When was Esper founded?

Esper was founded in 2017 and raised its 1st funding round 2 years after it was founded.

Where is Esper located?

Esper is headquartered in Bellevue, United States. It is registered at NO. 96/3 (106/1A) CHENNAI BATTAI 2ND STREET, Chennai, VILLIVAKKAM, Tamil Nadu, India, 600049.

Who is the current CEO of Esper?

Yadhu Gopalan of Esper. They have also founded 1 company.

How many employees does Esper have?

As of Apr 30, 2026, the latest employee count at Esper is 207.

Is Esper a funded company?

Esper is a funded company, having raised a total of $102M across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Aug 16, 2019.

When was the latest funding round of Esper?

Esper's latest funding was a $***** Series C round on Oct 04, 2021, with participation from 4 investors.

What is the annual revenue of Esper?

Annual revenue of Esper is ₹63.1Cr as on Mar 31, 2025.

Where does Esper rank among its competitors?

Esper ranks 10th amongst 217 active competitors, of which 50 are funded. It stands 6th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Vercel, which secured $300M in Sep, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Esper?

Esper's top competitors include Netlify, Vercel and Gitlab. Among them, Vercel secured the most recent funding round in September, 2025.

Esper - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Cloud based application deployment and device management platform. It leverages devops software development features such as cloud APIs, SDKs, and software rollouts to deploy product, application, and operating system updates. Features include drift management, pipelines, and more. It caters to industries such as healthcare, retail, education, and more.

Website: www.esper.io/
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Email ID: *****@esper.io
Registered Address: NO. 96/3 (106/1A) CHENNAI BATTAI 2ND STREET, Chennai, VILLIVAKKAM, Tamil Nadu, India, 600049

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2017

Location

Bellevue, United States

Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$102M in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series C, Oct 04, 2021, $*****

Investors

Amazon & 9 more

Ranked

10^th among 217 active competitors

Annual Revenue

₹63.1Cr as on Mar 31, 2025

Employee Count

207 as on Apr 30, 2026

Similar Companies

Netlify & 222 more

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Esper is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Esper.io, Inc. CIN: 82-4309641 , United States, Active		-	-	-
ESPER.IO SOFTWARE SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U74999TN2017PTC119600 , India, Active	Nov 17, 2017	$7.47M (As on Mar 31, 2025)	93 (As on Jan 31, 2025)

Esper has raised a total funding of $102M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Aug 16, 2019. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Oct 04, 2021 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Esper has 10 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Esper:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 04, 2021	7771392	Series C	5856290	7956791	8950193	3439564
May 20, 2021	7652703	Series B	3462859	9884447	4956955	Madrona & 3 more
Feb 13, 2020	1075070	Series A	6789428	7199206	Madrona & 1 more	Root Ventures & 3 more

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The founders of Esper are Yadhu Gopalan and Shiv Sundar. Yadhu Gopalan is the CEO of Esper.

Here are the details of Esper's key team members:

Yadhu Gopalan: Co-Founder & CEO of Esper and founder of 1 other company.
Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Shiv Sundar: Founder & COO of Esper.

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Esper's employee count trend

Esper has 207 employees as of Apr 26. Here is Esper's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Esper include Netlify, Vercel and Gitlab. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Esper, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Netlify 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Provider of a platform for web application development and deployment	$212M	Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins ... & 21 others	85/100
2nd	Vercel 2015, Covina (United States), Series F	Provider of cloud infrastructure and developer tools for web applications	$863M	Accel, GIC & 30 others	81/100
3rd	Gitlab 2011, San Francisco (United States), Public	Provider of a platform for software development, security, and delivery	$435M	Khosla Ventures, Iconiq Capital & 49 others	80/100
4th	Komodor 2020, Rockville (United States), Series B	Provider of an autonomous AI SRE platform for Kubernetes management	$72M	Tiger Global Management, Accel & 14 others	68/100
5th	OutSystems 2001, Linda A Velha (Portugal), Series F	Developer of a low-code platform with AI-powered application development capabilities	$803M	KKR, Tiger Global Management & 13 others	68/100
6th	Chainstack 2018, Singapore (Singapore), Series A	Provider of blockchain infrastructure and remote procedure call node access	$6M	Ventech, SBI Ven Capital & 15 others	66/100
7th	Opsera 2020, Palo Alto (United States), Series B	Cloud based devops automation software	$51.3M	Taiwania Capital, Prosperity7 Ventures & 7 others	63/100
8th	DuploCloud 2016, San Jose (United States), Series B	Platform offering continuous application deployment software	$49.5M	StepStone Group, Mayfield & 2 others	63/100
9th	CloudBees 2010, San Jose (United States), Series F	Provider of software delivery platform for continuous integration and continuous delivery	$241M	Lightspeed Venture Partners, Delta-v Capital ... & 16 others	62/100
10th	Esper 2017, Bellevue (United States), Series C	Cloud based application deployment and device management platform	$102M	Amazon, Insight Partners & 8 others	62/100