Oxla joins Redpanda – the first exit for 4growth VC

Our portfolio company Oxla has been acquired by Redpanda Data, one of the fastest-growing global players in real-time data infrastructure, headquartered in San Francisco, USA. The transaction represents not only a major success for the Oxla team but also the first exit in the history of 4growth VC – a strong validation of our investment strategy focused on technology companies with global growth potential.

“This transaction marks another milestone for Oxla’s founders and team, and for us and our investors it confirms the potential of a technology we believed in at a very early stage. Exactly one year ago, together with Warsaw Equity Group, TQ Ventures, and Lead Ventures, we invested $11 million in the company. Now, with Redpanda’s planned IPO, we see new opportunities for significant returns on the invested capital,” says Marcin Jaszczuk, Managing Partner at 4growth VC.

“This acquisition is also symbolic for us, as it represents the very first exit within our fund,” he adds.

Redpanda, backed by Lightspeed, Google Ventures (GV), and Haystack VC, is a pioneer of the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) concept — a new category in AI infrastructure that securely and scalably connects AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Announced in October 2025, the launch of ADP, powered by Oxla’s technology, marks a significant step toward building the so-called agentic enterprise — organizations where intelligent agents can autonomously act on corporate data in real time, with full observability and governed access.

At the core of this architecture lies Oxla’s distributed SQL engine, which enables agents and humans alike to query, join, and transform data from multiple sources in real time.

Today, Redpanda’s solutions are trusted by global leaders such as Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody’s, Texas Instruments, Vodafone, and two of the five largest banks in the U.S., processing hundreds of terabytes of data every day. The combination of Redpanda and Oxla is not only a testament to the strength of Polish technological innovation but also clear proof that local breakthroughs can become integral parts of global transformation.

“For 4growth VC, this is a moment of genuine pride – to see a team we supported at the earliest stage now helping shape the future of global data infrastructure and artificial intelligence,” concludes Marcin Jaszczuk.