Pivotal Software - About the company
Pivotal Software is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2013. It operates as an Enterprise platform as a service. Pivotal Software has raised $1.7B in funding from investors like EMC, General Electric and Ford, with last known valuation of $3.8B. The company has 125 active competitors, including 18 funded and 19 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Netlify, Modal and Amazon Web Services.
Company Details
Pivotal is a spin-out and joint venture of EMC Corporation and VMware that combined software products, employees, and lines of businesses from the two parent companies including Greenplum, Cloud Foundry, Spring, Cetas, Pivotal Labs, GemFire and other products from the VMware vFabric Suite. These products together along with products developed after the spin-off form a big data suite for enterprises. The company was acquired by VMware in August 2019.
- Website
- pivotal.io
- Social
- Registered Address
- Tower B, No.1 and 2, The Millenia, 2nd Floor Murphy Road, Philip Tower, Ulsoor, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 560008
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$1.7B in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Last Known Valuation
$3.8B as on Apr 20, 2018
Ranked
4th among 125 active competitors
Employee Count
267 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
Exit Details
Acquired by VMware (Aug 22, 2019)
Legal entities associated with Pivotal Software
Pivotal Software is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GOPIVOTAL SOFTWARE INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U72200KA2013FTC068850 , India, Dissolved under section 59(8) | May 01, 2013 | 0 - ₹10 Cr (As on Mar 31, 2020) | - |
Pivotal Software's acquisition details
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Pivotal Software's funding and investors
Pivotal Software has raised a total funding of $1.7B over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 15, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on May 05, 2016 for $653M. 5 investors participated in its latest round. Pivotal Software has 8 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Pivotal Software:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 05, 2016 | $653M | Series C | $2.8B | - | ||
May 14, 2013 | $105M | Series C | - | - | - | |
Apr 15, 2013 | $946M | Series C | - | - | - |
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Pivotal Software's founders and board of directors
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Pivotal Software has 267 employees as of Sep 26. Here is Pivotal Software's employee count trend over the years:
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Pivotal Software's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Pivotal Software include Netlify, Modal and Amazon Web Services. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Pivotal Software, ranked by Tracxn score:
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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 | 85/100 | |
2nd |  Modal 2021, New York City (United States), Series D | Provider of serverless platform for developing and deploying AI applications | $1.22B | 72/100 | |
3rd |  Amazon Web Services 2006, Seattle (United States), Funding Raised | Provider of cloud computing services, including infrastructure, AI, and data solutions | - | 70/100 | |
4th |  Pivotal Software 2013, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Enterprise platform as a service | $1.7B | 57/100 | |
5th |  Microsoft Azure 2010, Redmond (United States), Unfunded | Provider of cloud computing services, databases, AI, and application development | - | - | 54/100 |
6th |  Haima Cloud 2013, Tianjin (China), Series D | Provider of GPU-based cloud solutions including cloud gaming and cloud XR | $103M | 52/100 | |
7th |  Acorn Labs 2022, Cupertino (United States), Funding Raised | Platform offering application deployment frameworks | - | 49/100 | |
8th | Hosting 1997, United States, Acquired | Global hosting platform providing reliable, secure, and high-performance solutions | $2M | 49/100 | |
9th |  Stratoscale 2013, Sunnyvale (United States), Deadpooled | Multi-cloud hybrid platform | $70M | 45/100 | |
10th | Robin Systems 2013, San Jose (United States), Acquired | Platform offering container storage software | $86M | 45/100 |
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Pivotal Software's Investments and acquisitions
Pivotal Software has made 1 investments in companies including SnappyData. Pivotal Software has also acquired 3 companies including Neo and Slice of Lime.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
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Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Apr 27, 2016 | Investments | 2016 | Portland (United States) | |
Feb 18, 2016 | Acquisition | 2017 | San Francisco (United States) | |
Jan 12, 2016 | Acquisition | 2001 | Boulder (United States) |
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Reports related to Pivotal Software
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News related to Pivotal Software
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Hedge Fund Comes Up Short In Pivotal-VMware Share AppraisalLaw360•Aug 16, 2023•Pivotal Software, VMware
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Tom Cameron Becomes OverIT's New Chief Revenue OfficerPR Newswire•Apr 12, 2023•OverIT, OverIT, Pivotal Software, Autodesk and 3 others
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Northern Ireland's Pivotal acquired Danske Bank’s non-branch ATM networkPoandpo•Sep 26, 2022•Danske Bank, Pivotal Software
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2 Firms Will Lead Pivotal-VMware Merger Suit In ChanceryLaw360•Nov 05, 2021•Pivotal Software, Block & Leviton, BLB&G, VMware
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Solidatus expands senior team with round of multiple hiresPCR•Sep 15, 2020•Solidatus, Goldman Sachs, Pivotal Software, Varonis
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Solidatus expands senior team with round of multiple hiresFF News | Fintech Finance•Sep 14, 2020•Solidatus, Goldman Sachs, Pivotal Software, Varonis
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Cash delivery firm Pivotal to create 30 jobs at new Inverness centreInsider•Apr 03, 2020•Pivotal Software
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BigID Appoints CRO to Accelerate Market Expansion and Revenue GrowthPRWeb•Mar 16, 2020•BigID, Pivotal Software
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