Docker, Inc. is an American technology company that develops productivity tools built aroundDocker, which automates the deployment of code insidesoftware containers.[1][2] Major commercial products of the company areDocker Hub, a central repository of containers, and Docker Desktop, aGUI application forWindows andMac to manage containers. The historic offering was Docker Enterprise PaaS business, acquired byMirantis.[3] The company is also an active contributor to variousCNCF projects, such ascontainerd andrunC. The main open source offering of the company are Docker Engine and buildkit which are rebranded under theMoby umbrella project. The core specification, Dockerfile, still includes the company trademark, however.
The company was founded as dotCloud in 2008 by Kamel Founadi, Solomon Hykes, and Sebastien Pahl inParis,[4] andincorporated in theUnited States in 2010.[5] In July 2013, Benjamin Golub (formerly ofPlaxo andGluster) became chief executive.[6]
On September 19, 2013, dotCloud andRed Hat announced an alliance to integrate Docker withOpenShift, Red Hat's Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering.[7]On October 29, 2013, dotCloud was renamed Docker.[8][9]
On July 23, 2014, Docker acquired two-person startup Orchard.[10]
On August 4, 2014, the dotCloud technology and brand was sold tocloudControl.[11]Four person company Koality was acquired on October 7, 2014.[12][13]
Docker was estimated to be valued at over $1 billion, making it what is called a "unicorn company", after a $95 million fundraising round in April 2015.[16]
In April 2016, it was revealed that theC.I.A.'s investment armIn-Q-Tel was a large investor in Docker.[17]
The Docker company has received multiple rounds of funding to support its growth and development. In February 2011, the company secured $800,000 in seed capital fromangel investors includingChris Sacca,Jerry Yang, andRon Conway.[23] A month later, in March 2011, Docker raised $10 million in aSeries A funding round led byBenchmark Capital andTrinity Ventures.[24] The company continued to attract significant investment, raising $15 million in aSeries B round led byGreylock Partners in January 2014,[25] followed by $40 million in a Series C round led bySequoia Capital in September 2014.[26] In April 2015, Docker raised $95 million in a Series D round led byInsight Venture Partners.[27] The company secured another $18 million in November 2015 as part of the same funding round.[28]
In November 2019, after restructuring, Docker announced it had secured $35 million in a Series A recapitalisation round.[29] Most recently, in March 2021, Docker raised $23 million in a Series B round led byTribe Capital,[30] and in March 2022, the company secured $105 million in a Series C round led byBain Capital.[31]
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