
Person profile
Ion Stoica
Berkeley systems professor behind Spark, Ray, Databricks and LMSYS
- Founded
- Arena, Opaque Systems, Anyscale +1 more
- Backed
- Metronome, NeoCognition, Feldera +2 more
- Education
- Old Dominion University, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Carnegie Mellon University
Investments 5
Companies backed, as recorded by Dealroom. Highest company valuations first.

Metronome
$300M valuation (2025)
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NeoCognition
$240M valuation (2026)
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Feldera
$92.4M valuation (2026)
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grubel
$19.8M valuation (2026)

Not Diamond
$13.8M valuation (2024)
Companies founded
Currently
Active roles, board seats and partnerships.

Inferact
$800M valuation (2026)
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Conviva
$240.2M valuation (2017)
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University of California, Berkeley
Education

Old Dominion University

Politehnica University of Bucharest

Carnegie Mellon University



