Kentik - About the company
Kentik is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2014 by Avi Freedman. It operates as a Platform offering network observability solutions. Kentik has raised $118M in funding from investors like Third Point Ventures, First Round Capital and Webb Investment Network. The company has 551 active competitors, including 56 funded and 100 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Gigamon, Auvik and Blue Planet.
Company Details
Platform offering network observability solutions. It provides cloud based multitenant solution for network monitoring. Its focus on observability, real time analytics, and data integration positions it as a vital tool for organizations navigating the complexities of network environments. The unbounded ad hoc analytics and anomaly detection helps to enhance operations, optimize capacity, resolve anomalies, automate DDoS defense, and protect applications and service performance.
- Website
- www.kentik.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@kentik.com
- Phone Number
- +91 **********
- Registered Address
- 548 Market St, PMB 78595, San Francisco, CA 94104, US
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$118M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
7th among 551 active competitors
Employee Count
264 as on Jul 31, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by Infoblox (Jul 08, 2026)
Legal entities associated with Kentik
Kentik is associated with 3 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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KENTIK INC. CIN: 6992847 , United States, Active | Aug 01, 2023 | - | - | - |
CLOUDHELIX, INC. CIN: 1620624 , United States, Active | $1 - $1M (As on Sep 26, 2014) | - | - | |
KENTIK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CIN: 20191587969 , United States, Active | Jul 23, 2019 | $1 - $1M (As on Jun 30, 2015) | 157 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | - |
Kentik's acquisition details
Kentik got acquired by Infoblox on Jul 08, 2026.
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Kentik's funding and investors
Kentik has raised a total funding of $118M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Sep 27, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Oct 07, 2021 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Kentik has 17 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Kentik:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 07, 2021 | 7849181 | Series C | 6354715 | 2311762 | 6455819 | 5160390 |
May 27, 2020 | 2967790 | Series C | 5890483 | 6481065 | 5707097 | |
Aug 04, 2016 | 3900340 | Series B | 5780066 | 2546514 |
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Kentik's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Kentik is Avi Freedman. Avi Freedman is the CEO of Kentik.
Here are the details of Kentik's key team members:
- Avi Freedman: Co-Founder & CEO of Kentik and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 2 email addresses
Kentik's Board of Directors
Kentik's board has 14 active members. Howard Morgan, Bill Trenchard, David Ulevitch, Alan Cohen, Ian Pye, Justin Biegel, Robert Schwartz, Vivek Mehra, David Hornik, Ian Applegate, Jamie Barnett, Mehra Vivek, Avraham Freedman and Alfred Yu are independent board members.Here is the list of Kentik's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
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Independent board member | - | Current | 11y 9m | |
l{qjgmi | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 5m |
rirsxqn | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 4m |
hiafrzv | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 2m |
jnwoocr | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 8m |
yukdjus | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 8m |
euxiefp | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 2m |
jezvgrs | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 6m |
wabhymv | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 7m |
nnufbrx | Independent board member | - | Current | 9y 4m |
rzfdeuz | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 7m |
aoajtju | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 8m |
cqkpgpi | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 9m |
cxfwhja | Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 1m |
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Kentik's employee count trend
Kentik has 264 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Kentik's employee count trend over the years:
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Kentik's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Kentik include Gigamon, Auvik and Blue Planet. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Kentik, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Gigamon 2004, Milpitas (United States), Acquired | Provider of deep observability pipeline for hybrid cloud infrastructure management | $22.8M | 71/100 | |
2nd | Cloud based network monitoring and management solutions | $33.4M | 71/100 | ||
3rd | Blue Planet 2000, Hanover (United States), Acquired | Developer of cloud-native software for network automation and orchestration solutions | $97.6M | 67/100 | |
4th | LogicMonitor 2008, Santa Barbara (United States), Acquired | Cloud based platform offering IT infrastructure monitoring software | $952M | 67/100 | |
5th | NetScout 1985, Westford (United States), Public | Provider of network performance, observability, cybersecurity, and DDoS solutions | $6M | 67/100 | |
6th | Cloud based platform offering network management software | - | 65/100 | ||
7th | Kentik 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Platform offering network observability solutions | $118M | 67/100 | |
8th | Provider of AI driven solutions for wired and Wi-Fi network performance | $3.91M | 60/100 | ||
9th |  Telescent 2008, Irvine (United States), Series B | Provider of automated solutions for physical network configurations in data centers, extending software-defined networking to the fiber layer | $28M | 60/100 | |
10th | Cloud based platform offering network management solutions | $10.1M | 60/100 |
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Kentik's Investments and acquisitions
Kentik has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Kentik
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News related to Kentik
Filter this listMedia has covered Kentik for a total of 5 events in the last 1 year, 3 of them have been about company updates.
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Infoblox to Acquire Kentik, Uniting Authoritative DNS and Network ObservabilityGlobeNewswire•Jul 08, 2026•Infoblox, Kentik
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Seaborn Networks Reduces Network Costs by $4M Annually Using KentikBusiness Wire•May 19, 2026•Seaborn Networks, Kentik
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Kentik Launches the First Agentic AI Solution That Deeply Understands the NetworkBusiness Wire•Nov 18, 2025•Kentik
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Kentik Introduces Cause Analysis to Offer Network Expertise to Infrastructure EngineersCIO Influence•Jun 25, 2025•Kentik
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Kentik Launches Cause Analysis to Bring Network Expertise to Every Infrastructure EngineerBusiness Wire•Jun 25, 2025•Kentik
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Corero Network Security Partners with TechEnabler in Brazil, Secures Major 400G DealPR Newswire•Apr 03, 2025•Corero, Kentik, Techenabler
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Kentik Appoints Jason McKerr as SVP of Engineering to Lead Innovation in Network ObservabilityBusiness Wire•Jan 15, 2025•Kentik, Pendo
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