Redpanda, the real-time data streaming company, has secured $100 million in Series D funding led by GV, with continued backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round brings Redpanda’s total funding to $265 million and boosts its valuation to $1 billion.
The funding will accelerate Redpanda’s efforts to support enterprise-grade agentic AI applications—systems powered by multiple autonomous agents that require secure, real-time data flow and governance. To meet this demand, the company launched a new agentic runtime platform designed to offer scalability, privacy, and simplicity for enterprise use.
“Enterprise applications will be built in a fundamentally different way as we shift to autonomous agents and continuous computation,” said Alex Gallego, founder and CEO of Redpanda. “The agentic enterprise will be multi-agent, highly orchestrated, and powered by private datasets with complete auditability and governance. Our focus from day one has been to empower the developer, giving them the tools to build frontier applications and enable the future.”
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Redpanda’s acquisition of Benthos—rebranded as Redpanda Connect—and its support for Apache Iceberg further expand its capabilities, helping enterprises integrate AI into real-time operations while maintaining full data sovereignty.
Investors see Redpanda’s architecture as pivotal for organizations looking to handle growing AI and streaming demands. The company counts major players like Activision Blizzard, Cisco, and two of the top five U.S. banks among its customers.