Cloudera Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Cloudera was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $5.3B in June 2021, a 6.1x multiple on $869M of revenue.

Cloudera acquisition price

$5.3B

Acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice · Jun 2021

Cloudera revenue at acquisition

$869M

Last twelve months · Jun 2021

Cloudera revenue multiple at acquisition

6.1x

EV/Revenue · Jun 2021

Cumulative funding Cloudera raised

$900M

across 2 funding rounds

Cloudera Overview

About Cloudera

Cloudera is a Santa Clara-headquartered developer of the Cloudera Data Platform, a hybrid solution for data management and analytics across edge, private, and public clouds. The platform supports secure data lakes, SQL analytics, and machine learning workflows on AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplace. Cloudera delivers software subscriptions, managed public cloud services, and professional implementation support including training for enterprise deployments. Clients in finance, healthcare, and retail utilize its capabilities for unified data governance and AI model training.


Founded

2008

HQ

United StatesSan Jose, CA

Status

Acquired

Customer focus

B2B

Revenue model

Subscription, Services

Revenue

$869M (Jun 2021)

Valuation

$4.1B (Mar 2014)

Cloudera Acquisition

Cloudera was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $5.3B on 1 June 2021.

The acquisition price implies a 6.1x revenue multiple on $869M of revenue.

Before the acquisition Cloudera had raised $900M across 2 funding rounds.

Cloudera, the enterprise data cloud company providing a hybrid cloud platform for data access and analysis across public, private clouds, and on-premises environments, entered into a definitive agreement on June 1, 2021, to be acquired by affiliates of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKR in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.3 billion. Shareholders received $16.00 per share, representing premiums to recent trading prices, with the deal including a 30-day go-shop period ending July 1, 2021. The transaction aimed to take Cloudera private, providing resources and flexibility for product-led growth, hybrid cloud leadership, and expansion in analytics from edge to AI, as stated by CEO Rob Bearden. CD&R and KKR took equal ownership stakes, with CD&R leading the effort and appointing an operating partner as chairman. The deal closed successfully on October 8, 2021, after shareholder and antitrust approvals, with Cloudera delisting from NYSE. This followed Cloudera's public market challenges post-2017 IPO and 2019 Hortonworks merger, amid prior buyer discussions and activist investment. The private structure was expected to enable focus on cloud transformation and customer growth without public market pressures.

Cloudera acquisition details
AcquirerDateTypePriceEV/Revenue
  • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
1 Jun 2021PE buyout$5.3B6.1x

Cloudera Valuation

Cloudera is currently valued at $4.1B, based on its Series F in March 2014.

The $740M round was led by Intel Capital.

Cloudera's valuation has grown 2.3x from $1.8B at its Series F in March 2014 to $4.1B in March 2014, across 2 priced rounds.

Cloudera valuation by funding round

Cloudera valuation by funding round
DateStageValuation
Mar 2014Series F$4.1B
Mar 2014Series F$1.8B

Cloudera Funding History

Cloudera has raised a total of $900M across 2 funding rounds.

Cloudera's first fundraising round was a $160M Series F in March 2014. The most recent completed round was a $740M Series F in March 2014.

Cloudera funding rounds

Cloudera funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Mar 2014Series FIntel Capital (lead)$740M$4.1BCloudera, a big data software company developing a management platform using open-source Apache Hadoop for storing, processing, and analyzing large datasets, closed a $900 million Series F equity round on March 31, 2014. The round included $740 million from Intel Capital for an 18% stake, implying a $4.1 billion valuation, plus $160 million from investors like T. Rowe Price, Google Ventures, and MSD Capital. This funding brought Cloudera's total capital raised to over $1 billion since its founding in 2008. Intel's investment, described as its largest ever in the data center space, validated Cloudera's leadership in the enterprise data hub market and supported a strategic partnership to expand Hadoop adoption globally, including into Europe, China, and Asia. The round positioned Cloudera strongly against competitors like Hortonworks, enabling investment in its long-term vision amid rapid big data market growth projected by analysts like IDC and Gartner.
Mar 2014Series FT. Rowe Price (lead); GV; DFO Management$160M$1.8BCloudera, an enterprise data management company pioneering the business case for Hadoop with its open-source distribution CDH and Cloudera Enterprise platform, raised $160 million in a Series F round on March 18, 2014, led by T. Rowe Price with participation from Google Ventures (GV) and MSD Capital (affiliate of Michael Dell, matching DFO Management). This valued the company at approximately $1.8 billion post-money, up from $700 million in the prior round, bringing total funding to $300 million. The investment supported global expansion into Europe and Asia, scaling field and engineering teams, and hiring talent. Customers included AOL, CBS, eBay, Morgan Stanley, and Disney, with partnerships like Dell offering pre-configured Hadoop servers. Shortly after, in April-May 2014, Cloudera closed additional Series F tranches, including $370 million in Series F-1 at $30.92 per share for a $4.2 billion valuation and a $530 million tranche with Intel investing $371 million (part of $760 million total for 18% stake) at around a $3.37 billion pre-money valuation, pushing post-money near $4 billion. Intel's investment formed a strategic partnership optimizing Cloudera software for Intel processors. Reports varied slightly on the initial $160M tranche valuation, with some citing just under $1.9 billion or around $2 billion. Later metrics from Cloudera's 2017 IPO showed fiscal year revenue growth from $166 million to $261 million ending January 31, 2017, with net losses around $187-203 million, but these are years post-round. The company positioned itself as the enterprise Hadoop leader with over 600 partners.

