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KineDB, a company developing database technology for cloud
infrastructure and offline devices, has raised €850,000 in pre-seed funding.
The round was led by Superhero Capital, with participation from NGL Ventures
and angel investors, including Cactos CTO Jussi Pyörre and Kristoffer Abell and
Jakob Lilholm, co-CEOs of Danish compliance company Formalize.
Founded by Axel Löwenhoff and Allan Zimmermann, KineDB is
developing a general-purpose database designed to operate across different
environments, from cloud infrastructure to local devices without an internet
connection. The company aims to simplify database management for developers by
providing a single system that supports both online and offline operations.
As software development becomes increasingly accessible
through AI-powered tools, the number of applications being created continues to
grow. This has increased demand on underlying infrastructure,
particularly for developers who may lack experience in managing complex
database systems.
Axel Löwenhoff, co-founder of KineDB, explained how the
growing use of AI in software development is changing the requirements for
database infrastructure:
The way AI has
opened the gates for developers of all levels to experiment and launch new
software is a wonderful thing. A consequence, however, is a lot of software
where creators haven’t necessarily considered the underlying databases
essential to functionality.
With KineDB, we want to remove that as a layer of
complication for engineers, by providing a database that works within this new
environment.
To simplify database management for developers, KineDB is
building a database engine that can operate both locally within an application
and across backend infrastructure. Unlike approaches that rely on separate
systems for offline and cloud-based data management, its technology uses a
single database engine for both environments.
The company is initially focusing on industries where
reliable internet connectivity is not always available. For example, workers in
underground mining operations could use KineDB to record progress or equipment
conditions on mobile devices while offline, with the information synchronised
to a central database once connectivity is restored.
Although its initial focus is on offline data management,
KineDB plans to broaden the platform's capabilities to support a wider range of
software applications.
The new funding will support the company's development and
team expansion, with recruitment focused on engineers specialising in
databases, storage systems and query engines.
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