A next-generation database is targeting growth in the UK after establishing a European HQ in Surrey.听
驰耻驳补产测迟别鈥檚听open source distributed SQL databases are听designed to handle large amounts of data spanning multiple geographic regions, with听no single point of failure.听
It has also appointed听Martin Gaffney as Vice President听for the听EMEA听region. Gaffney听founded the EMEA operation of ThoughtSpot Inc in 2015 and helped grow the company to a $2 billion valuation.听
鈥淚 am delighted to join the leadership team to support the international growth of the company, and am confident that explosive growth for听Yugabyte听is a case of when, not if,鈥� he said.听
鈥淭he historical 鈥榮ystem of record鈥� database market is overdue for disruption. The growing move to cloud and microservices-based architectures is driving European enterprises to consider alternatives, as the monolithic, legacy providers’ technology is ill-suited to this new multi-cloud world.听听
鈥淲e are excited about scaling the EMEA operation and accelerating听驰耻驳补产测迟别鈥檚听growth.鈥�听
Karthik Ranganathan, CTO听at听Yugabyte,听said: 鈥淥ur global expansion is being fuelled by the worldwide demand for the听YugabyteDB听open source distributed SQL database. We have focused our expansion听in听the regions with the highest customer demand and the best talent.听听
鈥�We鈥檙e excited to continue our growth and build the team in EMEA under Martin鈥檚 leadership, to help us achieve our mission of becoming the default database for cloud native applications in a multi-cloud world.鈥澨�听
Yugabyte听recently raised a听$48 million funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with additional participation by Greenspring Associates, Dell Technologies Capital, Wipro Ventures, and 8VC.听听
This followed a $30m听capital raise announced in 2020.听