Hydrolix Named to Inc. Regionals: Pacific List of Fastest-Growing Companies

Portland-based real-time data platform achieves 650+ customer growth in 24 months.

Mar. 31, 2026 at 11:41am by Ben Kaplan

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Hydrolix, a real-time data platform for internet-scale operations based in Portland, Oregon, has been ranked fourth out of 135 companies in Inc.'s 2026 Regionals: Pacific list, recognizing the fastest-growing private companies in the Pacific region. The company has demonstrated exceptional growth, expanding from four to more than 650 customers globally in just 24 months while growing employee headcount from 40 to over 200.

Why it matters

Hydrolix's rapid growth highlights the increasing demand for real-time data processing and analysis capabilities as organizations grapple with exploding data volumes and the need for faster insights. The company's high-performance architecture delivers sub-10-second query speeds and industry-leading compression, enabling organizations to retain and analyze all their data without the crippling costs that have traditionally forced difficult trade-offs.

The details

Hydrolix is the only platform that can ingest and analyze petabyte-scale digital operations and security data and deliver insights in seconds. The company's momentum is reflected in its recent funding success, having closed an $80 million Series C funding round in April 2025, following a $35 million Series B round in May 2024. These investments have enabled Hydrolix to accelerate product development, expand its global customer base, and build the team needed to serve the world's most demanding digital operations.

  • Hydrolix was founded in 2018 by Marty Kagan (CEO) and Hassan Alayli (founding CTO).
  • The company closed an $80 million Series C funding round in April 2025.
  • Hydrolix closed a $35 million Series B round in May 2024.

The players

Hydrolix

A real-time data platform for internet-scale operations based in Portland, Oregon.

Marty Kagan

The CEO and co-founder of Hydrolix, a veteran of Cisco and Akamai who co-founded Cedexis.

Hassan Alayli

The founding CTO and co-founder of Hydrolix.

Aaron Perman

The General Partner at S3 Ventures and a Board Member at Hydrolix.

Michael Cucchi

The CMO at Hydrolix.

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What they’re saying

“We are growing so quickly because we are solving real customer problems. Collecting and making sense of petabyte-scale data overwhelms traditional platforms, but not Hydrolix.”

— Michael Cucchi, CMO at Hydrolix

“Ask any engineering or security team what keeps them up at night and you'll hear the same things: exploding data costs, analytics too slow to act on, sampled data that obscures insights, and retention windows too short to be useful. Those are critical gaps that create real business risk. Hydrolix was built to eliminate them entirely, and 650+ customers in two years shows the market agrees.”

— Aaron Perman, General Partner at S3 Ventures and Board Member at Hydrolix

What’s next

Hydrolix plans to continue expanding its global customer base and accelerating product development to further solidify its position as a leading real-time data platform for internet-scale operations.

The takeaway

Hydrolix's rapid growth and recognition as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Pacific region underscores the increasing demand for real-time data processing and analysis capabilities as organizations grapple with exploding data volumes and the need for faster insights. The company's innovative platform is helping to address these challenges and drive digital transformation across a wide range of industries.