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Redis Ltd. (originally Redis Labs, Garantia Data) is an American private computer software company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Redis is the sponsor of the source-available in-memory NoSQL database of the same name and the provider of Redis Enterprise software, cloud services, and tools for global companies.cite-ref-2[2] The company’s research and development center is based in Tel Aviv and it has additional offices in London, Austin, Bengaluru, and Sofia.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4]cite-ref-5[5]

• History

• Funding

• Partnerships

• References

• External links

Redis Ltd was founded under the name Garantia Datacite-ref-techcrunch-5-6-0[6] in 2011 by Ofer Bengal, previously the founder and CEO of RiT Technologies, and Yiftach Shoolman, previously the founder and president of Crescendo Networks, acquired by F5 Networks.cite-ref-451-research-7-0[7]cite-ref-globes-8-0[8]

In June 2012, the company announced a beta version of its cloud services at GigaOm's Structure LaunchPad.cite-ref-devops-9-0[9]cite-ref-venturebeat-1-10-0[10] Redis Enterprise Cloud became generally available in February 2013.cite-ref-varguy-11-0[11]cite-ref-vmblog-12-0[12]

In October 2013, Garantia Data acquired MyRedis, a competing hosted Redis provider.cite-ref-wired-13-0[13] On January 29, 2014, the company changed its name from Garantia Data to Redis Labs.cite-ref-techcrunch-5-6-1[6]

In early 2015, Redis Labs made available the Redis Enterprise Pack.cite-ref-aws-reinvent-2015-14-0[14] On July 15, 2015, the creator of Redis and lead developer, Salvatore Sanfilippo, joined Redis Labs and they became the official sponsor of the open source project.cite-ref-network-world-201507-15-0[15]

In May 2016, the company announced a mechanism for developers to extend Redis,cite-ref-techtarget-adrianbridgewater-16-0[16] and opened an online marketplace that offers modules certified to work with both open source Redis and Redis' Enterprise products.cite-ref-vb-jordannovet-17-0[17]

In August 2018, the company changed the license of its Redis modules from AGPL to Apache2 modified with Commons Clause.cite-ref-18[18]

In February 2019, the company changed the license of Redis modules to Redis Source Available License (RSAL).cite-ref-19[19]

In April 2019, the company acquired RDBTools, a graphical user interface (GUI) to manage Redis from HashedIn.cite-ref-open-source-20-0[20] Later in the year the company launched the tool as RedisInsight with expanded capabilities to visualize data in Redis modules.cite-ref-open-source-20-1[20]

Salvatore Sanfilippo stepped down as Redis's lead maintainer in the end of June 2020, leaving the project in the hands of Redis Labs.cite-ref-21[21] On August 11, 2021, the company changed its name from Redis Labs to Redis, having acquired the intellectual property and trademark rights to Redis from Sanfilippo back in 2018.cite-ref-22[22]

On March 20, 2024, the company went back on its promise of keeping the 3-clause BSD licensecite-ref-23[23] and switched the open-source Redis project to a source-available license model.cite-ref-24[24]

Between June 15 and July 14, 2024, Redis relocated its headquarters from Mountain View, California to San Francisco, California. 303 2nd St, North Tower Ste 525, San Francisco, California.cite-ref-25[25] cite-ref-hq-move-june2024-26-0[26]cite-ref-hq-move-july2024-27-0[27]

The company’s Redis Enterprise platform is presently used by companies such as Capital One, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Kabam.cite-ref-28[28]

