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Jun Rao

InvestorUnicorn founder

Co-founder at Confluent

San Jose, California, United States

FoundedConfluent$11B

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Rajesh RajuunlockedJun: together at Sybase, Inc. (1997)
×2Jun: together at Sybase, Inc.
×9Jun: together at Confluent

About

Jun Rao is a co-founder of Confluent, which he started in 2014, and a committer on the Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra projects. He was previously a Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn and spent a decade as a Research Staff Member at IBM's Almaden Research Center.

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Co-founder at Confluent

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Confluent's investors · 21

468 CapitalBerlin · since 2017Alkeon InnovationNew York · since 2017Altimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2020Artisanal VenturesTiburon · since 2017Axevil CapitalSan Francisco · since 2017Battery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2017BenchmarkSan Francisco · $100K – $30M checks · since 2017Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2020Cusp CapitalEssen · $7.6M checks · since 2017DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checks · since 2017Factorial FundsSan Francisco · since 2017Founders Circle CapitalSan Francisco · since 2017Franklin TempletonSan Mateo · since 2020Geodesic CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2017Global Founders CapitalBerlin · $637K – $32M checks · since 2017GreatPoint VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $20M checks · since 2017Icon VenturesPalo Alto · $6M – $12M checks · since 2017Index VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2015JuniperoMiami · since 2017Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2017Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Confluent

NNNeha Narkhede
Neha NarkhedeCo-founder; former Chief Technology Officer and board member
JKJay Kreps
Jay KrepsCo-founder and Chief Executive Officer
E(
Edward (Jay) KrepsExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

Experience

  1. Confluentco-foundercurrent2014 — present
  2. The Apache Software FoundationKafka committercurrent2011 — present
  3. ApacheCassandra committercurrent2009 — present
  4. LinkedInSenior Staff Software Engineer2010 — 2014
  5. IBM Almaden Research CenterResearch Staff Member2000 — 2010
  6. IBM Almaden Research Centersummer intern1999
  7. MicrosoftResearch intern1998
  8. Sybase Incsummer intern1997

Skills & more

Hadoop52MapReduce24Databases31Enterprise Architecture10Distributed Systems66Scalability39Big Data22

From Jun's professional profile.

Colleagues at Confluent

Arthur Jason Brauer
Executive Officer at Confluent
Colleen (Wheeler) McCreary
Investor at Ribbit Capital
Jason T. Saghir
Executive Officer at Confluent
Max Kardon
Investor at OpenView Venture Partners
Mike Volpi
Investor at Index Ventures
Neha Narkhede
Co-founder; former Chief Technology Officer and board member at Confluent

Frequently asked questions

Who is Jun Rao?
Jun Rao is a co-founder of Confluent, which he started in 2014, and a committer on the Apache Kafka and Apache Cassandra projects. He was previously a Senior Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn and spent a decade as a Research Staff Member at IBM's Almaden Research Center.
Where does Jun Rao work?
Jun Rao is Co-founder of Confluent and co-founder at Confluent.
What companies did Jun Rao found?
Jun Rao founded Confluent.
Where did Jun Rao go to school?
Jun Rao studied at Columbia University (PhD, computer science); Tsinghua University (B.E, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Sybase, Inc. mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Arjun JayaramArchitect/Development ManagerFounded Compass Labs +1

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