Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF

HORTONWORKS, INC.

ARTICLE I: NAME

The name of the corporation is Hortonworks, Inc. (hereinafter the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II: AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The name of its registered agent at that address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE III: PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a Corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”).

ARTICLE IV: AUTHORIZED STOCK

The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation has authority to issue is One Hundred (100) shares, all of which shall be Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share.

ARTICLE V: AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the corporation.

ARTICLE VI: VOTE BY BALLOT

Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide.

ARTICLE VII: DIRECTOR LIABILITY

To the fullest extent permitted by law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Without limiting the effect of the preceding sentence, if the DGCL is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article VII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article VII, shall eliminate, reduce or otherwise adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or adoption of such an inconsistent provision.

Hortonworks, Inc. 8-K