Qbeast, a Barcelona, Spain-based data infrastructure company transforming analytics performance for the Lakehouse era, has raised a $7.6 million seed funding round.
Investors
The round was led by Peak XV’s Surge, with participation from HWK Tech Investment and Elaia Partners.
Peak XV (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) is a venture capital firm investing across India, Southeast Asia, and beyond. Peak XV manages over $9 billion in capital across 13 funds and has invested in over 400 companies.
Qbeast Use of Funds
The company will use the funds to expand its team, broaden product support, and advance its mission to simplify and accelerate open data analytics platforms.
About Qbeast
Led by Srikanth Satya, Qbeast offers a data optimization platform developed through research at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. The platform enhances performance on open Lakehouse formats like Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, and Apache Hudi. Qbeast integrates seamlessly with popular engines like Spark, Databricks, DuckDB, and Snowflake, without requiring changes to storage layers or pipeline rewrites. Headquartered in Barcelona, the company’s mission is to make open data platforms faster, simpler, and more cost-efficient.
Funding Details
Company: Qbeast Analytics, S.L.
Raised: $7.6M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: August 2025
Lead Investor: Peak XV’s Surge
Additional Investors: HWK Tech Investment, Elaia Partners
Company Website: https://www.qbeast.io/
Software Category: Data Optimization / Lakehouse Analytics / Indexing
Source: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/08/04/3126675/0/en/Qbeast-secures-7-6M-in-seed-funding-to-help-open-data-platforms-scale-efficiently.html