StackShare - About the company
StackShare is an acquired company based in San Francisco (United States), founded in 2014. It operates as a Software discovery platform. StackShare has raised $7M in funding from 500 Global and Headline. The company has 20 active competitors, including 1 funded and 1 that has exited. Its top competitors include companies like Siftery, Trusted and Resource.fyi.
Company Details
Software discovery platform. The platform allows users to see all the best software tools and who’s using them. The company's goal is to help developers share knowledge about the tools they use and why they use them. It also enables the user to explore and compare the tools. It works by automatically mapping tech stacks, by connecting with GitHub.
- Website
- stackshare.io
- Email ID
- *****@stackshare.io
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Founded Year
2014
Location
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$7M in 4 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
1st among 20 active competitors
Employee Count
7 as on Jul 31, 2026
Exit Details
Acquired by FOSSA (Aug 01, 2024)
StackShare's acquisition details
StackShare got acquired by FOSSA on Aug 01, 2024.
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StackShare's funding and investors
StackShare has raised a total funding of $7M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 31, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Jan 08, 2018 for $*****. 6 investors participated in its latest round. StackShare has 10 institutional investors and 7 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of StackShare:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Jan 08, 2018 | 2033934 | Series A | 1952329 | 4624180 | 6543188 | 9289087 |
2016 | 9008 | Seed | 6854 | 6010 | 4756 | |
Oct 30, 2015 | 7092289 | Seed | 4345817 | 6524488 | 7150758 |
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StackShare's founders and board of directors
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StackShare has 7 employees as of Jul 26. Here is StackShare's employee count trend over the years:
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StackShare's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of StackShare include Siftery, Trusted and Resource.fyi. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of StackShare, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | StackShare 2014, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Software discovery platform | $7M | 48/100 | |
2nd | Siftery 2015, San Francisco (United States), Acqui-Hired | Software product discovery platform | $4M | 35/100 | |
3rd | Platform to discover and evaluate the cloud services | - | 25/100 | ||
4th | Resource.fyi 2021, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Unfunded | Online development resources, products, and tools for developers | - | - | 24/100 |
5th | Solutions for developers to find technology stacks used on websites | - | - | 24/100 | |
6th | ![]() MCP Browse Unfunded | Provider of tool discovery and integration for artificial intelligence agents | - | - | 24/100 |
7th | NerdyData 2012, New York City (United States), Unfunded | Web source code search engine for technology and lead generation | - | - | 23/100 |
8th | Ful 2021, Wilmington (United States), Seed | Provider of website technology profiling and lookup services | $100K | 21/100 | |
9th | DiscoverSDK 2015, Nesher (Israel), Unfunded | Libraries and SDK discovery platform for developers | - | - | 18/100 |
10th | IndieStack 2026, Unfunded | Provider of a discovery platform for independent software development tools | - | - | 16/100 |
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StackShare's Investments and acquisitions
StackShare has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to StackShare
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News related to StackShare
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Open-source startup FOSSA is buying StackShare, a site used by 1.5 million developersTechCrunch+•Aug 01, 2024•FOSSA, StackShare
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StackShare Introduces The Tech Stack File - The Universal Standard for Tech Stack Data to Power New AI Capabilities and Partner EcosystemBusiness Wire•Nov 09, 2023•StackShare
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Over 1,000 Engineering Teams Adopt StackShare Enterprise To Defeat Tech SprawlBusiness Wire•Jun 07, 2022•StackShare
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StackShare Launches ‘Stack Decisions,’ a New Way for Developers To Publicly Share Technology ChoicesBusiness Wire•Dec 06, 2018•StackShare
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StackShare Secures $5.2M Series A RoundMassinvestor•Jan 22, 2018•StackShare, e.ventures, Cervin, Cervin Ventures and 10 others
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Here are the 34 companies that presented at 500 Startups' Batch 14 demo day | VentureBeatVentureBeat•Oct 31, 2015•Decisive Health, 500 Global, StackShare, MicroVentures and 5 others
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