Investor profile
Jay Kreps
CEO & Co‑founder, Confluent
Jay Kreps is the co‑founder and CEO of Confluent and a co‑creator of Apache Kafka. He helped pioneer the data streaming category and leads Confluent, which was acquired by IBM in 2026.
Portfolio
2
Disclosed capital
$19M
Active roles
1
Career since
Unknown
Career
Career history and operating roles assembled from public biographies and company records.
- PresentCEO & Co‑founderCurrentExecutiveCConfluentPresentCEO & Co‑founderCurrentExecutiveCConfluent
- Dates not publicEngineerEmployeeLLinkedInDates not publicEngineerEmployeeLLinkedIn
Portfolio Companies
Publicly attributed investments compiled from reporting and company disclosures.
- RRestateSeedJun 10, 2024Reported round size$7M
- NNileSeedJan 30, 2024Reported round size$12M
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