Who has invested in Cloudera?

4 investors have backed Cloudera across its funding rounds, including GV, Intel Capital, T. Rowe Price and DFO Management.

Lead investors include Intel Capital and T. Rowe Price.


Cloudera Investors

Investors in Cloudera by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
GVUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA1ParticipantMar 2014
DFO ManagementUnited StatesNew York City, NY1ParticipantMar 2014

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Acquisitions by Cloudera

Cloudera has acquired 14 companies to date.

Last acquisition by Cloudera was on August 4th 2025. Cloudera acquired taikun.cloud for undisclosed valuation.


Latest Acquisitions by Cloudera

taikun.cloud
Octopai (Data Lineage and Catalog platform unit)
Verta
Datacoral
Description
taikun.cloud is a Vienna-headquartered platform specializing in multi-cloud orchestration technology for building public, private, and hybrid clouds, serving enterprises in Europe and North America.
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Verta is a platform developer offering software infrastructure for enterprise data science and machine learning teams to build, deploy, and monitor ML models. It accelerates workflows from experimentation to production with tools for versioning, collaboration, real-time monitoring, and model health dashboards. San Francisco-headquartered, Verta supports scalable ML operations across industries requiring robust AI deployment.
Datacoral is a San Francisco-headquartered data infrastructure service available on AWS Marketplace that builds secure pipelines from over 150 sources to query engines like Snowflake and Redshift. Launched in 2018, it deploys within customer VPCs to collect, transform, and analyze data for insights without vendor lock-in. The platform supports real-time streaming from SaaS apps, databases, and IoT devices, serving data teams at mid-market companies. Datacoral reduces setup time from weeks to hours and scales to petabyte workloads across public clouds.
HQ CountryCzech RepublicUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited States
HQ City
Prague
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San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA
Deal Date4 Aug 202514 Nov 20243 Jun 20241 Jun 2021
Valuationundisclosedundisclosedundisclosed$58M
EV/Revenue
EV/EBITDA

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Cloudera Competitors

Cloudera competitors include listed companies like Oracle Corp Japan and Teradata, and private ones like Eon, Dataiku, Starburst and Aiven.

Public and private companies comparable to Cloudera
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
EonUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate--$4B-
DataikuUnited StatesNew York City, NYPrivate$150M-$3.7B24.7x
Oracle Corp JapanJapanJapanPublicly listed$1.8B$589M$7.7B3.9x
StarburstUnited StatesBoston, MAPrivate$100M-$3.4B-
AivenFinlandHelsinkiPrivate$100M-$3B30.0x
TeradataUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$1.7B$285M$2.7B1.5x

Cloudera Public Comps

Cloudera is no longer listed, but its public comps include IONOS Group, United Internet, Wangsu, Octave Intelligence, Presight AI, Box, Nextdc, CommVault Systems, GDS Holdings and SenseTime Group.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
IONOS Group$1.5B$522M4.1x3.9x11.8x10.5x
United Internet$7B$1.5B1.4x1.4x6.8x6.4x
Wangsu$695M$138M6.4x6.0x32.6x30.5x
Octave Intelligence$1.6B$530M3.3x3.3x10.1x9.6x
Presight AI$825M$214M6.3x5.4x24.4x20.8x
Box$1.2B$124M4.5x4.3x43.0x13.8x
Nextdc$353M$138M21.9x19.2x56.0x38.3x
CommVault Systems$1.2B$84M5.2x5.0x72.9x23.2x

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Common questions about Cloudera

When was Cloudera founded?Cloudera was founded in 2008.
Where is Cloudera headquartered?Cloudera is headquartered in San Jose, CA, United States.
Is Cloudera publicly listed?No, Cloudera was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in June 2021.
Who acquired Cloudera?Cloudera was acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice in June 2021.
How much was Cloudera acquired for?Cloudera was acquired for $5.3B in June 2021, a 6.1x revenue multiple.
What is Cloudera's valuation?Cloudera was last valued at $4.1B in its Series F in March 2014.
How much funding has Cloudera raised?Cloudera has raised $900M across 2 funding rounds.
What was Cloudera's last funding round?Cloudera's last funding round was a $740M Series F in March 2014, led by Intel Capital.
Who are Cloudera's investors?Cloudera's investors include GV, DFO Management, T. Rowe Price and Intel Capital.
Which companies are comparable to Cloudera?Companies comparable to Cloudera include Eon, Dataiku, Oracle Corp Japan, Starburst, Aiven and Teradata.
How many companies has Cloudera acquired?Cloudera has acquired 14 companies, including taikun.cloud, Octopai (Data Lineage and Catalog platform unit), Verta, Datacoral and Cazena.
What was the largest acquisition by Cloudera?The $1.2B acquisition of Hortonworks in October 2018 is the largest acquisition Cloudera has made to date.

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