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QuestDB

High-performance time series database

London, United Kingdom

30 employees

Developer Tools

Series B · $22.0M

About QuestDB

QuestDB is a high-performance open source database for the most demanding workloads. Native support for Parquet, Iceberg and SQL keeps your data portable, AI-ready, without vendor lock-in.

QuestDB is designed from the ground up to operate as close to the hardware as possible - eliminating ingestion bottlenecks and lowering overall hardware requirements.

QuestDB powers mission-critical infrastructure for companies in Capital Markets, Crypto, Space Exploration, Energy and Robotics/Physical AI.

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Company details

Team Size30

LocationLondon, United Kingdom

IndustryDeveloper Tools

Funding

Total raised

$22.0M

Last stage

Series B

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

VI

Vlad Ilyushchenko

Founder, CTO, QuestDB 1997 - 2019 Software Engineer, Electronic Trading

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Nicolas Hourcard

Co-founder of QuestDB, a high-performance open-source time series database founded in 2019 and based in London, UK.

Vlad Ilyushchenko

Founder, CTO, QuestDB 1997 - 2019 Software Engineer, Electronic Trading

Nicolas Hourcard

Co-founder/CEO at QuestDB.

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.