Cribl.io
American software company
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Cribl.io is an American company developing a data platform for information technology and security operations teams.[1] Their core function revolves around simplifying and managing the massive amount of data generated by various software systems within an organization.[2][3] Founded in 2018 by Clint Sharp, Ledion Bitincka, and Dritan Bitincka, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its mascot is a goat named Ian.[4][5]
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | July 2018 |
| Founders | Clint Sharp, Dritan Bitincka, Ledion Bitincka |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Revenue | $200 million (2024) |
Number of employees | ≈ 1000 (2025) |
| Website | cribl |
History
Cribl.io was established in San Francisco, California, in July 2018 by Clint Sharp, Ledion Bitincka, and Dritan Bitincka.[4][6]
In February 2019, the company secured $4 million in seed funding; by October of the same year, it launched Cribl Stream 2.0. Cribl completed its Series A funding round in April 2020, securing $7.4 million, and its Series B funding round in October 2020, raising $35 million, led by Sequoia Capital.[7] That same year, it launched Cribl.Cloud for onboarding data to SaaS logging tools, metric databases, and cloud data warehouses.[8]
The company was listed among The Information 50 Most Promising Startups in 2020.[9][10]
Cribl.io launched AppScope, an Apache-licensed, open-source, black-box instrumentation technology, in April 2021.[11] The company's Series C funding of $200 million in August 2021 was led by Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures, joined by new investor IVP, with participation from Sequoia, CRV, and Citi Ventures.[12][13]
In May 2022 Cribl secured $150M in Series D funding led by Tiger Global Management and joined by existing investors IVP, CRV, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia, and Greylock.[14][12][4] This round brought total funding to $400 million.[15][16]
In 2023, CrowdStrike introduced CrowdStream in cooperation with Cribl.[17] In October 2023, Cribl.io became the fourth-fastest infrastructure company to reach centaur status ($100 million annual recurring revenue).[18][19]
In August 2024, Cribl Closes $319 Million Series E at $3.5 Billion Valuation.[20]
In January 2025, Cribl Surpasses $200M in ARR, Growing more than 70 percent Year-over-Year [21]
In March 2025, Cribl ranked #1 in Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2025.[22]
Copyright lawsuit
In October 2022, Splunk, an American technology company, filed a lawsuit against Cribl.io, alleging that the company based its business on stolen intellectual property.[23] Cribl released a public statement denying Splunk's allegations.[24] In April 2024, a California jury found that Cribl did indeed infringe on Splunk's copyright. However it awarded damages to be paid by Cribl of only $1.[25]