Vercel - About the company
Vercel is a series F company based in Covina (United States), founded in 2015 by Guillermo Rauch and Naoyuki Kanezawa. It operates as a Provider of cloud infrastructure and developer tools for web applications. Vercel has raised $863M in funding from investors like Accel, CRV and Google Ventures, with a current valuation of $9.3B. The company has 1850 active competitors, including 230 funded and 133 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Netlify, Gitlab and DigitalOcean.
Sectors and market segments that Vercel operate in
Vercel serves in the Native AI market segments.The primary business model of Vercel is:Company Details
Provider of cloud infrastructure and developer tools for web applications. It offers continuous integration and delivery, content delivery, and serverless computing capabilities. The platform provides features such as bot management, security, and monitoring. It supports development with frameworks and tools, enabling application deployment and scaling.
- Website
- vercel.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@vercel.com
- Registered Address
- Rabyňská 744 14200 Praha
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2015
Location
Covina, United States
Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$863M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$9.3B as on Dec 31, 2025
Ranked
2nd among 1850 active competitors
Employee Count
1,011 as on Aug 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Vercel
Vercel is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
GEOST v.o.s. CIN: 25686704 , Czech Republic, Active | Aug 10, 1998 | - | - |
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Vercel's funding and investors
Vercel has raised a total funding of $863M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 21, 2020. Its latest funding round was a Series F round on Sep 30, 2025 for $300M. 12 investors participated in its latest round. Vercel has 30 institutional investors and 2 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Vercel:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Sep 30, 2025 | $300M | Series F | $9.3B | - | ||
May 16, 2024 | $250M | Series E | $3.25B | - | ||
Nov 23, 2021 | $150M | Series D | $2.5B | - |
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Vercel's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Vercel are Guillermo Rauch and Naoyuki Kanezawa. Guillermo Rauch is the CEO of Vercel.
Here are the details of Vercel's key team members:
- Guillermo Rauch: Co-Founder & CEO of Vercel and founder of 1 other company. They are also an angel investor in 104 startups.Contact Info: 1 email address
- Naoyuki Kanezawa: Co-Founder of Vercel. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Vercel's employee count trend
Vercel has 1,011 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Vercel's employee count trend over the years:
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Vercel's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Vercel include Netlify, Gitlab and DigitalOcean. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Vercel, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  Netlify 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of a platform for web application development and deployment | $212M | 84/100 | |
2nd | Vercel 2015, Covina (United States), Series F | Provider of cloud infrastructure and developer tools for web applications | $863M | 82/100 | |
3rd | Gitlab 2011, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of a platform for software development, security, and delivery | $435M | 81/100 | |
4th | DigitalOcean 2011, New York City (United States), Public | Provider of cloud infrastructure, virtual machines, and managed database hosting | $174M | 80/100 | |
5th | Harness 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Provider of platform for software delivery, security, testing, and cost optimization | $614M | 79/100 | |
6th |  JFrog 2008, Sunnyvale (United States), Public | Provider of software supply chain platform for DevOps and security | $227M | 78/100 | |
7th | Snyk 2015, Boston (United States), Series G | Provider of a platform securing code, models, and agents in applications | $1.32B | 77/100 | |
8th |  LaunchDarkly 2014, Oakland (United States), Series D | Provider of platform for feature flags, experimentation, and AI configuration | $330M | 74/100 | |
9th | Heroku 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Saas based provider of integrated platform as a service solutions | $17M | 73/100 | |
10th |  Checkmarx 2006, Atlanta (United States), Acquired | Provider of application security platform unifying testing, monitoring, and remediation | $98.5M | 73/100 |
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Vercel's Investments and acquisitions
Vercel has made 11 investments in companies including NanoCo (creators of NanoClaw) and nanoclaw.dev. Vercel has also acquired 3 companies including Stakpak and ModelFusion.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jul 17, 2026 | Acquisition | 2022 | Wilmington (United States) | |
May 26, 2026 | Investments | - | ||
May 20, 2026 | Investments | Ramat Gan (Israel) |
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Reports related to Vercel
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News related to Vercel
Filter this listMedia has covered Vercel for a total of 50 events in the last 1 year, 21 of them have been about company updates and 7 about partnerships.
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Rogo Technologies Doubles Office Space Footprint to 46K SF at 360 Park Avenue SouthCommercial Observer•Sep 22, 2026•BXP, Vercel, Rogo
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Vercel Bug Bounty Challenge Uncovers Linux Kernel Flaws, Improves Sandbox SecuritySecurityWeek•Sep 15, 2026•Vercel
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Natural Raises $30M Series A for AI Agent Payments InfrastructurePR Newswire•Jul 20, 2026•Forerunner Ventures, Privy, Human Capital, Abstract and 5 others
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Vercel Acquires Egypt’s Stakpak to Strengthen AI Infrastructure PlatformentARABI•Jul 17, 2026•Vercel, Stakpak
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Globant and Vercel Forge Strategic Alliance for AI Pods ProductionMarTech Series•Jul 08, 2026•Vercel, Globant
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