Ubuntu - About the company
Ubuntu is a funded company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth. It operates as an Open source desktop operating system. The company has 131 active competitors, including 6 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Neverware, GNU and DBOS.
Company Details
Open source desktop operating system. It is an open-source, solution-driven orchestration tool that helps users deploy, manage and scale environments on any cloud. It is an open-source operating system that can be used to run from the desktop to the cloud, and internet-connected things.
- Website
- ubuntu.com
- Phone Number
- +44 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2004
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stage
Funding Raised
Investors
Ranked
1st among 131 active competitors
Employee Count
1 - 10 as on Jul 01, 2024
Legal entities associated with Ubuntu
Ubuntu is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Canonical Ltd CIN: 5276648 , Germany, Active | Nov 02, 2004 | - | - |
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Ubuntu's funding and investors
Ubuntu is a funded company. Ubuntu has 1 institutional investor.
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Ubuntu's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Ubuntu is Mark Shuttleworth. Mark Shuttleworth is the CEO of Ubuntu.
Here are the details of Ubuntu's key team members:
- Mark Shuttleworth: Founder & CEO of Ubuntu and founder of 3 other companies, Xubuntu, Canonical and HBD. They are also an angel investor in 3 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
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Ubuntu's employee count trend
Ubuntu has 1 - 10 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Ubuntu's employee count trend over the years:
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Ubuntu's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Ubuntu include Neverware, GNU and DBOS. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ubuntu, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Ubuntu 2004, London (United Kingdom), Funding Raised | Open source desktop operating system | - | 52/100 | |
2nd | Neverware 2011, New York City (United States), Acquired | Upgrade PCs/Macs with ChromeOS Flex: secure, cloud-based, and easy to manage | $14.2M | 50/100 | |
3rd | GNU 1983, United States, Unfunded | Operating systems for computing control | - | - | 44/100 |
4th | DBOS 2023, Cambridge (United States), Seed | Cloud based integrated serverless solutions for application development | $8.5M | 44/100 | |
5th | Arch Linux 2002, Canada, Unfunded | Linux-based open source operating system for desktops | - | - | 43/100 |
6th | Debian 1993, United States, Unfunded | Unix-like open source operating system for desktop | - | - | 43/100 |
7th | Insyde Software 1998, Westborough (United States), Public | Manufacturer of UEFI firmware solution for embedded applications | - | 43/100 | |
8th | Platform offering enterprise operating system | - | - | 43/100 | |
9th | CentOS 2004, Raleigh (United States), Unfunded | Community-driven free software effort delivering a robust open-source Linux platform | - | - | 42/100 |
10th | Tongxin Software 2019, Beijing (China), Series A | Provider of desktop and server operating system | $168M | 42/100 |
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Ubuntu's Investments and acquisitions
Ubuntu has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to Ubuntu
Media has covered Ubuntu for a total of 14 events in the last 1 year, 14 of them have been about company updates.
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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS beta sports GNOME 50 and the Linux kernel 7.0Notebookcheck Publishing GmbH•Mar 27, 2026•Ubuntu
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Ubuntu Bank to Launch in DRC for Digital Banking and Green Finance in AfricaGlobal Fintech Series•Dec 18, 2025•Ubuntu
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Ubuntu 25.10 Beta Arrives with Linux 6.17 Kernel and MoreNotebookcheck Publishing GmbH•Sep 19, 2025•Ubuntu
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This Linux distro makes Slackware easier than everZDNet•Aug 04, 2025•Elementary, Ubuntu, Suse, Zorin and 1 other
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