Qbeast was founded by Srikanth Satya in 2020.

Who are Qbeast's investors?

Qbeast's investors include BStartup, Elaia, Inveready Technology Investment Group, Peak XV Partners, Surge, Sabadell Venture Capital.

How much funding has Qbeast raised?

Qbeast has disclosed $7.6M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.

Qbeast

Founded 2020 · 21 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors

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Qbeast optimizes data storage and query performance using multi-column indexing to accelerate analytics and reduce cloud computing costs across open data platforms. The solution works with existing infrastructure including Databricks and Google BigQuery without requiring migration or lock-in.

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Founders & leadership

Qbeast was founded in 2020 by Srikanth Satya.

Srikanth Satya Co-Founder & CEOSrikanth Satya previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Wheels Up, where he led digital transformation initiatives, and held senior roles at Dell EMC developing streaming data infrastructure and cloud storage solutions, as well as at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. He holds multiple patents and is the Co-Founder and CEO of Qbeast.

Investors · 9

BStartuplisted by BStartup

Elaialisted by ElaiaParis · $108K – $1.6M

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Inveready Technology Investment Grouplisted by Inveready Technology Investment GroupSan Sebastián · $108K – $21.6M

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Peak XV Partnerslisted by Peak XV PartnersBengaluru · $100K – $10M

Surgelisted by SurgeTrianon · $500K – $5M

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Sabadell Venture CapitalreportedBarcelona · $216K – $2.2M

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Also in the syndicate · 3

Elaia PartnersHWK Tech InvestmentPeak XV's Surgelead

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$7.6M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2023–2025

$7.6Mseed roundAug 2025 · 3 sources
Peak XV's Surge (lead), Elaia Partners, HWK Tech Investment
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Undisclosed amountSeed RoundFeb 2023
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In the news

Barcelona-based Qbeast raises €6.5 million to help open data platforms scale efficiently | EU-Startupseu-startups.com · Aug 2025

Qbeast secures $7.6M in seed funding to help open data platforms scale efficientlyglobenewswire.com · Aug 2025

Qbeast, led by Azure and AWS vet, raises $7.6M to optimize analytics on open data platforms – GeekWiregeekwire.com · Aug 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Qbeast do?: Qbeast optimizes data storage and query performance using multi-column indexing to accelerate analytics and reduce cloud computing costs across open data platforms. The solution works with existing infrastructure including Databricks and Google BigQuery without requiring migration or lock-in.
Who founded Qbeast?: Qbeast was founded by Srikanth Satya in 2020.
Who are Qbeast's investors?: Qbeast's investors include BStartup, Elaia, Inveready Technology Investment Group, Peak XV Partners, Surge, Sabadell Venture Capital.
How much funding has Qbeast raised?: Qbeast has disclosed $7.6M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.