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CoreOS Raises $12M Led By Google Ventures

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What does CoreOS do?

CoreOS,is a Docker-centric Linux distribution which has been rearchictected for providing features necessary to run modern infrastructure stacks. It provides the components necessary for building distributed systems for supporting application containers. Tectonic, is CoreOS’s creation which is an enterprise ready platform which combines Google’s Kubernetes and the CoreOS stack for running Linux containers.

It is also a creator and maintainer of open source projects like CoreOS Linux, Flannel, etcd, Rocket and Fleet. CoreOS’s strategies and architectures enable the companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to run their services at large with high resilience.

How much CoreOS was funded?

The docker centric Linux raised $12 M in Series A on April 6th, 2015 led by Google ventures with the participation Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Accel Partners and Fuel Capital.

Previous funding

  • Undisclosed amount in Seed round in March, 2013 from Y Combinator
  • Undisclosed amount in Seed round on October 9th, 2013 from Andreessen Horowitz, Fuel Capital and Sequoia Capital
  • $8M in Series A round on June 30th, 2014 from Fuel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital

What is next for CoreOS?

The new round of funding brings its funding to $20 M.  it is launching Tectonic, which companies can use to run applications in Linux containers. Tectonic combines the CoreOS linux distribution and Kubernetes, Google’s container orchestration software.

This new distribution is currently available for only select group of beta users. It aims to make it easier for organizations to move to a distributed and container based infrastructure.

More about CoreOS

CoreOS was found in 2013, with headquarters based in San Francisco, CA. The startup’s mission is to improve the reliability and security of the internet. The team at CoreOS aims at enabling companies to run their apps reliably and securely in any kind of environment. They hope to improve the security of the stack along with making advancements in modern server infrastructure.

 

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