MariaDB plc has acquired Codership Oy, the Finland-based developer of Galera Cluster — a high-availability database solution known for ensuring uptime, preventing data loss, and enabling scalable growth. With the acquisition, the core Galera team, as well as its founders, will join MariaDB, strengthening the company’s engineering and technical support operations.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley and Ireland and employing over 200 persons, MariaDB offers a complete enterprise database solution to more than 600 customers around the world. The MariaDB database has been downloaded over 1 billion times.

Since its inception nearly 14 years ago, Codership’s Galera Cluster has prioritized its relationship with MariaDB, including through partnerships and technical integration. It has been a standard part of MariaDB Server for over nine years. Over a third of MariaDB Enterprise Platform customers utilize Galera Cluster today. As the demand for high availability and zero data loss in high-volume production environments grows, the combination of MariaDB Enterprise Platform and Galera Cluster is gaining significant traction within MariaDB’s customer-base.

Carner Corporate Finance advised Codership throughout the transaction, reinforcing our track record in the ICT and tech sectors and our expertise in cross-border deals with U.S. buyers.

Link to MariaDB’s original press release