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Enes Akar

Founder

Founder at Upstash

Palo Alto, California, United States

FoundedUpstash

About

Enes Akar is the CEO of Upstash. His areas of expertise include distributed systems, serverless and edge computing, cloud computing, in-memory data grids, and big data, with technical experience in Java, Kafka, Redis, and Hazelcast.

Founder at Upstash

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Upstash's investors · 3

Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2024Mango CapitalLos Altos · $1M – $1.5M checksScaleX VenturesAmsterdam · $216K – $2.2M checks

Experience

  1. UpstashCEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Jose, California, United States
  2. ConfluentEngineering Leader2020Mountain View, California, United States
  3. HazelcastCTO, Hazelcast Cloud2017 — 2020Palo Alto
  4. HazelcastVP of Engineering2014 — 2017
  5. HazelcastDeveloper, Co-founder2011 — 2014
  6. EricssonExperienced Software Engineer2011
  7. iLab Holding (Chemorbis.com)Senior Java Developer2009 — 2011
  8. Alcatel-LucentJava Developer2006 — 2007

Skills & more

Team Leadership4Grails4Groovy5Sun Certified Java Programmer3MyFaces3Web Development14Design Patterns14Web Services17SOA6MVC3Hazelcast14J2EE Application Development5
+12 moreAndroid DevelopmentDistributed SystemsOOPSoftware Project ManagementSoftware DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentSpringHibernateJSFMySQLJ2EEStruts

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Enes Akar?
Enes Akar is the CEO of Upstash. His areas of expertise include distributed systems, serverless and edge computing, cloud computing, in-memory data grids, and big data, with technical experience in Java, Kafka, Redis, and Hazelcast.
Where does Enes Akar work?
Enes Akar is Founder of Upstash.
What companies did Enes Akar found?
Enes Akar founded Upstash.
Where did Enes Akar go to school?
Enes Akar studied at Boğaziçi University (MBA); Boğaziçi University (BS, Computer Engineering).

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Shared employers

Also worked at Upstash3

Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalDilek DayinlarliGeneral Partner at ScaleX VenturesRobin VasanFounder & Solo General Partner at Mango Capital

Also worked at Confluent32

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesSangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Javier RedondoPartner at Scale Venture PartnersSahir AzamInvestor at Index VenturesShravan NarayenInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Erica Ruliffson SchultzPresident, Field Operations (former), Confluent at Operator Collective

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Also worked at Hazelcast10

Andrea EchstenkamperVP of Marketing at HeavybitDan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalKurt SchererManaging Director at C5 CapitalKarl Ilias AuerspergInvestment Analyst at C5 CapitalGeorge UgrasGeneral Partner at AV8 VenturesMiko MatsumuraManaging Partner at gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)

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Also worked at Ericsson82

Mike VolpiInvestor at Index VenturesDoug GilstrapExecutive Advisor at TCVFrank LevinsonInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersHari GopalDirector of Corporate Insights at Tech Square VenturesPedro GomesDirector, Intelligence & Transformation at Bright Pixel CapitalMarc FaucherManaging Partner at ArcTern Ventures

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