Firebolt
Firebolt is a cloud data platform company that sells to businesses needing high-performance analytics and AI workloads. The 143-person firm has raised $264M, including a Series C in January 2022.
The growth story
Firebolt grew from 68 to 143 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $264M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2022.
About
Firebolt provides a cloud-based data platform for businesses that need to run analytics and AI workloads at scale. It competes with traditional data warehouses and lakehouses by offering faster performance at lower costs, targeting use cases like customer-facing analytics and ELT jobs.
The company has raised $264M from investors including Alkeon Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, with its latest Series C closing in January 2022. With 143 employees, Firebolt has built an engineering-heavy team that accounts for over 20% of its workforce.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Firebolt's largest function, making up over 20% of its 143-person team. The company has a median tenure of 3 years, suggesting stable leadership and organizational structure.
The Firebolt org chart
Benjamin Wagner (CEO) leads 25 mapped leaders with 7 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 37 (-52% YoY), Business Development 19 (-10% YoY), Military and Protective Services 11 (0% YoY), Sales 11 (-35% YoY), Marketing 9 (-36% YoY), Human Resources 7 (-22% YoY).
Talent flow
Firebolt recruits heavily from Google, Microsoft, and Oracle, with 11% of analyzed profiles coming from Google. Its alumni frequently move to competing data platforms like Snowflake and Databricks, with 8 joining Snowflake.
Most common previous employers of Firebolt staff: Google (11), Technical University of Munich (6), Microsoft (5), Oracle (4), Snowflake (3), Sisense (3). Former Firebolt employees most often moved to Snowflake (8), Databricks (7), VAST Data (6), Microsoft (5), ElevenLabs (3), Acceldata (3).
Alumni worth knowing
The Firebolt mafia
Firebolt alumni have founded 6 companies, including Graphene and Field, each with 2 staff members. Other startups include June and Audit Lounge AI, both with single founders.
6Kevin Marr, was Co-Head of Product until 2022Helen Ebert, was Product Design, Individual Contributor until 2025Ron Gluzman, was Account Executive until 2023Kendall Magesh-Davis, was Site Reliability Engineer until 2023Boaz Farkash, was Chief Product Officer until 2022Inbar Bitner, was Marketing Assistant until 2020Web traffic
Traffic mix: 0% direct, 0% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Firebolt: Linux (31), Project Management (30), SQL (29), C (Programming Language) (29), Microsoft Excel (27), Cloud Computing (26), Sales (26), Team Leadership (25).
Where the team actually sits
Firebolt people are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (11), Israel (7), Tel Aviv District, Israel (5), Washington, United States (5).
Search footprint
Firebolt attracts about 4,967 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $16K a month if bought through ads. It gained 353 ranking keywords and lost 333 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.30 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Firebolt has 143 employees as of September 2026.
Firebolt has raised $264M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2022.
Firebolt was founded in 2019 by Madan Koushik, MBA, Saar Bitner.
Benjamin Wagner (CEO) sits at the top of Firebolt's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Firebolt staff are Google (11 people), Technical University of Munich (6 people), Microsoft (5 people).
Former Firebolt employees most often move to Snowflake (8), Databricks (7), VAST Data (6).
At least 6 companies have a founder who previously worked at Firebolt, including Graphene, Field, june.
Firebolt attracts about 4,967 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $16K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Firebolt staff are Linux, Project Management, SQL, C (Programming Language), Microsoft Excel.
Firebolt staff are concentrated in Bavaria, Germany (11), Israel (7), Tel Aviv District, Israel (5).
Firebolt has about 37 people in Engineering, down 52% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Firebolt has about 19 people in Business Development, down 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 66 current and 289 former Firebolt profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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