Category Visionaries

Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData: Over $170 Million Raised to Build the Leading Time Series Provider

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, a time series data platform that's raised over $170 Million in funding. Topics Discussed: Evan’s background and his unconventional path to CEO as someone with an environmental science degree The excitement and challenges of being a first-time CEO and the disappointment of a failed IPO due to a market crash The increasing demand for data and AI, and InfluxData's position as a market leader in the time series database space InfluxData’s growth prospects and their rise as a market leader in the sector Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities as the foundation for moving forward in business Favorite book: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Broadcast on:: 01 Sep 2023

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Evan Kaplan, CEO of InfluxData, a time series data platform that's raised over $170 Million in funding.

Topics Discussed:

Evan’s background and his unconventional path to CEO as someone with an environmental science degree
The excitement and challenges of being a first-time CEO and the disappointment of a failed IPO due to a market crash
The increasing demand for data and AI, and InfluxData's position as a market leader in the time series database space
InfluxData’s growth prospects and their rise as a market leader in the sector
Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities as the foundation for moving forward in business

Favorite book:

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times