has signed a debt facility that will provide up to $50 million of new capital, underwritten by , to drive its growth.
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The San Francisco-based company���s No-Limits Database powers modern applications and analytical systems with a cloud-native, massively scalable architecture so that businesses can make decisions in real time and every experience is optimized through data.
���Structured query language was not used for certain applications because it could not provide the speed and scale, plus it was expensive,��� co-CEO told 蹤獲弝け News. ���Our database marries real-time operational data on commodity hardware using SQL and provides unprecedented speed and scale more inexpensively.���
MemSQL was founded in 2011, but the business took off in 2013, he said, adding that the company raised a total of $157 million in venture and debt equity. That amount includes a raise in May 2018, co-led by and .
The new capital enables the company to continue focusing on customer, investor and employee successes, as well as to invest in an international presence.
���We have a runway to be cash-flow positive and explore the public markets in the future,��� he added.
Today, MemSQL boasts 130 customers, including some of the top banking firms, while its 1-year-old cloud database, Helios, is available on AWS, GCP and Azure.
���This year should be our coming-out party,��� Verma said.
Meanwhile, he said he is ���thrilled��� to be working with Hercules Capital, which, according to the company, is the largest nonbank venture debt provider with more than $2.4 billion in total assets.
In a written statement, Steve Kuo, senior managing director and technology group head for Hercules, called MemSQL ���one of the promising companies in the database market.���
���This structured investment represents a significant commitment from Hercules and provides an example of the breadth of our platform and our ability to finance growth-orientated, institutionally-backed technology companies at various stages,��� he said.
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