Qbeast
Data Warehouses & Lakehouses · Query Engines & Big Data Processing
$7.6Mlatest round · Seed · Aug 2025 · 15 mo ago
1backers · Inveready
10+team · employees, estimated range
2020founded
Overview
Qbeast builds multi dimensional indexing for data lakehouse tables. Its technology speeds up analytical queries on very large datasets. The company works with data engineering teams in Europe.
Key facts
These are the key facts about Qbeast on Alion as of Nov 13, 2026. Qbeast is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. It was founded in 2020. The latest round is Seed of $7.6M, announced in 2025.
- Headquarters
- Barcelona, SpainAlion company profile, updated Oct 9, 2026
- Founded
- 2020Alion company profile, updated Oct 9, 2026
- Employees
- 10+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $7.6MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Seed · $7.6M · Aug 3, 2025Press report · menafn.com
Funding and backers
Total raised
$7.6M
1 round on record
Latest round
$7.6M
Seed · Aug 2025 · 15 mo ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Backers
1
Inveready
The money's age
Due for its next round
15 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
2 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 2%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Hacker News stories
3
best: 1 points
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | Aug 2025 | $7.6M | — | menafn.com |
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Financials
Total raised
$7.6M
Latest round
Seed
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | 2025 | $7.6M | Details |
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News
Qbeast 0.6: Multi-cloud SaaS, AI-native access, and faster queries Qbeast Blog
An efficient, format-agnostic, multi-dimensional clustering engine for the lakehouse- now delivered as a distributed service.
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Have your Iceberg Cubed, Not Sorted: Meet Qbeast, the OTree Spatial Index
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Qbeast gets $7.6M in funding to streamline data lakehouses queries with multidimensional indexing
Qbeast gets $7.6M in funding to streamline data lakehouses queries with multidimensional indexing - SiliconANGLE
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Qbeast Receives $7.6M in Seed Funding to Assist Open Data Platforms Scale
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Qbeast Secures $7.6 Million in Seed Funding to Help Open Data Platforms Scale Efficiently
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Qbeast secures $7.6M in seed funding to help open data platforms scale efficiently
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Qbeast secures $7.6M in seed funding to help open data platforms scale efficiently (2025-08-04)
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Barcelona
Spain
HQ
10-50 est. staff
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