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Cloudera

“Can Cloudera consolidate enterprise data management and AI/ML analytics workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments after going private?”

Founded2008
HQSanta Clara, California, USA
Total raised~$1B+
Latest roundAcquired by CD&R LLP (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice)
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Data & Analytics

The story

Cloudera started as an enterprise Hadoop distribution and analytics platform company. After a 2017 IPO at a discount to its private valuation and a 2019 merger with Hortonworks, it was taken private by CD&R in 2021. Cloudera's embedded finance footprint is minimal — the company is a B2B data and analytics infrastructure vendor, not a financial services platform, though its technology is deployed extensively by financial services customers (insurance, banking) for fraud, risk, and compliance analytics.

Last 12 months

2025-06-13

Cloudera updated its Customer Subprocessors list, listing AWS, Azure/Octopai, and Salesforce as primary processors.

In the June 2025 recap →

Product timeline

2008

Cloudera founded as an enterprise Hadoop distribution company.· pivot

2014

Intel invested $740M at a $4.1B valuation, signaling enterprise data platform ambitions.· banking

2014

Cloudera Enterprise Platform achieved full PCI compliance certification.· pivot

2017

Cloudera IPO'd on NYSE under ticker CLDR at ~$2B valuation, well below its $4.1B private peak.· ipo

2019

Merged with Hortonworks to create a combined enterprise data cloud company.· acquisition

2021

Taken private by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) in a ~$5.3B leveraged buyout.· pivot

The stack

1 layer disclosed in Cloudera’s embedded-finance stack

Lending

Afterpay

Accounting gap: none

Cloudera — frequently asked

Who provides Cloudera's lending?

Cloudera's lending and capital products are provided by Afterpay.

Where is Cloudera headquartered?

Cloudera is founded in 2008 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA.

How much funding has Cloudera raised?

Cloudera has raised ~$1B+ in total (latest round: Acquired by CD&R LLP (Clayton, Dubilier & Rice)).

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