Raspberry Pi - About the company
Raspberry Pi is a series C company based in Cambridge (United Kingdom), founded in 2008 by Eben Upton and David Braben. It operates as a Provider of single board computers for educational purposes. Raspberry Pi has raised $45M in funding from Arm and Lansdowne Partners. The company has 238 active competitors, including 24 funded and 16 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Arduino, Thundersoft and SECO.
Company Details
Provider of single board computers for educational purposes. It is a credit card sized computer that plugs into a TV or computer monitor and enables people to learn the computing and explore languages like Scratch and Python. Raspberry Pi computer was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation, an educational charity. The original Raspberry Pi and Raspberry Pi 2 are manufactured in several board configurations through licensed manufacturing agreements by different manufacturers. The hardware is the same across all manufacturers. Raspbian is the operating system for the Raspberry Pi. It can be installed using the NOOBS installer. The single board computer module can be configured using Python, Scratch, and Raspbian and is also provided with open source firmware.
- Website
- www.raspberrypi.org/
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2008
Location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$45M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
2nd among 238 active competitors
Employee Count
18 as on Aug 31, 2025
Legal entities associated with Raspberry Pi
Raspberry Pi is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
RASPBERRY PI FOUNDATION CIN: 6758215 , Germany, Active | Nov 24, 2008 | - | 244 (As on Dec 31, 2023) | |
RASPBERRY PI EDUCATIONAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED CIN: U80903DL2021FTC377663 , India, Active | Feb 26, 2021 | $702K (As on Mar 31, 2025) | 18 (As on Aug 31, 2025) |
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Raspberry Pi's funding and investors
Raspberry Pi has raised a total funding of $45M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 29, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Nov 02, 2023 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Raspberry Pi has 3 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Raspberry Pi:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 02, 2023 | 7026971 | Series C | 9118192 | 1177861 | 2724487 | 8086402 |
Sep 20, 2021 | 3924333 | Series C | 8254461 | 7807472 | 2894984 | 2626703 |
Jan 29, 2013 | 6583372 | Grant (prize money) | 6624629 | 5336299 | 9127465 |
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Raspberry Pi's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Raspberry Pi are Eben Upton and David Braben. Philip Colligan is the CEO of Raspberry Pi.
Here are the details of Raspberry Pi's key team members:
- Eben Upton: Co-Founder of Raspberry Pi and founder of 1 other company.
- David Braben: Co-Founder of Raspberry Pi.
- Philip Colligan: CEO of Raspberry Pi.
Raspberry Pi's Board of Directors
Raspberry Pi's board has 11 active members. John Wilfred Lazar and David Zahn are part of team and Janet Astall, Richard Plumbly-Clegg, Kim Danila Shillinglaw, Stephen Blair Greene, Simon David Lebus, Amali Chivanthi De Alwis, Charles Richard Leadbeater, Laura Turkington and Andrew Joseph Sliwinski are independent board members.Here is the list of Raspberry Pi's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
hybcirg | Team | - | Current | 3y 1m |
{peeizp | Team | - | Current | 3y 3m |
Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 2m | |
bau{cbk | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 2m |
dfqhhfu | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 3m |
jibpxvk | Independent board member | - | Current | 1y 9m |
hqywfcg | Independent board member | - | Current | 8y 5m |
dyya{hc | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 7m |
xddkmpp | Independent board member | - | Current | 4y 1m |
ujnf{eq | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 5m |
htzcujc | Independent board member | - | Current | 6y 8m |
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Raspberry Pi's employee count trend
Raspberry Pi has 18 employees as of Aug 25. The total employee count is 10.0% lower than what it was in Aug 24. Here is Raspberry Pi's employee count trend over the years:
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Raspberry Pi's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Raspberry Pi include Arduino, Thundersoft and SECO. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Raspberry Pi, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Provider of an open-source electronics prototyping platform | $54M | 65/100 | ||
2nd | Raspberry Pi 2008, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Series C | Provider of single board computers for educational purposes | $45M | 65/100 | |
4th | Thundersoft 2008, Haidian (China), Seed | Software vendor and OEM for mobile industry | - | 60/100 | |
5th | Provider of industrial hardware, software framework, and system integration products | $12.4M | 57/100 | ||
6th |  IAR Systems 1983, Uppsala (Sweden), Public | Developer of embedded development software and tools for various industries | - | - | 51/100 |
7th | Provider of speech recognition software for various sectors | $3.45M | 50/100 | ||
8th | Manufacturer of System-on-module | - | - | 45/100 | |
9th | Smart Modular Technologies 1985, Newark (United States), Public | Provider of end-to-end data center solutions for AI and HPC | - | 44/100 | |
10th | Manufacturer of embedded computers | - | - | 44/100 |
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Raspberry Pi's Investments and acquisitions
Raspberry Pi has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Raspberry Pi
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News related to Raspberry Pi
Filter this listMedia has covered Raspberry Pi for a total of 3 events in the last 1 year, 2 of them have been about company updates and 1 about partnerships.
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Raspberry Pi 5 New Expansion Board Offers NPU Performance Matching Intel, AMD APUsNotebookcheck Publishing GmbH•Jan 16, 2026•Raspberry Pi
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Broadcom Foundation & Raspberry Pi Join Forces to Bring AI to ClassroomsBusiness Wire•Sep 03, 2025•Broadcomfoundation, Raspberry Pi
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Raspberry Pi upbeat despite seeing profit slump in first year as listed companyInsider Media•Apr 02, 2025•Raspberry Pi
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Raspberry Pi hails “successful product launches” and strong gross profit in milestone yearInsider Media•Jan 29, 2025•Raspberry Pi
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“World’s first” universal robotics software platform BOW raises €4.7 millionZephyrnet•Jan 27, 2025•BOW, Northern Gritstone, Finance Yorkshire, Praetura Ventures and 2 others
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Raspberry Pi’s new keyboard computer can power an optional $100 displayThe Verge•Dec 09, 2024•Raspberry Pi
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Seco And Raspberry Pi Enter Into A Strategic Partnership To Expand Their Industrial Iot OfferingsIoT Business News•Nov 15, 2024•SECO, Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi
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