Portworx - About the company
Portworx is an acquired company based in Redwood City (United States), founded in 2014 by Vinod Jayaraman, Goutham Rao and Murli Thirumale. It operates as a Provider of a tool for developers and IT Ops to run containerized applications. Portworx has raised $55.5M in funding from investors like Mayfield, Sapphire Ventures and NetApp. The company has 570 active competitors, including 57 funded and 78 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Rubrik, Veeam and Acronis.
Company Details
Portworx PWX is a software defined application providing scale out storage for containerized applications. PWX being a container aware infrastructure is native to Docker. It provides the infrastructure to run containerized apps on premise or in the cloud. Currently, the PWX sandbox is hosted on AWS where users can deploy their applications. Portworx founding team had previously created Ocarina Networks and they have experience ranging from Citrix, Microsoft, etc. Portworx is also named as the 10 coolest storage startup of 2015.
- Website
- portworx.com
- Social
- Registered Address
- Los Altos, California
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
Redwood City, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$55.5M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
10th among 570 active competitors
Employee Count
104 as on Jul 31, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by Pure Storage (Sep 16, 2020)
Legal entities associated with Portworx
Portworx is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
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PORTWORX INC CIN: 472328485 , United States, Active | Dec 26, 999 | - | 55 (As on Dec 31, 2020) | - |
Portworx's acquisition details
Portworx got acquired by Pure Storage on Sep 16, 2020 at an acquisition amount of $*****.
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Portworx's funding and investors
Portworx has raised a total funding of $55.5M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jun 22, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Mar 20, 2019 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. Portworx has 8 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Portworx:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Mar 20, 2019 | 6769674 | Series C | 2021913 | 2316011 | 2592330 | 1112539 |
Apr 05, 2017 | 3565303 | Series B | 3850484 | 3961683 | 3025405 | |
Jun 22, 2015 | 3416208 | Series A | 8359740 | 3394136 | 7998795 |
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Portworx's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Portworx's key team members:
- Vinod Jayaraman: Co-Founder of Portworx and founder of 1 other company.
- Goutham Rao: Co-Founder of Portworx and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 phone number
- Murli Thirumale: Co-Founder and CEO of Portworx.
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Portworx's employee count trend
Portworx has 104 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Portworx's employee count trend over the years:
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Portworx's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Portworx include Rubrik, Veeam and Acronis. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Portworx, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Rubrik 2014, Palo Alto (United States), Public | Provider of cyber resilience platform for data and identity security | $553M | 79/100 | |
2nd | Veeam 2006, Columbus (United States), Acquired | Provider of data resilience and cyber security solutions for enterprises | $1.04B | 78/100 | |
3rd | Acronis 2003, Schaffhausen (Switzerland), Acquired | Provider of cyber protection solutions, including backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity | $658M | 74/100 | |
4th | Cohesity 2013, San Jose (United States), Series F | Cloud and AI based enterprise data backup and management solutions | $810M | 72/100 | |
5th |  Qumulo 2012, Seattle (United States), Series E | Provider of an enterprise cloud storage management software | $346M | 71/100 | |
6th | Provider of cloud data protection and recovery for SaaS applications | $80.6M | 68/100 | ||
7th |  AvePoint 2001, Jersey City (United States), Public | Cloud based platform offering data backup and recovery solutions | $90M | 67/100 | |
8th | Semperis 2013, Hoboken (United States), Series C | Provider of Active Directory and Entra ID security and recovery solutions | $368M | 66/100 | |
9th |  Quantum 1980, San Jose (United States), Acquired | Provider of data management solutions designed for the AI era | - | 65/100 | |
10th | Portworx 2014, Redwood City (United States), Acquired | Provider of a tool for developers and IT Ops to run containerized applications | $55.5M | 65/100 |
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Portworx's Investments and acquisitions
Portworx has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Portworx
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News related to Portworx
Filter this listMedia has covered Portworx for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates.
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Asia's Pivotal Role in Cloud Native Talent Growth Highlighted by CNCF Kubestronaut ProgramPR Newswire•Jun 10, 2025•CNCF, Portworx
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Portworx Unveils Container Data Management Platform Enterprise 3.3Channel Post Middle East & Africa•Apr 04, 2025•Portworx
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Pure Storage & Red Hat boost modern virtualisation with PortworxChannelLife•May 07, 2024•Pure Storage, Red Hat, Portworx
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