Tech Company Financing Transactions

Kong Funding Round

On 11/19/2024, Kong received $175 million in Series E investment from Balderton Capital, Tiger Global Management and 137 Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Kong
Announced On
11/19/2024
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$175,000,000
Round
Series E
Investors

Balderton Capital (Lead Investor) (Rana Yared)

Tiger Global Management (Lead Investor)

137 Ventures

Andreessen Horowitz (Martin Casado)

CRV (Devdutt Yellurkar)

Index Ventures (Michael Volpi )

Notable Capital

Sapphire Ventures

Teachers' Private Capital

Proceeds Purpose
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its global GTM expansion, enhance product innovation with AI capabilities across AI Gateway, Konnect, Insomnia, and all its API runtimes such as Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh, while investing in the growth of its customer experience teams.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Enterprise IT
Mailing Address
150 Spear St. 1600
San Francisco, CA 94105
USA
Phone
628-243-7512
Website
www.konghq.com
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Kong makes connecting APIs and microservices across today's hybrid, multi-cloud environments easier and faster than ever. We power trillions of API transactions for leading organizations globally through our end-to-end API platform.
Profile
Kong LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Kong Company Twitter Account
Company News
Kong News
Facebook
Kong on Facebook
YouTube
Kong on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Augusto Marietti
  Augusto Marietti LinkedIn Profile  Augusto Marietti Twitter Account  Augusto Marietti News  Augusto Marietti on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Marco Palladino
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VP - Bus. Development
Ken Kim
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VP - Engineering
Geoff Townsend
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VP - Human Resources
Janet Phillips
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VP - Product Management
Reza Shafii
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VP - Sales
David Pieterse
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