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Kong Series E

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Kong Series E

2015San Francisco, United States

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About

Kong provides an open-source and enterprise-grade API gateway and service mesh that helps organizations manage, secure, and observe their APIs and microservices. It enables developers to build and deploy APIs faster, while providing robust security and traffic management capabilities for complex cloud-native environments.

Investors (9)

Sapphire Ventures

Notable Capital

Teachers' Venture Growth

Round details

Amount$175M

Post-money valuation$2B

SeriesSeries E

AnnouncedNov 19, 2024

Sources

Round announcement

prnewswire.com

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Round score

63/100

Solid

A solid round with healthy fundamentals.

Round size vs peers
In line with the typical Series E round.
Syndicate size
Party round (9 investors), diffuse ownership and signal.
Insider conviction
All-new money, no prior investors re-upped.
Investor track record
A mix of established and emerging investors.

Heuristic read of round size vs peers, syndicate size, insider conviction, and investor track record. Not investment advice.

vs. Series E rounds (199)

Round size distribution64th pct

smaller Series E roundslarger

Post-money valuation38th pct

$103Mthis round: $2B$11B

Kong Series E · $175M raised · (2024) | StartupHub.ai