound and unnamed existing investors. It brought the company’s total funding to more than $125m and doubled its valuation, CEO Michael Howard said in a statement.
Founded in 2009 as SkySQL, MariaDB has built an open-source database management software platform that can be…
