Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
65
/100
Trajectory Rank
Business
Distributed SQL database
Founded
11 years ago
2015
Employees
700
Valuation
$5.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
Cockroach Labs is a Distributed SQL database company with 34 job openings. It is currently valued at $5.0 billion as a private company. 700 people work at Cockroach Labs. The company was founded in 2015.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
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Jobs
Open jobs
34
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
9
(26%)
2.
Sales
8
(24%)
3.
Marketing & Growth
6
(18%)
4.
Product Management
4
(12%)
5.
Business Operations & Program Management
3
(9%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇺🇸 United States
23
(68%)
2.
🇺🇸 New York City
16
(47%)
3.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
7
(21%)
4.
🇬🇧 London, UK
5
(15%)
5.
🇮🇳 India
5
(15%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
CockroachDB
34
(100%)
2.
SQL
12
(35%)
3.
Salesforce
9
(26%)
4.
LLM
5
(15%)
5.
Python
5
(15%)
Financials
Valuation
$5.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Dec 2021
Latest secondary valuation
$1.8billion
64% from last round
Estimate as of May 5, 2026
Data source: Notice.co
Most recent funding
4 years ago
💸 ZIRP-era funding
Total funding
$633 million
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$4.4 billion
Lead Investors - Series A
Benchmark
Index VenturesValuation per employee
$7.1 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
67%
90+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Better than 54% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Spencer Kimball
79%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Products they use
People
Employees
700
Rankings and awards
Redpoint InfraRed 100
Late Stage
2026
Redpoint InfraRed 100
Late Stage
2025
Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers
2025
Redpoint InfraRed 100
Late Stage
2024
Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers
2024
More rankings Layoffs
Employee reported layoffs
Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
75 impacted15%
Open source
Open source at core
CockroachDB
Top open source projects
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