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ParadeDB
YC S23San Francisco, US · Founded 2023 · 11 employees · Hiring · 9 known investors
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ParadeDB is a Postgres extension that adds full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregation capabilities to PostgreSQL databases. It enables developers to consolidate search and analytics workloads into a single database using standard SQL without requiring a separate search engine.
Also known as Retake
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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S23)
ParadeDB was founded in 2023 by Philippe Noël and Ming Ying.
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Philippe NoëlCo-Founder, CEOPhilippe Noël studied computer science at Harvard, graduating in 2020, and previously worked at Microsoft and Whist before founding ParadeDB.
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Ming YingCo-founder · Chief Technology OfficerFounder of ParadeDB, a PostgreSQL extension that adds full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregation capabilities to PostgreSQL databases.
Investors · 9
Craft Ventureslisted by Craft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M
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Materialized View Capitallisted by Materialized View Capital
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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
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General CatalystreportedSan Francisco · $30M
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Lynett Capital PartnersreportedJupiter
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Susa VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $1M – $5M
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Team IgnitereportedFolsom · $15M
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Tola CapitalreportedSeattle · $1M – $15M
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$12M disclosed across 1 round · 2025
- $12MSeries AJul 2025 · 3 sources
Craft Ventures (lead)
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The YC application· Summer 2023 batch
Alumni Q&A
- How did your company get started? (i.e., How did the founders meet? How did you come up with the idea? How did you decide to be a founder?)
- Founders Phil and Ming met at university in 2016 and later built Whist, a cloud-hybrid browser, with a team of 20 from 2020 to 2023. They joined YC S23 with a sustainability platform, but after talking with over 50 customers found more demand for the underlying infrastructure than for the product itself, leading them to pivot into ParadeDB.
- What's the history of your company from getting started until the present day? What were the big inflection points?
- The company started during the YC batch in summer 2023, first releasing pg_search for full-text search in Postgres, then pg_analytics for analytics a few months later. The two were combined into a single Postgres extension, and the founders are now productionizing them and serving larger customers.
- What is the core problem you are solving? Why is this a big problem? What made you decide to work on it?
- The founders are addressing the gap between Postgres' native full-text search and analytics capabilities and dedicated data stores like Elasticsearch, workloads relevant to SaaS, finance, retail, and other industries.
- What is your long-term vision? If you truly succeed, what will be different about the world?
- The company aims to support the "Postgres for everything" approach, letting companies run more of their data infrastructure on Postgres in an open-source manner without vendor lock-in.
Summarized from the founders' answers on their Y Combinator profile.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ParadeDB do?
- ParadeDB is a Postgres extension that adds full-text search, vector retrieval, and aggregation capabilities to PostgreSQL databases. It enables developers to consolidate search and analytics workloads into a single database using standard SQL without requiring a separate search engine.
- Who founded ParadeDB?
- ParadeDB was founded by Philippe Noël, Ming Ying in 2023.
- Who are ParadeDB's investors?
- ParadeDB's investors include Craft Ventures, Materialized View Capital, Team Ignite Ventures, Y Combinator, General Catalyst, Lynett Capital Partners, Susa Ventures, Team Ignite and 1 more.
- How much funding has ParadeDB raised?
- ParadeDB has disclosed $12M raised across 1 round.
- Where is ParadeDB headquartered?
- ParadeDB is headquartered in San Francisco, US.