When was Kubernetes founded?

Kubernetes was founded in 2014 and raised its 1st funding round 4 years after it was founded.

Where is Kubernetes located?

Kubernetes is headquartered in Mountain View, United States. It is registered at Jelgava, Lāču iela 16.

How many employees does Kubernetes have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Kubernetes is 128.

Is Kubernetes a funded company?

Kubernetes is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Mar 01, 2018.

When was the latest funding round of Kubernetes?

Kubernetes' latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Mar 01, 2018, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Kubernetes rank among its competitors?

Kubernetes ranks 20th amongst 178 active competitors, of which 36 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was groundcover, which secured $100M in Jul, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Kubernetes?

Kubernetes' top competitors include Red Hat, Spectro Cloud and Komodor. Among them, groundcover secured the most recent funding round in July, 2026.

Kubernetes - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Kubernetes is a seed company based in Mountain View (United States), founded in 2014 by Remco Verhoef. It operates as a Provider of open source system automating deployment, scaling, and management. Kubernetes has raised an undisclosed amount in funding. The company has 178 active competitors, including 36 funded and 11 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Red Hat, Spectro Cloud and Komodor.

Company Details

Provider of open source system automating deployment, scaling, and management. It groups containers into logical units for management and discovery. The system builds upon years of experience running production workloads. It scales without increasing operations team size. The system offers flexibility to deliver applications consistently, regardless of complexity. It allows effortless movement of workloads across infrastructures.

Website: kubernetes.io
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Registered Address: Jelgava, Lāču iela 16

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2014

Location

Mountain View, United States

Stage

Seed

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Mar 01, 2018, $*****

Investors

CloudBees

Ranked

20^th among 178 active competitors

Employee Count

128 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Spectro Cloud & 176 more

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Kubernetes is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Kubernetes Services CIN: 40203371354 , Latvia, Active	Jan 07, 2022	€0 - €1M (As on Dec 31, 2024)	2 (As on Dec 31, 2023)	-
Kuber Global OÜ CIN: 16482596 , Estonia, Active	Apr 17, 2022	€0 - €1M (As on Dec 31, 2023)	-

Kubernetes has raised funding over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Mar 01, 2018 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Kubernetes has 1 institutional investor.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Kubernetes:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 01, 2018	9870547	Seed	3580514	2575991	2534851	7465656

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The founders of Kubernetes is Remco Verhoef.

Here are the details of Kubernetes' key team members:

Remco Verhoef: Group Owner of Kubernetes.

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Kubernetes' employee count trend

Kubernetes has 128 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Kubernetes's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Kubernetes include Red Hat, Spectro Cloud and Komodor. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Kubernetes, 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	-	Intel, Berkshire Hathaway & 9 others	71/100
2nd	Spectro Cloud 2019, San Jose (United States), Series D	Provider of Kubernetes management platform simplifying multi-cluster deployment from edge to cloud	$260M	Goldman Sachs, Stripes & 16 others	69/100
3rd	Komodor 2020, Rockville (United States), Series B	Provider of an autonomous AI SRE platform for Kubernetes management	$72M	Tiger Global Management, Accel & 15 others	68/100
4th	Cast AI 2019, Miami (United States), Series C	Provider of a platform for Kubernetes automation and cost optimisation	$268M	Vintage Investment Partners, SoftBank Vision Fund ... & 15 others	65/100
5th	Sysdig 2013, Davis (United States), Series G	Provider of cloud security platform delivering threat detection and response	$744M	Accel, Bain Capital Ventures & 19 others	65/100
6th	groundcover 2021, Tel Aviv (Israel), Series C	Provider of cloud native observability software for infrastructure and applications	$160M	Zeev Ventures, One Peak & 4 others	64/100
7th	Docker 2008, Palo Alto (United States), Series E	Cloud based open source platform offering docker suite	$541M	Benchmark, Greylock Partners & 55 others	62/100
8th	Rafay 2017, Sunnyvale (United States), Series B	Cloud based container management platform	$33M	ForgePoint Capital, Ridge Ventures & 7 others	62/100
9th	Nirmata 2013, San Jose (United States), Series A	Cloud based kubernetes security platform	$13.6M	Z5 Capital, Arka Venture Labs & 10 others	60/100
10th	Aqua Security 2015, Burlington (United States), Series E	Cloud security software for businesses	$325M	Greenspring Associates, Lightspeed Venture Partners ... & 11 others	59/100
20th	Kubernetes 2014, Mountain View (United States), Seed	Provider of open source system automating deployment, scaling, and management	-	CloudBees	49/100