VMware Tanzu

http://heptio.com/

Last activity: 07.04.2026

Probably Closed

Categories: AppBuildingBusinessCloudEnterpriseITProductProductionServiceSoftware

VMware Tanzu helps you modernize your applications and infrastructure with a common goal: deliver better software to production, continuously. The portfolio simplifies multi-cloud operations, while freeing developers to move faster and access the right resources for building the best applications. VMware Tanzu enables development and operations’ teams to work together in new ways that deliver transformative business results.

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Overview

Location

United States, California, San Francisco

Employees

51-200

Total raised

$33.5M

Founded date

2013

Investors 2

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	Accel Partners	accel.com

Funding Rounds 2

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Nov 17, 2016	Series A round	$8.5M

Mentions in press and media 28

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Mar 12, 2026	Блеск и нищета Cluster API Kubernetes	Kubernetes полюбился разработчикам своим удобством: описал развертывание, в любой момент изменил параметры — и все работает. Но вот раскатка самих кластеров долгое время оставалась лоскутным одеялом: Terraform, Ansible, десятки плейбуков и ...
May 3, 2019	Revealed: GeekWire Awards 2019 winners crowned as we celebrate the best of Pacific Northwest tech	(GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) The strength and success of the people and companies across the Pacific Northwest tech ecosystem was on full display Thursday night at the GeekWire Awards. It was so much fun celebrating with more than 900 of...
Nov 7, 2018	Term Sheet — Wednesday, November 7	5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop As the new CEO, Kraus tried to slow the bleeding by slashing fees and diversifying investment strategies. But there was o...
Nov 6, 2018	VMware to Acquire Heptio To Enhance Kubernetes Deployment	VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a Palo Alto, California-based provider of compute, cloud, mobility, networking and security solutions, to acquire Heptio, a provider of solutions to allow organizations to deploy and operationalize Kubernetes. The ...
Nov 6, 2018	VMWare acquires opensource startup Heptio to accelerate enterprise adoption of Kubernetes	As we reported this morning, VMWare has acquired open source startup Heptio in a bid to accelerate the adoption of Kubernetes services in the enterprise. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. VMWare announced Tuesday that it h...
Nov 6, 2018	Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Tuesday, November 6	Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Tuesday, November 6. CSIRO drone spinoff Emesent raises US$2.5 million. Emesent, a drone startup spun out of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or...
Nov 6, 2018	VMware acquires Heptio, the startup founded by 2 co-founders of Kubernetes	During its big customer event in Europe, VMware announced another acquisition to step up its game in helping enterprises build and run containerised, Kubernetes-based architectures: it has acquired Heptio, a startup out of Seattle that was ...
Jun 6, 2018	Four years after its release, Kubernetes has come a long way	On June 6th, 2014 Kubernetes was released for the first time. At the time, nobody could have predicted that 4 years later that the project would become a de facto standard for container orchestration or that the biggest tech companies in th...
Apr 23, 2018	Heptio launches an open-source load balancer for Kubernetes and OpenStack	Heptio is one of the more interesting companies in the container ecosystem. In part, that’s due to the simple fact that it was founded by Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda, two of the three engineers behind the original Kubernetes project, but al...
Jan 30, 2018	Heptio launches its Kubernetes ‘un-distribution’	Heptio holds a special place in the Kubernetes startup ecosystem. Its co-founders, Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda, are, after all, also two of the co-founders of the Kubernetes project (together with Brendan Burns), which launched inside of Go...
Dec 8, 2017	Microsoft Spotlights Tools and Partner Solutions for Kubernetes on Azure	News Microsoft Spotlights Tools and Partner Solutions for Kubernetes on Azure By Kurt MackieDecember 08, 2017 Microsoft highlighted its progress on the Kubernetes-on-Azure front this week at the KubeCon event in Austin, Texas. With origins ...
Dec 8, 2017	Microsoft Spotlights Tools and Partner Solutions for Kubernetes on Azure	News Microsoft Spotlights Tools and Partner Solutions for Kubernetes on Azure By Kurt MackieDecember 08, 2017 Microsoft highlighted its progress on the Kubernetes-on-Azure front this week at the KubeCon event in Austin, Texas. With origins ...
Sep 14, 2017	Term Sheet — Thursday, September 14	UNICORN STATUS Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop Today, we learned that Magic Leap, a Florida-based wearable tech company, is raising $500 million in fresh funding at a valuatio...
