Startup Docker raised an additional $ 95 million for development

Startup Docker , a support tool for working with virtual containers and distributed applications, announced it was raising $ 95 million in the “D” round from such investors as Insight Venture Partners, Coatue, Goldman Sachs and Northern Trust.

The growing interest in Docker from Fortune 100 companies (half of which claimed to use the product) is due to a strong strategy for the instrument to enter the market.

He recently existed as a full-fledged opensource-tool, but now the company sells its services to large customers interested in building distributed application systems based on Docker, providing comprehensive support under the Premium model.
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The company enlarged over the year 4 times - from 30 to 120 employees. Docker also made several purchases, in particular by swallowing the Socketplane.io service, which solved the complexity of the network layer when working with Docker.

Two years ago, Docker was on the verge of closing the project due to financial difficulties. Since then, the company has improved its position and now its valuation is approaching $ 1 billion.