Cloudera
Acquired by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKLCloudera provides a unified data platform that enables enterprises to manage, analyze, and secure data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, supporting analytics, machine learning, and data engineering at scale.
Last updated Mar 7, 2026 by AI Enrichment
- Industry
- Data Infrastructure/Platform
- Business Model
- SaaS
- Target Market
- Enterprise
- Employee Count
- 1001-5000
- Funding
- $1.4B
- Revenue Range
- $700M-$900M
- Parent Company
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKL
- API Available
- Yes
Market Position
Leading enterprise data platform provider with strong presence in hybrid cloud data management
Overview
Cloudera is a leading enterprise data platform company that provides hybrid and multi-cloud data management, analytics, and machine learning solutions. Founded in 2008, the company built its reputation on Apache Hadoop-based big data solutions before evolving into a comprehensive data platform provider. In 2021, Cloudera was acquired by private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) and KKL in a deal valued at approximately $5.3 billion, taking the company private after being publicly traded since 2017. Today, Cloudera operates as a private company under CD&R and KKL ownership, continuing to serve enterprise customers with its Cloudera Data Platform (CDP), which enables organizations to manage, analyze, and derive insights from data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The platform supports data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning, and analytics workloads at scale. While Cloudera is not primarily an AdTech company, its data platform is utilized by various industries including advertising and marketing technology companies for managing large-scale data operations, customer data platforms (CDPs), audience segmentation, and analytics that power advertising decisioning and personalization. The company serves Fortune 500 enterprises and large organizations requiring robust data infrastructure for their digital operations.
Products & Features
Cloudera Data Platform (CDP)
Unified data platform for hybrid and multi-cloud environments supporting analytics, machine learning, and data engineering
CDP Public Cloud
Cloud-native data platform services for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
CDP Private Cloud
On-premises and private cloud data platform deployment
Cloudera DataFlow
Real-time streaming data ingestion and processing
Cloudera Data Engineering
Automated data pipeline orchestration and engineering workloads
Cloudera Data Warehouse
Cloud-native data warehousing for analytics
Cloudera Machine Learning
End-to-end machine learning platform for model development and deployment
Key Features
Hybrid and multi-cloud data managementEnterprise-grade security and governanceReal-time streaming data processingScalable data warehousingMachine learning and AI capabilitiesOpen-source based architectureData lifecycle managementUnified metadata and governance
Use Cases
Customer data platform (CDP) infrastructure for AdTechReal-time bidding data processing and analyticsAudience segmentation and targetingMarketing attribution and analyticsCustomer 360 data managementPredictive analytics and machine learning for advertisingData lake and warehouse consolidationRegulatory compliance and data governance
Customer Segments
Fortune 500 enterprisesFinancial servicesHealthcare and life sciencesTelecommunicationsRetail and e-commerceMedia and entertainmentGovernment and public sectorAdTech and MarTech companies