GlobeNewswire / QuestDB · Jul 2026
QuestDB announced Brevan Howard is using QuestDB for live and historic market data, systematic trading, and pre-trade analysis at scale.
The fastest open source time series database
Company research
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Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
QuestDB is a London/New York-based open-source time-series database company. It sells a production-hardened Enterprise/BYOC offering for low-latency ingestion and SQL analytics on open formats, aimed at capital markets, aerospace, energy, and fraud/risk workloads.
Primary product
QuestDB open-source time-series database (plus QuestDB Enterprise lakehouse/BYOC)
Founded
2019
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom (8 Devonshire Square), with a New York office at 575 Lexington Avenue
Team size
20-30
Work style
Remote
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Time-series database / database software
Offices
London, United Kingdom (8 Devonshire Square)
New York, NY, United States (575 Lexington Avenue)
Business model
open-source core
paid enterprise software
BYOC / managed enterprise deployment
sales-led contact-for-pricing
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$14.4M
Latest round
Intel Ignite accelerator · Apr 2024
Apr 2024 · Intel Ignite
Nov 2021 · 468 Capital
Jul 2020 · Episode1 Ventures
People & investors
Leadership
Co-founder & CEO
Co-founder & CTO
North America Head of Sales
Work & culture
Remote-first, open-source-oriented, high-autonomy, and performance-obsessed, with public code review and direct collaboration between engineers and users.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public postings emphasize transparent equity bands, flexible hours, 100% remote work, and equipment choice; no public salary band was found.
Benefits
generous equity options
transparent equity bands
flexible working hours
100% remote work
freedom to choose technical equipment
annual team offsite
high autonomy
transparent, collaborative, inclusive culture
Product & market
Pricing
Open-source core with sales-led Enterprise/BYOC pricing; contact sales for demos/trials.
Differentiators
- —Apache 2.0 open-source core
- —high-ingest, low-latency time-series SQL
- —multi-tier hot/cold storage with Parquet/Iceberg lakehouse
- —native time-series joins such as ASOF, WINDOW, and HORIZON
- —open formats and low vendor lock-in
- —self-hosted Enterprise and BYOC options
- —enterprise HA/RBAC/SSO/audit logs/SLA
- —built for capital-markets-grade workloads
Technology
Java
Rust
C++
assembly
SQL
Parquet
Iceberg
PostgreSQL wire protocol
REST API
Kafka
Python
Grafana
Pandas
Polars
Spark
Redpanda
Flink
Amazon S3
Azure Blob Storage
Google Cloud Storage
Customers
B3 Exchange
Brevan Howard
HDFC Bank
One Trading
BTG Pactual
Airbus
Laser Digital (Nomura Group)
Aquis Exchange
OKX
Airtel XStream Play
Reflexivity
Beeks Group
Competitors
kdb+
ClickHouse
InfluxDB
TimescaleDB
DuckDB
TDengine
DolphinDB
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1M-$10M (public third-party estimate; conflicting directories exist)
Estimated monthly visits
105.9K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Latest news
QuestDB blog · Jul 2026
HDFC Bank uses QuestDB in its RTSP platform for real-time mule-account detection and broader customer-level monitoring across 25+ channels.
QuestDB blog · Jun 2026
Enterprise 3.3.1 added storage policy tiering, posting indexes, custom root CA support, and finer-grained access control.
QuestDB blog · May 2026
One Trading described QuestDB Enterprise as a core part of its trading platform, supporting billions of trades and zero-downtime production operation.
QuestDB blog · Mar 2026
QuestDB announced the TradingTech Insight award win, highlighting its trading-analytics positioning and capital-markets credibility.
Jobs and careers at QuestDB
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