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Matei Zaharia

InvestorUnicorn founder

Founder at Databricks · CTO & Cofounder at Databricks Ventures

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedDatabricks$188B

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About

He completed his computer science PhD at UC Berkeley in 2013 and has taught since then, first as an assistant professor at MIT, then at Stanford from 2016 to 2023, before joining UC Berkeley as an associate professor. He has been a Hadoop committer at the Apache Software Foundation since 2009 and serves as its VP for Apache Spark.

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Databricks's investors · 104

137 VenturesSan Francisco355 CapitalNew York · since 2024A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoAglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checksAlkeon CapitalNew York · since 2021Alkeon InnovationNew YorkAlpha Square GroupNew YorkAltra VentureNew York City · $500K – $25M checksAmplify PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $5M checksAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025Aspire11$10M – $50M checksAvenir Growth CapitalNew YorkAxevil CapitalSan FranciscoBattery VenturesBoston · $500K – $100M checks · since 2019Berkeley FrontierBerkeleyBlackRockMexico City · since 2025Blackstonesince 2025Blue Owl CapitalNew YorkBond Capital ManagementSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checksCapital One VenturesMcLean · since 2023CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2021ClearSkyWest Palm BeachCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks · since 2021Conexo VenturesBostonCross Creek AdvisorsSalt Lake CityCyber Mentor FundNew YorkDCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checksDiscovery CapitalSouth Norwalk · since 2021DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · $100K – $200M checks · since 2023Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksEMERGENT VENTURESSilicon ValleyEQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFidelity InvestmentsBoston · since 2025Firestreak VenturesFirst Rays Venture PartnersSan FranciscoFlucas VenturesJupiter · $100K – $5M checksFoundation CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $15M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoFounders FutureParisFPVJackson · $100K – $5M checksFranklin TempletonSan Mateo · since 2021G SquaredChicagoGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGeodesic CapitalSilicon Valley · since 2017GICSingapore · since 2025Glade Brook Capital PartnersGreenwich · since 2026Green Bay VenturesMenlo Park · since 2019GroveStreetNewtonHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksICONIQSan FranciscoICONIQ GrowthSan Francisco · since 2023Inflection VenturesNew YorkInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2025Interplay Ventures Early Stage Management LlcNew York · $1M checksJ.P. Morgan Asset Managementsince 2025JuniperoMiamiKleiner PerkinsMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksLoup VenturesMinneapolisLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2023M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019Manhattan Venture PartnersNew YorkManhattan WestLos AngelesMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksMGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025Morgan StanleyPurchase · since 2021MyAsiaVCSeattleNearingpoint Venture Partners Inc.TorontoNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checks · since 2019NewView CapitalBurlingameNight CapitalCapitolaNotable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checksNVIDIASanta Clara · since 2022Ossian CapitalMiamiOurCrowdJerusalem · $604K – $65M checksPlayground GlobalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checksQatar Investment AuthorityDoha · since 2026Race CapitalPalo Alto · $250K – $2M checksRapid ScaleLas VegasRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRogue Insight CapitalMarkhamS32Palo AltoSalesforce VenturesSan Francisco · $5M – $50M checks · since 2021Sands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks · since 2024SAV (Scale Asia Ventures)Palo AltoSection 32Palo AltoSINEWAVE VENTURESSan Francisco · $500K – $25M checksSixth StreetSan Francisco · $50M – $2.5B checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksStack CapitalTorontoStripesNew YorkSV AngelSan Francisco · $150K – $20M checksT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025Teachers' Venture GrowthToronto · $50M – $250M checksTemasekSingapore · since 2025ThirdbaseNew YorkThrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025Tiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2021Vantage Legacy CapitalHobokenVaranium Capital AdvisorsMumbaiWealthUnion$10K checksWonder VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $1.5M checks

Co-founders at Databricks

AGAli Ghodsi
Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO
IS
Ion StoicaExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
RXReynold Xin
Reynold XinFounder
PWPatrick Wendell
Patrick WendellFounder
AKAndy Konwinski
Andy KonwinskiFounder

Experience

  1. DatabricksCTO & Cofoundercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. University of California, BerkeleyAssociate Professor of Computer Sciencecurrent2023 — presentBerkeley, CA
  3. The Apache Software FoundationVP, Apache Sparkcurrent2014 — present
  4. The Apache Software FoundationHadoop Committercurrent2009 — present
  5. Stanford UniversityAssociate Professor of Computer Science2022 — 2023
  6. Stanford UniversityAssistant Professor of Computer Science2016 — 2022Stanford, CA
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Assistant Professor of Computer Science2015 — 2016Cambridge, MA
  8. UC BerkeleyComputer Science PhD Student2007 — 2013
  9. FacebookSoftware Engineer Intern2008
  10. GoogleSoftware Engineer Intern2007
  11. University of WaterlooResearch Assistant2004 — 2007

Skills & more

Cloud Computing22Networking9Distributed Systems44Computer Science21Machine Learning12Amazon EC22High Performance Computing4Scalability11Algorithms9Big Data33Spark12Software Engineering9
+9 moreComputer GraphicsApache SparkPythonAmazon Web Services (AWS)RESTOpen SourceScalaJavaOperating Systems

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Colleagues at Databricks Ventures

Alex Laterza
Advisor at Exceptional Ventures
Ali Ghodsi
Co-founder & CEO of Databricks
Andrew Krioukov
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Andy Kofoid
President, Databricks at Smith Point Capital
Andy Konwinski
Founder and General Partner at Laude Ventures
Ankit Mathur
Scout at Greylock Partners
Arsalan Tavakoli
Investor at Foundation Capital
Christina Farhat
Investor at E14 Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matei Zaharia?
He completed his computer science PhD at UC Berkeley in 2013 and has taught since then, first as an assistant professor at MIT, then at Stanford from 2016 to 2023, before joining UC Berkeley as an associate professor. He has been a Hadoop committer at the Apache Software Foundation since 2009 and serves as its VP for Apache Spark.
Where does Matei Zaharia work?
Matei Zaharia is Founder of Databricks and CTO & Cofounder at Databricks Ventures.
What companies did Matei Zaharia found?
Matei Zaharia founded Databricks.
Where did Matei Zaharia go to school?
Matei Zaharia studied at University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Computer Science); University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Mathematics, Honours Computer Science).

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