The company secured $4 million in seed funding from angel investors in August 2012,cite-ref-dowjones-29-0[29] an additional $9 million in series A funding led by Bain Capital Ventures and Carmel Ventures (now known as Viola Ventures),cite-ref-globes-8-1[8]cite-ref-techcrunch-30-0[30] an additional $15m in Series B funding led by the existing investors and Silicon Valley Bank,cite-ref-31[31] and an additional $14 million in series C funding led by the same investors.cite-ref-techcrunch-14m-32-0[32] In August 2017 it raised $44 million in series D funding led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing, and in February 2019 $60 million in series E funding led by Francisco Partners with participation by existing investors.cite-ref-33[33]cite-ref-34[34] Series F funding was concluded in August 2020 raising another $100 million, with TCV joining as a new investor in the company.cite-ref-35[35] Another $110 million was raised in April 2021 and two new investors joined the company as part of Series G round, which was led by Tiger Global, with participation from SoftBank Vision Fund 2.cite-ref-36[36] Redis has raised a net amount of $347 million in funding to-date.cite-ref-37[37]

| Partnership | Year |

|---|---|

| Pivotal | June 2017 [ 38 ] |

| Red Hat | October 2018 [ 39 ] |

| Google Cloud | April 2019 [ 40 ] |

| Microsoft Azure | May 2020 [ 1 ] |

cite-note-techcrunch-com-11. citereflardinois2020Lardinois, Frederic (May 12, 2020). "Microsoft partners with Redis Labs to improve its Azure Cache for Redis". TechCrunch.

cite-note-22. ↑ citerefkavisKavis, Mike. "Vendor Spotlight: Garantia – In-memory NoSQL company". Kavis Technology Consulting. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved July 29, 2013.

cite-note-33. ↑ citerefchirileasa2020Chirileasa, Andrei (December 15, 2020). "US tech group Redis Labs will open R&D center in Bucharest in partnership with local firm". Romania Insider.

cite-note-44. ↑ citerefk-2020K., Balakumar (October 21, 2020). "Redis Labs to set up development centre in India". TechRadar.

cite-note-55. ↑ citerefiolov2024Iolov, Tzvetozar (January 9, 2024). "The software company Redis chose Bulgaria for its new R&D centre". economic.bg.

cite-note-techcrunch-5-66. ↑ Williams, Alex (January 29, 2014), "Database Provider Garantia Data Makes Another Name Change, This Time To Redis Labs", TechCrunch, Retrieved February 9, 2014.

cite-note-451-research-77. ↑ Matt, Aslett (February 14, 2013), "Garantia Data goes GA with Redis and memcached cloud services", 451research.com, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-globes-88. ↑ "Cloud services co Garantia Data raises $3m", globes.co.il, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-devops-99. ↑ Deutscher, Maria (November 26, 2012), "Garantia Boosts AWS with Major NoSQL Upgrade", DevOpsAngle, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-venturebeat-1-1010. ↑ Grant, Rebecca (8/8/2012), "Funding Daily: 8 on 8/8", VentureBeat, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-varguy-1111. ↑ Tozzi, Christopher (February 15, 2013), "Garantia Unveils In-Memory NoSQL Cloud Storage Platforms", The VAR Guy, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-vmblog-1212. ↑ Marshall, David (February 18, 2013), "Q&A: Interview with Garantia Data Talking Redis Cloud and Memcached Cloud", VMWare VMBlog, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-wired-1313. ↑ Finley, Klint (October 7, 2013), "Dying Cloud Mistakenly Gives Users Three Days to Save Data", wired.com, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-aws-reinvent-2015-1414. ↑ Butler, Brandon (October 6, 2015), "Hottest products at AWS re:Invent 2015", Retrieved September 11, 2016.

cite-note-network-world-201507-1515. ↑ Kepes, Ben (July 15, 2015),"Redis Labs hires the creator of Redis, Salvatore Sanfilippo", Network World, Retrieved August 30, 2015.

cite-note-techtarget-adrianbridgewater-1616. ↑ Adrian Bridgwater (05/11/2016), "Redis aims for an infinite variety of data structures", [IT Knowledge Exchange, Open Source Insider], Retrieved September 19, 2016.

cite-note-vb-jordannovet-1717. ↑ Jordan Novet (05/10/2016), "Redis launches modules to add extensibility to the open source database", [VentureBeat], Retrieved September 19, 2016.