Sep 13, 2017	Heptio Pilots Businesses Toward Hybrid Cloud with $25M Investment	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints The praise Heptio co-founder Joe Beda received after the Seattle startup company announced a $25 million funding round “seems a little strange,” he said in a tweet Wednesday, ...
Sep 13, 2017	Heptio Raises $25m in Series B Funding	Heptio, a Seattle, WA-based company which aims to support and advance the open Kubernetes* ecosystem, raised $25m in Series B funding. The round was led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel ...
Sep 13, 2017	Heptio raises $25M Series B to help bring cloud-native computing to the enterprise	Heptio, the startup founded by Kubernetes co-founders Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda (who started the open-source project together with Brendan Burns who is now at Microsoft), today announced that it has raised a $25 million Series B funding r...
Aug 3, 2017	Heptio launches two new open source projects that make using Kubernetes easier	Heptio, the Seattle-based company recently launched by Kubernetes co-founders Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda, wants to make it easier for businesses to use Kubernetes in production. Since its launch in late 2016, the well-funded company has re...
Apr 5, 2017	GeekWire Awards: Vote for Seattle’s most promising Startup of the Year	Arivale CEO Clayton Lewis and co-founder Lee Hood, center, accept the award for Startup of the Year at the 2016 GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photo) The 2017 GeekWire Awards are less than a month away, so that means it’s time to vote for the i...
Mar 14, 2017	Business and Enterprise Evolution to Cloud Native	Every year in March, Madrona wraps up what happened in 2016 and we sit down with our investors to talk about our business – the business of finding and growing the next big Seattle companies. First and foremost, our strategy is to back the ...
Dec 28, 2016	The 27 best startups that launched this year	Daniel Schreiber, Lemonade CEO Lemonade Great businesses can be launched anytime, even when there's a downturn in funding. While 2016 might have spelled trouble for some well-established startups, it also saw the birth of companies tackling...
Nov 18, 2016	Seattle Week in Review: A Chill in the Air and a Flurry of Funding News	Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints Winter is coming. Yes, I’m talking about the weather. Meanwhile, a flurry of tech news from the Seattle area emerged through the deafening cacophony of news and reaction to Am...
Nov 17, 2016	Term Sheet — Thursday, November 17	WHERE ARE THEY NOW? In today’s issue of Term Sheet, I’m providing updates on some of the stories we’ve covered in the past. Paid Content You can't secure what you can't see From ExtraHop Ressi appealed. Since then, a Santa Clara county mort...
Nov 17, 2016	Kubernetes founders launch Heptio with $8.5M in funding to help bring containers to the enterprise	For years, the public face of Kubernetes was one of the project’s founders: Google group product manager Craig McLuckie. He started the open-source container-management project together with Joe Beda, Brendan Burns and a few other engineers...
Nov 17, 2016	Google cloud vets launch Kubernetes startup Heptio with $8.5 million	We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Heptio, a startup that aims to help large compani...
Nov 17, 2016	Google cloud vets launch Kubernetes startup Heptio with $8.5 million	Heptio, a startup that aims to help large companies use the Kubernetes open-source container management software, is today coming out of stealth mode and announcing that it has raised $8.5 million in funding. The two people behind the start...
Nov 17, 2016	Heptio Raises $8.5M in Series A Funding	Heptio, a Seattle, WA—based startup that aims to bring Kubernetes and Containers to the Enterprise, raised an $8.5M in series A funding. The round was led by Accel, with participation from Madrona Venture Group. The company intends to use t...
Nov 17, 2016	Over the past decade plus, we have seen enterprises steadily evolve towards a cloud native world.	We could not be more excited to be investing in Heptio. Heptio is aiming to become the Kubernetes company and is founded by two of the creators of Kubernetes at Google, Craig McLuckie and Joe Beda. Specifically, Kubernetes is the leading op...

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FAQ about VMware Tanzu

When was VMware Tanzu founded?

VMware Tanzu was founded in 2013.

How much funding has VMware Tanzu raised?

VMware Tanzu has raised $33.5M in total across 2 funding rounds.

What funding rounds has VMware Tanzu raised?

Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of VMware Tanzu, among them a Series A round of $8.5M on Nov 17, 2016.

Who has invested in VMware Tanzu?

Parsers VC lists 2 investors of VMware Tanzu, among them Accel Partners.

What has the press written about VMware Tanzu?

Parsers VC has collected 28 articles mentioning VMware Tanzu, among them “Блеск и нищета Cluster API Kubernetes” (Mar 12, 2026) and “Revealed: GeekWire Awards 2019 winners crowned as we celebrate the best of Pacific Northwest tech” (May 3, 2019).

Is VMware Tanzu still active?

VMware Tanzu is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 7, 2026.