Aiven
Aiven provides a cloud platform for managing open source data services across major cloud providers. The company has raised $420M, most recently in a Series D round in May 2022, and employs 473 people.
The growth story
Aiven grew from 137 to 473 employees between 2020 and 2026, raising $420M along the way, most recently a Series D in May 2022.
About
Aiven offers a platform that helps organizations manage their data infrastructure across multiple cloud providers. It provides services for streaming, storing, and serving data, primarily using open source technologies. The platform is designed to simplify data management and accelerate application development.
The company has raised $420M in funding, with its latest Series D round closing in May 2022. With 473 employees, Aiven operates globally with hubs in cities including Helsinki, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Singapore.
Founders and leadership
Aiven’s largest function is engineering, with 181 employees. The company is led by a team based in Helsinki and has a global presence with offices in multiple cities across Europe, Asia, and North America.
The Aiven org chart
Oskari Saarenmaa (CEO and Co-founder) leads 60 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 181 (+1% YoY), Information Technology 66 (+10% YoY), Sales 59 (+31% YoY), Business Development 23 (-8% YoY), Marketing 19 (+6% YoY), Human Resources 18 (+13% YoY).
Talent flow
Aiven’s workforce includes many former employees of Nokia, Google, and Wolt. Alumni often move to companies like Salesforce, Supabase, and ICEYE. A significant portion of its talent comes from Aalto University and Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences.
Most common previous employers of Aiven staff: Nokia (15), Google (12), Wolt (10), Confluent (9), Dell Technologies (9), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (9). Former Aiven employees most often moved to Salesforce (8), Supabase (8), ICEYE (6), Google (5), Confluent (5), Cloudflare (5).
Alumni worth knowing
The Aiven mafia
Aiven alumni have founded 17 companies, including Renalfa, Tomorrow Things, and Centriix. These startups collectively employ over 100 people.
17Olivier van Grembergen, was Managing Director, APAC until 2023Ankur S., was Staff Software Engineer until 2021Aamir Malik, was Data Infrastructure Consultant- Pre Sales until 2024Alok Dwivedi, was Staff Solution Architect (Customer-Facing, Advisory) until 2023Riku Auvinen, was Head of Strategic Finance until 2021Hannu Valtonen, was Board Member until 2025
Hiro Tamura, was Board Observer until 2022
Nobuchika KAMON, was Country Manager, Japan (日本法人代表) until 2024
Thomson Nguy, was Vice President of Sales, Americas until 2025
Ryan Martin, was Solutions Architect until 2021
Douglas Young, was Solutions Architect until 2026
Tomohiro Mitani, was Staff Solutions Architect until 2024
Shaun Malone, was Senior Staff Quality Engineer until 2025
Larry Heathcote, was Head of Product Marketing, Core Services until 2024
Dion Kauffman, was Director, Strategic Accounts until 2025
Tuomas Lounamaa, was Chief of Staff until 2024Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 42% direct, 47% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Aiven: Python (Programming Language) (200), SQL (160), Linux (144), Software Development (137), Project Management (124), Java (120), JavaScript (120), Git (118).
Where the team actually sits
Aiven people are concentrated in Uusimaa, Finland (80), Berlin, Germany (36), Ontario, Canada (24), Helsinki Metropolitan Area (17). 9 offices on record.
Search footprint
Aiven attracts about 9,166 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $89K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,484 ranking keywords and lost 1,097 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.70 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Aiven has 473 employees as of September 2026.
Aiven has raised $420M in total, most recently a Series D round in May 2022.
Aiven was founded in 2016 by Oskari Saarenmaa, Heikki Nousiainen.
Oskari Saarenmaa (CEO and Co-founder) sits at the top of Aiven's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Aiven staff are Nokia (15 people), Google (12 people), Wolt (10 people).
Former Aiven employees most often move to Salesforce (8), Supabase (8), ICEYE (6).
At least 17 companies have a founder who previously worked at Aiven, including Renalfa, Tomorrow Things, Centriix.
Aiven attracts about 9,166 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $89K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Aiven staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, Linux, Software Development, Project Management.
Aiven staff are concentrated in Uusimaa, Finland (80), Berlin, Germany (36), Ontario, Canada (24).
Aiven has about 181 people in Engineering, up 1% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Aiven has about 66 people in Information Technology, up 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 394 current and 641 former Aiven profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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