Kickfire, a company that makes database query performance faster and more efficient, with the first easy to use and cheap high performance database appliance for the MySQL market has raised $20 million in its second round of funding.
The round was led by Pinnacle Ventures along with participation from existing investors namely; Accel Partners Greylock Partners and the Mayfield Fund. The startup’s first product that analyses and reports on data from a MySQL database will be out in the market by October; it is said to be much cheaper than the present offerings of Greenplum and Teradata, as reported by Anthony Ha.
The company was founded in 2006 by Raj Cherabuddi and Joseph Chamdani. The two had preciously launched Sanera Systems, a startup focusing on high-performance SAN switches. The company had previously raised a sum of $10.75 in 2006.
