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RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – DOCKER ECOSYSTEM
- Twistlock, a provider of enterprise security and monitoring for container-based applications. raises $17M in Series B funding led by Polaris Ventures. Link
- Oracle acquires Wercker, a provider of continuous deployment tools based on micro-services & Docker and adds to its developer platform. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Portainer (2016, Auckland) – Provides an open source management UI to manage Docker host or Swarm cluster.
LEADER BOARD – DOCKER ECOSYSTEM
Container Technology
Docker (2008, SF, $181M) – It helps developers create, deploy and run applications using containers. Backed By Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Greylock, Trinity Ventures, Insight Partners, GS, Coatue, Northerntrust, Amecloud Ventures, SVAngel.
Platform
Tutum (2013, NYC, $2.72M, Acq.) – It provides a container orchestration service to automatically manage and scale cloud infrastructure, and provide a platform on which users can build, deploy and manage containerized applications. Acquired by Docker in October 2015.
PaaS
dotCloud (2008, SF, $11M, Acq.) – It is a developer cloud platform to build, deploy and scale apps. The platform features testing, staging and live environments out of the box to ensure users can deploy hundreds of times per day without breaking the app. Acquired by Cloudcontrol in August 2014.
Giantswarm (2014, Cologne, $2.3M) – It offers a customizable solution for running micro-services and enables to run and scale microservices. Backed By Boxgroup.
Deis (2013, Boulder, $1M) – It is an open source PaaS that makes it easy to deploy and manage applications on own servers.
Devops
Cloudbees (2010, Woburn, $51M) – It allows developers to deploy applications into the cloud. Backed By ISVP, Verizon, Matrixpartners, Blurcloud ventures.
CoreOs (2013, SF, $48M) – It is a server operating system for running a cluster of servers. Backed By Google ventures, KPCB, Accel, Fuelcapital, Ycombinator, A16z.
Codeship (2011, Vienna, $11.4M) – It offers continuous delivery services and Parallel CI. Backed By Sigma Prime, Boston Seed, Fprime Capital, Techstars, Rothenberg Ventures, Seedcamp.
Wercker (2012, Amsterdam, $7M) – It is a platform to continuously develop, build and deploy containers. It allows visibility into deployment and provides more consistent builds on Docker. Backed By Rockstar, Notion Capital, Tola Capital, Vitulum Ventures, Shamrock, Greylock, WebFWD.
Networking
Weave Works (2014, London, $20M) – It addresses Docker`s networking issue by providing Docker containers with a single virtual network even if they are on a different host.
Container Management
Portworx (2014, California, $28.5M) – A software defined application providing scale-out storage for containerized applications. Backed by Sapphire Ventures, GE Ventures, Mayfield, MSD Capital, Stanford.
CircleCI (2011, SF, $25.5M) – A continuous integration and deployment platform used for building and deploying containers by pulling images from docker hub. Backed By SVAngel, DFJ, 500, DCVC, Harrison Metal, Baseline Ventures.
Appformix (2013, San Jose, $7M) – Real Time infrastructure monitoring for docker containers. Backed By August Capital.
Stackengine (2014, Austin, $4.5M, Acq.) – Docker image and container management for IT Ops – Container operationsmanagement. Backed by Liveoak Venture Partners, Silverton Partners. Acquired by Oracle in December 2015.
Container Security
Aqua Security (2015, Tel Aviv, $13M) – Container security solutions for virtual containers with added visibility and control to large environments. Backed By TLV Partners.
Twistlock (2015, SF, $30M) – Security solution for Docker for visibility and control over container based applications and data. Backed By YL Ventures, Polaris Ventures, and Rally Ventures.
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