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Keen IO

Techstars '12

San Antonio, US · Founded 2011 · 18 employees on LinkedIn · 12 known investors

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Keen is a fully managed event streaming platform that enables developers to collect, store, and analyze real-time data using APIs built on Apache Kafka, Storm, and Cassandra. It offers persistent storage, real-time analytics, and embedded visualization capabilities for building event-driven applications.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools

Founders & leadership

Keen IO was founded in 2011 by Dan Kador, Kyle Wild, and Ryan Spraetz.

DKDan Kador
Dan KadorCTO and Co-founder2012–2017Dan Kador built the technology and team at Keen IO, an event streaming platform, before serving as VP of Engineering at Abridge, Clockwise, and Handshake. He previously worked on real-time systems at Lyft and as a software engineer at Salesforce focused on APIs.
KWKyle Wild
Kyle WildCo-founder & CEO2012–2017Kyle Wild is CTO at Endgame.io and a visiting researcher at the Asia AI Institute, with expertise in data systems, knowledge systems, and distributed systems.
RSRyan Spraetz
Ryan SpraetzCo-Founder / Chief Product Officer / Board of Directors2011–2017

Investors · 12

500 Globallisted by 500 GlobalPalo Alto · $150K

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Heavybitlisted by HeavybitSan Francisco · $500K – $5M

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Scaleworkslisted by ScaleworksSan Antonio

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Streamlined Ventureslisted by Streamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M

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Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Upslope Ventureslisted by Upslope VenturesDenver · $100K – $250K

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XG Ventureslisted by XG VenturesMenlo Park

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Pelion Venture PartnersreportedSalt Lake City · $1M – $20M

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Rincon Venture Partnersreported

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Sequoia CapitalreportedMenlo Park · $100K – $50M

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Also in the syndicate · 2

AmplifyCloud Power Capital

Funding

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Founder mafia

2 people who came through Keen IO went on to found or lead other companies.

Sunil DhaliwalInvestorFounded Suplari +1Alexa MeyerVP Marketing & Revenue (ABM/Demand-Gen/Field)Founded Coa

Related companies · 5

ConfluentConfluent provides a cloud-native platform for real-time data streaming and movement, enabling organizations to connect applications and respond to business events as they occur. The platform serves as a central infrastructure layer for handling continuously flowing data across enterprise systems.
Keen Decision SystemsKeen is a SaaS platform that helps marketing leaders at Fortune 500 and other companies use data and decision-science algorithms to guide marketing spend decisions and measure their impact on revenue, profitability, and long-term brand value. It serves brand and marketing executives in the marketing technology and analytics category.
AtlassianAtlassian offers a teamwork platform combining project planning, knowledge management, and AI orchestration tools for teams and their AI agents. Its products help organizations plan, execute, and deliver work at scale.
ConduktorConduktor provides an operations platform for real-time data streaming that unifies access, governance, and observability for Apache Kafka and other streaming data. It serves enterprise organizations seeking to make operational data accessible and AI-ready.
HevodataHevo provides a data pipeline platform that transforms raw data into clean, structured datasets for reporting, dashboards, and analysis, with support for SQL and dbt Core models. It offers native orchestration, scheduling, lineage tracking, and monitoring for data teams building analytics workflows.

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In the news

Custom Analytics Startup Keen IO Raises $11.3M Round From Sequoia And Otherstechcrunch.com · Jul 2014Custom Analytics Startup Keen IO Raises $11.3M Round From Sequoia And Others | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Jul 2014Keen IO Raises $2.35M For Its Custom Analytics Platformtechcrunch.com · Oct 2013Keen IO Raises $2.35M For Its Custom Analytics Platform | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Oct 2013

Frequently asked questions

What does Keen IO do?
Keen is a fully managed event streaming platform that enables developers to collect, store, and analyze real-time data using APIs built on Apache Kafka, Storm, and Cassandra. It offers persistent storage, real-time analytics, and embedded visualization capabilities for building event-driven applications.
Who founded Keen IO?
Keen IO was founded by Dan Kador, Kyle Wild, Ryan Spraetz in 2011.
Who are Keen IO's investors?
Keen IO's investors include 500 Global, Heavybit, Scaleworks, Streamlined Ventures, Techstars, Upslope Ventures, XG Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners and 2 more.
Where is Keen IO headquartered?
Keen IO is headquartered in San Antonio, US.