Peter Zaitsev

Active Investor

Advisor at Tigris Data

Durham, North Carolina

Peter Zaitsev, Advisor at Tigris Data is an active investor based in Durham, North Carolina. This profile covers what Peter Zaitsev backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Peter Zaitsev is a Co-Founder and serves as Advisor at Coroot. He is a Co-Founder of Percona. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Board Member & Advisor at FerretDB. He serves as Advisor at DBtune. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Board Member at Altinity. As one of the foremost experts on MySQL strategy and optimization, he leveraged both his technical vision and entrepreneurial skills to grow Percona from a two-person shop to one of the most respected open-source companies in the business. With over 140 professionals in 30-plus countries, his venture now serves over 3000 customers - including the "who's who" of internet giants, large enterprises, and many exciting startups. Percona was named to the Inc. 5000 in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. He was an early employee at MySQL AB, eventually leading the company's High-Performance Group. A serial entrepreneur, he co-founded his first startup while attending Moscow State University, where he majored in Computer Science. He is a co-author of High-Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, one of the most popular books on MySQL performance. He frequently speaks as an expert lecturer at MySQL and related conferences, and regularly posts on the Percona Database Performance Blog. He has also been tapped as a contributor to Fortune and DZone, and his recent book, Practical MySQL Performance Optimization Volume 1, is one of percona.com's most popular downloads.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VentureSeed
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailDeveloper Tools & Data
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Typical check: $375K
Past investments: 2

Notable investments

OpenTacoDBtune

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