SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Scott David C (Last) (First) (Middle) 3250 OLCOTT STREET (Street) SANTA CLARA CA 95054 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 07/21/2021	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Couchbase, Inc. [ BASE ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy)	(1)	12/12/2028	Common Stock	121,623	7.45	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. One forty-eighth (1/48th) of the shares subject to the option vested on October 20, 2018 and one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the shares vest monthly thereafter, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service through each such date.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Margaret Chow, by Power of Attorney for David C. Scott	07/21/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

      The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Couchbase, Inc. (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Margaret Chow, Randy Li, Emily Doan,
Bill Carey, Manisha Goel, and Carolyn Belamide, as the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      1.  complete and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 and other forms and all
          amendments thereto as such attorney-in-fact shall in his discretion
          determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 16 of the
          Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules and
          regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor laws and
          regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's ownership,
          acquisition or disposition of securities of the Company; and

      2.  do all acts necessary in order to file such forms with the SEC, any
          securities exchange or national association, the Company and such
          other person or agency as the attorney-in-fact shall deem appropriate.

      The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-
fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at
the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
Company and the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 14th day of June, 2021.


                                        Signature: /s/ David C. Scott

                                        Print Name: David C. Scott