Sources: Confluent, the company behind open source streaming data project Apache Kafka, is seeking to raise about $200M to $300M at a valuation of around $5B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: Confluent, the company behind open source streaming data project Apache Kafka, is seeking to raise about $200M to $300M at a valuation of around $5B  —  The event streaming platform Confluent Inc. has held talks with potential investors about a new funding round, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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