Today, the modern internet is built on real-time data streaming. Without it, you can say goodbye to social media feeds, ride-sharing apps, media streaming and the vast majority of e-commerce. Without it, businesses fail to unlock the full potential of digital transformation.
Scaling data operations, though, has been a huge challenge for many enterprises – and one that opens them up to many more security and compliance risks in the process. What’s more, companies that need continuous access to real-time data in their applications often rely on in-house specialists to derive insight from Apache Kafka – a notoriously difficult program to use.
But as more and more organizations rely on real-time data to drive decision-making, support mission-critical applications, and power AI-driven innovation, the need for secure, scalable data management solutions is becoming critical if businesses want to remain competitive.
This is where Conduktor comes in.
Having first-hand experience of the problem and their own frustrations with Kafka, founders Nicolas Orban, Stéphane Derosiaux and Stéphane Maarek built a fully-fledged platform for streaming data management – Conduktor.
Their mission? To liberate data within organizations by providing a secure, scalable solution that turns data into a strategic asset.
The technology works by intercepting data before it enters networks and applies guardrails – in line with company policies – to essentially prevent ‘bad data’ from compromising downstream applications.
By applying this Shift Left approach, the start-up addresses data quality, compliance, and governance at the source. This ensures that only high-quality, compliant data flows through the organization. As a result, downstream risks are reduced and teams are empowered to work faster and much more safely.
A multi-billion dollar opportunity
With data streaming fast becoming a ‘must have’ for modern businesses, experts predict that the global streaming analytics market will grow to $185 billion by 2032.
Conduktor is already being used by some of the world’s biggest companies – BMW Group, Capital Group, Flix, SIX Group, to name a few.
And we, at RTP Global, were seriously impressed by Nicolas, Stéphane, and Stéphane’s approach to unlocking, scaling and creating value from data in enterprises such as these.
Which is why we led their $30M Series B funding round in November 2024, alongside M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Ansa, and Accel. You can read more about that in TechCrunch here.
Commenting on the round, Orson Stadler, principal at RTP Global, said: “The explosion of real-time data and AI is transforming industries, and we’re only scratching the surface of its potential. Conduktor is enabling businesses to unlock new revenue streams and operational efficiencies that were unimaginable just a few years ago.”
The investment will help accelerate Conduktor’s expansion into the U.S. and its product development. We can’t wait to see what happens next.
