Enterprise IT Startup Heptio Raises $25 Million

Heptio closed $25 million in Series B financing, led by Madrona Venture Group. Lightspeed Venture Partners and Accel Partners also participated.

Heptio was started by founders of the Kubernetes® project, built to support and advance the open Kubernetes ecosystem, which is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling and management of containerized applications. Heptio bridges the gap between enterprise IT and the emerging world of cloud-native computing by using tools, technology, and operations models pioneered by Internet giants, built from the ground up for the modern enterprise.

In its announcement, the company said the new funding will accelerate growth and enable Heptio to look beyond Kubernetes to support businesses’ IT transformation efforts in a hybrid-cloud world.