When was Flatcar Linux founded?

Flatcar Linux was founded in 2018.

Where is Flatcar Linux located?

Flatcar Linux is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Is Flatcar Linux a funded company?

Flatcar Linux is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

Where does Flatcar Linux rank among its competitors?

Flatcar Linux ranks 19th amongst 33 active competitors, of which 3 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Sidero, which secured $4M in Oct, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Flatcar Linux?

Flatcar Linux's top competitors include Red Hat, Suse and Sidero. Among them, Sidero secured the most recent funding round in October, 2024.

Flatcar Linux - 2026 Company Profile, Team & Competitors

Company Details

Flatcar Linux is a Linux distribution for containers. It is a friendly fork of CoreOS’s Container Linux. It is a self-updating operating system designed for containers, ideal for running Kubernetes and other container platforms.

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Founded Year

2018

Location

Berlin, Germany

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Unfunded

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19^th among 33 active competitors

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Flatcar Linux has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of Flatcar Linux are Alban Crequy and Iago Lopez Galeiras.

Here are the details of Flatcar Linux's key team members:

Alban Crequy: Co-Founder & CTO of Flatcar Linux.
Iago Lopez Galeiras: Co-Founder of Flatcar Linux.

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Top competitors of Flatcar Linux include Red Hat, Suse and Sidero. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Flatcar Linux, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Red Hat 1993, Raleigh (United States), Acquired	Openstack distribution and cluster management platform	-	Berkshire Hathaway, Benchmark & 9 others	69/100
2nd	Suse 1992, Berlin (Germany), Public	Open source based operating system and container management system	$5.48M	Ardian, AP6 & 4 others	59/100
3rd	Sidero 2019, Goleta (United States), Series A	Provider of Kubernetes platforms and related support and service offerings	$7.7M	Hiro Capital, Sony Innovation Fund & 1 others	50/100
4th	CoreOS 2012, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Open hybrid cloud solutions provider for transformative IT and AI applications	$48.1M	Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins & 9 others	48/100
5th	Elastos 2016, Beijing (China), Funding Raised	Internet operating system powered by the blockchain technology	-	BitScale Capital, KR1 & 6 others	41/100
6th	Ghostcloud 2015, Chengdu (China), Series A	Container based platform to generate back-end and cloud applications	$6.08M	Microwind Qingrongchuan Zhigu Technology Transformation Fund, Bluedon Information Security Technologies ... & 2 others	38/100
7th	VMS Software 2014, Burlington (United States), Unfunded	Cloud based distributed OS software provider	-	-	36/100
8th	NanoVMs 2015, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Unikernel technology for secure, high-performance cloud infrastructure and application deployment	$1.54M	Initialized Capital, Alchemist Accelerator ... & 5 others	31/100
9th	HardenedBSD 2014, Budapest (Hungary), Unfunded	Security-focused operating system	-	-	30/100
10th	BackTrack 2009, Reno (United States), Unfunded	Penetration testing and cybersecurity solutions provider, now known as Kali Linux	-	-	28/100
19th	Flatcar Linux 2018, Berlin (Germany), Unfunded	Operating system for containers	-	-	24/100