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A knowledge graph database and data management platform enabling verifiable data sharing for enterprises, focused on data governance and AI.
Fluree is a North Carolina-based enterprise software company that develops a secure, blockchain-powered knowledge graph database and data management platform for commercial applications. The Public Benefit Corporation provides products such as Fluree Core, an open-source enterprise knowledge graph for interoperable ecosystems, and Fluree Sense, an artificial intelligence-powered solution designed to consolidate legacy information into verifiable golden records. This infrastructure facilitates trusted data sharing and governance across organizations, targeting sectors like financial services and manufacturing for master data management, artificial intelligence retrieval, and secure collaboration. To support its enterprise deployments, Fluree integrates its database architecture directly with Amazon Web Services, sponsors major industry events including the Connected Manufacturing Forum, and receives strategic guidance from key advisors such as Mark Alberdi. The organization was officially founded in 2018 by co-chief executive officers Brian Platz and Andrew Filipowski.
Fluree has raised $24.5M across 4 funding rounds.
Fluree has raised $24.5M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Fluree has raised $24.5M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $10.0M Series A in April 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2023 | $10M Series A | SineWave Ventures | 4490 Ventures, EVE Atlas, Ingeborg Investments, Ashish Mahashabde, TOM Williams, Augment Ventures, Good Growth Capital, Nanban Ventures, Rise OF The Rest, Wave Financial | Announced |
| Sep 1, 2022 | $3M Seed | — | 4490 Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Chicago Ventures, Matt Ocko, EVE Atlas, Howard Lindzon, Y Combinator, TOM Williams | Announced |
| Sep 30, 2020 | $6.5M Seed | Daniel Malven | RAY Rothrock, Thiago Olson, Good Growth Capital, Anna Mason | Announced |
| Jun 1, 2019 | $5M Seed | — | 4490 Ventures, Brand Foundry Ventures, Chicago Ventures, Matt Ocko, Ingeborg Investments, Howard Lindzon, Y Combinator | Announced |
Fluree is an open-source semantic graph database that combines blockchain-secured, immutable ledgers with RDF-based knowledge graphs to ensure data integrity, provenance traceability, and secure collaboration.[1][2][4] It serves enterprises in sectors like fintech, AI applications, healthcare, and compliance-heavy industries by solving data governance challenges—enabling verifiable data sharing, time-based queries, and scalable AI pipelines without the high costs of traditional blockchains.[1][2][5] Fluree's growth momentum stems from its B-Corp status, focus on affordable enterprise-scale data storage, and positioning for trusted AI, with linear scalability via edge query servers and in-memory JavaScript libraries.[1][2]
Fluree was founded in 2017 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, by co-CEOs Brian Platz and Flip Filipowski, both experienced in data management and software scaling.[1][2][3] The idea emerged from their recognition of modern data challenges: enterprises hitting technical walls when expanding applications due to insecure, siloed data systems, compounded by skyrocketing blockchain storage costs (e.g., $10 million for a gigabyte on Ethereum).[2][3] Drawing from their own software-building experiences, they designed FlureeDB as an open-source platform using blockchain for affordability and scalability, achieving early traction by enabling high-volume transactions and multi-application data sharing without custom blockchains.[2]
Fluree rides the convergence of blockchain, semantic knowledge graphs, and generative AI, addressing data trust deficits in an era of exploding AI demands and privacy regulations.[1][4][5] Its timing aligns with enterprise needs for verifiable data amid GenAI risks like hallucinations and provenance gaps, while market forces like rising compliance costs (e.g., GDPR, fintech security) favor its immutable, auditable model over vulnerable centralized databases.[2][5] By enabling secure data ecosystems and circular economies—where data is exchanged across boundaries—Fluree influences the tech landscape, powering trusted AI apps and reducing blockchain barriers for mainstream adoption.[2][4][6]
Fluree is poised to lead in secure knowledge graphs for AI, with expansions into fintech GenAI and global data networks amplifying its edge in verifiable, scalable data systems.[5][6] Trends like decentralized AI, zero-trust architectures, and regulatory pressures on data provenance will propel growth, potentially evolving Fluree into a foundational layer for enterprise data ecosystems. As blockchain matures beyond crypto hype, Fluree's affordable integrity model positions it to redefine trusted data foundations, echoing its origins in solving scalability walls for the AI era.[2][4]
Fluree has raised $24.5M in total across 4 funding rounds.
Fluree's investors include SineWave Ventures, 4490 Ventures, EVE Atlas, Ingeborg Investments, Ashish Mahashabde, Tom Williams, Augment Ventures, Good Growth Capital, Nanban Ventures, Rise of the Rest, Wave Financial, Brand Foundry Ventures.