cite-note-1818. ↑ citerefschlothauer2018Schlothauer, Sarah (August 23, 2018). "Is Commons Clause open source? Weighing in on the Redis license change". JAXenter.

cite-note-1919. ↑ citerefdsouza2019Dsouza, Melisha (February 22, 2019). "Redis Labs moves from Apache2 modified with Commons Clause to Redis Source Available License (RSAL)". Packt Hub.

cite-note-open-source-2020. ↑ citerefdineshwori2019Dineshwori, Longjam (April 4, 2019). "Redis Labs Acquires RDBTools Developed by Indian Startup". Open Source For You.

cite-note-2121. ↑ citerefsalvatore-sanfilippoSalvatore Sanfilippo. "The end of the Redis adventure". antirez.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

cite-note-2222. ↑ citerefredis-labs2021Redis Labs (August 11, 2021). "Redis Labs Becomes, Simply, Redis". Retrieved April 9, 2024.

cite-note-2323. ↑ citerefofer-bengal-and-yiftach-shoolman2020Ofer Bengal and Yiftach Shoolman (June 30, 2020). "Thank You, Salvatore Sanfilippo". Redis Blog. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

cite-note-2424. ↑ citerefrowan-trollope2024Rowan Trollope (March 20, 2024). "Redis Adopts Dual Source-Available Licensing". Redis Blog. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

cite-note-2525. ↑ "Redis Contact Page". Retrieved April 24, 2025.

cite-note-hq-move-june2024-2626. ↑ "Redis Company Page (archived June 15, 2024)". Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 24, 2025.

cite-note-hq-move-july2024-2727. ↑ "Redis Company Page (archived July 14, 2024)". Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 24, 2025.

cite-note-2828. ↑ "Redis Labs Previews Future Database and Caching Features". TechTarget. Retrieved January 15, 2022.

cite-note-dowjones-2929. ↑ "Garantia Data Scores $9M Series A", Dow Jones Private Equity & Venture Capital, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-techcrunch-3030. ↑ Williams, Alex (November 10, 2013), "Garantia Has The Advantage Over AWS When It Comes To Redis, The Popular NoSQL Database", TechCrunch, Retrieved January 2, 2014.

cite-note-3131. ↑ citerefwolpeWolpe, Toby. "Redis Labs secures multi-million injection to help compete with MongoDB and Cassandra". ZDNet. Retrieved August 25, 2015.

cite-note-techcrunch-14m-3232. ↑ Frederic Lardinois (July 21, 2016) "Redis Labs raises $14M for its in-memory NoSQL database services", TechCrunch, Retrieved August 22, 2016

cite-note-3333. ↑ citerefhaggin2017Haggin, Patience (21 August 2017). "Database Provider Redis Labs Raises $44 Million Led by Goldman". Wall Street Journal.

cite-note-3434. ↑ citerefwiggers2019Wiggers, Kyle (February 19, 2019). "Redis Labs raises $60 million for its NoSQL database". VentureBeat. Retrieved March 2, 2019.

cite-note-3535. ↑ citerefcai2020Cai, Kenrick (August 25, 2020). "Redis Labs, Maker Of Database Software, Hits $1 Billion Valuation With New Fundraise". Forbes.

cite-note-3636. ↑ "Redis Labs surpasses $2B valuation with latest funding round". April 7, 2021.

cite-note-3737. ↑ citerefcondon2021Condon, Stephanie (April 7, 2021). "Redis Labs surpasses $2B valuation with latest funding round". ZDNet.

cite-note-382. citerefhandy2017Handy, Alex (June 23, 2017). "Redis Enterprise Comes to the Cloud Foundry Platform". The New Stack.

cite-note-393. citerefmeyer2018Meyer, Dan (October 22, 2018). "Redis Labs Integrates With Red Hat OpenShift, Hits 1B Milestone". SDX Central.

cite-note-404. citerefkrazit2019Krazit, Tom (April 9, 2019). "Google Cloud makes a big open-source move: Managed databases from Redis Labs, MongoDB, and Elastic coming soon". GeekWire.

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