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Docker, Inc.

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Industry
  
IT

Headquarters
  
San Francisco, USA

Founded
  
2008

Predecessor
  
dotCloud, Inc

Website
  
www.docker.com/company

Key people
  
Solomon Hykes, Ben Golub

Subsidiaries
  
Kitematic Inc., Conductant, Inc.

Docker, Inc is the company behind development of Docker software, an open-source project that automates the deployment of code inside software containers. Docker, Inc has over 120 employees and is based in San Francisco, CA.

Contents

History

  • October 29, 2013 - dotCloud, Inc is renamed to Docker, Inc.
  • August 14, 2014 - Docker sells the dotCloud platform and brand to cloudControl
  • September 19, 2013 - Docker and Red Hat announce alliance
  • October 15, 2014 - Docker and Microsoft partner to help drive adoption of distributed applications
  • November 13, 2014 - AWS announces EC2 container service
  • November 6, 2015 - Docker passes 1.2 billion container downloads
  • March 1, 2016 - Docker announces Docker Cloud

    • Funding

    Docker, Inc has received several rounds of funding over the course of its operation. Docker, Inc is rumored to be valued at over $1 billion dollars after a $95 million dollar fundraising round in April 2015.

    Funding rounds

  • January 21, 2014 - $15 million Series B - Led by Greylock Partners
  • September 16, 2014 - $40 million Series C - Led by Sequoia Capital
  • April 14, 2015 - $95 million Series D - Led by Insight Venture Partners
  • November 2015 - $18 million Series D

    • Acquisitions

  • July 23, 2014 - Docker acquires Orchard
  • October 7, 2014 - Docker acquires Koality
  • February 26, 2015 - Docker acquires SocketPlane
  • March 12, 2015 - Docker acquires Kitematic
  • October 21, 2015 - Docker acquires Tutum
  • January 21, 2016 - Docker acquires Unikernel Systems
  • March 3, 2016 - Docker acquires Conductant
  • December 6, 2016 - Docker acquires Infinit

    • References

    Docker, Inc. Wikipedia
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