MySQL
MySQL, the first European enterprise software unicorn, is an open-source database that supports scalable web-based and embedded database applications.

Milestones
Founded in 1995
Bought by Sun Microsystems for $1 billion in 2008
Investment year
Investment stage
Investment status
Exited
Deal team
Ralf Wahlsten
Tom Henriksson
Patrik Backman
MySQL is the leading open-source database that supports scalable web-based and embedded database applications. Its performance, ease of use, and low cost, and scalability have made it the world’s most popular open source database. OpenOcean’s founding partners, Michael ‘Monty’ Widenius, Patrik Backman and Ralf Wahlsten, were founders and early investors in MySQL.